Massive Exposure for New Authors
by:
Seth Thomas Mullins
Most writers nowadays are aware of the current buzz on the internet: writing articles is one of the better route to build name recognition and web presence. Here are several words of encouragement for those simply starting out with this approach to promotion.
By now most of you are probably aware of the current buzz across the internet: writing articles simply about your area of skillfulness
is one of the better route to build name recognition and web presence. If you can communicate your ideas and information well in a short piece, and include a by-line at the end that provides a link to your own website, then you can generate more traffic this way than by different typical approaches like submitting to search engines or link-sharing.
Much has been written simply about it, so I’ll assume that you’re already privy to the potential benefits of article publishing. I want to address THIS particular article to writers with publicised works; especially those who have self-published, and are now featured with the discouraging
(and more different) task of self-promotion.
If you in the main write fiction, mayhap you balk at the idea of devoting your time to writing more informative pieces. Believe me, I understand this resistance. I am a fantasy author, and for a long time I believed that my muse lived at a far extreme from day-to-day concerns. But at the same time, I often used to (jokingly, I thought) remark to various people: “Get me on the topic of ability and writing and I could simply ramble on for days.”
Then one day the inspiration hit me: mayhap I should write all that “rambling” down for a change and then post it somewhere where
different folk could benefit from it.
I found that it was not only comparatively
easy to do this, but really enjoyable; and it allows for a little relief from the right-brain strain of perpetually
cranking out creative fiction ideas.
If you’re hesitant simply about diving into article writing because you don’t feel like you’re quite an expert on anything, let me address that issue too. To write articles, you don’t need complete noesis simply about any topic; you only need to cognize a little more than the many a others out there who power benefit from what you’ve experienced.
If you’ve completed a novel, then you can write for all aspiring novelists who haven’t yet summoned the bravery to commit thing
to the page. If you’re published, then you can write for others who HAVE completed a book but are still wallowing in obscurity. Share what you knowing on
the bitter road that is untidy
with rejection letters, lonely hours at the writing desk, despair, and oftentimes the misunderstandings of even as our nighest
adored ones.
The point is, where
you are on
the path of your writing ambition, there are others behind you who could benefit from your experience. They wish be grateful for your articles and the information and encouragement you gave them. Several wish respond by clicking through to your website and learning simply about your different writings. Several wish hopefully purchase your book.
How many a can you hope to reach? Well, I simply recently began this article writing endeavor myself. Now once
I search by my name on Google or Yahoo I find my pieces turning up on over a dozen e-zines and blogs. Several of these sites have heavy traffic. As I write more, and submit more, the amount increase exponentially. In mathematical terms, articles are the great multiplier.
About The Author
Seth Thomas Mullins is the author of “Song of an Feral Land”, a novel of speculative fantasy in lawless frontier territory. Visit Seth at http://authorsden.com/sethtmullins.
This article was denote
on Gregorian calendar month
12, 2005
