How to Market Your Writing on the Internet

The Internet has now become fuel for expansion. Everyone sell furniture, food, cars, you name it on the Internet. You can also do it for your writing. As a matter of fact, many authors now consider it the only way to push it, push it and push it some more. The Internet is free publicity for selling you and your writing. How is it done? Well, in a number of ways you can sell your work and then some.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Step One
   Search Engines is one way. Start with Goggle and Yahoo. You submit your web site’s URL and after four to six weeks your link will appear on a search engine. Check your site and links as much as possible and delete old items and bad links. You can hire someone to do this for you but it is cheaper to do it yourself.
2. Step Two
   Exchanging links is another way to market your work. The exchange of links with other writers can get traffic to your site. Place them on your favorite or resource pages. In return they’ll do the same for you. Exchange link programs are also available with Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Go to their web sites to sign up. The best part with them is you can earn money participating.
3. Can you say click here? Step Three
   Banner Exchange Advertisement is also a good way to spread the word about you and your writing. Free online service will assist you in creating a banner and placing them for you. For more information on this go to http://Coder.com/creations/banner/banner-form.pl.cgi
4. What does the group think? Step Four
   Mailing List: Newsgroup & eZine Subscriptions cost money but, you get mailing list of people with an eZine subscription with those who would be interested in your book or other writing services. Create your own newsletter and generate circulation of your newsletter from guest book signing in newsgroups.

Tips & Warnings

• Those are just some things you can do to market your writing wares on the Internet. You can also use writing communities, author chat rooms, workshops & classes, reviews and online publications.