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I once thought back in the old days that you had to have an article idea before you sent a query letter through the mail to a magazine. I'm sure a lot of us are in the same boat, buying stamps, waiting for rejections from magazines to pile up. Well, this certainly isn't a very beneficial approach so allow me to enlighten you to what I have personally discovered.

Do you want to write for a magazine?

First, let's start with who you are and what you know about? Do you hold a black belt or do you have your own business? Do you know stuff about education? Are you really into reporting on the latest products? Do you like doing book reviews?

Make yourself aware of your two or three strengths in terms of knowledge and writing. Write a few articles on each subject right away. These will be your examples. Focus to start with on service articles, articles that teach something. This will now make up your portfolio.

Secondly, it's time to find about ten or twelve publications you are interested in. Look on the internet. Find some more on the store shelves. Don't give up until you have your amount. You may not be successful with these ten or twelve but at the same time, you will just have to repeat the step later.

Thirdly, design an email to the Articles Editor of each of these magazines. In two paragraphs, let them know who you are and what you're prepared to write. Pepper these two paragraphs with a few of your article ideas and at the bottom, paste one of your articles right there as an example.

Then, email away. Chances are at least one will get back to you. Do not make the mistake of writing directly to the Articles Editor. Instead, search out a name for each of these magazines and make sure your email says his or her name.

Once you have one 'yes', please submit any articles for his or her consideration. Then, repeat the process until you have five to ten magazines you routinely write for. As you have already developed a portfolio of up-to-date articles, consider submitting a few of those first but always make sure you note somewhere in your email that you're flexible and will also write assigned tasks. It may take awhile before you are assigned articles but it never hurts to make it known that you are at their service.

Now, isn't that better than waiting for the rejection slips to pile up?

Robyn Whyte is the author of Police Issue, a romance available on http://www.amazon.com. She is also a freelance writer for various publications.

Do you want to make more money with article marketing? Let me show you some of the common mistakes made by newbies just starting with this form of advertising, then I will show your the exact steps to quickly becoming more profitable.

Deadly Article Marketing Mistakes

1. Submitting one article per week.

Actually, it's not really a sin, but you will not make a lot of profits except if nobody else write and submit articles in your niche.

One article will not make you a lot of profits.

2. Submitting to only one directory

If you only submit to a single directory, you will not get the exposure you deserve. Profit from leverage in every single thing you do.

3. Mass submission

I see that many newbies try to submit with articlemarketer or articlepostrobots.com. There is no need to do this.

Will this hurt your article marketing plan because of the threat of duplicate content?

No, I've submitted with those services as well and my articles still bring me traffic. Duplicate content is another issue that I will discuss with you later because it needs a more in depth analyze.

What are the exact steps for success?

You need to do the following:

* Write several articles a day. I suggest a minimum of two per day to start. If you can't or don't have the time, this tedious work can be outsourced.

* Submit to the top twenty directories. For obvious reasons, you need to outsource this part as well.

If you are on a budget, you need to do this yourself. I know it's not easy but it's how I started.

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