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Try Your Hand at Writing

By Teri B. Clark

Home Stager with http://www.teribclark.com

May 29, 2007 02:06 AM

Article writing is great marketing tool that can establish you as an expert in your field. An article written by you is more meaningful and holds more credence than placing an advertisement.

Deciding what to write about is as easy as thinking about your last job. What questions did your client ask you? Whatever they asked is something they were thinking about right then. It is a timely topic.

Check with your local papers and free magazines. They look for content. There are also online sources that are constantly seeking new material.

Here are article sites your can check out.

www.goarticles.com

www.articledashboard.com

www.ideamarketers.com

www.reprintarticles.com

www.ezinearticles.com

www.easyarticles.com

www.articleblast.com

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Leon Austin

Mobile Notary Services - Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs Mobile Notary

Teri, great advice. Thanks for sharing.

May 29, 2007 03:23 AM

Phyllis Pafumi

ReStyled to Sell Home Staging New Jersey - Old Bridge, NJ

ReStyled to Sell Staging Homes NJ

I have a friend that insists I should be writing..not sure because I do not feel it is my thing.

Phyllis pafumi

May 29, 2007 02:48 PM

Rhonda Hay Rawlins

Glastonbury Home Staging - Glastonbury, CT

Thanks. These are interesting and helpful sites. I plan to spend some time reviewing them. I had done so writing in "another" life and have toyed with the idea. Thanks for the nudge. Rhonda Rawlins

May 30, 2007 01:36 PM

Teri B. Clark

http://www.teribclark.com - Sanford, NC

Leon and Rhonda - glad to share and nudge

Phyllis - writing doesn't have to be your thing! Honest! Try talking into a tape recorder and then using what you say to write an article. Or have a friend interview and use your answers as the basis. Articles in your local paper make you a local professional. Articles online get you googled so local people can check out your name and get more than just your website - once again, you become the local professional!

May 31, 2007 12:56 AM

Tina Parker

EXP Realty Canada Inc. - Halifax, NS

Managing Associate Broker

Fantastic links and advice. Thanks. Would you do a post on article structure?

May 31, 2007 03:57 AM

Tina - yes I will. Look for it in the next few days. Sorry about the delay in response. My husband was in the hospital with heart issues.

Jun 16, 2007 04:00 AM

Karen Otto

Home Star Staging - Plano, TX

Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes

Ohh Teri - I just read about your husband here - I hope everything is OK.

Thank you so much for these links and the great advice. You're correct about writing and positioning yourself as the expert. It gives credibility to your work as well.

Jun 16, 2007 07:19 AM

Stephanie Heron

Dressing Rooms LLC - Scottsdale, AZ

Weeber - Dressing Rooms

Hi Teri - I just wrote a short article for our local Resident's Association newspaper - pretty small circulation but it's a start - I'll let you know if they include it in next month's issue.

Stephanie

Jun 16, 2007 09:27 AM

Stephanie - great job! Just keep plugging away and you will see results!

Jun 25, 2007 04:03 AM

Kim Dillon

Creative Eye Home Staging - West Chester, PA

This is something I've been thinking about doing and maybe this will be the inspiration I need. Thank you!

Kim Dillon, Creative Eye Home Staging

Jul 08, 2007 12:25 AM

Richard Schardt

Keller Williams Realty - Kernersville, NC

Triad NC Real Estate

Hi Teri,
Thank you very much for sharing this information, I have bookmarked this for late night review. (No, I don't have a life). For me, it is a struggle to come up with article ideas.

May 30, 2008 09:44 AM

Anonymous

Leon

All you have to do is write about what you know. Really look at what you do from your customer's perspective and you'll find LOTS to write about!

May 30, 2008 10:29 AM

#12

OOps! I meant Richard! I looked at the wrong post. It has been that kind of day!

May 30, 2008 10:30 AM

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Tori Lynn Wallitsch

Prudential Ambassador / Ross Designs, LLC - Omaha, NE

I wrote a general article on Staging for one of my local agencies newsletters last year. Now I print and distribute it all the time at presentations.

May 31, 2008 06:11 PM

Tori

Written material is a great source for explaining what you do and showing others that you are an expert.

Teri

Jun 01, 2008 06:06 AM

harris

Every so often, I like to write short articles on different political issues. Sometimes they have been published in local newspapers as well. But I have been trying to find some websites where I could post my writings, and get opinions from readers about the subject, my writing style, etc.

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2281001

Dec 17, 2009 04:35 PM

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