Writen by Ed Howes
First and foremost, Ezine Articles is an educational resource second to few. Instead of towers of books on library shelves, we find articles of bite sized information in what must be one of the most extensive categorical article indexes on the web. If you can't find something of interest, you are not looking. If the article you choose disappoints, choose another. Your reward will come soon enough. If you find an article that is especially meaningful to you, you can rate it for quality and post a comment to let both the author and subsequent readers know of your appreciation. Perhaps influence another reader to do the same. A small leadership opportunity.
The whole idea that a writer needs no confirmation or validation for the value another finds in their work is a mistaken idea. Writers value reader encouragement as much as any other artist. When a reader gains new knowledge or insight from an article, a small debt to the writer and the universe that supports her is created. It only requires a few minutes to show a little gratitude. Since so little of this is done in modern America, here we have an opportunity to start a trend. Inspire a writer, then check back and see what you have wrought. Interactive reading. A bright new idea, nearly completely ignored by readers. Participate when it costs so little. Be a proactive reader. Tell a writer what you like and what you don't. Don't be insensitive - look at the writer as a possible E friend down the road. Your reading experience will be far more rewarding if you do. Business partnerships can sprout from a casual comment. Is that bad?
The Ezine Articles Writers Blog is a rich source of information and yet another opportunity for semi extended dialog with marketing expert Christopher Knight and the authors responding to his posts. One terrific feature of this blog is Email notification of an original post and optionally all subsequent posts, so you don't have to check in five times a day to keep up. I love it and promote it when I can because it is so obviously under utilized and under appreciated. I look forward to the day when I visit an hour after the original post and find a dozen comments up, most positive and some especially thoughtful or insightful as a few always are. When I am on site, I often check it before I leave.
If you are a writer, no matter where you publish, you can easily benefit from time spent at Ezine Articles. The blog, the forums, active and inactive, and the writing and marketing categories will provide quick tips and some more extensive ones about writing and marketing your writing. If you are a writer who is not publishing on Ezine Articles – are you out of your mind?
As to the publisher benefits at Ezine Articles I have not investigated and can only speak from an author's viewpoint. I have only been a member about six months. I have published 107 articles and have had those articles picked up by publishers 753 times. So I no longer concern myself much with the on site popularity of any particular article or category. What doesn't get a lot of attention here may be getting a whole lot elsewhere. It must be convenient for publishers or re publishers to shop here because it was designed with that intention and my own numbers tell me lots of publishers do. Because I am a relative publishing newbie, I'm very excited about the future possibilities of which I am now only vaguely aware. Spend an hour here every now and then and I promise you delight and surprise – and it's all FREE. It's a beautiful thing.
Ed Howes sought and found, knocked and entered. Now he sees things differently. To see more of what he sees, please visit http://www.justanotherview.com or do an author search here at Ezine Articles.
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