How To Write Outline Reports

Who would want to listen to you?  Those were my thoughts exactly when I started writing articles.  Why would I be so special to someone I don’t even know?

I’ve asked that question many times to myself but I finally got over that hurdle.  I got over that obstacle because I now know I have a lot to offer people just starting out in article marketing.

For instance the first step in your quest to become a competent article writer is to believe in yourself.  Simple enough concept to understand but takes a while before you accept it for yourself.

Once you accept the fact that you are a writer then you need to realize that people read your writing because you have something to say.  Whatever you write make sure that you say something.  Don’t just write words and figure that everyone is going to read you over and over again.

Write something that will benefit someone else.  People read articles because they want information.  If you do your homework in your particular niche and then you write about it you have done a service to people.  How?  You’ve done the service because you have just short cutted someone elses research into what you have just written.

That means a lot because most people are busy and don’t have time for research.  If people know that your writings will give them something special then you will be bookmarked for future reference.

How cool is that? You want to be remembered and your statistics will prove to you that people are coming back to your site.

So make sure that you believe in yourself and that you say something everytime you write.  If you do those 2 simple techniques you will be on your way to freedom.

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By Jimmy D. Brown of “Small Reports Fortune”
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I’m an observer.  I watch marketers and how they work.
I look at how people respond to marketing.  And I’ve
discovered something interesting over the years that I
want to share with you as it relates to building your
internet business.

Hot topics and trends come along regularly.  There’s always
a new “in” thing making an appearance on the radar screen.
And whenever there’s a new rage, there will be marketers
who jump on the bandwagon.

That can pay off big for YOU if you’re smart.

Let me explain.

What happens when a new trend or technique or tool surfaces?

*** People begin to talk about it.***

Marketers begin convincing people why they need it.
Consumers tell their stories.  Discussions take place.  Hype
builds.  Sometimes controversy breaks out.  An education
process unfolds.

Through it all … DEMAND increases.

Now, here’s where you come along.

You piggyback on the popularity of the latest big hit by
creating a small report on the topic.  You get the benefit of
other marketers creating hungry leads for your offer without
them even knowing it.

Let me give you an example -

EXAMPLE

When John Reese released Traffic Secrets it was a huge success.
He sold over a million dollars worth of product in one twenty-four
hour period. However, at a $997.00 asking price, it was out of reach
for many consumers.

But…

What if YOU had decided to write a 15 page small report entitled,
“Free Traffic Secrets” and offered it for $20 … do you think
you would have had any takers?  Of course!

Why?  Because every marketer on the planet was talking about
the need for web site traffic so they could build interest in
John’s course. They were creating hungry leads for your offer
without them even knowing it.

All of these marketers expertly and persuasively pointed out
the necessity, benefits and usages of getting web site traffic.
They, in essence, would have created demand for the TOPIC of your
small report.

1. Many of those that couldn’t afford John’s high-ticket product
would likely buy your small report because the end result of
getting site traffic was something they had been told repeatedly
they needed!

2. Many of those who could afford John’s high-ticket product would
also likely buy your small report because of the same reason AND
they would like to know what you might offer differently than John.

Do you see how powerful this is?

Even as I type this lesson out, I have received DOZENS of emails
today announcing a new co-registration product that everyone’s talking
about.

I could spend a few hours this evening writing a small report on
the same topic and sell it like crazy tomorrow because of everything
that’s being said about the subject today.

So, what’s the lesson for you to learn here -

**The surest way to create a hot-selling small report is to
pick a topic related to that which everyone is talking about.***

You know, it doesn’t matter what “market” you’re in, chances are you see
the same kinds of outbreaks that I see in “internet marketing” circles …

* Major product launches
* New technologies and tools
* Fresh research
* Innovative features and improvements
* Ground-breaking news
* Hot topics of discussion
* Best-selling books
* Interest-grabbing magazine articles
* Emerging trends

The list could go on and on, right?

It shouldn’t come as a big surprise that you need to monitor what’s going
on around you, specifically looking for the latest topic everyone’s talking
about.

You can do this by regularly browsing 4 trend and event “hot spots”…

1. Active Forums. Find at least one ACTIVE forum related to your market and
regularly visit it to look for ideas. Keyword here is “active”. The ideal
forum will have a number of participants who regularly post messages.

2. News Feeds. You can begin with Google.com’s news center at http://news.google.com.
You should also look for a news feed or site that is specific to your field
of interest. For example: I regularly visit http://ChristianHeadlines.com to
stay on top of events related to some of my Christian sites.

3. Article Directories. Spend a few minutes at your favorite article directory,
focusing specifically on the NEWEST articles posted and the TOP RECENT articles
read. I regularly check http://goarticles.com.

4. Competitor’s Lists. You’ll also want to “spy” on what your competition is doing
by joining their lists. When a major competitor begins highlighting certain
topics in their content (I.E. “articles”) and / or releases or promotes a specific
product, it’s a good indication that you should pay attention.

All of these things allow you to capitalize on the current buzz!

Create small reports based on these buzz-worthy topics.

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Jimmy D. Brown is the author of “Small Reports Fortune” – if
you can write 7-15 page small reports, you can earn a living
online working just a few hours each week from your home.
Look for his EXCLUSIVE formula “Creating A Six-Figure Income
With Small Reports” right here.
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Running a business requires work and overhead.  The work part is considered part of the territory for any endeavor that you might undertake.  But the overhead is something that most people dread.

Overhead comes in the form of business expenses that you probably don’t even know about right now.  Even the owners of businesses don’t like to talk about them either!

These business expenses come in the form of

*autoresponders

*Hosting fees

*Advertising fees

*Script fees

*and many more expenses that are not mentioned here.

As well as ongoing recurrent fees that you have to keep on top of.  Too many to mention right now but I just want to make the point that having your own website and maintaining it requires work, time, patience and even more money.

Do you have extra money for that?  Do you have the extra time to put into the website?  Do you want to learn html to build your own website?

If you answered NO to any of the above questions and you still want to learn how to market on the internet then you’ve come to right place.

Affiliate marketing with the right knowledge and the right website to promote doesn’t have to cost you much.  Costing in the sense of real dollars much less overhead expenses and maintenance.

Learn how you can get into internet marketing painlessly and very affordably.

Check out how you can cash in on affiliate commission checks on a regular basis.

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Starting a business requires a lot of paperwork.  Sure it’s a pain but in the end it would seem to be worth it.  Wouldn’t it?  Are you ready to get your business license?  Ready to submit forms to insure that you are legal and safe?

Online affiliate marketing can be your savior in business.  If you want to get into business and avoid the standard hassles of SBA paperwork, licenses and such then that’s why affiliate marketing is such an easy alternative.

I’m sure that you’ve heard of a lot of people making a ton of money using affiliate marketing techniques.  With that type of money coming in you would think that there would be a lot of paperwork to fill out.  A lot of managing your network of people, the network of money coming into your bank account.

Sure it sounds like a lot of time and work that you will probably need to get into to make it happen.

Affiliate marketing relieves you of this work.  No you can’t be lazy and not work at all.  But work in the form of productive means that will create you more money.

This extra work doesn’t mean processing refunds for people that decline the product after they bought it.  It doesn’t mean watching out for SPAM complaints,  paying taxes and taking care of a lot of paperwork.

No, with affiliate marketing you are destined to do one thing and one thing only.  Promote the website.

Promote your affiliate link and leave the rest to the owner of the product.

How cool and easy is that for you to do?  Do you want to be successful or not?

It is your choice at this point.  Make it now.

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Have you ever been in a Multi Level Marketing type of work?  Well if you have then you know that a lot of MLM is talking and persuading people to do what they probably don’t want to do in the first place.  That is part with their money for something they’re not interested in.

With MLM you have to know how to persuade people and influence their desires.  Heck it’s tough enough to influence myself to get up and go to work let alone convincing someone else.

Only a select few that work in a MLM arena become successful.  That’s because they are a people person and know all the hot trigger emotional buttons that turn people on and off.  For people like me it takes a lot of education, expertise and just plain guts to talk to people about an MLM opportunity.

Those reasons are why I am attracted to affiliate marketing.  You don’t have to confront people.  You don’t have to know what makes them tick.  You just have to get them to a website that says it all for you.

And remember that you don’t even have to create the website.  You just have to get them to click to a website that will convince them for you.

How easy is that for you to do?  Are you interested in something like this?  I mean interested in getting money for directing people to a website where they might like what they read and hear on it?

Listen when you do finally get a person to that affiliate website, that you didn’t create, and if they purchase you get the commission.  No followups, no payment processor issues.  Just sit back and collect your check for letting someone know of an opportunity.

Can you do that?  Well the real question is if  you want to do it or not?

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It’s time for a test.  You want to get into internet marketing, okay here’s some very basic terminology that you need to know like the back of your hand.

What does the letters HTML represent?  Okay if you can’t answer that, no problem what does FTP represent?  What’s it’s used for?

If you don’t know the answer to those questions then don’t feel alone.  The majority of people don’t.  And that my friend is one of the prime reasons why affiliate marketing is such an attractive vocation for people that want to get involved in affiliate marketing.

You don’t have to know HTML, which by the way means “hyper text markup language”.  This is the language that you have to know and code to create websites.  And the FTP question stands for file transfer protocol.  You need to know FTP in order to transfer your HTML coding to your website hosting.

Yeah I know it’s confusing for the person just starting out in this business.  But there is light at the end of the tunnel.

You don’t have to know about HTML or FTP or anything about hosting because with affiliate marketing you use someone elses expertise and all you do is use an affiliate link, that is provided to you, to direct interested people to the product you will be promoting.

How cool is that?  No need to worry about hiring someone to create a website for you and spending money and hours trying to make sure it represents and does what you want it to do.

With affiliate marketing you are really taking advantage of someone elses effort of creating a website and keeping it up to date.  You are the person promoting it and you don’t even have to worry about the upkeep nor the followups for anyone interested in the product.

Pretty much hands off work if you ask me.  You receive all the benefits, okay let’s just say it, you get the commission checks and you don’t worry about the support end of things for the person that signed up.

That’s why affiliate marketing is seductive.  You don’t have to build a website.

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Do you want to know why the best articles that get the most views are so popular?  It’s because the most popular articles are short and to the point.  People nowadays don’t have time to read novels.

When people read articles they read them because the title of the article promised them information that they are looking for.  Do you think they want to read all day?  Of course not.

So one article marketing tip is to keep your article short and simple.  Also knowing to keep the article to the point and relevant to the title.

As I stated before people open articles based on the title.  Make sure that the content of the article is super relative to the headline and that you deliver the information based on that premise.

Imagine that you were reading the article based on the headline.  Would you be satisifed from the content of the article?  You can be the judge of that yourself.

Now you need to expose your article to a high ranking ezine directory.  Another important article marketing tip is to make sure that you select article directories that have high PR status.  This will undoubtedly insure that if you article gets accepted and that you have properly formatted your article with keywords that it will show up in the front pages of google.

Once your articles get known and people start going to your website based on that criteria you will get the benefit by also having a high PR for your website.

That’s what it’s all about so that when people start querying about certain keywords your article and/or website will be the first one that they will see.

The rest will be history.

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Knowing what you want to do and actually doing it are two different actions.  The first part of knowing what you want to do in affiliate marketing is pretty easy to figure out.  Sit down and figure out what your passions are and have a roadmap on how to get it.

So part 1 test you have passed with flying colors.  Now you get all the tools ready or at least identify everything that you need to have in order to get marketing online.

Hey what about building a website?  Do you know to build one?  Well scrap that idea and get on with affiliate marketing.

With affiliate marketing you don’t need a website.  Heck you don’t even need your own products to market.  Finding a product that is somewhat in your passion niche and you are better than 50% towards success.

With affiliate marketing you don’t need to create your own products because it’s already created for you.  In fact creating your own products once researched is a lot of work.

You have to have good ideas constantly.  You have to write and compete with a lot of people that are more savvy than you.  You have to know about SEO practices and what do you do first?

These questions and more you will need to have answers too.  Are you ready?

Well if you aren’t that is why affiliate marketing is so attractive to the person just getting into internet marketing.

Welcome to the world of affiliate marketing and you’ll be glad that you entered this realm of entrepreneurship.

Listen if you want to know more about affiliate marketing and all that it has to offer go ahead and sign up for that free report.  You will get tons of information and tips about affiliate marketing for free.

stay tuned for more.

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What you are about to read will be for the person who has written a fair sum of articles already.  There are plenty of article marketing tips that everyone and anyone can use.  But it’s the person who ponders what they have done at the end of the day that will come out ahead.

Writing articles is like a quest to become a competent writer.  Sooner or later you will have a library of articles that you will have at any one article directory.  You will have written and have had them published.

Some articles will create a lot of page views, others will create a lot of click through rates.  It doesn’t really matter because a powerful article marketing tip would be to combine these articles and create an ebook.

Yes you don’t even have to rewrite them because they are all separate articles written by you!  You could if you wanted too but realistically this is brand new PLR for you and you alone.

You could put together a number of articles to create a 50-70 page ebook and base the chapters on the topics of the articles.  You could try and sell it as PLR or you could offer it as a bonus or just a freebie with links to affiliate programs.

Once you have your own written content you can do whatever you wish.

An article marketing tip is to never stop writing.  Article marketing is a numbers game and the more articles you write the more leverage you have.  Whether or not your articles produces back links or results in sales the end result is that you have an article out on the web.  Whether your on page 1 or page 1000, you still have an article on the net.

Putting together articles in complementary form will create that ebook that you can promote.  Promote it commercially for money or promote it as a freebie in your particular niche.

You own it, you market it.

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By Jimmy D. Brown of “Small Reports Fortune”
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46,094.

That’s how many times I’ve been asked “Where can I find
hot product ideas to write about in my next eBook?”

Really.  I’ve been keeping count.  )

OK, so it’s probably not quite that many times, but you get
the idea.

I get asked that question a LOT.

And so, I’ve decided to share my favorite “idea hangouts”.
That’s right … “idea hangouts.”  It’s been my experience
that there are specific places where hot product ideas are
always gathered.  I call them “idea hangouts.”

*** Idea Hangout #1 ***

One of the “idea hangouts” that I’ve identified is
Amazon.com.

Amazon.com is the web’s largest bookstore.

It’s also a community center for new product ideas.  I use
it as one of my top brainstorming resources.  Again and
again I visit this site to come up with topics to write
about.

What makes Amazon.com so useful as a research tool for
getting new ideas is their searchable database of books.
There are thousands of great ideas lurking in there if you
just know how to use it.

And that’s what I’m here for. )

I’m going to show you how to find hot product ideas with
Amazon.com anytime you want.

It’s really a matter of three simple steps …

STEP 01 : >>> Decide Upon A Broad Category.  When
brainstorming ideas, you must begin with a broad category
to work with.  Some examples might be:  weight loss,
marketing, dating, travel, baseball.

So, you need that ahead of time.  Figure out a broad subject
that you know is popular (I.E. You know that losing weight
is ALWAYS going to be a popular subject, as is “making
money.”).

As an example for this article, I’m going to choose GOLF.

STEP 02 : >>> Search Amazon’s Database.   After picking
your broad topic to research, it’s time to visit Amazon.com.

Specifically, you’re going to SEARCH their database of
books they are selling.

Upon arriving at their site, locate their SEARCH form.  At
the time of this writing, it was in the upper left hand
corner of their main page.  Pull the menu down and select
BOOKS from the options.

In the space provided, type in whatever broad category you
chose.  I’d type in “Golf”. (You don’t need quotation marks)

If you did indeed start with a broad category, then hundreds
(or even thousands) of book listings should appear as a result
of the search.

STEP 03 : >>> Brainstorm Ideas From The Listings.  Let the
brainstorming session begin!  Now it’s time to look at the
books that are listed and write down as many possible ideas
as you can find.

Look for the different TYPES of books written about the
subject, identifying different THEMES, STYLES and
SUBCATEGORIES.

Let’s look at an example …

When I searched for “Golf”, I was able to immediately spot
dozens of great ideas.  Here are a handful …

1. Becoming a better golfer.  There are many golf books
available in this area, covering everything from “A-Z of Golf
Shots” to specific topics such as “Improving Your Short
Game.”  There were lots of different themes from “learning
to break 100” to “shaving 10 shots off your score” to “7
shots that will change your golf game forever.”

2. Guides to Golf Courses.  Again, we have many different
ideas here.  Specific golf guides like “Florida golfing”,
“golfing in Tennessee” and “golfing the Robert Trent Jones
trail” appear, as well as books on “the best golf courses in
America,” “best kept secrets:  great golf courses you’ve
probably never played,” and “golf vacation guides.”

3. Profiting from Golf.   More ideas pour in with “opening a
golf repair business,” “becoming a golf retailer,” “learning
how to caddy” and “buying & selling used golf clubs.”
What about “running an online golf auction”, “organizing a
golf tournament for profit” or even “writing information
products about golf!”

4. Golf and Business.  There are millions of dollars in
business deals negotiated on the golf course every single
year.  And there are books available to teach folks how to get
it done.  “How to negotiate business deals during golf
outings,” “Legal golf tax deductions for businesspeople,”
and “business seminars and golf:  how to mix training and
fun for maximum profit” are just a few more ideas worth
exploring.

5. Golf Products.  My, my, my there are so many ideas
floating around in here!  Everything ranging from reviews of
the latest golf equipment to ratings of golf courses to
discounts on golf packages.  Resource guides to finding the
best deals on golfing products, how to negotiate discounts,
and how to find the best products for your specific golf game
also come to mind as product ideas.

One Broad Category (Golf)
+ Amazon.com Searchable Database of Books
= 28 Potential Product Ideas

See how easy that was?  I found TWENTY-EIGHT potential
new product ideas (and there were MANY MORE that I
didn’t mention in this article) from a simple brainstorming
exercise using ONE “idea hangout.”

There’s got to be a best-seller in that bunch somewhere.
And certainly with a little “mix -n- match” I can come up
with a hit product with these ideas.

Not bad, eh?

So, now it’s YOUR turn.  It’s a simple system for coming up
with product ideas anytime you want.

Like right now.

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Jimmy D. Brown is the author of “Small Reports Fortune” – if
you can write 7-15 page small reports, you can earn a living
online working just a few hours each week from your home.
Look for his EXCLUSIVE formula “Creating A Six-Figure Income
With Small Reports” right here.
…………………….

If you’re looking for more information about article marketing you can sign up and get yourself a complimentary copy of  “30 Writing Tips For Ebook Authors” on the right side of this page.

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