Do I have to write to make money?

I think that many confuse what writing articles means. In my opinion, an "article" can actually be defined several different ways. In the purest sense, an article is something you would submit to a place like EZA. But a blog post is also an article. So is a press release. Don't get caught up on the word "article". The bottom line is creating content and in order to do that, you've got to write. It doesn't matter where you submit what you've written, its still an "article".

If you're planning to get into IM for the long haul, learning how to persuade and influence through writing will not only make your journey to the top much easier, but much quicker as well.

In short...

No, you don't have to write to make money from IM.

Yes, if you're serious about making money from IM.

- John

Not necessarily;

if you are not into writing there are people who write and you can buy from them,
you can find these people on various places such as elance dot com and guru dot com;
also some people on digitalpoint dot com sell articles as PLR.

other than writing you have to somehow promote what you are selling, either buy some space from web sites that have lots of visitors to have banner on them, or you can buy PPC from search engines, other than google which cost a lot if you don't know how to use, try other search engines that are cheaper.

Well if I have to write do you guys recommend something to better my writing?
preferably free!!

Well... many years ago I learned about bum marketing, wrote and submitted my first article to EzineArticles, and pulled in some serious dough from that one article alone.

That was when I fell for Internet marketing like it was love at first sight

Writing an article is like writing a paper for school. You'll have to do some research in order to be taken seriously. This isn't hard. Gather some info on the niche you are working and write about it. I'm not a fan of spinners, but that's just me. Some have great success with them. The bottom line is, pick a product and promote it. You can pay for promotion, or you can write for promotion. Writing is free. As far as a product is concerned that will teach you how to write, I have no suggestions. I suppose there are some products available, but I doubt I'd ever spend any money on them. Again, think back to when you were in school. Who, what, when, where, and how are still your best friends. Write your articles that way and you'll be fine.

That is a very big question that cannot be answered here.

When I finally hit the big time, I promise to put a free WSO on the exact steps I used, in this forum.

You will probably need to spend a few quid on some tools. I would focus on content for your site, use a free spinner/look for a free article submission service, submit articles to as many places as possible.

Use free hosted blogs on as many different IPs as possible to put content on, all pointing back to your site. Do searches here in this forum for places to put backlinks.

Focus on getting a solid article network in place, free or paid and do your research before parting with any money.

Get this in place and you should start to see results pretty quickly assuming you already have a business model in place.

Don't give up on the writing too easily. There's more to writing articles than being a good writer. Go back to Ezinearticles and study the category of your articles. Two of the most important elements for getting a high number of views are using the right keywords, and the heading. If the heading is boring or doesn't have the right keywords, you will have a low number of views.

When you study Ezinearticles, go to any article in your category, and take a look at the top viewed articles. You will probably see some keywords that are repeated. Take note of these.

Use the Google keyword tool and find the keyword phrases people are searching for in your niche. Use one of those long tail keywords in the heading, in the first sentence, in the middle, and in the last paragraph.

Of course getting a lot of people to read your article is just the first step. You'll also need to have a good resource box with a call to action in order to get a high clickthrough rate.

Then once they click through, you'll need a good landing page or squeeze page that converts.

There are a number of great WSOs that can teach you the basics of article marketing. Or you could search this forum for tips as well.

Just from reading your post, I would say the problem is not with your writing but just that you don't have the technique down. Do some studying, keep working at it, and you'll get there.

Never write just because you have to make a post. Instead, write only if you have some value for your readers. It's much simpler then...

You could do a ridiculously long sales video that no-one wants to watch and hope for the best.

Like this: Let's Get Social

If you watch all that I'll give you $5.

If you don't write, you could either hire it done or do PPC. However, both can be expensive. If you want quality articles that drive traffic instead of pollute the Internet, you'll pay more. If you want to do PPC (pay per click) advertising, that can cost you an arm and a leg - and I've heard of a lot of affiliates getting out of that routine because of the Google slaps, restrictions and high cost.

So if you're new and have a low budget, I highly recommend that you get typing