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Give Your Customers Everything They Expect

When you set out to write your "How To..." book or any book selling information, do not make the mistake of leaving your readers with more questions after reading your book than they had before starting it. They will punish you for misleading them an...

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Writers: How Prepared are You for Disasters?

On August 29, 2005, I lost about 90% of my writing and writing-related items to a natural disaster. As a resident of New Orleans, I learned to be prepared for hurricanes over the years, but had failed to adequately prepare so that I could have salvag...

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How To Write A Great Resume For The Canadian Job Market

Many Canadian job seekers are only too aware that there is no easy trick to effective resume writing. Effective resume writing takes patience, research and attention to detail. Good language skills are also important to ensure proper grammar, sentenc...

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Writing Your Family's History and Keeping Yours Alive

Research Began With a Relative My research and writing began when my mother, at 91, asked me to take on the project of writing her memoirs. I'd heard some of the stories of her younger life, but had forgotten many and never knew about others. I...

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A Copywriter Never Mumbles – and Other Principles of Effective Ad Copy

H.L. Mencken, the author, jounalist and social critic observed that most people "write badly because they cannot think clearly." And the reason they cannot think clearly, he went on, is that "they lack the brains."Putting aside H.L.'s cricisim f...

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Things You Might Like to Know about Copyrights

You may be under the false impression that before you can get your text published, you must "get the copyright" to your ownwritten material. You might also think that in order to get the copyright, you must "apply" for it. This is just not so. In the...

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How to Prevent Theft of Your Ebooks - Part 1 Ebook Copyright

While the majority of web users are honest people, you must accept that some people WILL try their best to steal your products.For this reason, it's important that you take some measures to ensure that your product isn't being illegally cop...

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The Autoresponder - The Most Effective E-book Marketing Tool on the Internet

About six years ago the Internet fascinated me. Someone told me that I could place a billboard on the World Wide Web and forty million people would go by and see it every day. I was completely entranced with the idea that my information could be deli...

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Writer's Voice: Five Places to Find Meaning

Writer's Voice: Five Places to Find Meaning by: Melissa A Rosati Have you seen my voice? Odd question, I know. Voice is associated with sound not sight. Still, I’ve been looking for it everywhere: writer’s retreats, a bedroom converted...

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5 Questions to Ask About Every Article Idea

5 Questions to Ask About Every Article Idea by: Mridu Khullar I know a good idea when I see one. So should you. Dump those time-tested ideas you’re sending off to editors every other day, and find ideas that will get you the assignment each ti...

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