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Publishing Guidelines:This article may be copied for use on websites or ezinesproviding it is not altered in any way (which includes thesmall "Article by" paragraph at the end) and all links arelive and clickable. If adding to a website I have made iteasier for you, simply copy from this html version: http://www.websmart-marketing.com/articles/cetm.html(c) Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. Word count: 807***********************************************************How To Be A Web Content Provider!Would you be happy with reaching literally millions ofpeople by being a web content provider. Whatever you'reselling, it would be nice if you could do this on aregular basis, FOR FREE, through a large number ofother people's ezines and websites, wouldn't it? Well this is what you can be doing when you startwriting content and articles for the countless onlinenewsletters, ezines and webpages that are looking foryour input. One thing common to all Internet publishersis that they are all looking for good articles to publish.If you can be a content provider of interesting andinformative articles for them you stand a good chanceof getting included in their website/next publication.However you probably won't get included if it issimply a sales letter disguised as an article. But ifyou can provide good quality and informative web contentyou can often be their savior.Then, they will give you what you need in exchange. Theywill give you exposure for your business...How Web Content Providers Benefit:The publisher will actually expect you to include a smalladvert at the end of the content you provide. This willget published along with the article itself, and is seenas a fair exchange for the content you have provided.It's how you benefit from the deal!This small ad is usually referred to as a "resource box",but you can put almost anything you like in here so longas it is only a few lines long. You are free to advertisewhatever you are promoting. You could point people backto your website, affiliate program, or tell them how tosubscribe to your own newsletter etc.If you're like most web content providers you probablydon't consider yourself a writer. It doesn’t matter, itis your knowledge that's important. What do you knowabout your industry? If a friend who understands verylittle about your specialist subject was to ask youabout something related to that industry, what would yousay. Write it down. You don't have to write like anEnglish professor. If fact this would put a lot of people off from reading all your article. To be agood web content provider you should write as you speak,be down to earth and user-friendly.The Internet often seems so impersonal. Your readers areseeking someone who is real, so why not write as a realperson in a conversational manner.Have a think and try to choose a hot online topic. Lookat the articles from other magazines and newsgroups inyour industry. A good web content provider should writeabout current subjects that you're pretty sure willinterest people.The title is important and should grab people’sattention otherwise they may never read the rest of thearticle. If they don’t read the article, they won’t seeyour resource box. Therefore have a good think about thetitle and live with it for a few days until you feel youcannot improve it.For the actual web content, around 500 words is a goodrule of thumb. Try not to be too long winded. Most userswill do a quick scroll to see how long the article isbefore reading. If it's too long or too short you maylose them. People don't like to read for too long onlineso stick to the point.At the end of the article add your resource box info. Youwill receive the best results if you can include a shortmessage related to the article you have just written.If you have impressed readers with your expertise, there'sa good chance they will want to learn more about you andwhat else you can offer them.Just like with the headline, you'll need to leave yourarticle for a short while, and "sleep on it". Come back toit the next day and edit it. Improve parts that you thenfeel could be made a little better. It's amazing what ashort rest will do for the creative process.Once you're happy and cannot improve the article any more,now it's time to submit to ezine publishers. Below I haveprovided a list of places that ezine publisher look tofind the articles of web content providers. If you can getyour article published at these websites, getting intomany ezines should be the logical outcome. http://www.web-source.net/http://groups.yahoo.com/http://amazines.com/http://bpubs.com/http://ezinearticles.com/http://goarticles.com/http://promotenewz.com/http://www.articlecity.com/http://www.certificate.net/http://www.articlecity.com/http://ideamarketers.com/Remember, this process could get you huge targeted exposure,so it's well worth the effort - and it costs you nothing butyour time.Best wishes for your future.Stuart ElwellArticle by:Stuart Elwell, Webmaster for WebSmart-Marketing.com; http://www.websmart-marketing.com/home.htmlwhich provides sound advice and strategies for makingmoney from the Internet.