Literature Review

Literature review is a very important part of the research writing process. It helps the researcher in mainly two ways 1) in collection of data needed for research 2) It helps the researcher to be familiarize with the related work already been done by the other researchers.

Different kinds of information are required in research. This can be classified into the following two types of information:

1)      Primary data: Primary data are the actual information which is received by the researcher for study from the actual field of research. These data are attained by means of questionnaires and schedules. In some fields primary data are collected through interview and observation methods. The observation method, for collecting primary data, may be both participant and non participant. Such data are known as primary because they are attained by the researcher from the field of research directly and for the first time. Participant observation sometimes unravels such primary data which can not be known by any other means. Literature review doesn’t help too much in collection of primary data.  Read more...

Posted: 31st August 2010 under Books.
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7 Ways in Which You Can Overcome Excuses for not Marketing Your Website by Writing Articles

Wannabe writers are full of excuses as to why they aren’t writing yet. Many of these excuses can be changed to proactive statements with a mere switch in attitude and perspective.

How many times have you read an article, and said to yourself, “I could have written this.” Well, why don’t you?

It took me a long time to discover that my passion in life was writing. Even though, as a teenager, I filled a whole blank book with poetry, which I wrote while trying to recover from the “first love’s” broken heart type of feelings.

It wasn’t until I made it a habit to start writing in my journal every morning that I found out just how easy it was to get the writing juices flowing. Below is a list of some common excuses writer wannabe’s make for not writing. You will find suggestions along with each excuse on how to counteract those excuses and move forward to success.

1. EXCUSE #1 I don’t know where to start, or what to write about.

—Just get up each morning a few minutes earlier than the rest of the household, and start writing in a journal. Write about anything and everything that pops into your mind. Try to write at least 3 or 4 pages. Devote at least 10 minutes each morning to this ritual.

Do it with a pen and notebook, rather than the computer. There is a physical connection between the brain and your fingers on the paper.

Keep your statements positive. Try to eliminate words like, “I need to” or “I should” or “I have to” replacing them with more affirming phrases. Using “I am” and “I can” changes your whole focus. I find just replacing the three phrases above makes the writing process much more positive and results oriented.

You will be amazed at the material that you can pull from this journal that can be used in your daily projects.

2. EXCUSE #2 I don’t have any experience or formal schooling in writing.

—-With the internet, and all the writing books available today, it is easy to teach yourself what it takes to write successfully. Just jump in and get your feet wet, give it a try.

Have someone you trust read over your writing, and then give you their opinion. But don’t stop with one person’s point of view.

Some of the best feedback I have received has come from people wanting to use my “free to reprint” articles. I remember one lady email me saying, “I really enjoyed reading the passionate article you wrote on this subject.” Up to that point, I had never looked at my writing as passionate.

3. EXCUSE #3 I don’t have enough confidence in my writing abilities, I can’t measure up to what is already out there.

—-Following the same advice as above, as you jump in and do it, your confidence will grow. Publish some free content articles, to promote a website, and discover just what people like and don’t like. With feedback comes confidence. It is hard not be be confident in your writing abilities when you get showered with requests to use your articles in others ezine’s and on their websites. )

4. EXCUSE #4 Writing will take too much time away from my family and other responsibilities.

—-On the contrary. Writing can actually benefit and help you with your other responsibilities. By establishing a morning routine of writing in your journal, you will get to know yourself better, and grow both in professional and personal development. These positive changes to you will affect everyone you come into contact during the rest of your day. This includes members of your family.

5. EXCUSE #5 I am not very creative.

—-Everyone has creativity in them. Some people have a harder time tapping into it than others. By creating a time and space for writing in your life, you are giving yourself permission to tap into your own creative subconscious resources and intelligence. You may be surprised and amazed at your own creative results.

6. EXCUSE #6 What I know has already been written.

—-Did you know, you could give 5 writers an assignment on the same subject and each one of them will come back with an article with a very unique and different focus? It is because we all look at things from different perspectives. Our perspectives are developed by our own individual life experiences and the lessons we have learned. You can take what is out there and put your own unique slant on it.

7. EXCUSE #7 I am scared, not sure I can handle criticism and rejection.

—-As mentioned already, by just doing it, jumping in and giving it a try, you will gain confidence and grow. Rejection is just someone’s opinion. Get another opinion, and then another.

Some of the best books published in history were rejected dozen’s of times before someone took a chance on them and would eventually hit the New York Times bestseller’s list.

So there you have it. Stop making excuses and jump in the water and get wet. It will be more fun, rewarding and maybe even profitable for you once you actually take some daily action steps. Who knows, you might even make a big splash upon entrance to the pool of what’s floating around. . )

As you begin getting your work out there, ideas will come to you so quickly it may be overwhelming at times. Just remember to write down your ideas, keeping notes on topic ideas, titles, and themes to research. The list will be endless.

Use these intuitive thoughts to spark your thought process when you actually sit down with pen to paper. You will find many stories, experiences, and lessons learned that can easily be incorporated into a promotional article. “So start writing now, may the force of your creativity be with you!”

Posted: 14th May 2010 under Writing.
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SEO Article Writing 101

SEO writing is very different from content writing, article writing, story writing and news writing. When I first realized my innate talent for writing stuff and putting thoughts into words, I was still reading Mills and Boons, and it was during this time that my romance storybooks were confiscated by my classroom teacher because I was reading in class.

Writing is a very personal thing, I discovered. Some people have the talent for writing creative stuff. Some people have the talent for writing ads. Some write excellent factual stuff. Well, I fall into the factual stuff category. The boring-writing-technical-mumbo-jumbo writing stuff. How I fit into this category, I don’t know.

Well, SEO article writing is very much like that. First, you decide what topic or keyword that you want. For instance, you’re selling decorative lamps, right? In the SEO article writing process, list down ‘decorative’ and ‘lamps’. Then think about other words that relates to ‘decorative’ and ‘lamps’…words that people use all the time to describe them. This is a very important part of SEO article writing because these are common words that your potential site visitors will use to find you.
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Posted: 12th May 2010 under Writing.
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Five Tips to Improve Your Writing Today

At some point in your career you will have to produce some type of written content, and this can be stressful for many people who think their writing skills are less than perfect. Written content is an important part of business—especially these days when such a huge amount of business happens online. Poorly written content can send the wrong message and potentially hurt your business, but virtually anyone can write great content and make their sales letters, business proposals, promotional copy, and articles successful.

1. Make it Reader-Friendly

Even if you are not the world’s greatest writer, making your writing reader-friendly will greatly improve its overall impact and how well you communicate with your readers. The best way to make your writing reader friendly is to organize your ideas or points in a format that is easy to read and follows a logical progression. Before you start writing, take some time to write down what you want to communicate with your readers and put your ideas in a logical order.

2. Let the Words Flow
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Posted: 10th May 2010 under Writing.
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Top 20 Reasons Why Pastors Should Write Articles

One of the greatest tools that has been used from the very beginning of time and is still available to all of us is the craft of writing. Before TV, radio, internet and ipods our entertainment and enjoyment was found on pages and pages of great manuscripts.

I know that we are in the computer age, but writing is still one of the greatest means of expressing and expanding our thoughts and ideas so that others can be taught, instructed and enlighten. It doesn’t matter if you prefer pen and paper, blackberries, palm pilots or laptops; writing is the birth canal for ideas that would other wise remain aloof dreams.

I want to give you the “Top 20 Reasons” why I believe that every pastor and minister should consider writing. I’m not asking you to start out by writing a 200 page book; that will come! I just want you to start getting your feet wet by writing 700 to 1000 word articles. I know it may sound hard, but the key is to write about subjects that you are interested in! When you really set your mind to write thoughts expand as you stretch the creative potential of your cognitive thinking.  Read more...

Posted: 8th May 2010 under Writing.
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The Gospel of Writing According to Marilyn: Chapters 1 – 2

Chapter 1: Expect to Write, and Write, and Write Some More…

The first advice I give my authors is the most simple, and quite often the most difficult. And that is, to expect to write. And I mean write. You can’t just talk or read about it. The more you write, the freer you become. Nothing I say here or in my coaching, classes, and writing programs works unless you write. And write. And write.

Believe it or not, I have clients who come to me expecting to write perfectly within days of our starting to work together. I’ve been writing for over 25 years and just in the past few years have I even considered calling myself a master at the craft. Expect to writea lot. And to rewrite, then write some more. I call it diving for pearls. Some days you will write 10 pages and come up with one pearl worth keeping. Other days you’ll write two pages and every word is perfect.

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Posted: 6th May 2010 under Writing.
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Enhance Your Creative Writing Abilities

Creative writing is considered to be one of the most perplexing forms of articulating thoughts and ideas on paper. It turns out to be a hard nut to crack because it requires the ability to think freely, giving thoughts a modicum of leeway, and express ideas and experienced feelings sincerely and openly.

That’s why putting wind in the sails with creative writing is not within every writer’s grasp. It means that a person, who succeeded in process writing approach that is all about planning, revising, re-arranging, and deleting text, re-reading, and producing multiple drafts before producing finished documents, will have the same good results in creative writing.

Surely, it doesn’t imply that creative writing process doesn’t need proper planning and preparation, it means that creative writing permits the author to deviate from the specific writing styles and not to be consistent with all the standards of this style. In a word, creative writing gives the author leeway in terms of presentation and development of a piece of writing.

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Posted: 22nd April 2010 under Writing.
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How to Write Better College Essays and Termpapers

Anyone can write a college essay or term paper, but not everyone can do it correctly. Even the best students can find themselves paralyzed by writer’s block or unaware that their essay or term paper is too difficult to read or follow. My eight tips will jumpstart your essay writing process.

1. TIMING IS EVERYTHING.

Leave yourself plenty of time to write, edit and rewrite. Plan to complete your essay one day, or one week, whichever is fits your schedule, in advance; then you can run it through a spelling and grammar checker – and ask someone else to read it. You term paper or essay may look and sound perfect to you, but will other readers agree?

2. CHOOSE THE RIGHT TOPIC.

Choosing the right topic or approach to an assigned topic counts for a lot. Find something you know well and love. Be sure you understand the assignment; if not, ask questions until you are sure you do.

3. MAKE YOUR WRITING UNIQUE.

Make your writing unique. Let your “why” shine through. Communicate why you chose to write about this topic; why you love this topic; and why your topic is important – not in so many words, but put your passion into your writing.  Read more...

Posted: 7th April 2010 under Writing.
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The Top 3 Things You Must Know Before You Do Paid Article Writing

Article marketing is a common way for people to market their products and services. As more and more people come on the Internet, they soon realize that they need to incorporate some form of marketing of their articles. They soon discover, if they don’t know this already, if they have the skill or time to do it themselves or not. If these website owners don’t have these writing skills, they will require someone to write their articles for them if they want to use original and unique content in their Internet marketing strategy. As a result, jobs for paid article writing become available on the Internet.

If you choose to earn your money on the Internet by getting into the paid article writing business, then you will need to have some specific things in place before you start to market your services. In order to be successful at paid article writing, you need to know these top 3 things.

1) You will need to know how to write enticing articles  Read more...

Posted: 27th March 2010 under Writing.
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Writing a Novel Has Never Been Easier

Writing a novel has never been easier

There are several different software packages around that will enable your writing process and assist you in the mechanics of writing and make it all easier for you.

However, the ideas and how you work, will determine whether you make a successful novel or not. I do not know if these software packages will make you create the million dollar revenue bestselling novels out there. But, hey, it’s worth a try. When we look in the book store windows and see what type of stories makes the bestseller out there now these days. Then we see it is a matter of stories and concept. However the novelist has become more a marketing victim and we see that the marketing and sales machinery assists in a very good way to create the new bestseller.

Maybe these tools will have what it takes to create another one soon, or at least quicker than without the tools. I wish you the best of luck and with hopes that YOU will make the next bestseller, but best of all, that I will be one of your readers.  Read more...

Posted: 21st March 2010 under Writing.
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