Newbie article writers tend to be misled into believing that success in article marketing will happen overnight. I know, I was one of them. Have you been misled? Heed this advice about online writing.

Money to Be Made

I came into this profession of internet writing and marketing thinking I pretty much had it in the bag. I had written magazine articles, newspaper articles, and countless corporate financial reports. After retiring from the corporate world, I was looking for something else to do.

In my research, I quickly discovered that consumers were spending a lot of money on the Internet. Consumer internet spending was on the rise. Every year it grew over the previous year. I wanted a piece of that pie.

In fact, just last year, 2010, according to U.S. Department of Commerce consumers spent $44 billion on the Internet a significant increase over the previous year's $26 billion.

Like many of you, I wandered around the Internet looking for opportunities. I discovered online...