Ask a roomful of webmasters how best to promote your site and prepare to be deafened by the collective yell back - “article marketing!”.
What is this magical formula? It sounds so easy - write an article, add a short bio and your link then distribute it to article directories. Webmasters worldwide, thrilled you deigned to impart words of wisdom, trample over each other to be the first to post your article on their site. You put your feet up and sigh contentedly, thinking about the millions of links to your site now spread throughout the internet. And that’s how it works, right?
Err … not exactly.
What to remember is this: new business launches are always trumpeted. They have to be to succeed. The trick is to look at what’s happening in your local area as well as online or nationally.
If you haven’t popped by The Cuckleburr Times recently, you’ll find some new authors there we’re delighted to showcase in our online magazine that’s created by writers, from writers. Please do drop by and have a look at our newest faces and articles! There’s a whole new batch to enjoy every week.
We’re always delighted to get new submissions too. Don’t be shy, send us something! See the site for details. 
Jane’s a publisher who very kindly shared her article, Answering Seven Questions Can Help Your Book Proposal at our site created by writers, for writers, The Cuckleburr Times. I’m really enjoying working on this! I love nothing more than meeting others that love the writing world in one way or another and helping or learning where I can. 
If you’re a writer that’s thinking of sending off your book proposal, please do make sure you read Jane’s article first! The lady knows what she’s talking about and offers sound advice from one who knows. And please remember we’re always glad to see submissions there too!
Conversations sometimes bring back memories of the time I spent in my childhood in Durban, South Africa. I lived there for two and a half years until I was twelve. It was the mid 70’s, a time when apartheid was still in place. There was segregation everywhere. Buses, park benches, public toilets, even the beaches had signs saying ‘Whites only’ or ‘ Blacks or Coloreds Only’.
