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Guest Post: Why You Need an Editor Even If You Self-Publish by Cassie Phillips

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I would like to welcome Cassie Phillips to NAG today. She is here to share some insight on why you need an editor even if you self publish. I use one. I hope you enjoy! Feel free to comment and share!

Self-publishing has afforded many up-and-coming writers the opportunity to share their voice with the world. Without the restraints of a publishing house to contend with, authors from all over the globe are finding prevalence; some are even becoming best-sellers.

However, what many aspiring writers fail to realize is so much more goes into the process of self-publishing than finding the good persuasive essay topics and simply writing an engaging manuscript. You still have to ensure the same level of precision and quality as professional publishing while simultaneously taking care of all the other elements of running an online business.

Your Job As a Self-Publisher

In reality, self-publishing is about being a jack-of-all-trades; there’s no one to bounce ideas off or cover technical elements. You have to be your own publisher, scouring the internet for different avenues and aggregate schemes that will get your work out to an audience. Furthermore, since merely publishing your book on Amazon or Lulu will only drum up so much interest, you also have to be responsible for your marketing strategies, harnessing the power of social media and coming up with innovative ways to expand your fan base.

Then comes the pragmatics. There is so much administration and other practical elements that go into maintaining an online business. Do you have systems in place to keep track of sales? Do you have the knowledge to build and secure your own website? Do you have the right tools for staying safe when working away from your office? In short, there’s a lot to think about.

Spreading Yourself Too Thin

With so many elements to manage when releasing a book, it can be easy to become overwhelmed. The result of this can go one of two ways: either you don’t pay enough attention to each element and the overall product is weak, or you work too hard and burn yourself out before you’ve achieved everything you need to. Remember, you are not Superman, as much as you’d like to be.

It’s easy to spread yourself too thin when you work independently on a project. This is one of the main reasons why it’s crucial to bring an editor on board when self-publishing your novel. Not only can he or she take a large portion of the workload off your hands, but an editor is also someone to bounce ideas off and can help you create a more considered, well-rounded and wholly realized finished product.

Editor Benefits

Alongside taking an incredible amount of pressure off yourself when working on your book, there are many great reasons why hiring an editor is a worthwhile investment.

  • It’s harder to spot your own mistakes. No matter how hard you try to self-edit, it’s going to be tricky for you to detect typing errors since you already know what the sentence should say. Your brain will automatically fill in the blanks.
  • It saves time. As well as reducing pressure, handing over the timely editing process will significantly speed up the time it will take for your book to be ready to be released!
  • It serves as a trial read. You never want the first time you get someone’s opinion of your book to be after he or she buys it from the shelves. Getting feedback on content from your editor can be just as valuable as spelling and grammar.
  • An editor can identify lack of information. Once again, because you’re so well versed in the content of your book, it can be easy to overlook elements when you haven’t provided enough description. An editor can highlight these areas with an outside perspective.
  • An editor can help evolve your vision. No matter what, any piece of writing is always better after it’s been reviewed. Having a second opinion can help your ideas to grow in ways you could never achieve alone.

A Word of Warning

Though hiring an editor will bring you unmatched benefits, there is a word of warning before you hand your work over and put all your faith in your new team member. This is your book and your vision, and no matter how skilled the editor is, he or she can’t implement the ideas you have about the project. It’s possible an editor will try to steer you in another direction.

This means it’s essential to edit your editor! Every time you receive a copy of the manuscript back updated with new edits, take the time to go through all the changes and make sure they are still aligned with your original goal. Plus, it’s always worth noting that editors all only human too, so a second scan for spelling and grammar errors can’t hurt, even if it’s only quickly.

Self-publishing is like climbing a mountain, and, like climbing a mountain, it is something that is significantly improved if you don’t undertake the climb alone. Hiring a good editor gives your work the potential to be taken to the next level. If you haven’t already considered hiring someone, what are you waiting for? 

About the Author: Cassie is a technology and entertainment blogger invested in the self-publishing revolution. She’s helped many market and distribute their work and is now finally finishing off her own novel!

Infographic: Anatomy of A Best Selling Book by The Expert Editor

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I would like to welcome Expert Editor to NAG today. They wanted to share an awesome infographic and some thoughts about what seems to be the anatomy of many bestsellers even though it is nearly impossible to do! Anyway, enjoy!

Anyone brave enough to write a book hopes that it goes on to become a bestseller. But what does a book need to have to achieve this?

While there is no magic formula, the folks over at The Expert Editor have crunched the numbers and created an infographic on all the common factors shared best selling books.

You may be surprised to know that the average length of a bestseller is 375 pages and books with a female protagonist are more likely to be successful. Also, while romance books are clearly the most popular genre today in terms of total sales, more people have read a crime/thriller book over the last year than any other genre.

These are just a few of the fascinating insights to be gleaned from the infographic below.

Anatomy of a Best Selling Book

Guest Post: Stay Focused: 9 Time Saving Tools for Writers by Jessica Millis

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I would like to welcome Jessica Millis to NAG today. She is here to share some tools to help save time for us writers. Check it out and see if may help you with your efficiency without sacrificing the quality. Enjoy!

Time Saving Tools for Writers

You write a sparkling content, you have a stunning writing style and feel of words. But if you want to pay your bills, you can’t work more time than you’re getting paid for. No one sets out to waste time, right?

But how many times have you found yourself, pouring another cup of coffee freaking out because your client expects their copy tomorrow. Like the coffee is going to deliver creative genius at 10pm.

“Why didn’t I start earlier?” You cry.
“Why did I spend so long researching?” You wonder.
“Why did reply to all those emails?” You regret.

When you work for yourself it’s up to you to meet your deadlines. It’s up to you to put your grown up pants on and manage your own time.

But never fear. Here are time saving tools that will help you write more profitably. You need to manage your time. Lots of tools claim they save time, but there are many times when they simply add more steps into an already slow process. The true fact is that the most hassle-free and time-saving services are those that allow writers to check and alter your work so that you do not have to. The tools here are very varied, but each one is useful for saving time in one way or another. They all have features that make them useful to both academic writers, students and freelance writers. Actually, these tools are useful for everyone.

1 – Convert Case
http://convertcase.net/

This is one of the greatest time-saving tools of all time. It is a tool that hundreds of people should have created and yet here is the only website that offers it (for free). If you type or copy something in a capital case, or a lower case, this tool will change it for you. If you want your titles to have the first letter of every word as a capital letter, then this tool will do that for you too. It is the sort of tool that seems worthless when you don’t need it, and seems like a gift from the heavens when you do.

2 – Write or Die
http://writeordie.com/

This is a tool that makes it so that you write as much as possible without distractions or procrastination. If you stop writing for a certain amount of time, then it starts making noises and annoying you. You can set a tolerance level for if you have to do a lot of reading before each sentence, so that it doesn’t become unnecessarily annoying. It helps you write and keep writing. It helps to stop you becoming distracted by reminding you that you are supposed to be writing.

3 – Mind Node
https://mindnode.com/

This is a nice tool you can use to organize your thoughts. It allows you to create mind-maps. You can create mind maps to organize your ideas and thoughts and link them together. You can put a number of things onto one image so that you do not have to paw through hundreds of notes to remind you of what you need to write about or do. If you need to remember key concepts, then you can put them into a mind map and save time later through not having to go through your notes to remind yourself of the key concepts.

4 – Word Count by Essaymama
http://www.essaymama.com/wordcounter/

This is a tool you can use to count how many words or characters are in the text you have pasted into the tool. Copy and paste sections of your work into the tool and see if you have gone over word count. It is also handy if your boss or client wants you to use a set number of characters because you can check how many you have used. You can also alter your text within the browser and it shows updates on how many characters and words have been used.

5 – Spin Bot
http://www.spinbot.com/

This is a time saver if you need some content and you need it now. You can copy content from another website, enter it in the spinner, spin the content and then proofread it. You will have to carve away a fair chunk of the content, but what is left is usable and hopefully will fool the plagiarism detectors. Toggle the options as you use it to see a variety of results.

6 – Spell Check Plus
http://spellcheckplus.com/

This is an independent spelling and grammar checker that only gives a certain amount for free. If you want to use it for free you can only enter 250 words for each check. If you subscribe and create an account, then you can enter around 3000 words per check. The tool checks your spelling and grammar and suggests improvements. It is rather good at pointing out dropped or over-used commas. The tool works online and will work on your web browser. The only downside is that it takes a few seconds to load the results, which can become tiresome if you are checking a lot of work at one time.

7 – Evernote
http://www.evernote.com/

This is an organizational tool that many people claim helps them save time. It is certainly good as an organizer and reminder tool, which may be all the help a person needs in order to save time. This tool will help you take and organize your notes, video, files and audio, and will also allow you to set reminders so that you do not forget important dates and such.

8 – Inbound Writer
http://www.inboundwriter.com/

This is a tool you can use prior to writing your post or article. You can check to see if the tool thinks your post will fly or flop. It uses data collected from similar texts and from online metrics. If you are a big believer in trends directing attention without fail, then this is the tool for you. If you are a big believer in the chaos theory, then every result this tool gives is as good as a wild guess. See if any friends or colleagues have a subscription and try theirs to see what you think.

9 – SpellCheck 24
https://spellcheck24.net/

This is a spelling and grammar checker that you can use on your web browser. Paste your text into the tool and click the button. It checks your work and then offers simple suggestions. It is free and very easy to use, plus it does not take a long time for the results to generate, so you can check numerous pieces of work a little faster.

Author Bio: Jessica Millis, a freelance writer, editor and content creator. Jess has 12-years experience in educating, writing and other content related -ing things.

Guest Post: Four Key Components To Your Perfect Holistic Marketing Design by John Kelly

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I would like to welcome back John Kelly to NAG today. He will share some thoughts about marketing. Enjoy!

 

Marketing is a concept that can make an average product look like luxury and sell it to millions. It creates an opportunity in the market, which will develop the product into a need and a brand for a number of consumers. Sometimes marketing can offer so much value to products and raise awareness that without which it can become hard for companies to sell what they are offering. The importance of marketing today is much more than before, the reason for this is the availability of so many alternatives, brands, products and counterfeit solutions that a consumer looks for a leverage to base their decisions on and marketing as well as branding allows them to do that. The difference between the Nike and Addidas shoes is nothing when it comes to durability, performance and use but only the brand perception is such that it creates enough space for two so similar brands to co-exist and be successful in the market.

In the 21st century, the marketing has changed a lot, today there are so many different avenues from marketing from on-ground to social and digital media and traditional media as well as out of home. Brands and companies try to cater to all avenues in order to maximize their message reach to all consumers out there, but the trick when utilizing all avenues is the fact that the message across all the platform should be the same so that the consumers do not confuse themselves. This synchronization in the message means a more holistic approach to the marketing concept called holistic marketing. The idea of holistic marketing gave itself birth from the need to keep the communication message across all platforms same, in order to create more in-depth marketing. Today, we will discuss four different components that make up your holistic marketing approach for a brand or product.

Building relationships

Marketing is no more selling for profits. It is about creating mutually beneficial and profitable relationship with customers in order to encourage them for repeated purchases and recommendations. Relationship in marketing is done through different ways, the more common ones include customer service in order to make customers feel they are valued, offering loyalty programs for long term purchase with the same existing customers and other similar avenues. Relationship building with customers through marketing helps because when customers can trust a brand or a product they will instantly buy it.

Integrated Marketing

Integrating all marketing solutions and message to create one strong strategy is another key concept to holistic marketing. When you integrate all your messages as one strong objective and communication your customers are bombarded and subconsciously fed the same message in order to make them remember.

Ambassadorship

Being ambassadors of your own brand is important. You cannot expect your consumers and customers to trust your brand if your own people are unhappy with it. So owning up the brand and having the ambassadorship for it is extremely important.

Performance and Returns

Finally performance measurements against the objectives and strategy are crucial. You as a brand should always focus on monitoring the return on investment you get through the proposed strategy in order to ensure efficiency and success.

 

Author Bio:
John Kelly is the writer of this post. He always wants to provide better and authentic information to the readers because he knows the importance of article writing. Recently he partially connected with a custom homework writing service for providing assistance and guidance to the student in a convenient manner.

Guest Post: Effective Tips on How to Thrive as a Professional Writer by Anjelina Williams

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I would like to welcome Anjelina Williams to NAG today. She is going to share some info and tips about how to thrive as a professional writer. Enjoy!

With the increasing competition and race in the field of professionalism, it is better to adopt certain traits and changes that help in gaining success. In order to cope better with the existing circumstances and scenarios, it is important to revisit yourself and bring about certain personality changes within yourself, so that one can manage and handle well with the professional environment. In the aspect of writing, revisiting is necessary, because it allows and helps you to analyze the flaws and negatives within you and gives you some time to reform them with care. These new developments are a necessary factor for a successful and an efficacious life ahead, people who are young and fresh in the field of writing need to revolutionize themselves more as compared to the others because it is them who will be now looking for the assistance and guidance from the employers. Therefore, personality development is one single factor on which success is dependent, as writing is the reflection of one’s personality. The entire debate revolves around this fact, keep reentering yourself as a writer, meaning reexamining oneself in a professional workplace is significant because it allows you to update yourself, it helps you to see those elements that are helping you move ahead in your workplace and similarly, allow you to filter those elements that are creating certain obstacles and hurdles in the way of success – also known as the writer’s block. Similarly, talk to yourself! Contemplate upon those things that can be the motivating force behind your writing skills, allow your mind to wander to the imaginary world, even sky is not the limit. Imagination allows creativity that helps you to put yourself in the paper. As writing is just the thoughts, perceptions as well as philosophies around which your life revolves, therefore, just create and enhance the relationship between you and your paper, ponder more and allow your mind to float broadly, so that the readers can enjoy them by reading on the paper. Lastly, celebrate your life by expressing yourself with ink! Following are some of the basic guidelines that need to be accepted in order to gain prosperity and success for a writer.

Motivate Yourself

The first step towards expression is to encourage and stimulate yourself; find any sort of inspiration around you that can help you to move faster and in a constructive direction. The act of motivation is described as the act of warming up your mind, hence mental preparation is essential and in this way things are easier and it helps you to move in a continued successful direction. Motivation is not at all a physical act, but it is an activity to broaden one’s mind. Help yourself, watch motivational videos and talk to prosperous people around you. Therefore, motivation is the prerequisite and the first step to get started; if an individual seems motivated and enthused enough, victory and success can be easily interpreted by reading. Have a positive and a right kind of attitude and keep believing yourself.

Break some Cliché’s

The more the novelty is, the more success will be achieved. It is true that experience is one thing that leads towards success, but nowadays people prefer something that is original in nature as well as interesting enough to read. No one wants to read about the same subjects and topic every day, this can easily put the audience off. Bring something new, produce interesting material and allow your fan base to increase. Break the clichés and introduce new standards as well as material to be enjoyed. Gaining new experiences in the field of originality, polishing and refining the old ones, will assist you in moving ahead in the direction leading towards success.

Write short

A good writer is the one who can easily express with the use of non-clichéd and short phrases. This ability and skills within the writers approach, allow them to move forward as it is widely appreciated by the readers. They enjoy how easily and conveniently a writer has put his thoughts into words by using short sentence and phrases that have not taken their time. Hence, write shortly, but do it well!

Stay in the Spotlight

Try to be efficient and well organized in your thoughts, this allows a writer to be highlighted. The more exhausted, lethargic and lazy a writer is in their thoughts, the more difficult their performance will be. Hence, try to be active, lively and dynamic within the mind, organize thoughts as this does now allow confidence and optimism, but staying in the spotlight means a writer should develop the habit of being buoyant enough to interpret their philosophies into the paper.

Author’s Bio:

The author Anjelina Williams is an exceptional worker at Homework services at AssignmentDoer. She is a professional career guide and has received a degree in career progress and development. With her outstanding skills, she is guiding students in their homework and assignment completion.

Guest Post: Four Ways to Find Better ROI and Values on Digital Marketing by Kate Cross

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I would like to welcome Kate Cross to NAG today. She is here to share some thoughts about getting a better Return on Investment (ROI) on digital marketing–and this can apply to authors as well. Enjoy!

Since the growth and evolution of the internet world, marketing and branding experts have treated it as a platform to magnify and experiment different approaches to get their brand loyalty and get close to their consumers. They are also busy in trying to establish a direct connection between the digital marketing and sales, something which has been traditionally done with other mediums of communication like Television or Out of Home. It is not a surprise, which most of them have failed in their experiments of connecting sales to the internet. Digital and social media marketing is not something that will generate direct sales for you, it is and should be used for a completely different purpose. Companies, who realize this soon enough, do not fluff their lines and grow as a brand on the internet, while others who stay persistent with this philosophy often face certain failures.

Digital marketing is not about growing your sales revenue, throughout the research and case studies, it is a proven fact that digital and internet marketing is more directly connected to consumers and should be used to leverage the brand to increase its marketing, awareness and loyalty, instead of pushing the audience to buy the product. The more you push your sales to the internet audience, the worst your return on investment will be. If you are aiming to maximize the ROI on your investment and get the best value out of the Digital Marketing, then follow the last four sections of our post.

Create a Care for Your Approach

Consumers online look and seek brands that have a “We care for you” approach. They are more interested in how as a brand you can solve their problems, or add something significant to their lives. This is why more advertisements on the internet are revolving around problem solving approach. For example: Do you wish to lose weight? Or something like: Wear the famous jacket this winter. Consumers want brands to understand them and then tailor their services. This means that letting the consumers feel exclusive and personal, developing a strong connect and an appeal with your consumers (source: Canada SEO firm).

Be very relevant and specific

What brands do is try to create mass appeal with their products in order to push sales and maximize reach. This way their message becomes highly irrelevant and too public to develop a personal connect. On the internet, you should be very specific as well as highly personal. Filter your target audience and only aim for the spots and websites where a large chunk of consumers is expected.

Create a Holistic Approach

Never use different communication messages on different platforms. Your way of communication and method might be different, but never make your communication speak different things on different platforms. This way not only your audience will get confused, but your brand essence will also get lost in the clutter and difference of the message.

Look to Better the Experience of Your Consumers

Work to improve the experience of your users by having a really good and seamless website or applications that you have.

Author Bio

Kate Cross is a Digital Media expert in the MENA region. She works with various clients, specifically with the technological and B2B ones. Her advice on the digital media front at Online Essay Tigers Services is largely valued and appreciated. Peoples can follow here at Facebook–Twitter.

Guest Post: Simple Tricks to get Book Reviews Fast by Tanisha Williams

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I would like to welcome back Tanisha Williams to NAG today. She is going to share a few tips about how to get some reviews. Please note: this doesn’t guarantee positive reviews and reviews are at the discretion of the reviewers themselves.  The goal is to try to get as many honest, positive reviews as possible. Also note positive reviews are not just 5 star reviews–what’s inside is what counts. One the best ways to ensure more positive reviews is to put out quality products and common courtesy.

Enjoy!

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As many authors know, one great way to improve book sales and attract more views is to receive a large number of positive reviews for the book. The advantage of having reviews demonstrates to potential buyers and readers that they can have confidence in taking a reasonable chance on reading your book. This is especially true for starting out since your name is unknown. Getting book reviews can be a challenge though, so there are a tricks and tips you can use to get good reviews in a short period of time. Use this advice to get started.
Ask Personal Networks Directly
Some authors don’t feel as though they can reach out to friends and family, or social networking acquaintance, but understand that most of the people you’re connected to will want to see you succeed as an author. This is especially true when you release your first book. They’d love to have the opportunity to help get started on sales and promotions, but often don’t know how to do this. If you give them a simple way to support you, there’s a good chance that you’ll get a significant number of free book reviews.
To make this strategy work well, email a group of people and offer free copies to each person who is willing to read the book and post a review. Set a limit on the number of copies you’re giving out to speed up the number of people who take advantage of your offer. If you’re not getting reviews, it’s even appropriate to keep up with people and send a gentle reminder. Also, if you intend to keep writing, make a note of the people you know who have reviewed your book and contact them specifically when you release a book.
Ask for a Review in the Back
This seems fairly obvious, but many authors don’t add a request at the end of the book asking for a review if the reader enjoyed it. This is a great time to share that you’re a new author and tell them that reviews go a long way towards supporting your work. Many readers don’t understand how important a good review can be, but are usually willing to leave a positive review if asked. Be sure to ad a link to make it easy for your readers to find and review your book.
Build a Group with Similar Authors
If you’ve never heard of a mastermind organization or group, this is simply a group or club of people who meet together and support each other with many issues as well as personal growth. These groups share writing ideas, ask for support and advice, and share what’s working for them. Forming a group with other authors is a great way to be successful and form important networks. There are even many author groups available that you can be a part of, either online or in person. While many of these groups focus more on critiques, new ideas, and creative writing, why not also work on assisting each other in the business area of writing? Ask for reviews and ensure that you provide them as well, when their books are released. By creating a group with like-minded authors, you will join forces to create improved results for everyone.
Reach Out to the Top Reviewers
If you’re selling your book through a website, they probably have a list or category of their top reviewers. These are people who have reviewed a large number of products and their reviews have been voted as being helpful. A small set of these people commonly read and review books. One of the advantages of reaching out to this group is that they’re much more likely to write a review than others. Find this list through your site and narrow down the profiles to find those who review books in your genre. Contact them and offer a free copy of your book in exchange for leaving a review. Similarly to asking friends and family, make a note of anyone who follows through and contact them every time you are going to release a new book.
These are some key ways to get great reviews on your books. If you’ve been struggling to get reviews and get noticed, then you can use these tips to start putting your work out there and gaining more attention.

 

 About the Author:

Tanisha Williams is the author of two non-profit e-books “501c3 In 12-Steps” and “Simple Internal Controls That Protect Your Assets”.  Her desire for more interaction with readers was the key inspiration behind the development of her latest business venture ChatEbooks (https://www.chatebooks.com/).  ChatEbooks, launched in October 2014, harnesses the strengths of social media in order to help authors and their readers engage and connect within the context of the selling/reading experience.

Professional Writers: Why You Should Always Write Your Best All the Time and Every Time

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Write your best every time

I am probably sure that you have been wondering when I was going to write something myself and why this hasn’t been posted on a Monday. Well, I haven’t posted anything since I have been going through a long period of recovery from some major personal issues that I won’t go into detail so much here. I have also been queried by quite a few writers for guest posts and during this time and it has worn me out–it is both good and bad in ways. I have some guests on the next 3 Mondays, so I need to get this one in.

This dealing with possible guests is what developed today’s post. This can go for seasoned as well as newbie writers. I have heard this spoken several times and wasn’t sure why. It seemed like that this rule would be considered obvious–like ‘No duh!’ obvious.

Everything you write should be your best.

You know the old cliche: “You have only one chance at a first impression”? It’s so true, no matter what you do–even in writing. So make that first impression good for heaven’s sake!

Now, I am not talking so much about querying a large publisher. Everyone knows how much you have to dot your I’s and cross your T’s to even get looked at. A lot of times the mundane, day to day things like tweeting, Facebook Posts, and emails go unnoticed or disregarded. No matter who you are emailing it to–friends or a professional you just met–impress people. All the time. Every time.

Now, I know everyone has those off days where they can’t seem to type their own name and others their fingers flawlessly fly across the keyboard. I get it, but the delete and backspace keys are there for a reason. Also there are times that one little typo can get through or autocorrect hangs you up, but trying to put for the effort to get it as error free as possible is the point here–don’t feed the perfectionism monster. People can tell when you are trying and when you aren’t.

It’s been said, “Everything you post is a sample of your writing.” Facebook and Twitter are called “microblogging”.

Now this is the reason why I am writing this post and why I will have to update my Guidelines with an Editorial Policy:

There have been quite a few writers I have worked with that did an outstanding job with the first impression with the perfect query emails and a dynamite article which I published. Needless to say they came back and I was hoping of more the same, but instead I got anything but.

The first sign of immediate decline came from the “Thank You” email after that immediately succeeded the flawless query and article that I sent the live link to. The one or two sentences I got for thanks had horrendous spelling, grammar, or sentence structure. Almost like a spam bot had written it. I scratched my head and hoped this wasn’t a sign.

The next time I was sent an article for my review, the article was in dire shape. The content might have been good, but it was so riddled with errors and improper sentence structure that it was beyond redemption and readability. This happened several times with a couple different writers, but I think they were from the same group. I already state that I don’t edit posts, and that’s the job of the writer. This is not the only blog I operate (I operate 2 more co operate 2 others, and may have a 3rd on the way), and I am also an author and have many, many things to write. In the guidelines I state that posts will be posted ‘as is’ meaning that I am not going to be changing headings, images, etc, etc after it is posted. I know that I will have to be clear on this so that people won’t be thinking that I will post pure unreadable dross or any willy-nilly topic.

Needless to say I didn’t accept the post, and the writers then asked for me to highlight the errors and send it back for the corrections. I do this and hope for the best, but they never come through. One writer was brazen enough to send a completely different article with the same poor editorial quality that was off the branding of this blog which is clearly stated in the guidelines and tried to strong arm me into publishing it. I had to respectfully decline, and told the writer to please respect me and my readers–definitely my readers.

A couple of the writers were getting a bit terse and rude with me and tried to force me to do something I wasn’t going to do.

Readers are why I do anything I do. They are why this blog is successful. They are the ones coming back here since something I am doing seems to be working, and they like the content and the quality thereof. To do anything less would be an insult to them–readers are smart contrary to what some writers may think. Readers don’t like to be treated as they are dumb; I know I don’t when I enter their shoes since I do read–a lot.

I want readers to keep coming back. I hope they will bring friends. Old reliable ones as well as new ones–the more the merrier. That’s the whole idea, isn’t it?

So writers, if you approach people and say you are a professional writer, write and act like it. Own it. Respect the bloggers and their readers (especially the readers!) whom you want to share your content. Make good on all impressions after the first. If any household name didn’t follow this rule, then they would have fallen from fame. A ten-minute edit of a post or an email can mean the life or death of your negotiations with a blogger, reader, or a publisher. As I said in a earlier post: editing can kill you. So put for the effort.

You can thank me later. The Guidelines will be updated soon.

Questions? Comments? Leave them below!

Guest Post: 5 Writing Obstacles Every Web Content Writer Should Know by Amelie John

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I would like to welcome Amelie John to NAG today. She is here to share some thoughts about some of the obstacles any writer can run into when writing web content. Enjoy!

In the present day, writing is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing occupations that are empowering business to grow. With effective writing tactics businesses are building a stronger relationship with their customers as well as enhancing their brand name in the industry. Writing enables the businesses to get more traffic and obviously more revenue for their brands. But in order to generate more traffic for a specific brand, it’s vital to write quality content. If you are also willing to produce High-Quality content for effective online marketing, then luckily you’re at the right place. Read the information shared below to speedily overcome writing obstacles.

 

Avoid Plagiarism Issues

Make sure to write plagiarism free content as it’s the biggest enemy of every writer. Being a content writer means, you should understand that plagiarized work is disliked by search engines especially Google. If you want to get appreciation and attention of the target audience, then you should produce quality content. Additionally, reputable sites not accept plagiarized material for online marketing purpose; therefore you should check your written piece of paper with plagiarism checkers. By doing this, you can easily submit none plagiarized piece of paper not only in your web blogs but also on other blogs. It will enhance your reputation in the eyes of search engines and customers as well.

Share Authentic References

Any content that is produced without references is always remains authentic in the eyes of reviewers. It is better to include proper references to enable your readers satisfy with interesting information shared in your post. In addition, keep in mind to never write irrelevant and unauthentic references in your writing projects as it will provide a bad impression to the readers. When you include extra-ordinary information in your piece of papers, verify their genuineness and authenticity with proper references before sharing it to any online forum. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to fulfil the purpose of your job that is to attract readers with your creative skills.

Double Check Your Work

It is vital for writers to check their completed work two to three times before submitting it. This is because many times, written piece of papers includes grammar and spelling mistakes that are hard to ignore. Ensure to review your completed work several times in order to place out mistakes that are remaining in it. Remember the poor sentence structure and spelling mistakes are enemies of quality work, so avoid these mistakes, especially if you are creating it for online marketing purpose. Moreover, you can also use grammar checker applications to produce a top notch paper that is recommended by search engines for digital marketing.

Never Add Unpleasing Material

You will never attract your target audience if you are writing unpleasing material. Make full use of your content marketing strategy by writing the attracting information to get more traffic for your brand. Sometimes writers forget to write information that plays a key role in persuading the customers to buy from them. While creating content keeps in mind to share perks that your company is offering to customers. By doing this, you can easily convince the reader to find about other great deals you offering them with reliable services. Moreover, you can also include discount deals and after sale services that your company delivers to customers along with their products and services. In this way you can easily satisfy the customer and build a stronger relationship with them.

Don’t Write a Poor Author Biography

It is observed that very often writers make mistakes while preparing author bio section. If you want to achieve your targets, then you have to write a proper author biography to define yourself in the right manner. Furthermore, keep in mind to add appropriate keywords that are essential for generating links for online marketing strategy. Therefore, create a proper author biography section by placing your accurate information and including relevant links to fulfil the purpose of your content writing.

Don’t just read the information shared in this article; instead implement it while writing a new content to avoid all the hurdles that stop you to grow. If you will follow this approach successfully, you will easily accomplish your marketing goal by generating more traffic for your company web forum.

About the Writer: Amelie John is a specialised writer and content producer. You can take her services with write my essay if you want to grow your career in the right direction.

Guest Post: 5 Effective Strategies for Writing an Appealing Blog by Ashley Alex

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I would like to welcome Ashley Alex to NAG today. She is here to share some thoughts how to make your blog appealing–some great info for the beginning blogger or the author thinking about starting one. Enjoy!

Writing an Appealing Blog

In the 21st century, technology has transformed the way writers showcase their creativity. Online forums like Word Press, Digital Point & Bloggst have enabled the writers to share their views with a greater audience. Today almost every professional writer is familiar with blogging forums and take an active part in it. However, if you’re also an active participant of a blogging forum and want to share your creative ideas in an engaging manner, then you’re reading the right content. Drive through the information shared below to learn the strategies that would allow you to produce an appealing blog anytime.

Attention grabbing topics

In order to engage more audience with your words, you have to write interesting material. Boring material is not suitable for writers, especially for blogs, unless you are writing for a specific purpose. Figure out a topic that you have good command and want to write about, especially the one that is popular in the present time. For instance, if you love to write on technological tools, then you should write a blog on a latest technological tool that is in the trend. Remember, whenever you write something that is in the current trend people loves to read about it. Therefore, try to write on popular topics in order to engage more people with your creative writing skills.

Add infographics

Nowadays infographics are very popular, especially in blogging forums. This is because inforgraphics represent creative ideas of the writer in a clear and inspiring manner. From various research, it is proved that infographics reflects in the eyes of the readers and persuade him to read the information shared. Furthermore, research also proved that readers love infographis as it provides them a clear understanding of the information shared through the content. So, if you’re also willing to entertain audience with your writing skills then you have to add infographics for your upcoming blog. In this way, you will clearly transfer your ideas to readers without losing their attention.

Write clearly

Being a passionate blogger means you have to write in a clear and coherent manner. Make sure to get to the point for accomplishing your writing goals. Many times writers forget to cover their main points of their topics. Ensure to write every main point of your topic to develop a proper content. By doing this, you can avoid elements that confuse the readers and stop them to read. If you have a key point share, it in the introduction part to show its importance. Come up with creative ways to support your key points clearly throughout your blog. In addition don’t share too many ideas in one paragraph instead share one new idea in every paragraph to discuss about it clearly.

Avoid distractions

Eliminate all elements that trouble your mind and focus on creativity. While writing a blog, it is vital for you to fully focus on your creative thought process by ignoring negative elements. Distractions are barriers that stop the writers to generate unique ideas. You might face critics on everything you write, but if you write from your heart no one can stop you to grow. Believe in yourself and ignore negative elements that are barriers to the creative thought process. By fully concentrating on brainstorming session, you can easily produce ideas that will easily attract your interested audience.

Generate a catchy title

If you want to develop an appealing blog, then you need to prepare an eye catching title. It is true to say that readers are attracted by interesting headlines. That’s why you have to develop an inspiring title that will stand you out from the crowd. We all know that writing a catchy title isn’t an easy process. Fortunately, there are some online forums through which you can easily generate an outstanding. For instance, you can pick out an eye catchy suitable title by using sites like tweak your biz. By visiting this forum, you would easily generate a title that will hook your content reader. Moreover a catchy title also plays a great role in persuading the reader to read the information shared in the article.

Hopefully by reading the strategies shared in this article you would easily develop an appealing blog that will not only grabs the attention of the reader, but also persuade them to write good words for you in the comments section.

Author Bio: Ashley Alex is a specialized writer and passionate blogger. In the present time, she is writing advice blogs for people who want buy assignment online UK to enhance their writing skills to inspire others.

Guest Post: How to Handle Every Author Challenge with Ease Using These Tips by Ronnie Custer

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I would like to welcome Ronnie Custer to NAG today. He is here to share some thoughts about some of the challenges we have as authors and some tips to help overcome them. Have some to share to add to the discussion? Please leave a comment. Enjoy!

Author Challenges

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The main areas of author challenges lies in critical aspects of strong and sustainable plot, solid and convincing set of characters, creating and maintaining suspense, interest and tension in the story , building suspense slowly, gradually and sustainably and finally have a smooth, convincing and well knit climax that is not too abrupt, hasty or too slow. The climax should not really be an anticlimax and should be well planned and executed. Even a strong story may suffer due to a weak, characterless and limp climax and this creates more author challenges.

First Author Challenge– strong, masterful and sustainable plot

Tip Number 1: Build the entire plot with all its ramifications in your Mind before typing it on your computer: It is important that the author is very clear about the plot and sub plots in his mind before putting it on his laptop. Often the plots go astray midway and that is indeed the end of the challenge. Build the plot brick by brick and you will see the story unfolds itself.

Tip Number 2: The plot must be tense, sustainable and interesting to attract and retain reader interests: All aspects of the plot must be bound together well and inextricably and pain must be taken to offer the very best, without compromise. Even one loose strand in the plot could convult the story and makes it unsustainable.

Tip Number 3: The plot should be devoid of any material defects or shortcomings which wary readers may easily pick up and rent apart. Plot needs to be strong, robust, sustainable and interesting

Second Author Challenge– Great set of characters

Tip Number 1: Character and characterization are important aspects that need to be
always kept in mind, more so since they bear direct and straight relevance and bearing
with the story and its unfolding.

Tip Number 2: Use minimum set of characters and effective use of realistic and
admissible characterization, to create and maintain reader interest.

Tip Number 3: Variety and verve are important constituents and the characters need to be brought to life along the course of story. Introduction, maintenance and end of each character needs to be smooth, well played and well judged

Third Author Challenge: Creating suspense and satisfying plot needs

Tip Number 1: There is need to give issues to each character and move the story along

Tip Number 2: Characters need to work out on their issues and create drama

Tip Number 3: Need to use shorter sentences during the exciting scenes in book

Tip Number 4: All along the suspense must be taut, tight and well drawn. The reader must always be made to feel- what is next and enthralled about the writings. At no point of time should there be letdown of suspense effect or the reader may lose interest and close the book

Tip Number 4: Since loss of reader interest is major challenge, it needs to be well looked into and fully and effectively addressed

Fourth Author Challenge: Creating and sustaining Climax

Tip Number 1: Since this is the main issue, it is important that due attention is paid to the creation and smooth build up of climax till the end. A good book is one in which the reader is not made aware of what is going to transpire next, or how the real culprit is.

Tip Number 2: The climax must be slow and well built, sustainable and convincing and should not serve to be an anticlimax. As is often the case, a rally good story is ruined by a bad climax that cannot deliver convincing results. So the whole effect is lost and the damage control mode has to be initiated to set things right. Besides, it is often the case that climax may be strong but the story lacks depth, intensity or scope. This is also not too good. All steps must eventually lead to a good climax and not vice versa

Tip Number 3: The best way out would be in terms of having alternatives of 3-4 climaxes and then fitting the best one of these alternatives, which snugly fit the story line.

Tip Number 4: Remember to make the climax real and worthy, and a culmination of all
that has been going on in the earlier pages. The climax needs to fit the story like a glove and should well wrap up the deliberations

Indeed, the writer challenges are many but can be remedied if the author sets his mind firmly into it. Finally it really boils down to the readers to pass opinions of the book and readership views are very important and critical about the success, or failure of book.

Indeed some authors have the gift of producing masterpieces with very little efforts and others cannot produce sustainable reading even after years of practice and efforts.
Perhaps story telling is an art and requires keenness of mind and ability to master it.

Author Bio: I am Ronnie Custer and I am concentrated on writing both academic and non-academic cases for the past several years which in actual fact assisted me to gain knowledge a great deal in writing grading assignments for all sorts of students. So far, as a result of my vast experience in writing industry, I have worked with different essay writing services & professionals. Writing your dissertation through essay writing services is the best easier thing that you can get the papers without any risk.