The winner gets 15 free articles and everyone who enters gets an extra bit of competition to push them in their article writing, so don’t pass this opportunity up!

A reminder of the rules, from this week’s newsletter:
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The member to write (and have published live) the most articles from May 15th thru June 15th will win 15 original skin care articles written by one of our in house freelance writers. These will be articles you will own and then can submit under your name for further traffic and sales.

Also, starting June 16th we will be running the same contest again! From June 16th to July 16th, the member who writes the most articles at EZA that are published and live will win another 15 original skin care articles that they will exclusively own and be able to submit from their account.

So, what are you waiting for? Drop Amie an email with your pen name or author name that you wish to compete under. Remember, all articles must be submitted under the same name. It’s too time consuming for us to count live articles under various pen names.

So, pick one, let Amie know, and we’ll count you in for the contest.
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Good luck and good article writing, everyone!

- Amie

So how do you get to the point where you’re able to write several articles a week or even a day? Watch this video with the most common problem we see with people testing out new article marketing strategies, and get some advice about what to do to increase your output.

Creating volume becomes easier the better you understand your audience. Remember the mindset they’re coming from, and remember what you would think if you were in their shoes: What’s in it for me?

Get more article marketing strategies in our Weekly Classes section.

Students in our service set a goal of 10 articles or more a week. Without a doubt the first ten are the hardest, and then they hit their stride and are able to write more easily.

What are some proven techniques to get the words flowing? This video shows you two quick article marketing tips that will jumpstart the process for you.

This incredible army currently stands at over 7,000 life-sized warriors, each one individual (upon pain of death if you were caught making them the same!). The excavations are painstaking and Ian and I were sure that in 20 years, we’ll find out the total number of warriors was much more at the time. All of this is just incredible given that it was built by hand some 200 years BC! Other emperors followed and built temporal palaces that have since crumbled and gone, but by building this magnificent complex underground and largely out of sight, Qin’s complex remains to this day.

Terra Cotta Warriors

All of it made me think of the foresight of this emperor, who, at the remarkably young age of 13 began planning for the afterlife. There are parallels to our article marketing course in some ways. By only selecting the best affiliate marketing programs, we’re able to ensure that long after we have sent our articles out into the world and they have faded from our memories, they have an afterlife of their own, bringing in lifetime commissions for us. It’s an underground strategy, based on volume, but it works.

Sound like a stretch? Well, since few of us have half a million or so servants at our beck and call to make our fortunes for us, it’s nice to know that we can grow our own futures to a scale that still significantly impacts our lives (and perhaps the lives of our loved ones.) Choosing the right programs puts us on the right path to success, without wasting our time on dozens of ‘bright ideas’ or ‘flavour-of-the-months’.

Of course, Affiliate Article Writers doesn’t require that you take your 3,000 wives and concubines to the grave with you, and there are no life-threatening penalties for not getting it right, but in your own way by allying yourself with the best affiliate marketing program, you’ve ensured an empire of your own is being built and prepared for future profits.

Here’s hoping your army of warriors is coming along well this week!

Amie

But article writing, like all writing, demands that you push past the excuses and fearlessly carve your niche in the marketplace. Our most successful students ignore the fears and push through. They get busy ‘doing’ and don’t allow time for worrying. They understand that the law of physics say it’s easier to keep something moving in motion, then it is to start something moving from scratch, so they put the majority of their effort into getting the motion started and know that it only gets easier after the first couple of weeks.

Renowned marketer Seth Godin recently blogged about the source of the fear and excuses, the Lizard Brain. Although Seth wasn’t commenting directly on article writing, the parallels are striking. Check out Quieting The Lizard Brain if you need a little push to get through the toughest part of the new program.

A few thoughts to end on. As Dan always says, “Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.” (Henry Ford)

And my favorite quote that applies to article writing and really all of life: “You can only coast in one direction.”

What motivates you to quiet the lizard brain?

AffiliateArticleWriters Interview

If you’ve subscribed to our autoresponder service for your website (or if you’ve built your own autoresponder series), why not test offering it to people in your author resource box.

Instead of telling people all about you in your resource box, take advantage of the opportunity to offer them even more of what they’re looking for and increase click-through that way.

For example, if you were promoting an omega 3 product, you might try structuring your author resource box like this:

Get my free five-part mini course on the benefits of omega 3 for the whole family, including critical information on why you should take fish oil during pregnancy and exactly how much fish oil a pregnant woman and her baby need during this critical time.

To sign up for the course and more tips on the importance of omega 3, visit my website, http://www.zzz.com .

Obviously, you’ll want your resource box to reflect your own style of writing and the content of your articles, but you get the idea. By providing people more of what they’re looking for, you’re following one of the most important article writing tips: give people what they’re looking for. Why not test this strategy on your next batch of articles?

Great news for article marketers! Google is definitely on the same page we are.

Amie

Well, it’s been a while since I did a blog post. This last weekend I was on a little business trip — which entailed a couple of hour drive in a 93 Dodge Viper (400 HP) (for sale by the way).

After we got back from that 2-3 hour drive, Adam and I took out a replica 65 AC Cobra. (Also for sale).

We were already tired but we had a lot of fun.

If you’re a car enthusiast you might want to check out www.dreamcarreview.com - All cars on this site are for sale, in fact, but they go fast. Many of them are already sold.

Remember, take some time to have fun in between all of your article writing! (In fact, DreamCarReview.com will be using a targeted article marketing campaign to really take it off the ground and dominate the search engines.)

Note: Some adult language used in this video. Not advised for children or small farm animals.

Just a short little video we did the other day on lifetime income opportunity 3 this week of August, 2009.

More to come on live training calls.