Interviews with Well-Known Ezine Writers #2: - John Colanzi
MS: John, you must be one of the most prolific EzineWriters on the Web - I see your articles nearly everyday inthe article lists and in dozens of Newsletters. How longhave you been writing Ezine Articles?
JC: I first started writing ezine articles around 1999.
MS: What are the main topics that you write about in yourEzine Articles?
JC: I mainly write two types of articles, (i) Marketing andpromotion, (ii) Success and motivation.
MS: John, how important have Ezine articles been inpromoting your website?
JC: I sometimes use paid advertising, but my main method ofpromotion is writing and submitting articles.
MS: John, what sort of Articles have you had most successwith? In your experience, what kind of Articles are most indemand?
JC: I get the most feedback on articles about success andmotivation
MS: Some Ezine Writers promote a product or service intheir Resource Box, while others aim only to get asubscription to their free Newsletter. What would youradvice be for getting maximum results from your ResourceBox?
JC: I usually promote my newsletter and free ebook in theresource box. Sometimes I promote a product, but mainly thenewsletter.
MS: What have you found to be the most effective ways ofgetting your Articles published?
JC: Persistence. I've set up a weekly mailing topublishers. Most publishers get a lot of submissions, sogetting them to notice you article will take some time.Once they start using your articles, they are more likelyto start reading your submissions.
MS: Apart from getting your Articles published inNewsletters, are there any other ways you use your Articlesto promote your website? (such as turning them into a freeE-Book)?
JC: I created my free ebook Street Smart Secrets Of Successfrom a collection of my success and motivation articles:http://www.internet-profits4u.com/streetsmart.exe. I wasalso contacted by a publisher who read the free ebook tocreate a free e-course for his ebook Autoresponder Gold. Sofrom the articles I've created my ebook and the 7 Days To ATurbo Charged Mind email course:
[email protected]MS: Some people are discouraged from writing Ezine articlesbecause it seems that everything has already been writtenabout. What's your view on that?
JC: Every writer brings their own style to a subject. Youmay read about it 100 times, but a certain writer's way ofpresenting the information, may be the article that getsyou to take action.
MS: Yes, that's an important point. What's the single mostimportant style tip for writing a good Ezine Article?
JC: Write to one person. Make the ideas personal to thereader.
MS: How important have Ezine Articles been in achievingyour success in online business?
JC: Every good thing that's happened to me online has beena result of someone seeing an article.
MS: And finally John, what would be your advice to someonewho wants to write Ezine Articles but has never written forthe Internet before?
JC: Write the same way you would explain something to yourbest friend. Write to inform, don't write a sales letterand try to pass it off as an article.
MS: Thank you John.
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