The purpose for writing articles is to establish yourself as an expert in your field, gain exposure to a larger audience, create traffic to your website and give potential prospects or clients, a sense of who you are. You may choose to write short articles 300- 500 words or longer ones 900 plus but no matter which you choose, it is important that your grammar, spelling, and sentence structure look professional.

I have included some great tips on how to prepare yourself to write an article, draft the article as well as how to submit your written work to different sites. Submit your article to as many places as you can, but have a look at the sites you are thinking about submitting to. Find out what their web page ranking is. Since all sites are not created equal, it is a good idea to utilize the ones that will optimize your exposure. To find out the ranking of any website, you can install the Google task bar to help you with this. It features a tool that automatically rates websites for you. Make sure you submit to a site that is over a 3.

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