Sharon Hurley Hall

Here are some of my most recent articles on EzineArticles. They are a good example of how article marketing can help you to promote a site. These can be informational articles, keyword based articles for SEO or a combination of the two.

Here’s a round up of my work published in October 2008.

Appvita (September and October reviews)

• Bitstrips – Create Your Own Comic Strip
• Tripit – Your Personal Travel Assistant
• Squidoo – Show Off Your Expertise
• RescueTime – What Do You Do All Day?
• Remember The Milk – Never Forget Another Task
• Profilactic – Aggregating Your Online Identity
• PageOnce – Your Online Personal Assistant
• LibraryThing – Your Online Book Catalog
• Iminta – Connect Your Online Life
• HubPages – Easy And Rewarding Online Publishing
• GoodReads – Read With Friends
• aNobii – The Site For Bookworms
• Etsy – Handmade Items Online

Daily Writing Tips

• An Article Marketing Guide
• The -escent Suffix
• Book Review: Save The Cat
• Punctuation Game

TechGerm

• Vote For Your Favorite Firefox Add-On
• Tech News 10-29-08 – It’s All About Gmail
• Making Sense Of Your Online Social Life
• Add-On Of The Week – Better Gmail 2
• Hello Twellow
• Tech News 10-20-08
• Add-On Of The Week – CustomizeGoogle
• Exploring Gmail Labs – Part 2
• Exploring Gmail Labs – Part 1
• Add On Of The Week: StumbleUpon Toolbar
• Tech News 10-8-08
• Social Sites For Book Lovers
• Add-On Of The Week: AdBlock Plus
• Speech Recognition Software

ParkRideFlyUSA Blog

• Planning Your Halloween Vacation
• Halloween Vacation Ideas
• Layover In Tampa Airport (TPA)
• Three Layover Videos
• Layover In Orlando International Airport (MCO)
• Park, Ride And Fly Quotations
• WTA Grand Tour – Travel News
• Layover In Indianapolis (IND)
• Five Reasons To Book Offsite Airport Parking

Momma Helpers

• Childs Eye View
• Wakey Wakey – Childs Eye View
• Girl Power – Childs Eye View
• Planning Ahead – Childs Eye View

Here’s some of the work that was published in September 2008

Daily Writing Tips

• The Question Mark
• I Have A Theory…

Eclectic Rebel Travel Blog

• Three Tips For Planning Your Weekend Getaway
• Layover In JFK – Things To Do
• Four Ways To Save Time When You Travel
• Layover In Boston Logan International Airport
• Discounted Parking For Travel Writers
• Hey Big Spenders – Travel News
• Layover In Chicago Midway Airport (MDW)
• Three Essential Gadgets For The Business Traveler
• Layover In LAX – Things To Do

• Three Tips For Planning Your Weekend Getaway
• 25: Layover In JFK – Things To Do
• 23: Four Ways To Save Time When You Travel
• 18: Layover In Boston Logan International Airport
• 16: Discounted Parking For Travel Writers
• 11: Hey Big Spenders – Travel News
• 09: Layover In Chicago Midway Airport (MDW)
• 04: Three Essential Gadgets For The Business Traveler
• 02: Layover In LAX – Things To Do

• Three Tips For Planning Your Weekend Getaway
• 25: Layover In JFK – Things To Do
• 23: Four Ways To Save Time When You Travel
• 18: Layover In Boston Logan International Airport
• 16: Discounted Parking For Travel Writers
• 11: Hey Big Spenders – Travel News
• 09: Layover In Chicago Midway Airport (MDW)
• 04: Three Essential Gadgets For The Business Traveler
• 02: Layover In LAX – Things To Do

TechGerm

• Do Try These At Home
• Add-On Of The Week: WOT
• Disposable Email Addresses
• Twitter Gets A Facelift And Other News
• Add-On Of The Week: Xoopit For Gmail
• Testing Google Chrome
• Tech News 9-15-08
• Add-On Of The Week: RTM For Gmail
• Four RSS Feed Mixing Tools
• Profilactic: The Ultimate Lifestreaming Tool?
• Add-On Of The Week: GTDInbox
• Google Chrome Launches
• I’m Into Iminta

I’ve been a nomad all my life, which is one reason why my latest gig at ParkRideFlyUSA is such a boon. In between client jobs, I’ve written up a few of my travel experiences on my Writing Lab blog. Here’s what there is so far.

Venezuela

• Red Lights
• Lost In Venezuela
• Guns By Night
• No Way Back

Germany

• German Weekend
• The Hotel
• The Wedding

US

• Disneyed
• Done by Disney
• Exploring The Animal Kingdom
• Prequel To Disney: Vista Cay
• The Disney Blizzard
• Blizzard Beach Pictures

General

• Caribbean Magic

Here’s a round up of the work I’ve had published in the last month or so.

Appvita

• Plurk review
• Friendster review
• SecondBrain review

Daily Writing Tips

• Obsessed With Ob- Words
• Cockney Rhyming Slang
• The Scandinavian Connection
• Complacent, Complaisant

Eclectic Rebel Travel Blog

• Three Essential Gadgets For The Business Traveler
• Layover In Chicago Midway Airport (MDW)
• Hey Big Spenders – Travel News

Ezine Articles

• How to Choose a Flooring Tile

Hubpages

• Choosing A Jogging Stroller

MommaHelpers

• Parenting: Should You Sweat The Small Stuff?

TechGerm

• Add-On Of The Week: GMail Manager
• Managing Your Passwords
• Android On The Horizon
• Add-On Of The Week: FoxClocks
• Delicious – A Firefox Bookmarks Replacement?
• Feedly Gets A Facelift
• Add-On Of The Week – Shareaholic
• LoJack Saves Your Laptop
• Making Friends On Friendster
• Add-On Of The Week – Aksimet Auntie Spam
• Evernote – Never Lose Your Online Stuff
• Lifestreaming With Swurl
• Add-On Of The Week – Greasemonkey

I’ve been a nomad all my life. It’s my parents’ fault, really. They had itchy feet and took us with them to the UK and the Caribbean. When I was older, I travelled in America, South America, Europe and saw even more of the UK. I love visiting new places and meeting new people, so a travel blogging gig is a dream job for me.

I’ve just started blogging for the Eclectic Rebel travel blog. My first post looks at things to do on a layover in LAX. Visit, bookmark and don’t be afraid to show some social media appreciation. I’ll be blogging twice a week at first, but who knows what may happen? I’ll keep you posted.

Or should that be: writing for a books site? One of my latest gigs is writing for Webooks. It’s an ebook publishing site that is expanding to include articles related to the books’ content. I’ve written four articles for them so far, and two have been published. They are Moving Your Article From Mag To Web and Proofreading Tips For Writers. Hope you enjoy them. Bookmark my profile page so you’ll know when the next ones appear.

This is not so much a new writing gig, as a successor to an old one. I used to write for Garden and Hearth, which eventually became part of Life123.  Hence, a new site and new articles, covering not only writing, but parenting and health issues. Here’s a list of what I’ve posted on that site so far:

Freelance Writing

• Five Freelance Writing Lessons
• How to Set Writing Goals
• Create a Home Office for Writing
• How to Write with One Hand
• Essential Writing Tools for Freelancers
• Freelancers: Build Web-Writing Skills
• Three Quick Ways to Create Freelance Writing Clips
• A Writers’ Guide to Copyright Law
• Freelance Writing Markets
• A Guide to Ghostwriting
• Promoting Your Freelance Writing

Home and Garden

• Quick Guide to Stain Removal
• Save Money with Natural Cleaning Products from the Pantry
• How To Organize Schedules For Cleaning
• How To Buy A Used Car From A Private Party

Pregnancy and Parenting

• Understanding Pregnancy Ultrasounds
• Preventing Stretch Marks
• Coping with Postpartum Depression
• A Guide To Fertility Treatments
• Creating A  Birth Plan
• A Guide To Your Fertility Cycle
• Facts About Open Adoption
• Finding A Nanny
• Understanding Closed Adoption

Health and Safety

• A Parents’ Guide to Teenage Obesity
• Staying Healthy Over 50
• What Are ADD and ADHD
• Eating Well Over 50
• How We Age
• Back to School Safety Tips for Parents
• Vacation and Travel Safety for Kids
• Water Safety for Kids
• Issues With Teens And Social Networking
• Air Travel Tips For Flying With Children

I’ll be updating the links as the articles go live.

Time for another roundup of my posts on Daily Writing Tips this year:

April

• A Writer’s Bookshelf
• A Slip Of The Lip
• Reduplicatives – Double Delight
• Calling All Book Lovers
• Andro- The Prefix That’s All Man

May

• Womanly Words – Gyn
• Reduplicatives And Their Meanings
• Super Words
• Blowing The Gaff
• Verb Words
• Arabic Loanwords In English

June

• The Best Way To Start Out In Freelance Writing
• Travel Writing Resources
• Homograph Examples
• Dissatisfied, Unsatisfied

July

• Rebut, Refute, Deny
• Converse Terms
• The KISS Guide To Writing Keyword Rich Articles
• Cut To The Chase

I sometimes write guest posts for Writing White Papers and it’s a gig which I always enjoy. Here’s an index of my posts on Mike Stelzner’s fabulous blog:

• How To ‘Take Charge’ As a Freelance Writer
• 6 Interviewing Tips (for Writers)
• Freelance Bidding: The SMART Approach
• Is Writing an Art or a Craft?
• How To End The Client Relationship
• Three Ways To Improve Your Time Management
• Keeping Fresh as a Freelance Writer
• 4 Ways to Get Going for Freelancers
• How To Get More Work From Existing Clients