Posted by on Dec 5, 2011 in
Writing Books How To Make Sure Your E-books Are Successful?
The following article is one of a series of articles which focus on Article Marketing, Affiliate Marketing and Internet Marketing. All of the articles are based on real experiences and research done over twenty years as a personal and business coach. They are also written in response to questions which I have been asked as well as address common challenges that people have with affiliate marketing, article marketing, and internet marketing or running an online business in general. I sincerely hope that you find the following information of value. Or go to www.ebook-marketing-exposed.com One idea, one tip, one clue can make all the difference.
Writing e-Books – How To make sure your e-Books Are Successful– Part II
No Kidding, here’s the continuation from part I…
The next step in the process is to consider exactly why you are about to write this e-book. Again, what we are trying to do is make the actual writing part as easy as possible. Of course, as all good writers know, rewrites are always inevitable. The point, however, is to realize that the more that is determined before the writing is started, the less rework that will be required later.
So, why are you writing and going to publish this e-book?
• I want to build on my credibility as an authority in this field
• I want to use it as a means of directing targeted traffic to my website and the products I am selling.
• I will use it to promote my business
• I will use it to promote relevant affiliate programs
• I will sell it as a product on my website
• I will use it as a giveaway to attract subscriptions to my newsletter
• I want to attract affiliates to promote and sell the e-book
• I want to be able to use sections of the e-book as an recourse to mail to my list and attract new sub scrimptions
You get the idea and I am sure you can add other reasons.
I hope this will also help you to decide on the structure of your e-book. Following your introduction, will you use specific chapters or will those chapters have to be grouped into sections. With promotion in mind, whether selling or giveaway, the section or chapter titles are as important as your e-book title. They are in essence the “benefits” that your e-book delivers to the reader.
O.K. Let’s start writing this e-book.
Making your e-Book Reader Friendly
In part I, we looked at researching and understanding who the target audience is going to be. This should help in guiding you as to how your writing will not only attract readers but also how to keep them engaged throughout the e-book. Based on your research, you may have identified that the use of some of the following “techniques” works with that audience; others are just good writing practice…
• Writing in a personal and conversational tone
• Keeping paragraphs and sentences short, but vary the length
• Using an active rather than passive style
• Using anecdotes or short stories within your chapters
• Including photos and images
• Including quick tips and hints throughout
• Varying the density of the pages
• Making use of numbered or bulleted lists
• Chances are the e-book will be read on the screen so maximize the use of “white” space making it easier on the eyes of your readers, otherwise they will just stop reading after a while
• Ensuring your e-book has an easy to read design. Avoid using all kinds of different fonts, lots of different colors and different font sizes otherwise your reader will be tuning out before the end of the first chapter
• Using spell-check and grammar check. Still very important to a lot of readers.
Who knows, your favorite niche may be insomnia but the last thing we want to do is put our readers to sleep or lose the opportunity to encourage your reader to take your suggested course of action because they didn’t get that far! Remember this is reason you decided to write the e-book in the first place. You can visit www.easy-pdf-toolkit.com So, do yourself justice.
Good writing, however, takes practice and lots of it. If you find yourself rewriting chapters or parts of chapters, be glad. This is all part of honing your writing skills. Also, remember, one of the best ways to improve your writing skills is be reading, lots of it. The more you read, the better your writing will become.
The better your writing becomes, the more readers; more readers, more subscribers; more subscribers, more sales.
See what happens when your e-books are successful!
For more tips and great advice on e-book writing and article writing, take advantage of the free resources offered below where you will also discover how to succeed as a writer
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Posted by on Dec 3, 2011 in
Article Writer Article writing is one of the best ways to recruit people to join your list and then get them to your website. By writing and publishing many articles it the article directories will get your name recognized as someone who knows a lot about his or her niche in the search engines
Here are 4 powerful ways to become a successful article writer to become an expert in your niche:
1) Your title must be interesting. If you want to attract attention to your article then your title must be eye-grabbing and compelling. Your title should tell the visitor something about what they are going to read in your article. Do your homework and find the best keyword for your topic and place it in your title. It should appear at least once, preferably as the first word in your title.
2) Use a great call to action. To get people to click through your article to your squeeze page your must give them a significant reason. On your squeeze page you will ask your visitors to give you their name and email address so they can join your list and receive more information about the topic they read in your article. Just saying ‘click here’ isn’t a great way. You need to give the visitor a reason to go to your squeeze page. For example, you could say: “If you want to really learn about vegetable gardening, I have just completed an ebook about xyz”.
You already have an interested visitor because he fully read your article. For an added push, you should offer a short, free ebook that is related to the title of your article. Now there is no reason why an interested visitor shouldn’t go to your squeeze page
3) Write more articles. If you really want to become a successful article writer you must write more articles. However, you must have a good open rate for your articles, otherwise, why write them? Use the stats on your autoresponder to find out how many people are reading your articles and clicking on the link to your squeeze page that you provide.
4) Keep your articles short. Your articles should be short and concise, approximately 300 to 500 words. It’s a good idea to break your articles into bulleted or numbered paragraphs, each with 2 to 3 sentences. You should also add a blank line between paragraphs to make reading easier on the eye.
Do you want to learn more about how I write successful articles? I’ve just completed my brand new free ebook entitled “Beginner’s Guide to Article Writing”.
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Posted by on Nov 15, 2011 in
Article Writer Writing marketing articles is the way to go if you want to make a decent living on the web. Information. Everyone wants, and needs, information about what to do to make his or her fortune on the internet.
This is where marketing articles come into play. Affiliate marketing articles that will peak the interest of the mass of new people to the web can be about:
1… How affiliate programs work.
2… How to make a fortune using online auctions.
3… How to build a mini-website.
4… How to setup an email program.
5… How does an auto-responder work?
The list is almost unending. Writing marketing articles is a very profitable niche. A good writer will not have any trouble finding something to write about for his or her subject.
There are quite a few things involved in writing good internet marketing articles:
1… You have to do research.
2… You have to try and sound like an expert in what ever you are trying to convey to your readers.
3… You have to keep your marketing articles informative.
4… You have to decide if you want to copyright your articles or sell them as PLR (Private Label Rights) articles.
5… You have to be unique. Use your own view when you start your affiliate marketing article. Don’t copy!
The items above are important. However, they are still not the “Four Must Have” things a writer needs to be a success.
Must Have #1.
A Way To Make More Money With Your Marketing Articles.
Do you have a blog you can monetize? How about a website? One of the best ways to create an income stream is to signup with Google AdSense.
NOTE: A google search of “Google Adsense” will lead you to their site. Google will give you all the information and help to get you started with google adsense income.
Construct your bio so that it shows authority and include a link to one of your money sites. Be creative with your bio. Give a third person view of someone that knows how affiliate marketing works if your article is about affiliate marketing.
Must Have #2.
You will gain more respect as an expert with each article.
It is critical that you have the image of one that knows what you are talking about.
It is even more important that the reader thinks you know everything about what ever the subject is in your article. They will be very happy to read your next marketing article, or anything else, because you are the expert.
Must have #3
A desire to create a more interesting life.
That may sound a little left of center but think about it for a minute. Your horizons are expanding with the very articles you are writing. Have you ever thought about doing some of the things you are showing others?
Must Have #4
Make new contacts that can help you succeed.
Others will want to get to know you as your status grows as a successful writer. Develop this new circle of friend. They can take you far.
You “Must Have” To Be A Successful Marketing Article Writer.
Almost anyone can write marketing articles, but not everyone will be successful. Your success, and life, as an article writer will be short lived if you don’t have all of the “Must Haves”. You will become bored very fast when writing marketing articles becomes just another job.
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Posted by on Oct 31, 2011 in
College And University So you are now ready to join the college. But getting admission into the college of your choice won’t be that easy, as more and more pupils are applying for the limited slots every academic year. You are now facing the challenge of writing the most successful application essay for the eyes of admission officers; who would also be judging the essays of all the other applicants, probably with the same profiles, backgrounds and test scores as you have.
This 500-word application essay becomes the bases for the acceptance and rejection, as it is the only way admission officers can judge the worth of the applicant. It is very natural to feel concerned at this stage; standing out in a crowd is not an easy task and thus calls for extra care and preparation. But what ever the case may be, let not the essay stress you out, be very playful to gain utmost.
Follow the following while you write the essay:
Brainstorming; a crucial step:
The key to truly presenting an insightful and incisive application essay is to go through the exercise of brainstorming. It brings out the ideas and thoughts out on the paper that might not be consciously significant to you in the first place.
If you are finding it difficult you can always take help from your friends and family that knows you well. There point of view would be different and really revealing at times. If you have a role model, study his or her personality to discover yourself.
It would be better if you set out goals for the life ahead of you. Brainstorming sessions will help you go through it. It might give you a fresh outlook of what you really want out of life.
Prepare a rough, unedited initial draft and consider the following when pondering:
1. Note down your skills, aptitude and interests no matter how meager they seems to be, like wise accomplishments and ambitions.
2. Noticeable highlights of your life, which have changed your perspectives in anyway.
3. The struggles of your life and their outcomes; either positive or negative and how it has changed your life.
4. Your contributions towards the society through community services etc.
5. And most of all, brainstorm why you want to join the specific institute, what is compelling you to apply there and how will you proof commendable of it.
What to write; choosing the theme or topic of the essay:
The essay could be about anything, you can describe you in any way you desire. You can discuss any topic you wish on earth. But the challenge remains of using the essay up to the maximum. Remember it is the only way of proving your self to be outstanding.
Present your goals, ambitions and accomplishments of life. If you are not the high achiever explain why you are not so. Always keep the theme of the essay positive. Show yourself as a stronger person rather than a pitiable one. Present as if you the one who could work against all odds and can put up a good fight against obstacles. You must attempt writing on such topic that shows your individuality and promotes your desire to be the attendant of the college as well.
Choose a theme about which you have ample amount of knowledge. Difficult and tricky topics, merely to impress the readers will render you with nothing. More avoid the complex, controversial topics. Like politics and religious affairs, even if you choose to write about them, write down more about your point of view rather than commenting who is right and who wrong.
Final Draft: Tips for writing good essays:
1. It is quite advisable to visit the desired college or visit its website and read brochures and introductions. This way, you will have the insight of what the organization believes in and you can arrange the essay accordingly.
2. Take your time and understand what you are expected to write. Understand the questions you have been asked and the requirements you have to fulfill. Take about three or four weeks to ponder on the essay and the ideas you have in mind.
3. Analyzing other previously attempted application essays would help you a lot. Writing application must be a new task for you and going through the others gives you a good idea for writing your own.
4. Copying the style of others would not help, be original and be you. There would be experiences in your life that can set you apart from other people and similar actions. So be open to express yourself and your feeling about a topic you decide to write about.
5. Make an outline or a plan to follow through out the process and refer back continually. The paragraphs of the essay should relate to each other, follow the rules of logical flow in writing.
6. You could be creative in your presentation. Catchy openings can do much more then a dry, lengthy and uninteresting essay. Introduce yourself in the first paragraph as the readers are found to maintain the interest for first few minutes. Show off your self as captivating as you can for those few moments. Creating Mystery is one good idea of keeping the interest of the readers for the rest of the essay.
7. Show what have you achieved by using the action verbs and active voice. Describe your life by applying adjectives and descriptive nouns. It would be more impressive and will make a picture in the mind of the admission officers. Imagery presentations are like five-sense experience and eye catching. At the end of the day, after reading thousands of the essays, your way of presenting yourself will be in the minds of the admission officers.
8. Conclude your essay with caution. It might be the last chance of convincing your reader that you deserve to be in there.
9. Your essay should not be the repetition of your information given in the other parts of the application; it must discuss the dimensions of your personality that needs description.
10. Use different words to express yourself. Do not hesitate to use dictionary or thesaurus. It will give a good perspective to your essay. Remember too much of the repetition of the words would dull the essay and loss of interest on the part of the readers. But using thesaurus doesn’t mean complex words can impress the officers, it might rebound if you use them out of context and if simple and common words are better off.
11. Too many long or short the sentences makes the presentation monotonous and boring.
12. Take great care in using the language. Look out for the spelling mistakes and other common grammatical errors. These avoidable errors make the essay off-putting and the impact on the readers about your personality is ruinous. You might be assumed as careless person.
13. You can proof read the essay before submitting it. Revision is one of the most important key to a successful and custom written admission essay.
14. It would be better if you could leave the essay after writing for few days; and then get back to it. The fresh look might help you improve the essay.
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Posted by on Oct 23, 2011 in
Writing Books People write e-books for many reasons. You may want to market your web site, product, or business through an e-book giveaway. E-books are a great way to share your expertise with prospective clients. Or you may want to write an e-book that you can sell and profit from directly. After all, e-books cost little or nothing to publish and ship—they’re almost pure profit for your business. No matter what the reason you need to write an e-book, there are a few things you can do to make sure your e-book is interesting, appeals to your audience, and that you do the best job writing it as possible.
Before you embark on your e-book writing journey, take these e-book writing tips into consideration.
1. Read Other E-Books
One of the first things you should do if you are lost as to where to start your e-book is to look at a few examples to get an idea of how an e-book is laid out and how it works. Of course copying is not an option, but you can use existing successful e-books to get inspiration and ideas. Read through a few e-books to get a feel for what they entail and use the positive aspects, while remembering to avoid or improve the things you did not like.
2. Write What You Know
If you are writing an e-book for profit, you should write about an area in which you already have knowledge or expertise. People need information—and there’s a healthy market for just about any type of expertise. Plus, writing about what you know is much easier than writing about a topic on which you have no background. If you do pick a topic that you do not know much about, make sure you’re interested in the topic so researching and learning about it will be an enjoyable experience.
3. Start with a Plan
Before you begin writing, you should create an outline for your e-book that lists the main information you want to include. After you have all your main ideas down, you can go back through and add more information under each heading. Writing with a plan is always easier than wandering through the material aimlessly, so take the time to plan your e-book before you begin to write.
4. Make Time to Write
If you find that you are having trouble fitting writing in to your schedule you probably feel as though your e-book will never get done. A partially finished e-book cannot generate any interest in your product or business nor can you make any profit from e-book sales. The best way to ensure that your e-book gets done in a timely manner is to set aside time each week to work on your e-book. Allot this time into your schedule just as you would with other important tasks and your e-book will be finished in no time.
5. Edit Your Work
The editing process is just as important as the writing process—otherwise you risk presenting the world with an e-book full of errors. Some people like to go back and edit as they write. Others like to write the entire e-book without looking back, and edit it after the first draft is complete. Editing as you go will minimize the amount of editing you will have to do after the book is finished—but this could stall your writing progress. Waiting until the end to go back and edit will make it easier for you to be consistent in your revisions and help you judge the work as a whole.
No matter how you edit, make sure you get the advice of another trusted person before making your e-book debut; a second set of eyes will be able to spot errors you missed.
Writing Your E-Book
E-books are a great way to generate extra income, and spread the word about your services and expertise. Using these five tips will help writing and publishing your e-book fun, easy, and profitable!
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Posted by on Oct 14, 2011 in
Article Writer These days it seems that article writing is the best and latest form of marketing. The reason for this is that people from all around the world read articles and the right keywords can lead a customer right to your webpage. However, you might be wondering how a simple article can make that much of a difference. But it does and here is how you can become a successful article writer.
The first thing that you need to know is to use good grammar. Many people who use the Internet don’t pay any attention to spelling, sentence structure or grammar, but you shouldn’t be one of them. People use the Internet for commerce purposes such as shopping will probably skip your article if it has numerous grammar problems.
You won’t be able to sell a product if you can’t write a simple article. Another important factor in your article writing is the key wording your articles. Keywords are one of the most important factors in your article as far as selling a product. Many people overlook this fact. If you find and use the right keywords it will increase the popularity of your website considerably and increase the amount of traffic it draws in.
These days, there are numerous free article submission websites on the Internet as a result of article writing becoming so popular. Free article submission websites will have a high search engine ranking, and therefore the articles that they host will be well listed. Usually, these article directories won’t permit a person to advertise a business directly. Should you try to do this your article will be rejected and you will have to start over. Instead you need to use keywords to entice potential customers and new users to your website.
In the world of commerce article writing certainly has its place. Although video marketing and other forms of media may be increasing there will always be a need for article marketing simply because this subtle form of advertisement uses easy to write keywords, it is accessible to everybody and it is portable.
If you want your business to be successful, you need to learn how to write a good article. In addition, successful article writing is a great way to make a living and something you should definitely consider because you never know where it may lead you. Remember, good grammar is the key to a good article.
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Posted by on Oct 11, 2011 in
Creating A Resume There are many thousands of service personnel who wish to transit in to a civilian job. Sometimes this may happen after a life time of being employed in the military and in such circumstances; their sole work experience is within the forces. In such circumstances, the need for converting and aligning the military work experience to civilian job environment becomes a necessity to highlight the applicant’s capabilities. The best way to write a military resume is to find the most suitable way to highlight the military experience and make the experience gained transferable to a civilian job. When the resume is written in this manner the potential employer will be able to identify the relevance of the military skills of the soldier and find that these skills are suitable for the civilian job. For example, most people in the military are good with following directions and working under pressure. These key elements are prerequisites in some type of jobs as fire fighters or disaster management personnel. Therefore, applicants will be benefited by including this in their resume.
What is The Job Objective?
A good resume requires specific details. Many people make the mistake of being general in their job objective and as a result will not be selected. When writing the resume applicants have to be specific and define the civilian job objective. This requires much soul searching on the part of the applicant. What does he want to do with the rest of his life? Does he wish to be a sales representative or a systems analyst? Much thought should be given to which career path the applicant wishes to pursue in the civilian environment. Applicants can obtain help from a career coach who will help them to define this goal.
What about Military Experience?
A good military resume requires applicants to be precise and brief. They should avoid going into detail about their military experience. Applicants should keep in mind that the person reading the resume may not have the faintest idea about the military. Therefore, applicants are recommended not to use military jargon and not to include any abbreviations. However, applicants should not underestimate their accomplishments as well. They should give due respect to the positions held but not go overboard. The use of bullet points will help applicants to sum up job duties. If possible applicants should include dates of all jobs and the names of officers served under or over the applicant.
Confidence is important to a resume. The resume should without a doubt state that the applicant is the person for the job. This is a must as without it the resume will go unnoticed. Emphasis on the applicant’s abilities in relation to the job should be highlighted in this regard and it should be stated with the utmost confidence that despite years of engagement in military employment, the applicant is capable of converting such work experience in to civilian work atmosphere.
The resume requires applicants to include contact information on top of the page. This should be clear as it should be visible and easily readable to whoever who wishes to contact the applicant. Applicants with military backgrounds may have temporary addresses at certain points in life and therefore, must ensure mobile phone contact ability is mentioned within the resume.
Writing the military resume requires in depth knowledge of how to do so and applicants will be benefited by obtaining the assistance of a resume writing service. There are resume experts that specializes in military transition resume writing. These writing services provide applicants with high quality resumes which they can submit with confidence and look forward to a fair chance of being placed on the job.
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Posted by on Sep 11, 2011 in
College And University Are you looking college admission essay examples ? The college admission essay could be so critical, as yet so discouraging.
Here are 5 tips to assist you polish your college admission essay to go far as good as you’ll be able to.
1. Logistic planning. The 1st step to develop a polished college essay existences with developing a thesis statement and abstract to follow. College admission boards use the admission essay to find out who a potential student is, what an aspect could offer their school, and a prospect’s power to boom in academic and extramarital settings. Brainstorming thoughts, strategizing a program, and calling for people who know you well to describe you are often a gravid beginning point to find out the thesis statement. Applying a life experience, trip, or example of an instant in time wherever you faced up a challenge, acquired something about yourself, or demonstrated a special caliber of your personality mayhap accurately the chance to illustrate what makes you.
2. Introduction. Admission teams up frequently learn 100s or thousands of application essays and so becharming your audience on a personal anecdote or story, life experience, or useful selective information affecting your abilities admits you to market your skills and abilities. Be genuine, straight forward, and specific in building up your thesis into an opening paragraph.
3. Body. The body of your application essay must exhaustively support your introduction offering particular and informative examples supporting your thesis is the next step in Writing a College Admission essay . Build on your experience, emotions, appraises, or ideas with brief, elaborate information. Be aim, write on direction, and refrain from wordiness or “advocating” while adhering to space and word limits. Stay on focused upon your original thesis and blow up your thought or experience patiently and work hard. Hammer your admission essay with your decision and boost yourself. After all, you’re trying to market yourself to unknowns whose exclusively previous knowledge of your high school and extracurricular activities heeled on your application.
4. The conclusion. Summaries your college entry essay with a good conclusion to add your essay to windup. Your conclusion must convey upon your audience the common sense of completion. Be sure to associate statements enclosed in the introduction and body of your admission essay in the conclusion of your essay.
5. Revise, revamp, and bring up to advisers, instructors, family, and friends. Rewriting, revamping or even out revising the full college admission essay is helpful in making your dearest work. Writing multiple drafts help in forming your application essay and a great deal help in carrying the flow of your words to maximize affect on your audience. Revising your work rids of grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, and feeble points that forced out admission process.
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Posted by on Aug 9, 2011 in
Article Writer This article is for those SEO article writers who want to get better on their craft. In here, I’ll share some tips to help you get to where you would like to be in as little time as possible.
Learn from the pros. I am sure you would want to follow the footsteps of these people. The first thing that you need to do to make it happen is to know what they know. I recommend that you contact them through email to ask for tips and techniques. Although some may ignore your request, I am pretty sure that there are few who will be more than happy to assist you.
Learn from SEO article writing seminars. Increase your knowledge in this field and get access to insider tips and trade secrets by attending relevant seminars offered by those people who have already succeeded in this endeavor. The good thing about these seminars is that you can attend at the comforts of your own home as they’re being offered in the online arena.
Learn SEO. Learn how to write your articles in such a way that they’ll be quickly noticed by the search engines. This is very important as this is the key to make sure that your articles will appear on relevant search page results. Right now, you can make your articles search engine friendly by sprinkling just enough keywords throughout your articles and by using latent semantic indexing technique.
Consider your readers. This is the secret to become a more effective writer. Keep your audience in mind every step of the way. Consider their needs and demands when choosing your topics. Think about their preferences and level of comprehension when deciding on the writing style and language to use. The idea here is to give these people exactly what they’re looking for and do everything to make sure that they’re extremely happy with your articles. That may take a lot but this is the key to get positive response from them. That’s what you want, right?
Know your topics really, really well. You would want your articles to come out as informative as possible as this is the only way to prove to your audience that you’re an expert in your niche. This will not happen if you don’t know your chosen topics inside out. I suggest that you conduct thorough research and interview other experts if needed. Don’t start writing unless you fully understand the things that you’re going to discuss. Remember, there’s no way that you can effectively educate your readers if you’re not really sure or if you’re confused about the topics that you’re discussing.
Ask for feedback. Make it a habit to look at your articles through the eyes of neutral third parties. It is through this that you can easily identify your flaws. Work on converting these weaknesses to strengths.
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Posted by on Jun 10, 2011 in
Creating A Resume HOW can you get a good job if you take resume writing for granted?
If you don’t know the ABCs of resume writing, how would you be able to prove to your prospective employers that you are what they are looking for: Imagine, you can’t even present or advertise yourself through a resume?
Believe it or not, but learning the intricacies or resume writing can make a big difference in your career path. The resume that you make not only tells who you are in a nutshell—it has also the power to magnetize job interviews or totally ruin your chances of having a brighter future!
Remember that resumes determine who among the hundreds of applicants that are applying for a particular position would get a job interview.
If you don’t want a human resource staff to either screen you out or throw your resume over the paper shredder again, then now is the right time to become skilled at resume writing.
The first rule in resume writing: What you think, you shouldn’t only speak it out eloquently, but be able to write it down clearly as well. Use nothing but effective and understandable words possible.
Follow the KISS principle, which could either stand for Keep It Short but Striking or Keep It Short Stupid! Make your resume very readable as possible: Pack it with aplenty of white spaces to comfort the eyes of the recruiter who would read it. When it comes to resume writing, remember that “less is more.”
Get rid of highfalutin words. Resume isn’t a venue to be humble, but it’s also not the proper place to inform an HR staff that your intelligence quotient is superior or above superior. Do not use terms or jargons that even a high school student won’t understand.
Avoid the “I disease.” One of the important protocols in resume writing is never include “I” from your sentences. Removing this pronoun prevents wordiness and saves space. But write from the first-person point of view, as if you are giving a direct report towards your target employer.
Be precise in describing work experiences and/or achievements. Stand out from the hundreds of candidates—do not just be one of them! In resume writing, you can include facts and figures. Why say “supervised proofreaders when the supervisor isn’t around,” when you can tell “supervised 10 proofreaders in the absence of the supervisor?” The hiring staff must get to visualize your feats. Using words like “few,” “many,” “a couple of,” “very,” “much,” “some,” and so on is also a big no-no.
Use the active voice form of verb instead of passive voice. The former is shorter and more direct than the latter. What more, the active voice is more effective and forceful and tends to keep all the sentences clear and concise. Deleting helping verbs such as has, have, had, may and might as well as articles a, an and will also strengthen your resume writing skills.
Be watchful of your verb tenses. It’s common sense to say that all your previous duties and responsibilities should be in the past tense, and your current tasks and feats in the present tense or form. Wrong verb tenses are eyesores on resumes.
Proofread, proofread and proofread! Detect and correct all kinds of mistakes—grammatical, misspelled words and typographical errors. If you aren’t sure of your final output, you could ask a friend to proofread your resume for you.
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