Archive for the 'Publishing' Category

What is in an Article that Makes it Good

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Writing articles requires skill and continuous practice. But writing good articles requires more than these. So you would ask: “What are the components of an article?” “What could be the common mistakes of these writers? What makes the article a good one?”
Here are the answers to these questions:
An article intends to grab the attention of [...]

How I Conquered My Public Speaking Phobia

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

As you can glean from my bio below I now spend about a third of my time presenting at conferences and doing workshops both at home and internationally.
I look forward to the experience of being able to be in front of a crowd as I feel that it actually brings the best out in me. [...]

Find out about Video Production and Distribution – Part One

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

The shrewd old Chinese sentiment has an enormous significance; the slogan illustrated the fact that each and every person acknowledges an event drastically more when it is seen. Via video production or videography it’s practical to film a succession of occasions.
Currently in numerous different organisations presentations, video recording is constantly employed. By implementing video production [...]

Expending client base in interpretation and translation services: Have you ever thought of working w

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Networking with another professionals and companies is the key to grow freelance translation or interpretation business sector. It is also very challenging to develop steady cooperation with perspective clients since the market is overwhelmed with any type of translation services. However, if one possesses creativity, and knows which domains are demanding, and less competitive, he [...]

Is Someone Plagiarizing Your Work?

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

About two weeks ago I received an article submissionthat immediately attracted my attention. The title wasidentical to the title of an article I wrote and whichwas published in ‘WebProNews’ in May 1999.
“Probably just a coincidence”, I thought to myself,and kept reading. But the first paragraph stopped mein my tracks. It was quite clearly plagiarized from [...]

Cosmopolitan Magazine Subscriptions, The History

Friday, November 7th, 2008

It’s interesting to look back at the origins of Cosmopolitan Magazine, seeing their first subscription numbers (in the 25,000) range, into what it has become now. Its almost amazing how the content has evolved over the years–from a one-time family magazine back in the late 19th century–to what is now; a demographic exclusive to females. [...]

10 Tips for Writing a Good Article

Friday, November 7th, 2008

We write for mainly two reasons: a. for our own satisfaction and b. for earning some money. There are other reasons too but these two are perhaps the most common. We all want to write good articles but very few of us can actually do so and that is why who can write well become [...]

A Heroine’s Paradise

Friday, November 7th, 2008

If you’ve written for any length of time then you know characterization. It’s important to shape your characters so that the readers either love them or hate them. A character that leaves the reader feeling ambivalent can be disastrous to your book sales which is why I’m writing a series of articles on [...]

10 Tips for Organizing a Writer’s Home Office

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

While writers are experts as organizing words, I’ve discovered that organizing one of the major tools of their trade – a home office – is often an enigma! One of the major myths of organizing is that it will stifle creativity. But how creative – or profitable? – can it be to [...]

Writing For The Web: Where To Get Article Ideas

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

A friend and I were talking the other day about writing. He liked to write, but even so his biggest problem was finding things to write about. My friend was astounded at the volume of writing that I do – at least one article and something as many as six, per day. Where do I [...]