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		<title>CD and DVD Product Packaging Styling &#8211; Why It&#8217;s so Critical</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DVD and CD packaging tends to be one of the most repeatedly overlooked yet very critical stages to cope with when copying and putting out CDs. Even the minutest details has the potential to take away from the overall flawlessness of your whole project and additionally jeopardize your efforts. Crafting and carrying out the packaging of those DVDs and CDs is one area you and your staff members definitely should get done adequately.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Properly packaging DVDs and CDs is likely among the most repeatedly disregarded and yet cardinal measures to cope with when copying and publishing DVDs. Even the littlest details may possibly subtract from the fine quality of your entire venture and tarnish your effort. Product packaging DVDs and CDs is the one thing you and your team unquestionably must invariably get right. Do don&#8217;t you even think of compromising your firm&#8217;s good renown rendering inferior work! First of all you need to comprehend with regards to product packaging CDs and DVDs &#8211; there is a considerable distinction between the duplication and the replication of media discs. There&#8217;s a considerable difference, in spite of the fact that both look the same. Duplication makes use of precisely the same process go for in the home any time you burn CD albums, but at a considerably faster data transfer rate. The downside being that this technique is marginally more expensive because it is frequently implemented when working on small packs of around 10k or even less. Plus, it boasts a considerably lower quality versus complementary process for CD packaging, to wit production by replication.</p>
<p>DVD CD product packaging through replication signifies that the information is transferred by imprinting the information on the DVDs and/or CDs. They are then properly printed in addition to being worked over with lacquer. Usually, this is conducted for 1000s of CDs, and the quality attained to is actually phenomenal. Then of course you&#8217;ll have to make a decision concerning whether to deploy conventional cases or the a good deal more sophisticated digipacks. Standard cases would be the larger recycled plastic ones which include a set of holds for the cardstock inlets. These come in various models. They can take multiple CDs or DVDs, and are well-liked since they supply a little supplementary stability for that discs on the inside. However, these are highly-priced and not particularly particularly eco friendly, unless you&#8217;re set up to shell out more for ones produced from reprocessed components. Still more pricey: genuinely bio degradable items that has a zero or even a favorable co2 foot print. Ponder becoming inventive with your CD <a href="http://www.amstore.co.uk/multimedia/dvd-packaging.html">DVD packaging</a>. Utilizing the latest technology, you will have the opportunity to go far further than standard creatives and instead to decide on something distinctive or even interactive for your disc product packaging. Pop-up art, a variety of raw materials, cut-outs made from paper or cardboard, in addition to other artistic devices can work as well and help make your data, information, movies or MP3s get full attention on the shelf. CD and DVD product packaging could have a very big bearing on products sold along with the personal opinion consumers form of your CDs. Ensure that your CDs or DVDs perform well by leveraging excellent wrapping and, of course, design. And in case you&#8217;re concerned, this won&#8217;t need to ramp up your overhead that much,: you can easily hire a lot of great creative talent on the web to outsource your work at highly competitive rates in other words this option is totally up to you.</p>
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		<title>Methods for Graffiti Elimination around Your Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 19:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a shame when graffiti is all over a city. People today need to have to do some thing about it. That is why there should be far more individuals who are interested in Graffiti removal &#8220;<a href="http://www.klotterkonsulten.se/kontakt/jonkopings-lan/klottersanering-jonkoping">klottersanering J&#246;nk&#246;ping</a>&#8220;. If far more people today were willing to get involved then it would not be such a massive dilemma. 1 of the greatest difficulties with the world right now is that no one wants to get involved and make a difference. It is time to take a stand and get the city cleaned up. It will be much better for everybody who lives there and every person who visits too.</p>
<p>We can make a difference, 1 person at a time. The very first step towards Graffiti removal is identifying where there is a difficulty. The step soon after which is to begin to clean it up. A brush and a bucket of water will help to get the job started. Make a party out of it, organize a group of people to work together and see what can be carried out. See if local companies are willing to donate food to volunteers who are doing the cleaning. Soon after all, if the graffiti is cleaned up it will aid the companies to look superior.</p>
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		<title>Revealing All regarding Ebrochure Publication</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Producing an e-brochure is a lot of effort, so it would be a shame to spoil all your work with the wrong e-brochure software. The most important call to take when you&#8217;re producing an online catalog is picking out your software provider. It&#8217;s not a trivial question of just picking some good format for your magazine &#8211; quite the contrary, this decision is serious as it may easily make or break your overall venture. Ease of operation is the most important feature to look out for. After all, no matter how excellent the package may appear to be, it still sucks if you yourself can&#8217;t do anything with it&#8230; Make certain to test multiple packages before you decide on a provider for your ezine.</p>
<p>The second big piece of preparation you&#8217;ll need to do is safeguarding security. You should be concerned about hackers. How is your account protected? Can the content be secured? Can individuals just copy-paste your content or does the flash publishing software vendor have protective measures to stopping this? Is your content secure?</p>
<p>Has a marketing strategy been created? No matter what plan you use you should think about how you will handle adverts. Modern-day techniques mean thinking about search engine demands when editing content.</p>
<p>When creating an online newspaper, you&#8217;ll be dealing with former editions. Will your interactive newspaper be widely available? If not widely available then you have unlimited hosting ideas and you should look into your variety of hosting options. How will you advertise this interactive publication?</p>
<p>Some solutions you require to look at in advance before being hit by an emergency. What&#8217;s the level of tech-support? Check out the FAQ page. Also check any sort of how-to guide they may have. If their response time isn&#8217;t published this should raise questions. How well-staffed is their tech-support line? Tech-support&#8217;s importance really can&#8217;t be over-stated. Consider your options very carefully before picking out your publication&#8217;s e-publishing software vendor. Google the term &#8220;<a href="http://www.zmags.com">Zmags</a>&#8221; for further pointers.</p>
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		<title>Article Writing &#8211; The Income Loop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 21:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t have to submit articles to companies to get paid for your work.  While that would be a great thing, there are other ways that may actually be more profitable.  We&#8217;re going to discuss a very clever way to make income from writing articles without having to worry about a company sending [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You don&#8217;t have to submit articles to companies to get paid for your work.  While that would be a great thing, there are other ways that may actually be more profitable.  We&#8217;re going to discuss a very clever way to make income from writing articles without having to worry about a company sending you a check for your work.  As a matter of fact, you can give these articles away for free and still make money.  Wondering how?  Keep reading.</p>
<p>This is going to take some work, but once you&#8217;ve done it you&#8217;ll be glad you did.</p>
<p>The first thing you have to do is pick a very specific niche that you want to write articles for.  It doesn&#8217;t matter what that niche is but it would be best if it was something that you could write easily on and didn&#8217;t have to do a lot of research on.  For this example let&#8217;s pick the topic of boating.</p>
<p>The next thing you have to do is write as many articles on boating as you can to start.  You want to have as many to begin with as possible in order to get you off to the best start.  You&#8217;ll see why in a minute.</p>
<p>After you have all your articles written, the next thing you want to do is build a web site.  It doesn&#8217;t have to be anything fancy but it should look professionally done.  If you can&#8217;t do this yourself, hire somebody to do it.  It only has to be one page, so it shouldn&#8217;t take too long or cost too much.</p>
<p>After your page is complete you want to open up a Google Adsense account.  You&#8217;ll then place Google Adsense ad blocks on your page which will include the articles that you&#8217;ve written.  You&#8217;re not going to have each article in its entirety on the page.  Maybe just a paragraph of each and then a link to the main page of the article where they can read the rest of it.</p>
<p>The next thing you&#8217;re going to do is search through some of the marketplaces online to see if there are any products being sold that relate to your article.  If so, join their affiliate program and place your affiliate link with a description of the product on your site.  Write a little blurb that will tell people how this product relates to what they just read and how if they get it, the product will help them.</p>
<p>After you have this all set up, you want to create your own blog.  On it you&#8217;re going to post, first, that your web site about boating is up and there are articles on boating there.  Then you&#8217;re going to go to one of the blog pinging services and let them know that your blog exists.</p>
<p>Here comes the hard part.  You then want to try to write a new article every day.  Why?  Because each day that you do this, you can then update your blog, which further means you can ping the blog services.  Why do you want to do this?  Because each time you do this you&#8217;ll be bringing new visitors to your site.  Over time this is going to add up to quite a few visitors and potential customers.</p>
<p>Just repeat this procedure for every site you want to put up.  Eventually you&#8217;ll have a nice sized income being generated from it.</p>
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		<title>Loyalty and Online Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 05:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many online article writers have little if any loyalty and it is unfortunate that they will not stick with one source to promote their online works or online articles. It behooves an online writer to author works which fit parameters of the online article submission sites in their specialty niche or support the categories of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many online article writers have little if any loyalty and it is unfortunate that they will not stick with one source to promote their online works or online articles. It behooves an online writer to author works which fit parameters of the online article submission sites in their specialty niche or support the categories of their articles and then foster a loyalty to that online article submission website.</p>
<p>Having more than one or two online article submission sites can be problematic as all too often those who may wish to pick up the articles may go to several websites themselves and thus you risk their being upset that they may end up duplicating your articles on their sites, because you triple or quadruple posted on so many online article submission websites. Find a good one and stick with it.</p>
<p>Loyalty to an online website does not mean that once you start with one or two that you do not ever switch. But if you replace one with a better one, stay with the new set and do not go back and forth or add a third, forth and fifth one where you post all duplicate articles.</p>
<p>In fact if you find a really good one and want their loyalty to you, then you should reciprocate the same notion, without two-timing them. No one likes a cheater and it really serves you no purpose to duplicate, when online article submission sites allow others to pick up your articles anyway. Consider this in 2006.</p>
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		<title>Giving A Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is said that next to death our greatest fear is making a speech. For most of us being asked to speak before an audience causes us to panic. Our stomachs freeze up and our heart races.This can happen even if we have experiences of successful speeches. Fear freezes us up.Unlike most people I actually [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is said that next to death our greatest fear is making a speech. For most of us being asked to speak before an audience causes us to panic. Our stomachs freeze up and our heart races.This can happen even if we have experiences of successful speeches. Fear freezes us up.Unlike most people I actually enjoy being in front of an audience. I suspect that like people who enjoy writing there is a 5-10 % of the population who enjoy speaking. It&#8217;s interesting that people who write well are not necessarily good speakers. I owe my love of writing to my mother who made me write weekly letters to her mother.</p>
<p>Like most people I was scared of speaking in public since I was shy. One of my high school teachers thought the best thing was to deceive me into debating. He made me a researcher for the debate team. I worked closely with the three man team and was quite animated in private while arguing points. A few hours before the debate my teacher said that one member of the team could not made it. Therefore I had to go on and do his bit.It so happened that the &#8216;missing&#8217; person was the leader and so I had to speak first.</p>
<p>Several decades later I an recall vividly how scared I was. My teacher assured me I would do well.His first advice was to view the audience like my friends and family.&#8221;You are quite fluent among your friends. This is just a slightly larger group.&#8221;<br />
 Then he gave me a tip that was a virtual lifeline. &#8221; Choose a friendly face in the audience and speak as if you are talking to that person.&#8221;</p>
<p>I chose the sister of one of my school friends. Little does she know that her smiling,comforting face prevented me from collapsing on stage. That night I spoke in passionate tones to just one member of the audience. Following my teacher&#8217;s advice I spoke slower than normal and imagined my voice hitting the wall at the end of the room and coming back to me. When we finished that night my friends crowded around me and congratulated me on leading the debate team to a big win. Among that group was the leader of the team who was &#8216;ill&#8217;.My teacher then confessed his ruse to get me going as a speaker. I have not looked back since that first time. Though when I still remember how I feared the room would open up and swallow me.</p>
<p>Among the things I would emphasize  is the need for preparation and structure . It is often amusingly said that all you have to do is tell the audience what you are going to say,tell them and then remind them at the end of what you told them.This is like  a famous folk story about the success of a village fool as a teacher.</p>
<p><i>The Village Fool wandered to a town far away from his home.The town was expecting a famous scholar and mistook the Fool for him.They rushed him to the town hall and implored him to teach them.</p>
<p>Stunned, but living by his wits, the Fool thundered to his rapt audience:&#8221; Do you know what I&#8217;m going to teach you?&#8221;<br />
 &#8221; No,we don&#8217;t,&#8221;they replied adoringly.</p>
<p>&#8221; You are too ignorant for me to teach&#8221; said the Fool storming out of the hall.</p>
<p>The audience rushed after him begging him to teach them again. He agreed to do so a week later. In the meantime he attended many events but spoke sparingly. All were convinced of his wisdom.</p>
<p>The next time he ascended to the platform and gravely asked the same question as he did the previous time.<br />
 &#8221; Do you know what I am going to teach you?&#8221;</p>
<p>This time the audience shouted gleefully: &#8221; Yes ,we do.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Fool smiled and said as he left,&#8221; Then my work is done. You already know all. &#8220;</p>
<p>The audience was amazed and thought that the Fool was truly wise so they asked him to speak to them one more time as they felt they knew the best response to his question.</p>
<p>So when the Fool got up and asked in his confident way,&#8221;Do you know what I am going to teach you?&#8221; half the the crowd said &#8220;Yes&#8221; and the other half said &#8220;No&#8221;.</p>
<p>The Fool smiled. Then said &#8221; Well, those who know will teach those who don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Fool then left the town with all in awe of his wisdom.</i></p>
<p>Another useful tip is to establish rapport with your audience, say something that links you to them.Also it&#8217;s never a good idea to try to speak about something you are not passionate about.You need the energy of you belief to move you and your listeners.It is absolutely critical that your speech has &#8216;bridges&#8217;  in it to help your listeners to cross from one idea group to another. You must give clear indications when you are moving on. So transitional phrases like &#8220;As an example of this&#8221; or &#8220;This brings us to the larger problem of,&#8221; assist in understanding.</p>
<p>Do develop a sense of your listeners&#8217; engagement with you. Keep an ebb and flow as you go though the stages of your speech. In time you&#8217;ll learn to create anticipation For example I have listened three times live to <b>Harv Eker&#8217;s Millionaire Mind Evening </b>speech and I always marvel at how comfortably he paces the speech.Observing him close up I noticed that he seemed to &#8216;play&#8217; the audience&#8217;s energy level.Like actors, successful speakers have a great sense of timing. They speak &#8216;to&#8217; people not &#8216;at&#8217; people. They are aware that they have to fine tune their ability to receive responses from their audience and keep reacting to them.</p>
<p>When you are preparing you speech establish clearly what your central speech focus is.In one sentence, like a corporate mission statement, you must be able to say what your speech is about.Preparation is in two main parts &#8211;content and delivery.After you have got clear what you want to say practice and practice often.Observe yourself in a mirror. Try different shadings of voice. Observe your facial and body movements as you say certain parts. Record yourself on video and critique yourself. Don&#8217;t be too harsh on yourself. Pay attention to what you are doing right and build on that.Above all remember that you must make eye contact with the people in front of you. Don&#8217;t make the mistake of  keeping eye contact with the paper on which your speech is written!</p>
<p>My advice is to have key points and an outline on index cards.It is possible to train yourself to speak from memory especially if you rehearse often. Work on having a memorable ending. Study good speeches and model your ending on theirs. Your audience should leave with a feeling that their time was spent in a worthwhile way.</p>
<p>Finally ,today, I recognize that the best way to work with people is to deal with their fears about speaking and doing well before others. I use a simple tapping and affirmation process called <b>Emotional Freedom Technique</b>. It has helped many with performance anxiety.</p>
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<p><b>Milton Drepaul  </b>is co-author of  <b>CXC English and CXC English B </b>. He is an Career Consultant,Educator,Writer,Business Consultant and Resume Expert. Clients can view his website at <a href="http://www.theresumexpert.com." rel="nofollow">http://www.theresumexpert.com.</a></p>
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		<title>How to Influence the Article Production (as a Reader)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader,
You could influence the article production obviously by contributing as a producer. Yet it is also possible to influence the production as a reader. And this is very important.
Companies like Microsoft, Philips, Procter &#038; Gamble but also news and broadcasting stations share one important producer characteristic and that is that they do not have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Reader,</p>
<p>You could influence the article production obviously by contributing as a producer. Yet it is also possible to influence the production as a reader. And this is very important.</p>
<p>Companies like Microsoft, Philips, Procter &#038; Gamble but also news and broadcasting stations share one important producer characteristic and that is that they do not have direct contact with the end consumer.</p>
<p>Internet has changed this a bit, but their products are predominately sold by third parties. This means that they lack information about clients. No profiles, no way of grouping clients with familiar traits, no insights what so ever.</p>
<p>And the article producer is not different in that sense from these big guys.</p>
<p>As an author, you have no direct contact with your reader. There is no profile. There is nothing.<br />
 To overcome this challenge Television broadcasters use a rating mechanism. A group of people are asked what to watch and so on and so on.</p>
<p>Here at ezinearticles.com there is such a rating mechanism and it is a very fine one. It is stimulating that what is essential for these kinds of market places; a good climate.</p>
<p>So as a reader you have the power to steer the production. Rate articles that you like with a excellent or (very) good rating, something that seems interesting could be rated as such and fair enough is also available.</p>
<p>If you dare to write about quality in relation to the article production you run the risk of receiving a &#8220;Could use Improvement&#8221; rating. A very stimulating rating that I received for, &#8220;Be Aware of The Article Production Hype,&#8221; I fully agree with it.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>&#169; 2006 Hans Bool</p>
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<p>Hans Bool is the founder of Astor White a traditional management consulting company that offers online management advice. Astor Online solves issues in hours what normally would take days.<br />
 You can apply for a free demo account</p>
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		<title>Smashing Writer&#8217;s Block</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writers block &#8211; the nemesis of every writer. At times, I wish Writer&#8217;s Block was a real person so I can do them bodily harm.
You have something you need written. You sit down at your desk, look at the blank screen or equally blank sheet of paper &#8230;and&#8230;you hear the &#8216;tick&#8217; &#8216;tock&#8217; of the clock [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Writers block &#8211; the nemesis of every writer. At times, I wish Writer&#8217;s Block was a real person so I can do them bodily harm.</p>
<p>You have something you need written. You sit down at your desk, look at the blank screen or equally blank sheet of paper &#8230;and&#8230;you hear the &#8216;tick&#8217; &#8216;tock&#8217; of the clock in the background.</p>
<p>Nothing.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t think of anything to write! Every time you start to write something, you either hit the delete button or score a 3-pointer in your wastebasket. Don&#8217;t worry, you&#8217;re not alone.</p>
<p>In fact, you have plenty to say. Its just your thoughts are cluttered and ideas are zipping around and you don&#8217;t know where to begin. Here&#8217;s a great way to beat Writers Block</p>
<p>1: Just write</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry about what order it&#8217;s in, or what the spelling is like or what words to use. Just say exactly what you want to say by writing all your thoughts down first.</p>
<p>You can trim it and plug in the holes later. Write it down! If you think of a great way to end your piece, write it down &#8211; right away. Don&#8217;t try and save it in your mind, because then you&#8217;ll forget and kick yourself for not having written it down.</p>
<p>2: Once you have it all down, I want you to become the reader now.</p>
<p>Forget you&#8217;re writing something, just read it like you&#8217;re a customer. Does it strike you? Does it cut through the clutter? Does it make you want to act? Does it have all the good components of a powerful message? (Problem, Agitate, Solution?) Keep repeating the above process until you can answer yes, yes, yes and yes!</p>
<p>3: Read it aloud.</p>
<p>Use the tone of voice in which you&#8217;d like the material to be read. When you come across a word you want to emphasize, use italics, underline, bold, CAPS OR ALL OF THEM. Use punctuation marks where required like ! and &#8220;. It&#8217;s very effective</p>
<p>Here, let me show you:</p>
<p>&#8220;NEVER AGAIN will you need to clean grimy brake dust from your wheels!&#8221;</p>
<p>The effects give the sentence a stronger presence and it oozes confidence.</p>
<p>Do this for your entire piece.</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;re happy with it, give it to others for feedback. That should do it. If you still can&#8217;t break the deadlock &#8211; if you still can&#8217;t smash Writer&#8217;s Block or the Blank Mind Syndrome, drop me a line.</p>
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<p>Sammer Hakim is a Dallas-based copywriter serving clients worldwide and helping them with their sales materials. He can be reached at <a href="http://www.marketing-commando.com." rel="nofollow">http://www.marketing-commando.com.</a></p>
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		<title>Hire a Writing Coach and Get Your Freelance Writing Career Off the Ground</title>
		<link>http://www.floenz.org/archives/2009/04/25/hire-a-writing-coach-and-get-your-freelance-writing-career-off-the-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While freelance writing provides wonderful benefits such as an easy
 commute and flexible schedule, it can also be isolating, especially if you
 are just beginning. Writers combat this by getting involved in writers&#8217;
 groups, critique groups or other associations.
If you&#8217;re just getting started as a freelance writer, one of the best ways to
 get your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While freelance writing provides wonderful benefits such as an easy<br />
 commute and flexible schedule, it can also be isolating, especially if you<br />
 are just beginning. Writers combat this by getting involved in writers&#8217;<br />
 groups, critique groups or other associations.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re just getting started as a freelance writer, one of the best ways to<br />
 get your new writing career off the ground may be to invest in a coach.<br />
 Just as you might hire a personal trainer to get a physical fitness<br />
 program started, a writing coach can provide you with tips,<br />
 encouragement and accountability.</p>
<p>Getting established as a writer takes time, energy and commitment. It<br />
 can be intimidating to do it alone. In addition, we all know that every<br />
 writer needs an editor. Having a coach gives you someone to read and<br />
 edit your work, someone to answer your writing questions, and<br />
 someone who can simply give you the security to actually submit that<br />
 dusty manuscript to a publisher.</p>
<p>A seasoned writing coach can also educate you on trends in the<br />
 industry and how to find the best publishers for your work. A good coach<br />
 can also provide clues as to where to find writing jobs you never knew<br />
 were there.</p>
<p>We all have different goals for our writing. Some may want to begin a<br />
 freelance writing business while others may want to begin publishing<br />
 stories or books for children.</p>
<p>No matter what your writing ambitions are, an experienced writing coach<br />
 can help you reach your goals.</p>
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<p>Diane Samson is a writer with The Lieurance Group, a freelance writers&#8217;<br />
 cooperative in Kansas City, Missouri. Samson can provide writing,<br />
 reporting and editing services for magazines, newspapers, corporate<br />
 communications and especially animal publications. Find out more<br />
 about her writing services, as well as coaching services for writers, at<br />
 <a href="http://www.lieurancegroup.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.lieurancegroup.blogspot.com</a> or email Diane at<br />
 dianesamson@birch.net</p>
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		<title>Posting Rates&#8230; Or Not</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been an ongoing debate amongst some of us who provide paid writing services for clientele. The debate revolves around a very important topic: should we post our rates online&#8230;or not?
When I first launched The Article Writer in May 2005, I kept specific prices off of my site. Then, as I realized that quite [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There has been an ongoing debate amongst some of us who provide paid writing services for clientele. The debate revolves around a very important topic: should we post our rates online&#8230;or not?</p>
<p>When I first launched The Article Writer in May 2005, I kept specific prices off of my site. Then, as I realized that quite a number of my colleagues were posting rate information on their sites, I decided to do likewise. Admittedly, my first rate sheet was too low as the rates I had listed were lower than what I felt was right. Weeks later I raised my rates and then, finally, I sat down and gave my site a serious &#8220;new year&#8221; review and came up with my current rates, as featured here.</p>
<p>To this day, some of my colleagues continue to insist that my rates are on the low side. At first glance it would appear that their assessment is correct. However, the rates I show reflect a couple of things: they are for content based articles only and they are my best rates for my best customers [much like the prime lending rate is the best rate for banking customers].</p>
<p>I do charge much more per article for smaller projects as well as for higher quality magazine style works. Those rates aren&#8217;t posted, so an individual quote is in order.</p>
<p>Yes, there are times that I still wonder if I should pull the rate sheet. For now, my prices will remain posted for all to see. One good thing is that it does tend to scare away the bargain basement buyers. No loss there for me!</p>
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<p><b>Copyright 2006 -</b> For additional information regarding <b>Matt Keegan</b>, The Article Writer, please visit his blog for wit, quips, and freelance writing tips.</p>
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