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Your article idea must be new — but not too original

Editors lie. They tell writers they want to fascinate their readers with what’s new and exciting. But if you read their magazines you see that they constantly recycle old topics, and if your article proposals are too edgy, editors won’t buy. For example, in 1995 I was trying to sell articles about the Internet to general-interest and women’s magazines. No sale. At that stage, the Internet hadn’t erupted into mass consciousness. That taught me that topics must be familiar to a magazine’s readers, but with a new slant.

What’s New with Article-Writing on the Internet

My marketing clients are always amazed at what happens when they write articles for the Internet. Their articles start turning up on websites, and their URLs start turning up on the search engines. It’s a formula that really works and it’s a win-win formula: they enjoy writing and helping others, they increase their knowledge as they write, the readers benefit, and the writers gain recognition.

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