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Practical Article Marketing Tips and Tricks

By Harry Constantine

The name says it all: article marketing means marketing yourself with articles and you don't have to be an author to do that. Anyone can take advantage of article marketing without a writing background.

The concept is by having your contents reproduced around the internet you'll be able to increase your exposure and acquire, via the resource box, one-way incoming links which you don't have to reciprocate as you would with link exchanges, which in theory should reward you with better search engine ranking.

Having a process in place makes organizing article submission so much easier and removes the confusion of where of what to do first. The following guide will take you through an article submission project step-by-step.

1. Start by having your article proofread and then add it to your website. Make sure you have a catchy title and a by-line that compels readers to take action.

2. Use a text to html tool to format your by-line so that your URLs will appear live when your article is posted on a site.

3. List the information you'll need for most submission sites including: title, author name, address, phone number, e-mail, website URL, topic, two line summary of the article, word count, line count, article URL, auto responder address (if available), document file names and 10-15 keywords.

4. Make a list of the type of submission sites most suited for your articles. I use EzineAnnouncer to collect and keep track of my submission list and I always write down the categories that are a match for my article. My latest submission qualified for more than 400 sites but your success depends upon your article topic.

5. Begin submitting to sites that allow article submission by e-mail. Never send an attachment unless asked. Incorporate the entire article into the e-mail and include an option for the recipient to opt-out of your list.

6. Create accounts for all new submission sites on your list that require registration. Typically, you have to wait for a confirmation e-mail before submitting. You can move on to the next step while you wait.

7. Submit to all sites you have registered for and to all sites not needing registration but offering a submission form.

8. Check your e-mail, confirm your new accounts and visit those sites to add your articles. Keep track of your login and password for each site.

9. Get your submission updated list by removing or correcting bounced e-mail addresses and URL errors. You will also need to add your new submission sites to your list.

10. Monitor your submission by creating a report to keep on your computer with the name and URL of the sites you used for submission. Update this list when you submit your older articles to newly discovered sites.

Article Marketing remains one of the best ways to establish yourself as an expert, lead generation, increase site traffic and improve search engine rank. If you haven't tried it yet to promote your business, I encourage you to take the idea of marketing information online

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Fuel of the Future? Indiana's Contribution

By Ian Kleine

Biofuel is deemed the 'fuel of the future'.

Basically, it is fuel added with organic components that do not belong to the category of 'long dead, prehistoric biological material.' There are many types of biofuels, though most of them are still deemed too expensive and inefficient. The two most current profitable and feasible are the generic 'biofuels' and 'agrofuels'.

Biofuel is usually derived from 'biomass' a big heap of material from recently living (and now dead) organisms, usually plant life after harvesting. Animal parts (like manure, slaughterhouse parts) can also be used and added to the biomass gunk. It usually consists of animal waste, construction materials, leaves and tree refuse, and crop stalks (usually wheat, oats, and rice stalks).

Agrofuels are basically specialized plants whose produce has a good composition that could be assimilated into a pseudo-fuel source. Usually, these plants have to have a very high sugar content (like sugar cane, beet, and sorghum) or starch (sweet potatoes and corn do fine) and have yeast extract the alcohol. The other one is to have plants that create high amounts of oil that can be used to support the main fuel (like palm, soy, jatropha which is fast becoming the crop of choice for oils among biofuels.) Sooner or later, these plants may be raised and cultured just for this purpose.

We have vegetable oil, used in its distilled form (rid of water and particulates) that is used by older diesel engines, as they are most compatible with the engine. Biodiesel which is produced from oil and is chemically similar to diesel. The oils are used to replace a part of the fuel. Bioalcohols are of the same value, except instead of oil, they use alcohols.

Indiana is the proponent of most of the biofuels in the country. With this move, hopefully, the state will become the leader in the green revolution.

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Shuffle Mp3 Explained

By Anne Ahira

The iPod Shuffle Mp3 has been around since 2005. It was originally created with mp3 player 1gb memory and would hold nearly 240 songs. It is considered the budget model of the iPod line.

Early in the game, the producer of iPod identified that many users would leave their digital music players on random. They decided that a shuffle mp3 player could be made and it would be price effective . Therefore, the iPod shuffle mp3 player was born and was the major iPod to use flash memory.

First Facts

The very main production iPod shuffle mp3 player was not many to seem at. It was a minimal audio player that came with a USB end built in, no require for cables merely plug it into your home computer to get started.

At release the iPod shuffle mp3 player were setted a price near $150, nowadays you may pick up a first information for more or less $70.

Second Gen

Billed as the mainly available iPod still the shuffle mp3 second generation would see a latest design. Instead of the long rectangular form of the original, it would sport nearly ideal square and be much smaller.

There were several system changes along with the design improve . In earlier years, users had been capable to use Mac or Windows format system. This new shuffle mp3 player will give an error if brought up in Mac format system.

Another change with the small design of the shuffle mp3 is that the USB is no longer built in; instead, the player comes with a dock that hooks up to the shuffle mp3 player through the headphone jack.

Originally released in only a brushed aluminum color six months after the release of the second-generation shuffle mp3 Apple introduced colors. No longer a dull chrome color you could now get an iPod shuffle mp3 player in blue, green, orange, or pink. These colors were soon replaced by turquoise, product red, mint green and lavender. By late in 2008 the original colors were back with a new red to boot.

Finally

Apple really hit it out of the park with the shuffle mp3 player. Although they would not release the actual numbers, professional speculate that iPod shuffle commanded as much as 43% of the market share within months of its release. Although simple in concept and lacking many of the bells and whistles of larger mp3 players, it is still a solid choice.

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