A Lot of Promotions and Advertising Online With Article Marketing
As an online entrepreneur who has been utilizing article marketing strategies since 2003, I have enjoyed its many benefits. These benefits have served me well as a Success and Wellness Coach, Website Publisher, and an owner of an Article Directory. In fact, I have done a lot of promotions and advertising online with Article Marketing and have found it to be a productive marketing strategy.
However, like all forms of marketing and advertising online, there’s a way to do it and do it great. For more details go to: www.effective-contents.com Because many Internet Marketing Professionals have learned the advantages of free online articles and monetization with AdSense and other Ad-generating programs, article marketing has become a leading and effective marketing tool on the internet. Not only is adding your articles for free a great resource, the author’s resource box is the extra added bonus. Similar to other marketing tools, you have to know how to work it.
Accordingly, the author’s resource box differs from an author’s bio section. In a bio section, the author gives a brief description of themselves, their projects, their expertise, and what they have accomplished. An author’s resource box is much more concise. It is a brief resource for readers to follow for more information, products, or services related to the article. Similar to the author’s bio, the resource box is found at the end of the article.
For example, if you were writing an article about hair care products, you would provide a link to a site related to hair care products or cosmetics. Why? You would provide this link because this is a resource for your readers. Ultimately, your resource box content will be related to the article’s theme. As such, it is essential that writers to consider these basic marketing and advertising factors when writing content for the resource box.
Now, let’s discuss some common mistakes made with the author’s resource box:
1. Oversell will be an over-kill
It is a common mistake most article writers make. Of course, you want to write a few sentences to you promote yourself or promote your website but you should never have a long list of every product, website, business opportunity, or item you sell or promote online. Additionally, too many details about your website can be overkill too. View your resource box as a “set-up”–a way to persuade your readers to click and learn more.
2. Be Consistent With the Article’s Theme
It is very important to that your resource box remains consistent with the content in your article. It is critical that whatever theme you choose, you continue with it. One article can’t sell everything…you, your website, and a particular product all at once. A good method for remaining consistent with the theme of your article is to include content in your resource box related to the article’s content. However, a smart technique is personalizing your articles. With online article writing, it is not a requirement to be objective as with other forms of journalism. When you personalize your articles with a little bit of “you,” you can theme your resource box to be about “you” and the work you are doing online.
3. Keep Your Resource Box Information Relevant
Do not confuse your readers. Don’t include content and information on products that were not mentioned in the article. Your readers want information that is beneficial to them; therefore your resource box should have content about the website or the product you discussed in the article. Again, you can spin this obstacle by personalizing your articles just a bit where the entire article won’t be subjective, but still personalized. An example of this strategy can be seen at the beginning of this article.
4. Affiliate Program Links
Affiliate Marketing Professionals have to be especially careful. Affiliate Marketing Professionals have been trained to “pre-sell” with article marketing; however, Affiliate Marketers can do this much more effectively by using another method.
For can visit to: www.writing-fast-cash.com The more effective method is to use your resource box to direct your readers to your Website or in your Blog which links to your affiliate through additional content. Editors and publishers of various article directories are quite fickle about you trying to “sell” your affiliate link on their sites.
5. Your Resource Box Should Be Short and Simple
As you get more versed in article marketing, you discover that you want the content in your resource box to be like content in your article, short and to the point. Your resource box should be no longer than 3 to 4 lines, because most article directories give you limited space for your information. The sooner you get to the point and tell readers about a website or product and where to find it… the better.
Again, your author’s resource box is a valuable for article marketing, internet marketing, and online advertising. By including unrelated information, off-theme content, and overselling or over pushing your websites and products, you are wasting your time and your readers.
Keshav Pahal
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What employment position do I qualify for with this resume and experience? Must make at least 34K annually.?
OBJECTIVE
My career objective is to obtain a position as Inventory Administrator that will further my career. The ideal position will provide significant opportunity for growth and increasing responsibility.
QUALIFICATIONS
•Have 10 years experience and accomplishments in small business management, sales and customer service.
•Have supervised others, handled difficult customers and introduced special promotion and incentive programs.
•Strong communication skills and high motivation with the ability to manage and train others.
•Library experience, including experience with document delivery and some general reference experience.
•Experience with industry standard bibliographic databases; books in print and other data basis.
•Experience using online card catalog.
•Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people including senior management.
•Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
•Competent working on a geographically disperse team.
•Customer Service Experience.
COMPUTER SKILLS
•Proficient computer skills in the Microsoft suite and Adobe applications.
•Understanding of CeledyDraw2 and Art Explosion Publisher Pro.
•Understanding and experience using the Internet/World Wide Web.
•Typing at 70 WPM, 10-Key at 6,677 key strokes.
•Intermediate-Advanced performance in a variety of computer applications.
WORK HISTORY
2005-2007Desktop Publisher/ Graphic Designer, ENVOY Consulting
•Designed business proposals and provided contracted graphic design services.
•Formatted text documents using QuarkXpress, and inserted graphics.
•Typesetting for articles, advertisements and flyers, fixed type font ligatures.
1991-2001 CEO/Manager/Administrator, Freedom Housekeeping Services
•Fashioned innovative and effective advertising media using various publishing software.
•Increased sales annually through effectively and efficiently marketing services.
•Achieved goals that provided a service which catered to the customers needs.
•Preformed Management and business administration in advertising, marketing, estimation,
scheduling, bookkeeping, customer service, hiring and training employees.
2004-2004Exceptions Clerk I/CCS, East Coast Bank
•Experience in a fast-paced, competitive banking environment, providing daily support to two managers on various levels.
•Daily review and tracking of possible fraudulent account activity, comparison of customer signatures using check logs. Bank recording, distribution of deposit corrections and check receipts, and review of various banking documents for accuracy were done on a regular basis.
•Administrative responsibilities consisted of data entry, formatting spread sheets, correlating documents, filing, mail service, facsimile and telephone services.
EDUCATION
Western Washington University, Mountainville, Washington
Credits completed towards Bachelors degree in Humanities, 2006-2007
Climate Community College, City Center, California
Pre-nursing certification program, 2007-Present
I could see you in a managerial position in the publishing or graphic design industry.
Also: I’d get rid of the "objective" part of your resume in case you forget to remove it if you apply for a job that isn’t entitled "Inventory Manager".
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First –
Any HR person reading your Objective will not read past it. The phrase "further my career" means it gets filed in the trash!!!
All this objective says is what can you do for me.
Companies do NOT want to know what they can do for you. They want to know what you can do for them.
Second -
I think you could do well in an advertising agency – you have advertising, management, computer & graphic design skills – all necessary in the advertising world.
Third – making the resume better
Be specific about what computer applications you know – do not just say "variety of computer applications".
Separate out the different types of skills -
database & computer skills,
library skills,
customer service skills,
advertising skills.
Makes it easier to see.
And its not necessary to put ALL your skills into every resume. You have enough here to pick & choose what you put in. You must PERSONALISE each resume for each application.
There is no such thing as a general resume – and this is a very general resume. That means you are not trying hard enough, and tells the company that if you cannot be bothered to do a good job with the resume, then you probably wont do a good job if they hired you.
Let me see if I can rework this resume for you.
Here you go.
EDITED RESUME
I changed this from chronological format – which is what you have – to a functional formet which I prefer. You’ll need to redo your objective.
Dont include the university education if you didnt actually graduate. It just tells the employer that you cant finish what you started.
I removed the library skills because they are not really relevant unless you are looking for a library or a legal research job. (And for those you need either an MLS or a paralegal certificate).
QUALIFICATIONS
•10 years management experience running a small business, including sales, customer service, and marketing
CUSTOMER SERVICE & ADMINISTRATION SKILLS
•Handled difficult customers
~Introduced special promotion and incentive programs.
•Strong communication skills used in training employees.
•Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people including senior management.
•Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
•Competent working with a geographically diverse team.
•Administrative responsibilities included data entry, formatting spread sheets, correlating documents, filing, mail service, facsimile and telephone services.
COMPUTER SKILLS
•Proficient computer skills in the Microsoft suite and Adobe applications
•Knowledge CeledyDraw2 and Art Explosion Publisher Pro
•Experience using the Internet/World Wide Web
•Typing 70 WPM, 10-Key at 6,677 ks/h
•Intermediate-Advanced performance in a variety of computer applications (be specific)
MARKETING SKILLS
•Designed business proposals and provided contracted graphic design services.
•Formatted text documents using QuarkXpress, and inserted graphics.
•Typesetting for articles, advertisements and flyers, fixed type font ligatures.
•Fashioned innovative and effective advertising media using various publishing software.
•Increased sales annually through effectively and efficiently marketing services.
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
•Performed Management and business administration in advertising, marketing, estimation, scheduling, bookkeeping, customer service, hiring and training employees.
•Experience in a fast-paced, competitive banking environment, providing daily support to two managers
•Daily review and tracking of possible fraudulent account activity, comparison of customer signatures using check logs. Bank recording, distribution of deposit corrections and check receipts, and regular review of various banking documents for accuracy
WORK HISTORY
2005-2007 Desktop Publisher/ Graphic Designer, ENVOY Consulting
2004 Exceptions Clerk I/CCS, East Coast Bank
1991-2001 CEO/Manager/Administrator, Freedom Housekeeping Services
EDUCATION
2006-07 Western Washington University, Mountainville, Washington Credits completed towards Bachelors degree in Humanities,
2007 Climate Community College, City Center, California
Pre-nursing certification program
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