Your Quick Guide to (firewall) Writing Children’s Stories
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Your Quick Guide to Writing a Creative Childrens Story
By: Lucy Cope
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If you are interested in writing a creative childrens story, but just dont know where to start, thats okay! Im here to help. I have written and illustrated several books successfully and have gotten a really positive response. You can learn how to be creative too! Creativity is something that is within all of us whether you believe it or not. Youre inner creative self is just waiting to come out and be released to the public.
Writing creative childrens stories start with a basic idea and then you can continue on from that point. I know you are probably thinking that this is easier said than done, but this free article will really help you out. When I started out, I picked Beauty Buzzy the Bee because bumblebees are cute and can be marketed to the masses pretty easily with either girls or boys. Whichever character you choose to start off with, make sure that your character is easily remembered and can appeal to wide variety of audience members. This is important because you will be able to appeal to more people that way.
Once you have picked your main character, you must decide where your character lives, what his/her daily activities are, what are your characters likes or dislikes, etc. I have written a few brainstorming activities to help you to develop your character below:
Character name:
What is your character (ex: insect: bumblebee):
How would your character typically spend their day?
What is your characters favorite pastime?
What is your characters likes or dislikes?
How does your character feel about others?
Which other characters does your main character get along with?
Which other characters does your main character not get along with?
How does your character relate to others?
Where does your character live?
Name some good and bad things about your characters personality:
Additional things you would like to add about your character:
This brainstorming exercise will help you to develop your main character effectively. You should repeat this exercise for each additional character that you would like to introduce into your childrens story. Its important to list how the characters interact and relate to one another because it will help you to better develop your plot. After you have successfully analyzed and thoroughly given each character its proper description, you should decide how you can fit it together to make a story.
Deciding what your story should be about can be considered difficult simply because you want the story to be creative and something that people would enjoy. It can be fairly simple after you have written character development. Just go through the motions of what your character would do during they day, enjoying their favorite pastime, and interaction with the other characters. There are also a few other things to consider. Is there a lesson that can be learned by the interaction of these characters? Can your characters resolve a conflict? How is that resolve going to benefit your readers? All of these important questions can help you to develop a story once answered properly.
Something that I like to do is to write rhyming stories. All of my stories rhyme simply because it is what I am the best at. If rhyming is not for you, then by all means, dont write a rhyming story. I write this way because it makes the story catchy and easy to remember, quote, etc. The more memorable your book is, the more it will be revisited and possibly recommended to others. If you are interested in writing this way, please look at an example such as Beauty Buzzy the Bee available for free at my website. The best thing to do is to start off with something in your story like the word bee and find things that rhyme with it such as: tree, me, see, etc. You can do this as many times as possible, and it will help you to create a cute, rhyming childrens story.
Illustrations for your story may be done by someone you know or you can do them yourself. As a matter of convenience, I do all of my own illustrations. I found a great website that will teach you step by step how to make beautiful watercolor paintings. It would really be useful for someone who wanted to do their own illustrations. Click Here to see how to make your own watercolor paintings.
Now that you know how to create the most wonderful, beautiful, and awesome childrens stories, go out and make a book! Dont forget to check out my website to see how you can self-publish and market your childrens book 100% online. You can make a serious living doing what you enjoy without the help of an agent or a publisher!
Pencils Up!
Lucy Cope
http://myfreebeebook.com
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The 3 Keys to Directory Submission
By seomul Evans
If you are an internet business owner then you are already aware of the importance of SEO, or search engine optimization. SEO is comprised of many different tasks such as link building, article marketing, and keyword placement. But there’s one other SEO tactic that you may not have thought of yet, and that’s directory submission.
A directory is simply a listing of websites broken down by category and subcategory. If a user wants to learn more about a particular subject “let’s use fly fishing as an example” he simply finds a directory and searches for the term “fly fishing.” He is immediately shown a listing of websites related to fly fishing, as well as other categories that he can search to narrow down his results.
If you are a business owner, you simply submit your site to the directory and wait for it to be listed. Then the next person who searches for the term “fly fishing” will be directed to your site!
There are two great advantages to using directories. The first is that directory submissions help build your inbound links. Search engines value one-way links over reciprocal links, so directory submissions will increase your search engine ranking simply by providing you with one-way links. The second advantage is that you get targeted traffic to your site. If a person has found you in a directory, then you can be certain that he was searching for information related specifically to your product or service. Take advantage of directory listings by following these keys:
1.Free or paid directories? While you should definitely take advantage of free directories, you might find that some paid directories are good investments as well. Paid directories will get your site listed more quickly than free directories, and those listings will probably last longer on paid directories than on free directories. So choose some of each to maximize your potential.
2. Niche or general directories? Niche directories are those that are related specifically to your product or service. They guarantee targeted traffic and can help you build up great inbound links if other people find your information valuable. You can find directories related to your market niche with a simple internet search. General directories are also a good investment because many of them have typically been around longer than most niche directories. Search engines reward inbound links from older, more well-established websites, so be sure you submit your site to some general directories that have been around for awhile. Your best bet is to submit to both niche directories and general directories.
3. Take your time. Search engines reward natural link-building with higher search engine rankings, which means that it’s imperative for you to take your time when submitting to directories. If you add your URL to a hundred directories in one day, search engines will penalize you for not building links naturally. However, if you submit to several directories two or three times per month, your link-building will appear natural and will be rewarded by search engines.
Directory submission is no doubt one of the best and simplest ways to increase your search engine rank and drive traffic to your site. The major drawback is that directory submission can be a tedious and time-consuming process. Each directory has its own guidelines for submission, as well as a human editor. If your submission does not follow the guidelines, your site will be rejected. If your disregard for the guidelines is egregious, you may never be able to list your site with that directory.
One option is to consult with an SEO expert or internet marketing agency. An internet marketing professional can not only help you decide which directories are most appropriate for your website and take care of your submissions on your behalf, but he can also help you determine how to integrate directory submissions into your overall marketing strategy.
Seomul Evans is a senior Internet Marketing Services services consultant with “SEO 1 Services” and Add Url cafe providing freeinternet marketing Articles.
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The Benefits of Backlinking
By Jessica Robuck - McGranaghan
Internet marketing is an extremely competitive business, and getting an edge above the competition can make the difference between a successful venture and a failure. With such intense competition, focusing on marketing with effective and proven methods is most definitely beneficial to the new Internet marketer. Backlinking, when executed properly, can provide a competitive edge with focused and interested traffic towards the highlighted home business website.
Backlinking is referencing links within the content of one site directly attached to another site. Usually these backlinks are within relevant content on another site pointing back towards a central home page. Within the specific context of Internet marketing, backlinking is placing your home business website link within the context of relevant, keyword rich content (the more relevant, the more effective) of other pages. For example, placing your website link attached to highly relevant keywords within content of your blog, Squidoo page, or Hubpage directing viewers back to your home page is effective backlinking.
A key aspect to making sure traffic converts into sales is first attaining the highest quality traffic possible. By backlinking with relevant keywords, traffic that clicks on a backlinked keyword is expressing interest in the particular keyword, thereby demonstrating a level of focus on a relevant topic. Topic-relevant traffic provides significantly higher conversion rates, as this traffic is captive and interested in what is offered.
Relevant content overall, aside from linked keywords, also establishes an element of credibility to any included links. If an article or blog containing backlinks is poorly written and overall not really helpful, a reader is much less likely to click through on the links within that article or blog. Provide quality content to give your links credibility and yourself as a writer a reputation for quality and knowledge.
Another key aspect to backlinking is choosing the correct keywords to link a home or sales page with. Again, relevance is key. For example, if your home business is cosmetic and jewelry sales, you would not use keywords in a different industry, like “computer monitors” or “peanut butter and jelly sandwich”, because traffic that clicks on links to those words is interested in that particular topic. With non-relevant keywords, conversion rates are likely to be extremely low. Picking words like “natural, quality, and low cost cosmetics” or “designer quality jewelry” to link to your sales page would direct much more traffic likely to buy the products offered than an individual seeking out computer equipment.
Backlinking is most effective with both highly relevant keywords and content. The proper and effective use of backlinking will not only increase conversion rates and the quality of traffic directed towards the backlinked website, this technique will also increase the backlinked page’s website ranking as an added bonus.
Overall, the proper execution of backlinking is an extremely useful tool within the Internet marketing industry.
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