If you are an online article writer one of the smartest things you can do is work very hard to collect information. The more information you have about your particular sector, or industry niche that you write about, and the more base knowledge you have in research and studying, obviously the better your articles will be when you are completed.

If you are holding yourself out to be an expert in the industry, that’s great, but your articles need to be informative, sharp, accurate, and you need to back it up with sources. Now that might sound like an awful lot of work for an online article writer, especially if you are more concerned with driving targeted traffic to your website, writing very short articles for the average attention span of an internet surfer, and the realization that you have to pump out five articles a day just to keep up with the next expert in your industry niche.

Still, if you spend a little extra time, collecting information and data, you will be surprised the increased quality of your articles, and the quality of the targeted traffic that clicks on your byline. After all, if someone is looking to buy services or products and they see you as an expert with an informative article, you are already halfway home.

Now then, let me explain a little secret that I have been doing. You see, I am a magazine clipping addict, and I admit it. I have file boxes full of periodical magazine clippings of all the topics and subjects that I write about, all filed by subject, and date. Sometimes, I am accused of having more information than God, but I must tell you I am much more organized with my little file box. And it sure helps my articles. Please consider all this.

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Would you like to write for magazines? You can, it’s a great way to build a writing career. Let’s look at three simple tips you can use to get started today.

1. It’s All About the Clips: Start Small

When you start in magazine writing, realize that there’s a definite hierarchy. You’ll start at smaller magazines, and will then gradually work your way up, until you’re writing for the top tier — those magazines everyone knows, and which are sold on newsstands.

You’ll begin your career at small local publications, just to build up some clips. “Clips” are just what they sound like: clippings from publications showing your byline.

When you’ve collected four or five clips from local publications, you can use these clips to get jobs from magazines which are a little higher on the hierarchy — trade and special interest magazines. These kinds of magazines pay reasonably well, and are easy to write for. They’re also constantly on the lookout for new writers and new ideas.

Once you’ve built your clips with local publications and trade magazines, you can start approaching national publications.

2. Read the Magazine You Want to Write for

Magazines spends thousands of dollars each year researching their audience. Even in the same niche, such as “fitness” for example, magazines are slanted towards the specific needs of their own audience.

So while magazines in the same area may seem the same, they’re not, so you need to read the magazines for which you want to write.

Read at least 6 to ten issues of a magazine before you send a query letter. Read everything in the magazine, including the ads. If you spend time reading the magazines for which you want to write, you’ll be way ahead of 99 per cent of writers, and you’ll start getting commissions quickly.

3. Be Persistent to Build Relationships

Most magazine articles are sold on the basis of a query. In essence a query is a proposal — you’re sending the magazine an idea, and you’re telling the editor how you intend writing that particular article. Expect to write many queries for publication before you get a nibble from an editor.

You shouldn’t begrudge writing queries, even if you don’t get a response, because you’re building a relationship. Your queries allow the magazine’s editors see your approach to writing, your style, the quality of your ideas, and your persistence will pay off.

Don’t be surprised if after months and even years of no response from a publication, one day, out of the clear blue sky the editor phones you and asks you to write a story for them.

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Even though your articles are published on the Internet, it’s helpful to get published in other media. There is no substitute for notoriety. The more people know your byline, the more people will read your material. If possible, find magazines associated with your niche industry. Getting published in an industry magazine reinforces your credibility within your niche.

Getting noticed in any media vehicle, including magazines, lets your niche know of your offerings in yet another venue. In this article, read about ways to get published in magazines. Keep reading to uncover 6 amazing secrets to energize your magazine article writing.

1. Before you can get an article published in any magazine, you must know what the magazine guidelines are. Contact the magazine and ask for them to send you guidelines. Review them before you begin to write an article.

2. Only contact magazines that accept freelance manuscripts and are relevant to your niche. Otherwise you’re just wasting your time.

3. To understand which topics are most appealing to the magazine’s target audience, get back copies of the magazine and read them.

4. When possible, learn the likes, dislikes and special interests of the editors of the departments within the niche relevant magazine. You’ll write articles that apply to the needs of those departments.

5. Submit a query letter to the editor describing the article you wish to submit.

6. As appropriate, write according to the language used for that magazine. If it’s a technical magazine, write using technical lingo. For general public, write using language understood by an 8th grader.

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