Courses on creating content???

Thanks for the link tiffany

Interviewing is one thing, and having facts is another. The problem is that I have found so many articles, blogs, and other miscellaneous pieces of information out there on the net written by supposed 'experts' that is nothing but a bunch of crap. I am talking about people who have no real experience or background bsing a topic just they can sell some sort of product about how to make money online.

A lot of people fall for these misleading pieces of information out there, which is a straight up trick. I am a person who believes that giving real honest information to visitors is the best way to go, and it baffles me to this day the amount of total bs floating around out there.

A lot of the messages even in some of these forums seem to be more about how to manipulate people into buying stuff than actually helping their users and providing a real service. I am here to try and stand up for the people getting ripped off that don't even know it is happening to them. No one else is going to say it, but I don't have a problem doing so.

I remember the first ebook I bought was from a guy on Digital Point. He sold it for 10 bucks and it talked about how to sell online products via Google groups to make money online.

I followed his methods to the point, and I was hardly able to generate any traffic using his method.

He told people to post a positive review and he would give them another product discounted. The sad thing is that his information was totally obfuscated from the truth and was written in such a way that he would be able to manipulate most people into buying it from him because he made it look believable.

Unfortunately, I have found that most internet marketing threads lean towards trying to manipulate users by adding popups, moving things around, or manipulating your offer to trick customers. It took me years to so clearly realize this point. And even as a computer and web expert, it would take a considerable amount of time before you understood this, or could discern truth versus fiction online. Typically, at the time you realize all the manipulation of facts and information going on, it is too late and the making money people have already sold you some nonsense information and claimed to be an 'expert.'

I am totally against this. If you provide real value people will want to come back. It is the same with blogging, it is the same with content publishing and article writing.

I am tired of people posing as experts and manipulating people that don't know what is going on, or only having a small amount of information necessary to make accurate judgments.

I am a professional with a degree in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. I have been working as a software engineer for 10 years and have a very good understanding of the web, both technically and from a business/marketing perspective.

I value the little guy, and the customer, and if possible, I will take every opportunity that I can to protect the consumer's interest when it comes to manipulating information.

Obviously, the better at writing you are, the better articles you can write. But writing well isn't the heart of the issue. The most important thing that must be there, the most difficult thing to come by is solid information that is valuable. Of course you can't have good information and not know how to write well to make it work, but it is a lot easier to be a good writer than a genuine expert on a subject.

I consider myself a good writer and the reason is because I took a bunch of college courses that focused on writing, philosophy, and English. Those are the types of things that will really help your writing. So I suggest if you want to improve your writing skills, go to the local community college and take an advanced writing class or English class.