Here in another installment of The Article Guy's Article Marketing Interview Series. Today I interview Leann Weiss, author of Hugs for Friends & Heartlifters for Mom.
1. How did you get started writing articles?
April 1996, I went to a Christian writers conference to find out how to protect my copyright on a personalized product I was desk top publishing. At the conference, I scheduled an appointment with Lee Grady to discuss the possibility of writing a devotional for Charisma Magazine. Lee delivered the keynote at the luncheon before our meeting. During his presentation, he said that his magazine only accepted devotionals if you were a national speaker or author. So I went up to him after lunch to cancel our meeting. He asked what type of writing I did.
He was surprised when I explained that I wasn't a writer, I had only registered to learn more about copyright protection. Lee asked what I did for a living. When Lee learned that I was a political consultant, he asked me a series of questions. An hour later as we wrapped up our discussion about Christians in politics, he asked if I could meet a two week deadline to write about the topic we had just discussed. October 1996 my first article was published in their election issue.
2. What has been your biggest mistake?
My first article started with over 4000 words. It took me almost two weeks to cut it to 1200 words.
3. What has been your biggest success and/or accomplishment?
Article writing quickly led to a book contract. I now have almost 7 million copies in print.
4. Where do you get your ideas?
Listening to the radio (music, talk shows, & news), browsing bookstores once a week, t.v. commercials, reading popular magazines, bill boards, networking with a wide variety of people, listening to conversations while I'm at airports or public locations & skimming a ton of books.
5. What has article writing and article marketing done for you and your business?
To be honest, I haven't really written many articles the last eight years because I was so busy writing books and articles seemed to be so time consuming. But I'm re-examining the possibility as your templates will make it much easier to write without monopolizing my time. So your article teleseminars have been very helpful. THANKS! And I hadn't really thought of writing articles for the web.
Points we can use
1. You never know where an interview will take you.
2. 11 different sources of ideas - "Listening to the radio (music, talk shows, & news), browsing bookstores once a week, t.v. commercials, reading popular magazines, bill boards, networking with a wide variety of people, listening to conversations while I'm at airports or public locations & skimming a ton of books"
3. One article can lead to a book deal.
4. One article can launch a career.
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