Archive for March, 2008

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

The copy you write for brochures is a bit different to what you might put on a website. The English you use can be, for one thing, a bit fuller than that of your website, which has to grab the reader’s attention in seconds. You can afford to have less sentence fragments and slogans hanging in the air. When a potential customer has taken the trouble to pick up your brochure, you have their attention… Well, initially, at least (so don’t blow it).Unlike with a website, there is a bit more room in a brochure to talk about your company and the history of service you have, but it’s still of utmost importance that you write something punchy that gets to the point quickly.You should always be concerned with giving the customer what they want up front, which means: what can you do for me? Customers want to know what they can get out of a relationship with you; information on your number of employees and your year of incorporation is, at best, secondary.What you should try to do when you communicate with your potential customers is make them imagine the time after they’ve used you. Make them imagine looking back at what a fantastic job you’ve done for them. I find it makes a stronger case than saying “if you use us, this is what we can give you” if you take away the element of chance. Make them think of when it’s already happened and tell them how great it was.The first thing you need when you write a brochure is a checklist to get you started. Try to tick off as many as you can:What it’s being written for (informational? Promoting sales?)Who it’s aimed at (what kinds of companies, profile of people reading the brochure)How many pages it hasWhere to get the information to write the new brochure (marketing division? Interviews with R&D staff? Engineers?)When the last brochure came outWhen the new one is due to be replaced (in other words, what’s its life-cycle?)When you need the copy to be finished (hey, don’t laugh. A tight deadline can have a big effect - positive and negative - on the quality of what you write) The design (has the new brochure already been designed? This would impact on the word count and the style of how you write it)Your house style (many companies have a certain vocabulary and a certain way of describing things)Competitors’ brochures (why not see if there’s anything you can model for your brochure? At the very least you can find out what you’re up against)Your overall plan at the outset for what kind of brochure you’d like At all times you should be thinking of your customers. What do they want? What don’t they want? What can you do to make their lives easier? What can you help them avoid?Happy writing. You’re very welcome to reprint any of my articles on your website and/or newsletters free of charge, provided: * you don’t change the article in any way * you include the writing credit below (including all website links) Daniel O’Connor is a UK-based website copywriter, advertising copywriter and marketing copywriter using the name Daniboy. Want to see what an exciting copywriting website looks like? Visit .Daniboy.com for further details of his services, including bespoke article writing, and more free reprint articles. He can be contacted on +44-1892-518269 or via his website. Don’t forget to check out his business blog at .daniboy.com/blog/. Published Monday-Friday every week, it gives handy tips on good business practice, correct English and how to use the Internet effectively.

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Writing a custom essay in law is actually an important part of your course as in such essays you are often asked to both present some theory (how you understand it) and solve a case study or two based on this theory. In such a way your professor will be able to determine whether you possess a deep knowledge of the subject and can apply this knowledge in practice. After all, this is what practicing lawyer has to do. However, there is no practice without theory

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Accelerando, Charles Stross, 2005, ISBN 0441012841 Set in the near future, these related stories are about an Earth where technology has run rampant, and humanity’s inability to keep up. Computing power, and artificial intelligence, have passed the limits of human intellect. Nanotechnology is everywhere, reprogramming and replicating at will. Posthumans, with all sorts of biological implants, have rendered people extinct. Corporations have become alive and sentient. New resource allocation algorithms, collectively called Economics 2.0, have replaced capitalism and communism. This book is about three generations of the same family. Manfred is a freelance broker in intelligence amplification technology in a world where everyone must be 30 seconds ahead of everyone else. Years later, his teenage daughter, Amber, signs up as an indentured astronaut on the first exploration ship heading to Jupiter. It is to get away from a domineering mother who insists that Amber have a “normal” life on Earth. Her son, Sirhan, finds his destiny intertwined with all of humanity. Along the way, most of the planets in the solar system are systematically taken apart by various sorts of mini-robots and nanomachines. There is also a multi-year journey to a specific brown dwarf star a long way away. Building a ship with sufficient life support for people, and propelling it at any reasonable portion of the speed of light is not possible. Therefore, the “passengers” have been uploaded into a nanocomputer the size of a Coke can, and that is sent to the stars. I thoroughly loved this novel. Cyberpunk fans will also love it. It does a fine job at the near future speculation, it’s cool, it’s high tech, and it’s got a good story. What else does a reader need? Paul Lappen is a freelance book reviewer whose website, Dead Trees Review, has over 700 reviews on all subjects, with an emphasis on small press books.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Tinos island, site of the most important port in the cyclades has changed hands many times through history. Today, marble mined on Tinos island makes it home to many artists. This Greek island is noted for its annual celebration commemorating a miracle. Tinos Greece is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, part of the Cycladic archipelago, 78 nautical miles southeast of Athens. It has had name changes through history, including being called Ophiussa, for the snakes, and Hydroessa, for the water. Aristophanes called it Skordoforos for the quality of the garlic grown here. The Cyclades Islands are most likely remnants of an ancient mountain chain that once connected Greece to Asia Minor. Historically, Tinos island has been inhabited by the Phoenicians, Ionians, Athenians, Macedonians and Romans. Tinos island was named for the first settler, Tinos. After Roman times, Tinos Greece became a possession of the Byzantine Empire. It was a remote colony, and the target of numerous pirate raids by Turks, Arabs, Saracens, Sicilians, Huns and Goths. Along with all this civil uproar, Tinos island in Greece was geologically challenged, being the site of frequent, very destructive earthquakes. And to further add to the chaos, epidemics plagued the population. Tinos Greece has never been geared so much for development as for survival. The feudal Byzantine system, with knights owing lands slaved over by peasants, was replaced when the Venetians took over in the 1200’s. By the 1700’s, this Greek island was part of the Ottoman Empire. After the Turkish invasion, Tinos island was relatively free of restrictions placed on the people of nearby islands. The people of Tinos Greece were allowed to wear traditional garb, not being forced to wear a fez. They also built their own schools and churches. In fact, Turkish boats did not land on this island without he permission of the people. Today Tinos island has a population of about 8000. It is famed for its 20 windmills, 1,000 dovecotes, 50 villages. It is noted as a place where Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic peacefully coexist. Tinos island’s capital, Ermoupoli, is quite unique. It is the one of the most important port in the archipelago. Much of this Greek island’s success is due to marble. A noted, beautiful green marble is mined here, as is asbestos and granite. Marble brings artists, and indeed, Tinos is an art center. Many sculptors and painters live and work on the island. Tinos is sometimes referred to as Small Paris. Perhaps the artists are inspired by the unique and varied landscape and many beaches on the island. Or maybe it’s the the highest mountain, Mt. Tsiknias, and the quaint village it protects…or maybe it’s the nearby area. scattered with boulders, some the size of multistory houses. The people of Tinos Greece remain inspired by a miracle, and they commemorate that miracle every August 15, the Feast of the Assumption. On 15 August 1940, the people were celebrating and the ship, Elli, was in the harbor, fully decorated. An Italian submarine sneaked into the harbor, attacked and sank the ship, because Greece had broken diplomatic ties with fascist Italy. But, the Italians had also fired two more torpedoes, aimed right at the piers, crowded with people. Neither torpedo detonated, sparing the people. This miracle was attributed to the Virgin Mary and every year the people of Tinos Greece remember, and celebrate. Here are also a couple of more travel tips which can help you out while visiting Greece by S Pappas greekinfogmail.com Apartments rooms in Athens Greece Self catering accommodation. Accomodation in Athens Greece Athensrooms. Rooms in Greece a free apartment accomodation locator gotoplinkellas

Marketing is a process. Online marketing is no exception to this rule. It’s more than just writing an article, submitting it online, and sitting back waiting for the calls to roll in. Not all forms of online marketing are effective, and not all online marketing campaigns drive your sales up. Insert these five techniques in all of your marketing materials and campaigns to see how effective marketing can boost your business. 1. Start at the beginning. It all starts with an eye-catching, attention-grabbing headline. Whether you’re writing an online article or creating a banner ad, if your headline doesn’t grab the attention of the reader, no matter how great what you have to say is, they’ll never know because they’ll never read it. 2. Content must deliver. A great headline may draw the reader in, but the rest of the content has to deliver what it promises. You have 30 seconds of the reader’s time to convince them that the content is worth their time. A few ways to help deliver convincing content is: *Short and concise paragraphs *Useful information *Using facts and statistics to backup what you’re saying *Sub-headlines that break up the text and add meaning *Not using too many links that distract the reader (and possibly direct them away from your website or article) 3. Speak on their level. Most Internet users are very savvy when it comes to navigating the online world. Use this to your advantage and speak to them at their level. Don’t spend too much time explaining terms or concepts that they already know. Cover topics that build on what they know and position you as an expert that can carry them into the future. 4. Stay on topic. Effective marketing requires content that stays on point and doesn’t go off on a tangent. If you’re writing a how-to article on making organic food for dogs, don’t talk about organic pesticides for two paragraphs. While your readers may have an interest in reading a separate article on this topic, that isn’t what they are reading the current content to discover. Stay focused on the topic. Don’t deviate. 5. Accuracy is imperative. Grammar, facts, proper spelling

There is generally a better way to make a copywriting material, but a lot of people are turning their backs on it due to reasons I beg not to discuss. Potentially powerful copywriting materials are those, which are able to convey the message to your prospective clients. There are good writers in terms of putting their ideas into the copywriting material but are unable to convey and relay the real message to the targeted clients. The purpose of writing an article is to primarily educate the people who read your material. If as a writer you are not able to do that, then you are not complete as a skilled and effective writer. I have given below some few tips on you can make a greatly impacting copywriting material. When one talks about marketing strategies, copywriting for the web is one of the most commendable tools from the marketers’ point of view. This is because, copywriting as a marketing tool is an effective way to communicate with your targeted clients whatever activities or any updates that a company is engaging into

Every product and service you sell needs a sales letter. You need a short sales letter for all email marketing. You need a short one on your home page for your ozone; you need a longer one on your web site for your consultant, coaching, and other professional services. You need a sales letter for each product you sell. If your web site or emails are not attracting buyers, you need this sales letter checklist: 1. Include a short sales message on your home page for your service. More like a headline-link. Always include 3-4 top benefits for each headline. Example: Headline Links for books “Quadruple Your Business Profits In Only Five Months. Know that you can attract high level clients and sell more packages and books than you’ve ever dreamed of!” “Disappointed with Traditional Book Marketing? Tired of Pouring Time and Money Down the Drain? What If You Could Quadruple your Profits from Book Sales… and Never Have to Suffer Through Another Book Signing?” These headlines are great beginnings to each of your sales letters you write too. Without a headline that hooks your potential buyer or client, you will not convince they must have your product or service. 2. Prepare for your Sales Letter a List of 5-10 Benefits. Many professionals get mixed up as to what are benefits and what are features. Know that benefits sell and features explain. What will your customer experience after they buy your service? These outcomes (benefits) usually include a completion of a goal, or an understanding of a concept to help your audience do something better. The biggest benefits? Saving time, saving money, creating money, and creating great relationships. Your audience wants to know what value they will receive when they buy. Now, list these benefits in a list from the biggest benefit to the smallest. For instance, for your book coach’s e-book on how to get a book written and published, the biggest benefit is that in a short time for low money, for more details visit to .sale-trigger-generator.com you can finish your self-published print or e-book fast. Think what your audience wants regarding your service or products. Please your audience and you’ll have no trouble becoming top in your arena. 3. Prepare for your Sales Letter a List of 5-10 Features. For a book, features include the number of pages, tips, how top’s, practices, exercises and pertinent quotes. For coaching, a feature could be, “gives you email backup as an added value,” or “devotes total attention to your challenge each session,” or “gives you field work to move you through your process easier and faster.” It’s a good idea to combine benefits and features. “Save yourself disappointment and money down the drain with my “Fast-Forward Writing Technique,” or “Enjoy your life to the fullest when you follow the Five Steps to “The Easy and Fun Life.” 4. Explain how your product or service is better or different than your competitors. You always need to give your potential customer a reason to buy. Think about your uniqueness. What makes you stand out from the crowd? You have to visit .10steps-to-killer-web-copy.com Study other people’s web sites and their sales letters. Notice how they approach this challenge. One of my mentors, Dan Pointer, author of the “Self-Publishing Manual,” gave me the confidence to move beyond where I was and to write many books to help others like yourself to a more profitable business. Webmaster Lava Duel taught me how to write a compelling sales letter for all my products on my web site. 5. Share what your product or service is not in your sales letter. Clarify your service. If you are a coach, how does that differ from a consultant? What does a coach do vs. a service that does the job such as a ghost writer? When you share the downside or limitations, you let your visitor see the human side of you. If you have a book, you can establish more rapport with your potential buyer by saying something like, “This alone can’t change your life; you will need to take some action on the steps offered within.” .sales-letter-secret.com .killer-sales-letters.com

Monday, March 24th, 2008

If you are a parent or grandparent with young children around, you’ve probably read so many children’s picture books, and they look so simple to write, that you think, “I can do that.” But what you may not realize is that hidden in the most popular children’s picture books are structures that give shape to the story just like a hanger gives shape to a shirt. If you want to write a successful children’s picture book, you need to know what these structures are and how to incorporate them into your own writing. Let’s look at the most common structure in picture storybooks, called by the $25 name, “The Symmetrical Picture Storybook Paradigm.” You are probably already familiar with the ideas of “Beginning, Middle and End,” and “Act I, Act II, and Act III.” The Symmetrical Picture Storybook Paradigm has a few important refinements to make on these ideas. First of all, in most popular children’s picture storybooks, Act I and Act III are roughly the same length. That is the first way in which the stories are symmetrical. And what about that long block that makes up Act II? It turns out that it is not just one long stretch of story

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

An essay is a written composition on a specific topic. A good essay makes all the difference for the writer as well as the reader. A good Essays has the following attributes: 1. Clear structure- a good essay must be carefully planned and the sentences should be logically connected. A poor flow of the sentences in an essay way to make the uninterested in your essay. 2. Appropriate style- A good essay must not contain any grammatical or spelling errors. The punctuations must be properly used. 3. Arguments supported by evidence- Either all arguments should have evidence to support them, as facts or a writer’s own reasoning. Especially when trying to find out how to write a comparative essay this is very important. 4. Clarity of thought- a good essay must be able to demonstrate the clarity of thoughts. This means that an essay should be well written so that the reader can understand and comprehend the message being given in the essay. 5. Wide reading and understanding- A good essay should show that the writer has understood the topic and the needs of the reader. It must also demonstrate that the writer has read thoroughly about the subject. 6. Originality- a good essay must reflect original thoughts of the writer. A good essay must not be a copied one. Plagiarism must be avoided at all costs, as it is not acknowledged by the reading community. How to write an essay that makes all the difference? The following points must be attended while writing a good essay: • Take great care to select only those words and phrases that exactly express your ideas. • Frame short, clear, and simple sentences. • Avoid using unnecessary words. • Avoid using words or phrases whose meanings are not known. • Be clear about what is being written. • Write original and brief sentences. • Do not start writing all at once. Take time to think before writing. • Note down the ideas that come to mind. • Select ideas carefully. Stick to the main points. • Arrange the ideas. • A good essay can be written only based on a plan to ensure that the ideas follow one another naturally. • Divide the essay into paragraphs. Write a fresh paragraph on each point in the plan. As a rule, four or five short paragraphs are enough for a good essay. • A good essay must be divided into three parts- the introduction, the body, and the conclusion. • Use simple words and short sentences. • Be clear as well as brief. • Be interesting and stay to the point. • Revise carefully what has been written. • Correct all mistakes in spellings, grammar, and punctuations. • Specify references and citations if needed. The professionals of several writing teams understand the fact that a good essay makes all the difference. They help one to learn and devise ways how to write an essay that impresses the readers and shows the ability of the writer. The professionals of such websites help one to write good essays that are acclaimed by the academic community

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

In today’s modern technology world more and more people are choosing to work from home. With the advent of the internet and global communication, setting up an office in your house is a viable proposition that employees from all walks of life are now re-shaping their work lifestyle. However it is not merely as simple as arguing with your boss, walking out on your career and deciding you can do better on your own. A life based within your house can be harder to sustain than first thought. Too many people think: yes, I can work in my pyjamas, sit in the garden sun, drink coffee and watch TV while I work. The reality of working from home does not quite match up to that. You must be prepared to spend the majority of the day on your own. Self control and motivation without a boss to push you must come from within. Deadlines still have to be met. However once you start to work for yourself there is the satisfaction of knowing that when that day’s project is complete, yes you can collect the children from school, you can play with the dog in the park. Without the distractions normally found in the office workplace; the chats at the water-cooler or the constant telephone enquiries, your workload at home will be completed much faster. Friends and Family have to learn that you will not be available for daytime contact. It can be hard to ignore your dog who approaches your desk, ball in mouth, tail wagging, begging you to follow him into the garden for a game. Also do not forget the school holidays, even if you do not have children at home, during the summer months the neighbourhood will be full of noisy playful youths. There is however some satisfaction gained by the thought of the daily commuter driving bumper to bumper, morning and evening, when all you had to do was press the computer button and wait for the icon to start flashing. It can be a lonely life working on your own, but this does not make you a loner. Ensure that you regularly get out and meet up with other people, interaction is very important. 9-5 no longer exists you are your own master. Working from home can suit those night owls who like to work into the early morning hours or the larks, jumping out of bed with the rising of the sun. Yes there are many bonuses to working from home and personal satisfaction is the biggest benefit to help you produce top quality work in order to reap financial success. I have made a career out of writing throughout my life. Now I would like to share my knowledge and know how with you. This led me to start a web site dedicated for all budding writers who want to earn extra money and increase your income from writing at home. For more information please visit me at: .lucymaywriter.com/