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One of the two most often asked questions about blogging is, “How do I come up with fresh content week after week?”

It can be difficult to continually come up with topics and articles that interest your readers, especially if you don’t have a natural talent for writing. And not only do you need to interest your readers, but your writing needs to attract the search engines too.

One way to ensure that you’ll always have fresh, yummy content for your visitors to “eat up” is to add recipes to your blog.

Before you start adding all your favorite recipes to your blog, take a minute to understand recipe copyrights. Recipes are not public domain. There are copyright laws that apply especially the directions/instructions and collections. I recommend that you search Google for “recipe copyright” to read and understand the full story.

Here are some favorite ways to find recipes that you can use on your blog.

• Use Your Very Own Recipes
  Do you have recipes that you make for your family? Most of us don’t use recipes in much of our everyday cooking. While your favorites might have started out from a recipe, you may have added your own secret ingredient to meatloaf, added a twist to salsa, or altered a cooking method. Those recipes are probably yours to publish as you wish, along with any recipe you invented yourself.
• Friends & Family
  Does your mother have a special chili recipe that everyone loves? Ooh, and that spicy dip that your sister always brings to football parties. Ask your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers to contribute their favorite recipes to your collection.
• Hire a Writer
  The second way to get recipes for your blog is to hire a writer. You can usually find a ghostwriter who will create recipes for your blog. If you don’t want to look for a ghostwriter, hit up the local culinary school and see if you can find a foodie who is looking to make some money on the side. Hire that person to type in his/her favorite recipes and you’ll be set. You can also look for writers through online freelance sites like Shelancers.com.
• PLR Recipes
  The fourth way to get recipes for your blog is to purchase PLR recipes. Although I haven’t purchased PLR recipes, I regularly purchase and recommend other PLR articles and ebooks from the same person that owns YummyPLR.

  Some of the great things about about PLR recipes are:

  • You don’t have to stress your brain trying to come up with all the recipes yourself.
  • You don’t have to pay the big bucks for a writer.
  • You can edit the recipes as much or as little as you’d like.
  • You can use and reuse the recipes as much as you’d like. You can even compile them into a downloadable cookbook that you can sell from your site.
  • You can buy PLR very cheap. Some PLR services sell their recipes and food articles for under $1.

   
  Be sure to check the rules before purchasing any PLR content, because there are some restrictions on how it can be used. For example, most PLR content providers will not allow you to submit PLR articles to article directories or offer them as private label rights content elsewhere.

  One last piece of advice: Be sure to edit your PLR recipes so they are different than everyone else’s. You can do this by changing the directions slightly, changing the title, and by adding a little something extra like suggestion of foods or drinks to accompany the dish.

Now that you know just how simple it is to add a “recipe of the day” to your blog. I hope you get started right away so your blog bring in some hungry readers.

How often have you read about a product and service and thought, “I would never buy/use that because it sounds so complicated”? Now imagine if within this same article, the author was trying to recruit you to sell their product or service. You’d be flipping the page, or moving to another web site in a heartbeat.

You know your business – and you’re extremely good at what you do. Yet that can sometimes work against you when you’re trying to recruit people. Why? Because their perception of what’s involved is that – quite simply – it’s too involved! When you add to that the lack of face-to-face contact that occurs with methods such as article marketing, blog posts, or social media, there’s even more focus on what you say.

Step back for a minute and go over what you do when you recruit face-to-face, and determine what must change with your approach when only written communication is involved for recruiting.

To help your thinking process, ask yourself these questions:

• Am I being overly enthusiastic about the product/service? There’s a difference between having true passion for what you do and being overly zealous. Passion speaks from your heart and is more than simply words on a page. To show this passion, make positive statements consistently throughout the article about your product/service. Write something such as “I am so grateful that I found this opportunity since I can now stay home with my daughter full-time.” That’s far more effective than writing, “This is such a great company to be associated with.”
• Do I give specific details about the benefits for what I’m offering? Remove the words great, fabulous, amazing, etc. from your article vocabulary. Now, write about what this opportunity can really do for the reader. For example, instead of writing, “the money you make is amazing,” switch this around to become, “The money I’ve earned has allowed me to take a vacation to Europe that included a private tour of Windsor Castle.”
• Can I deliver on what I promise? Potential “recruits” will have some hesitation – especially when their first exposure to you and the opportunity is via an article. Therefore, when they contact you via email after reading your article, your inclination might be to offer help to keep the process moving (and the interest up). However, the definition of “help” can be on opposite ends of the spectrum. Nip this in the bud before it happens. Inside your article, explain – in detail – just what you offer in the way of help. Even better, share why the training you deliver is, hands down, better than what the next person does!

Recruiting can be a very stressful thing: there is pressure to expand your down line, increase your sales, etc. Add to that, the fact that you are making your pitch using articles as your marketing tool. Switch up your thinking and view this article as a more passive way to help someone else realize the same dream you once had: to be successful doing something that delivers a return of tremendous satisfaction coupled with financial reward.

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Not only are product reviews an exceptional tool to drive traffic to a website, but they are a great way to overcome a bout of blog writer’s block. When you are out of ideas for fresh content a product review can be a fairly quick and easy post to write. And a well-written review becomes very valuable content as shoppers seek them out regularly. Product reviews are also an excellent marketing tool for affiliate marketers to pre-sell products. (Note: When using reviews as affiliate marketing tool, be sure to understand and comply with the FTC rules and guidelines for disclosing affiliate relationships and using testimonials.)

To be effective, a product review must be believable. Here are a few tips for writing great product reviews.

1. Answer these questions in your review:
   • What does the product promise?
   • How well does it achieve those goals?
   • Is it a good value?
   • What are the drawbacks of the product?
2. In addition to writing a single product review, consider comparing two similar products. Consider what features to compare. If you talk about the cost of one product, be sure to talk about the cost of the other. If you have a bias toward one product, be honest and tell readers that you prefer one over the other but don’t leave out features or drawbacks simply because they place a preferred product in a darker light.
3. Be honest. You want visitors to respect your opinion and in the case of affiliate product reviews, make a purchase. Write the review as if talking to a friend. This not only enhances the copy because it’s written conversationally, but it will ensure that the review feels genuine to its reader.
4. While it is possible to learn enough about a product to review it without trying it, I don’t recommend it, especially when you’re first learning to write reviews. Again, consider your readers. How might they react if they buy something based on your review and then learn that you never tried the product?

Product reviews can end up being some of the most frequently read content on your sites. Use them to your advantage to not only attract visitors, but to build trust.

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For several years now I’ve purchased content from the creators of the freelancing series, and I’ve never been disappointed. You won’t be either.

Some of the topics covered in the series include how to find freelancing jobs, how much to charge for your services, promoting your website, and why freelancing is a good option for moms. There are also topics on specializing in areas such as writing or transcription services.

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There’s a huge demand for online content and as more and more people start blogs and websites the demand just keeps growing. Many people struggle with the need to continually provide fresh content for their sites and turn to Private Label Rights (PLR) content to meet their needs. You can be one of the people they turn to for content by starting your own PLR content business.

And you don’t even have to write the content! All Resell Content provides all of the articles. Just set up your website and shopping cart and start selling.

Your membership provides you with 50 new, high-quality PLR articles every month. Articles that you can sell to your customers for them to use on their blogs and websites. You’ll provide the content they’ve been looking for.

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Nicole Dean just released two videos from some of the material we covered in a recent interview about how direct sellers can use private label rights articles.

In this first video Nicole talks about how PLR can be used to help direct sales consultants earn customer loyalty.

• EasyPLR.com – a variety of topics including packs specifically about direct sales. (I have purchased several article packs at EasyPLR and have been extremely happy with the quality.)
• YummyPLR.com – all about food, cooking, and recipes.

Have you purchased articles from these resources? If so, leave a comment and let us know how you used them. And please feel free to ask any questions you have about using PLR. Nicole and I will be happy to answer.

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Whether you write just for your own sites or are branching out as content writer for others, these five tips will help you improve your skills and increase your value online.

1. Read other people’s content. Not only will you get ideas for what to write about, but you may pick up some pointers on style and format.
2. Stay current. Accepted writing practices change, especially online writing practices. You may want a copy of the AP Stylebook, a resource used by reporters and other writers as a guide to spelling, grammar, abbreviations, and more.
3. Keep learning. Set yourself up to be an expert.
4. Choose a niche. If you are going to be an expert, you need to have a field. It is hard to concentrate on three or four different areas. Choose one and establish yourself there before moving on to another area.
5. Find a writing style. Or find your voice. Are you laid back, witty or serious? Every writer has a voice – explore and develop yours.

The best writers are those who never stop learning. There’s always room for improvement.

Nicole Dean from EasyPLR.com was kind enough to answer a few questions about how direct sales consultants can use private label rights (PLR) articles for their business.

PLR articles are basically article drafts that are sold to bloggers and online business owners. You can purchase these articles very inexpensively and then use them on your website, in your customer newsletters, or even in team training. (We’ll get into that in a bit.)

My favorite thing about using PLR articles is that you can change the articles and customize them (since you get the articles in Word format as a .doc) and in many cases even put your own name as the author.

Here’s what Nicole had to say about PLR for direct sellers.

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Hi Linda! Thanks so much for asking me for an interview. I’m glad to help.

Does EasyPLR offer content specifically for direct sales?

Yes. My site, EasyPLR does offer articles regularly just for direct sales. We create those packs for team leaders to use in recruiting members and training their teams.

Article titles that we’ve had in the past are:

• Direct Sales Beginner’s Dictionary
• Avoiding Last Minute Cancellations
• Do You Have What It Takes To Succeed In Direct Sales?
• Things to Look for In a Direct Sales Recruiter

As you can see, the potential is truly limitless with this type of content. Not only can you use the articles to recruit new members and to train your existing team, you could create an ebook or even a printed book and sell it on amazon.com and lulu.com – becoming an instant expert in your field.

All for the price of a pizza.

It’s pretty powerful stuff.

Can PLR content about other topics be easily adapted to direct sales or to a specific product line (like jewelry or gourmet food for example)?

Absolutely. My sister site, YummyPLR.com offers all kinds of cooking articles that a Tupperware rep or another gourmet food rep could easily incorporate into their business.

And, at EasyPLR.com we have plenty of content that can be adapted to a direct sales business – fitness and diet, parenting, holidays, debt, pets, and home interior. Plus, if you need content and we don’t have it on hand, just ask. We oftentimes can create an article pack if you provide us with the titles that you need.

Can the PLR content be used for printed material like recruiting brochures or training for team members?

Absolutely. In fact, I highly recommend that you repurpose the content in several ways to get the most bang for your buck. (Repurpose simply means to use the content in multiple ways.)

For instance, post the training on your own training blog, then send it in an email, and use it in printed materials, as well. You can also read the articles after you’ve tweaked them a bit, and offer audio or video training, too.

Does EasyPLR offer any training or help on how to use the PLR content?

Definitely. First you can sign up for my notification list at EasyPLR.com where you’ll receive more information and a free report – as well as notices for free and discounted PLR. Also, every article pack includes additional bonuses that will help your online business.

Just swing by EasyPLR.com and YummyPLR.com to see what we currently have available.

Again, thanks, Linda, for having me on your blog! If anyone has any questions, just ask them below and I’ll be sure to answer, if Linda would be so kind as to let me know so that I don’t miss any.

If you’d like to learn more from me, check out my Internet Marketing Success Podcast & Blog.

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While the actual process of blogging is simple, getting the traffic and the revenue from your blog that you desire can be more difficult. Here are five ways to improve your blogging skills.

1. Keep up with the times. No one wants to read last month’s news. A blogger has to know what is going on in the world yesterday, today and tomorrow. Some important issues stay in the headlines for months but your audience will want fresh updates on those topics. Knowing what is going on around you and what will interest others will make your blog content worth reading.

2. Change your content often. There is nothing worse than losing traffic you’ve worked hard to attract because you don’t update your posts. You might not post every day but you can be sure that your readership will drop off it you only post once a month. Readers like fresh content and they will go where they can get it. If you have trouble producing enough of your own material, consider hiring a writer, ask others to guest post on your blog, use PLR content, and even sprinkle in some free content.

3. Network with others. Get your content out there. Register with search engines and join social bookmarking sites like Technorati and Digg so people can see what you are doing. Share your blog address with friends on your profile page on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.

4. Pay attention to your readership. When people comment they would like for you to answer them back. Some ask questions and some just want to let you know that they agree or disagree with what you’ve said. Take the time to talk to them. After all, they took the time to visit and post a comment. Their comments can drive the direction your blog takes in the future if you want to keep them as readers and increase your traffic.

5. Keep your ads to a minimum. Ads are a way for bloggers to make money with their sites. That’s all well and good and a few ads are great and will attract attention. If you post too many, however, visitors might be turned off. You want your content to be the main attraction.

Creating interesting content and keeping readers coming back takes time and effort. Use these five tips to enhance the value of your blog and your effort will pay off.

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I’ve used quite a few private label rights products from this service and highly recommend it. This is very high quality content that can be uploaded and used as is. But one of my favorite things about PLR is that it can be rewritten to make it more suited to a specific target audience and more in my own voice. You can also add your own web site links, affiliate links, or even paid advertising to the reports. Best of all, PLR content saves time and money, by eliminating the need to research and write all of your own material or to look for, hire, and pay content writers.

One thing I would caution you about when joining a content membership service such as this. To get the most out of it you need to be prepared to spend some time each month downloading, reviewing, and implementing the content. Otherwise you may end up simply storing hundreds of unused articles and reports (Of course you can always use it later on, but for me personally, I find that if I don’t use it with a month or two, I tend to forget about it.) If you are planning on using the content on your blog, your membership includes a handy tool that allows you to instantly publish the content to your blog with just a few clicks of the mouse.

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