The old fox of ClickBank has not lost his mojo yet, because this time he has come up with a new set of ClickBank strategies to help you find more hungry buyers, cut down on advertising costs and still skyrocket your pay day in spite of what anyone would say about a ‘downturn’ situation.

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This is a webcast event like no other…

When you can get a once-in-a-lifetime, head-to-head meeting between Joe Sugarman and Ted Nicholas to reveal everything there is to copywriting—the art and science of turning words and language into money—you’d better drool at this opportunity to learn from the best of the best.

To be hosted by Mark Joyner, you get 2 free gifts just for your attendance: a never-before-released e-book titled “Winning Unlimited Customers” by Ted Nicholas and a $25,000,000 salesletter of his for your swipe file reference.

Check your appointment with the webcast here.

If any of your websites are stuck in the search engines and you can’t bump them up to page one no matter what you do, here’s something that will work like dynamite.

There’s nothing like some serious SEO arsenal to juice your sites and experts Jeff Alderson and Charles Kirkland have created a variety of software for you to do just that…FREE!

Desktop-based:

1. Blog Link Finder: Saves you time and effort from searching for blogs manually to leave comments on and building backlinks.

2. Affiliate Promo Page Generator: For creating affiliate materials

3. Link Popularity Checker: Reveal number of backlinks for each websites from 6 different sources including Google, Yahoo, Ask, AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Alexa.

Net-based:

1. Backlink Checker: Find a list of backlinks linking to a specific website.

2. Google Banned Checker: Discover whether a website is banned on Google.

3. Google Datacenter Search: Search keywords/phrase through different Google data centres.

4. Index Checker: Check for the total number of pages of a specific website which are present on search engines.

5. Keyword Density Checker: Analyze a websites to view the optimum keyword distribution.

6. Keyword Suggestion: Find related keywords matching your search.

7. Link Popularity: Retrieve a number of backlinks of a specific website from search engines.

8. Multi-Rank Checker: View multiple Google PageRank and Alexa Ranking in bulk.

9. PageRank Checker: View Google PageRank on different Google servers.

10. Rank Checker: Get an overview of a website’s ranking.

11. Search Engine Position: Check your search engine positions on Google Search Engine.

12. Search Listings Preview: Preview your website on Google, MSN and Yahoo! Search.

13. Spider View: This tool enables you to view a perpective from a search engine spider.

14. URL Redirect Checker: Check whether a redirect link is Search Engine Friendly.

15. Link Extractor: Extract links from a specific web page.

16. Meta-tags Extractor: Extract meta-tags information from a web page.

17. Meta-tags Generator: Generate and configure your meta-tags.

18. Alexa Traffic Rank: View and compare Alexa Ranking graphs.

19. Broken Link Checker: Use this tool to check for Broken Links on a website.

20. Reciprocal Link Checker: Check your reciprocal links to see if link partners are still linking back to your site.

21. Google Adsense Calculator: Quickly calculate your Adsense earnings based on Page Impressions.

22. Google Adsense Preview: Preview what ads are targeted for your website.

23. Link Shortener: Make a long web address short and easy to remember.

24. Your Browser Details: Find out your IP address, hostname and your browser details.

Can’t keep track of all the product launches in your inbox? Matt Haslem and Reed Floren has devised a visual monthly calendar so visitors can see all major events with one look. Well, it’s better for you to look at it than for me to explain.

You’ve seen this new generation of popups that darkens the background as they fade in. Get the free, lite version of Smart Window Maker and upgrade to the full version for only $14.95 (optional).

I’m pleased to present an exclusive how-to video by Jason Potash on using Syndicate Kahuna for content auto-publishing on your blog. This service is similar to the recent Article Marketing Automation, only that it is completely free to publish content on your blog. Article submission to the blog network will require a paid membership. Play the above video now to see how it works.

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StatsJunky is a revolutionary new tool for marketers helping them keep track of all the stats related to running their business. Imagine being able to view the performances of all affiliate programs, merchant campaigns, PPC campaigns, and more from one secure login.

The strength of this tool is it helps you to quickly review what your clickthrough rates, impressions and conversion look like so you can determine which programs are doing better than others.

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In all of my years of marketing on the Internet, I don’t recall having heard of this unique event.

It could be THE “must listen to this” website traffic event of 2008.

Listening to what I’m about to share with you will save you at least $10,000 and countless
hours going through e-books, courses, seminars, etc.

Here’s the deal…

Dearl Miller of Trafficology has spent the last few months quietly putting together the largest call in the history of this industry.

Why’s he doing this?

To finally rid any and all the confusion about generating traffic to any website on the Internet.

And not only that, learning how to generate traffic to a website is a sure-fire way to recession-proof your Internet business.

Through Dearl’s personal contacts and with the help of countless others, he was able to convince 20 of the world’s foremost website traffic generation experts to disclose EVERYTHING about traffic-generation to you.

And get this…

They are all doing it during one weekend and one weekend only.

Check out who you’ll be learning from over this action-packed “All Stars of Traffic Weekend Call Marathon” (many of these people generate millions of visitors to their websites like clockwork):

-> Joel Comm
-> Marc Goldman
-> Keith Baxter
-> Matt Morris
-> Marc Harty
-> Tellman Knudson
-> Russell Brunson
-> Mitch Meyerson
-> John Reese
-> Perry Marshall
-> Jack Humphrey
-> Glenn Livingston
-> Eben Pagan
-> Howie Schwartz
-> Jon Keel
-> Eric Graham
-> Russell Wright
-> Ric Thompson
-> Shawn Casey
-> Willie Crawford
-> Ryan Deiss
-> Dan Thies
-> Tim Erway

AND: Keynote by the Godfather of Internet Marketing, Mark Joyner.

Plus a few hand picked “future stars” that are destined to be the talk of the web traffic world before the end of 2008.

All in one-place, for one call…one-time only!

Best of all, it’ll cost you ZERO DOLLARS to dial in and access each and every single one of these back-to-back-to-back-to-back calls.

All you have to do is register.

I don’t think I’ve told you this, but you can get the EXACT blueprint Henry Gold used to create a $2,517.82/week business.

This report is the EXACT secret Henry used to make himself OUT of the poverty lines to become a highly successful entrepreneur online in a very short period of time.

We are talking about:

-> The “dirty truth” about web 2.0 domination, and how it will force mom and pop websites go
out of business.

-> Big companies are starting to take over your bread and butter. What are those steps you need to do to PREVENT the chaos coming your way?

-> One “slick” secret a student of his used to boost his sales conversion from $94 to $2,010
in 4 hours FLAT!

-> 2 “Must do or die” techniques on getting a higher than usual opt-in rate

-> Where is the MONEY? Who is buying your product? Who is your target market?

-> And much, much more.

If you have NOT yet downloaded the FREE report, you should do it HERE.

There is NO trick. There is no hidden agenda. There is NO so-called theoretical formula like many amateur marketers exposed to you.

It is based on PROOF.

It is based on RESULTS.

It is based on a model we use to build a multi-million dollar business online.

It changed Henry’s life FIVE years ago.

It has changed the way I look at business.

It has changed many people who have utilized the techniques.

I am very confident that it will change yours as well. I know for sure.

Go for it!

I recently picked up a copy of Justin Michie’s Traffic Tips Report (free for a limited time). Let’s face it, getting traffic to your website or blog is a never ending challenge. But it’s a necessary challenge, because without traffic you can’t do much of anything. So you are probably—like me—always on the lookout for new traffic generation methods and as many good ways to do it as you possibly can.

The Traffic Tips Report claims to do just that. This is a recently released report from expert internet marketer Justin Michie. Being an internet marketer himself, Justin should have a good hold on traffic generation. But as with anything online I thought it was worth taking a closer look. And the results were actually quite impressive.

For starters, the report doesn’t just show you a few ways to generate website traffic, it delivers 247 unique ways to get traffic to your site. Right from the start that’s something that any website or blog owner can use. On top of that, the report is actually free! Justin is currently giving it away to anyone who wants it.

And even though it’s free, the methods outlined in this report should be able to increase your traffic significantly in just a matter of days. The great thing about this report is that it includes both free and paid traffic generation methods. So whether you are just starting out and you have time to invest but little money, or you’ve been making money online for awhile and have the money but not the time – there are plenty of ideas in here to up your traffic stats.

Just don’t let the amount of ideas in here overwhelm you—don’t try to do it all at once, pace yourself! Some of the methods will result in short term traffic and others will result in long term traffic. If you start with a few of short term and a few long term methods from this report you can give your site a quick burst of traffic right away while building long term traffic. This will help your traffic grow quickly and still sustain itself so you’ll be getting plenty of visitors month after month.

The report has been reviewed by some of the most successful and well known Internet marketers. Joel Comm and Willie Crawford both highly recommended it, when Justin was charging money for it (it had been selling at the discounted rate of $7). Joel calls it a “really valuable resource” that all Internet marketers should have. And Willie “recommends it to all of his clients and subscribers”. When you have endorsements like these you really can’t go wrong!

Another great thing about this report is that it will work for any type of niche. It doesn’t matter if you have a website on puppies or a blog about day trading. There are traffic generation methods in it that will work for everyone and every niche.

As we all know the internet is constantly evolving. To be successful, you have got to stay ahead of your competition. You can easily do this by using some of these unique marketing methods Justin has outlined. If you use just one of these methods, you could easily double the amount of traffic you are receiving. Just imagine what could happen if you use 10, 50 or all 247? You would have a traffic explosion! All from one little report.

So if you are looking for unique ways to drive more traffic to your site, you really need to look no further than the Traffic Tips Report. If you want a copy (while it’s still free) you can download it here. It’s a no-brainer decision!

We all get countless e-mails from the people earning full-time off the Net, telling us to buy their latest e-book, usually filled with claims that it will be the last e-book we’ll ever need (til their next e-mail).

But how often has anyone offered to show us what to do, month by month, and help us out with question and answer sessions, special requests, FREE products to help us build our business etc.?

You get this kind of offers too all the time.

It’s called mentoring and it normally costs an arm and a leg!

But here is someone who walks the talk and REALLY shows us how he does it, not just what he thinks we we should do!

…For a price that just doesn’t fit the process. I think the mentor just went short-circuit for a while.

However, he is not someone to charge low because he dare not possibly charge higher enough.

If you are a big fan of John Thornhill and can’t get enough of him, go check out his latest offering now. I’d grab my spot in his PlanetSMS Digital Mentorship Monthly; it’s not one for you to wait around for too long to make a decision since as a mentor John can only spare so much attention to a limited number of people, so go tale a look at what you can learn from a veteran eBay PowerSeller.

Web Traffic Juggernaut is a cooperative viral advertising “machine” that will drive 1,000s of new visitors to your website with almost ZERO effort on your part (just make a simple change in what you already do…).

Test this link.

- Members do NOT have to trade time or manual effort for traffic
- Members do NOT have to install anything on their computers
- Members do NOT have to paste tedious HTML code on their webpages
- Members do NOT need to know anything about programming
- Members do NOT have to agree to getting slammed with ads to use it
- Members WILL increase their traffic and advertising, guaranteed
- It WILL work for members regardless of what niche they’re in
- It IS 100% legal, 100% ethical, and 100% “above board”
- Members WILL be reaching REAL prospects who want to buy their offers
- The traffic and advertising members gain will INCREASE the longer they use it
- The system is really 3 tools in 1: viral advertising, traffic generating AND solo e-mailing.

Web Traffic Juggernaut uses a unique DUAL MATRIX system for traffic generation–one is referral-based and the other is a “trade secret” (HINT: the earlier you join Juggernaut, the BIGGER and FASTER your 2nd matrix grows!).

The DUAL MATRIX technology is so powerful that even members who struggle to make referrals will STILL build a constantly-growing flood of traffic (although members who DO make a lot of referrals will see exponential growth!).

More updates coming soon. Meanwhile you can create an account and start referring people.

Have you seen Ewen Chia’s new course “Internet Wealth System” yet?

The main book is HUGE, running over 100 pages full of great advice and stacked with rock solid tips to make more income from your online business.

You must take a look at ‘Step #3′ which is on page 36 you’ll discover all Ewen’s traffic tactics. This is must-read stuff.

Since this is only the MAIN book, I want you to take a look right away at the side report called “Sell The Shovels”.

And in particular ‘Shovel Hunt Method #5′ (it’s on page 20).

I guarantee you’ll discover a simple trick you can use right away to come up with a never ending line of bestselling product ideas! Very sneaky tactic.

There’s also:

“Guaranteed Free Traffic System”

“The Ultimate FREE Directory!”

“Copywriting Wealth System”

All sold separately.

There is no shortage on advice in terms of what folks must do to better a WordPress blog’s position in the search engine listings.

Certain people agree, certain people differ, and some people are out-and-out puzzling.

According to the consensus views of the experts, these are the 4 top ranking elements for SERPs.

Correct Keywords in the Title Tag

The use of the correct keywords in the text for the title tag of a WordPress page is extremely important. It does not only promote better rankings, it also helps with better click-through from the SE listings to the blog. It is of little use to be high up in the search results and not receive that many clicks. The primary goal should be to get as many targeted visitors to your site as possible.

Those keywords that the searcher used are bolded in the results of the search. When the right keyphrase of your title is highlighted, it stands a higher chance of being seen and receiving that mouse click. However, highlighted keywords don’t comprise the only element to think about when composing the page title tag.

A smartly crafted page title, that invites and entices the searcher to click through, can give you a lot of extra clicks. It is more advantageous to receive a hundred clicks from listing number 5 through having an eye-catching page title tag compared with fifty clicks from the third listing with a badly written page title, wouldn’t you agree?

The Anchor Text used by Inbound Links

The anchor text that’s used in the link that points to your web site from another site counts a lot in the SE computations to determine what your web site is focused on. And, what your site is focused on defines mostly what keywords it will rank for in the search engine listing.

If at all you can influence in any way the anchor text that other web sites use with their links to your site, then it is an extremely productive investment of your time.

The more web sites that link to your web site using a particular keyword, or alternate versions of that keyword, will cause the search engines to more eagerly compute that your site is all about that particular keyphrase.

It’s even better if the content of the destination page on your web site contains that particular keyphrase and phrases similar in meaning.

The Global Link Popularity of the Website

The number of links that are pointed to a site is used by the search engines to calculate the importance of a web site. They take into account both quality of links and the quantity of the hyperlinks.

The more different sites that have links to your site, the higher the search engines will calculate the deemed importance of your site.

The building of links does not end.

One can never have enough backlinks pointing to your site. It’s true that one can build backlinks too fast and that could trigger some alerts with the search engines.

However, if performed as an ongoing action with a longer term outlook, every link is worth the resources spent in getting it. They all add up to a higher deemed importance of your web site.

Link Popularity in the Site’s Internal Link Structure

The fact is that some of your pages will attract more links than other pages. Those that don’t get lots of external links could be the actual income generating pages that you’d aim to rank high in the search engines. The internal linking structure, and the anchor text used for the internal links, is the way to distribute PageRank inside the perimeters of your site. The wisest approach is to acquire the plugin for search engine optimization of WP that gives you full control over the linking structure on your site.

Some SEO professionals say that an internal link has the same value as a link from an external page. That doesn’t mean your web site will rank by having only internal links.

What it does mean is that you can cause a page to be ranked by having internal links pointing to it even though it doesn’t have lots of external backlinks, on the condition that the rest of the site has accumulated sufficient PageRank from external backlinks.

Many companies and individuals use the internet as a community of like-minded individuals to share thoughts and ideas and there are many different free forum hosting sites that provide this capability. While some businesses may require a bit more versatility with their forums, the availability of free forum hosting makes this unique method of communication available to nearly everyone. Webs best info about web hosting is here.

Many of the free forum hosting sites allow users to determine the style and layout of their individual sites as well as link to them from their business or personal websites. For example, families can use the free forum hosting in conjunction with their personal web hosting site to allow all members of the family to post information about family events. Birthday party pictures and other life-changing events can be shared with everyone, regardless of where they live as all they need is access to the internet to view the information.

Information sharing is also available with many of the free forum hosting sites, allowing consumers to share their delight as well as dismay with how certain companies conduct business. Owners of these forums should retain the right to view and delete certain items on their free forum hosting sites to prevent them from being used for illegal or immoral purposes. While some laws may indicate that information posted on forums are not the responsibility of the site owner, keeping it clean and relevant to the site can help boost business acceptance.

Forums Makes Customer Contact Easier

Numerous businesses allow customers to access their forums and free forum hosting gives all companies, regardless of their size, the opportunity to offer this idea and information sharing without a lot of effort. Experienced users may opt for a more complicated site, but most of the free forum hosting companies help even the novice forum host get their site up and running quickly.

Typically, to begin using free forum hosting registration will be required with only the bare information requested to help keep tabs on the people establishing a forum. Sharing of ideas can also be used by companies when they have people spread across the country or around the globe and a moderator can help pull all the information together.

In today’s business climate, the need to control costs is a concern to every business owner and a free forum hosting site can help do just that. Businesses can offer this service on their website and glean the input from their visitors to help them better meet the needs of the consumer.

You will need to look into a web hosting account, whether you are setting up a personal site with which the family can share photographs and information or looking to get your business on the internet. When you finally make the decision to put your business or personal life online, you will find many different options for web hosting and the service you choose will largely depend on the type of internet home you plan to build.

Some companies offer free web hosting that allows you a certain amount of bandwidth every month and for many personal sites, this will be sufficient, but businesses may not have enough access to their sites with the typically limited amount of bandwidth offered at no charge. Commonly, many companies offer free services at around fifty megabytes of bandwidth per month. If families are going to post a lot of photographs on their site, these free web hosting offers may not be enough to handle the load.

The amount of bandwidth is not only for the content of the site, it also includes the information sent to and from the site be you and any visitors to the site, which is very important to understand when looking into web hosting. An average picture can eat up as much as two megabytes by itself, leaving the available space on your web hosting account likely insufficient for your purposes.

Available Scripts Another Important Consideration

When choosing web hosting, the type of information included on your site must also be considered, as some services do not offer the use of all scripts available for internet use. For example, if you plan to upload music onto your site, such as a family sing along, if the service is unable to offer streaming audio on the web hosting service, it may not be the best service you could choose.

Prices for web hosting can also vary tremendously, typically based on the bandwidth available, the amount of storage space you will have on the web hosting company’s servers, the number of email accounts included and many other factors. The company’s reputation for being available is the one thing that should be on top of the list.

Some of the free or least expensive web hosting services have excellent reputations for being up and running. In most instances, a 99 percent up time is considered the standard, meaning your web site will likely show an error or be unavailable only one percent of the time.

Whether you are looking to start a business or personal site, you will want to look into a web hosting account. Make sure you pick the right hosting plan for your wants. Visit http://www.webhosting.jsgenterprises.com for more web hosting articles.

Everyone who wants a higher search engine ranking knows that article marketing is an easy and free way to build exposure for your site.But that's not the only thing you can do to generate more visits to your website.   Another often-overlooked source of highly targeted visitors and potential buyers is this…

Writing “guest articles” on a related blog in your industry.It's as easy as writing to the owner with an idea in mind.  You agree to write one (or more) blog posts for them in exchange for the typical by-line at the bottom - and they get to take the day off from writing in their blog.  It’s a win-win situation for both parties – and it’s free!

To get the most benefit out of being a guest author, you’ll want to be prepared beforehand.  Here’s what you do:

1. Brainstorm possible articles you could write for the blog you’re interested in.Make sure to have a list of possible topics to write about before you contact the site owner. 

   Who knows, perhaps one or two postings will lead to a spot as a regular contributor?

2. Craft your resource box carefully.  This is the 3-5 line bio that appears at the end of your post.  You want to drum up interest in your products with your bio, as well as showcase your expertise in the field.  Not to mention sprinkling a few keyword phrases in for good measure.

   So for example, let's say Jane is a guest author for a blog about dog grooming, and she wants to promote her own dog grooming business in the bio box.  Rather than writing something like:

   Jane Doe is a professional dog groomer at 123 Dog Groomers.  Visit her site at www.123DogGroomers.com for more dog grooming tips.

   As you can see, there’s no real incentive there to click.  Instead, consider writing a more interest-generating resource box, such as:

   Dog grooming professional Jane Doe runs www.123DogGroomers.com selling top-quality dog grooming supplies and products to pamper your pet and keep them looking great!  Visit our website for 10% off your order!

   By using the power of targeted keywords as well as a coupon code for visitors, Jane will get more relevant traffic and orders to her site from this single article!

3. Have samples of your writing ready.  If the blog owner is interested in your site, chances are, they’ll ask you to provide some samples of your writing. 

   Even if you’ve never guest authored a blog before, have some sample articles ready to show them your experience and writing skills.  It will go a long way in proving your credibility, showcasing your writing skills and maximizing your ability to communicate to an audience.

In the end, even if the blog owner says “no thanks”, there are literally millions of blogs for you to consider.  To find them, simply search Google for “yourkeyword blog” – and replace “yourkeyword” with your type of industry, such as “dog grooming blog”. 

Here's to your success as a new guest writer!

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The Information Age is dead. We stand at the beginning of a new era. We used to live in the Information Age, but you know how it goes when everyone jumps into the pool. Too much of a good thing became a bad thing. I know you know it. We both know that everyone is glutted with more information than we know what to do with. You surf the web and there is page after page of information, right? But how do you sort and sift through it all and solve your problems? How do you get what you need—quickly?

We used to want information, but now we want something better. That is why we are at the dawn of a new age. The Recommendation Age. People don’t want information. They want solutions to their problems, and that means they need information filtered through the understanding of someone who has gone before them. And that’s going to be YOU! You will write your book and become a famous expert in your area.

In his book, The Long Tail, Chris Anderson wrote about the dawning of this new age. He said that what people want is not more information, but a trusted filter who can give context to the content.

Your life experiences and passions give you the natural capacities to make recommendations to others. It’s human nature. You do it all the time in small ways. Consider it. Haven’t you ever told a friend—or even a stranger—to steer clear of a product that didn’tt live up to expectations? Haven’t you ever suggested a tasty dish at a restaurant, or told a friend why she would absolutely love a movie you just saw?

I know you have. We all do this. That is why we need Recommendation Marketing. It’s time to profit from a natural human tendency. Since four out of five people want to write a book, chances are excellent that you have always dreamed of telling your own tale and leaving your own legacy.

It’s time for YOU to write your book and become an expert millionaire.

Where do people go when they have a problem? The Internet. This is where you should start. Promote your book online.

We are overwhelmed by information. The Internet’s greatest advantage is that it levels the playing field. Now everybody with a computer and an internet connection has access to the same information. But the greatest asset has also become the greatest annoyance. Today we are drowning in information. We are over-communicated to.

What will you recommend? How will YOU solve other people’s problems. The type of writing that sells the best on the internet is non-fiction. People want help solving their challenges.

What problems will YOU solve for people? Look to your own life. What do you do naturally that other people struggle with? What challenges have you overcome?

The information age is dead. We’re drowning in information. What people want now is for an expert to recommend a solution. The Recommendation Age is here. Take your place as an expert and cash in on the Recommendation Age by writing YOUR book—starting now!

You have been writing articles for many years. So you have a fair idea about how to write an Article and what to write in it. Yet, it would not be out of place to recapitulate what you have learnt so far about an Article.

What is an Article?
The word Article means an attempt. It is an attempt to write in a single prose-piece one’s own ideas, impressions, thoughts, feelings or opinions on a given subject. It may be in the form of information, narration, description, exposition or argument.

Difficulties faced by people: Usually people face two difficulties in writing an Article: (1) What to write and (2) How to write it.

What to write is the difficulty related to the subject-matter. people may not have sufficient ideas, information, experience or thinking about the subject of an Article. This difficulty can be overcome by a lot of reading, by observing things around us, by coming into contact with people from various walks of life and by doing things. people will be able to write well on what they have read, seen, heard or done.

The difficulty of how to write results from lack of sufficient vocabulary and power of expression. Students may not have enough and proper words to express what they want to and they may not have mastery of different sentence structures to say how they want to say. Here also reading will help them immensely. Extensive reading will provide them with a sufficient and rich fund of words on various subjects and familiarise them with various sentence structures. Intensive reading will fix the structures and main ideas in their minds.

How to write an Article :
1.    You can’t write an Article unless you have sufficient knowledge of the subject. If you don’t have sufficient knowledge of the subject, read the necessary books, consult your teachers and elders and get the necessary information from them. This information will provide you with the necessary vocabulary also, since it is expressed in language.
2. Don’t start writing the essay straightway. First think about the subject and jot down the ideas as they come in the form of points. Arrange the points under proper headings. All the related ideas must be put together under the same heading. Now you will have an outline of the essay which should be followed while writing the essay.
3. Once the outline is ready, you can start writing the essay. An essay has three main parts : (1) Beginning (2) Middle  (3) End.
(1) In the beginning the subject is introduced or defined. Introduction should be brief, striking and interesting, because the first impression is the last impression. The topic may be introduced directly or through appropriate quotation, proverb, anecdote, brief story, personal remark or reminiscence, reflection or a question. Good beginning is essential because well-begun is half done.
(2) The middle is in fact the heart of the essay. It is here that the main ideas are developed. They are discussed and illustrated. This is the main body of the essay. If necessary, this section may be divided into paragraphs. Each paragraph must be built up round a single idea or point and all the paragraphs must be connected in a continuous and logical sequence.
(3) The end is the conclusion. All the ideas and the discussion in the body are summed up here. The end must be effective and satisfying. It must not be abrupt but must come naturally as a logical conclusion.
4. There must be unity and continuity in an essay. All the ideas or thoughts must be built round the main idea or thought and must be arranged in a logical order in their proper sequence, so that the whole essay reads like one continuous piece.
Each sentence must lead to the next. All the paragraphs should be so connected as to develop the ideas in a logical order.
5. Avoid unnecessary words and phrases. Never use any word or phrase, the meaning of which is not known to you.
6. Be brief, simple and clear. Say what you want to say directly and in a simple, unambiguous way. Avoid long, complicated
sentences. Use small, simple sentences. Avoid high-sounding words and phrases.
7. Let there be balance and proportion in the development of ideas.
8. Do not use unnecessary illustrations or figures of speech. Illustrations and figures of speech must come naturally in the presentation.
9. Do not imitate anybody. Say what you want to say in your own words, in your own way. Gradually, after sufficient practice you will develop your own style.
10. Remember that writing a good essay requires good practice.