Market Samurai free content

[StephenT]

I just did something today that I learned in the 30 day challenge with my Market Samurai. It is very much like plr, only free.

I put in the key words I wanted and then did a search in their find content module. It gave me all sorts of articles on that search and all I had to do was find the content I wanted, rewrite it to fit my own article and my style and I was home free. This is not plagiarism! I did not copy and paste stuff, but got ideas and directions then wrote my own article.

Pretty cool!

[jgbama]

That looks like a great way to find content Stephen

[PpcJen]

Yes - Stephen! This is an awesome tip. I love that you can write and post directly from Market Samurai.
Cool! ;)

PS - I am going to combine this with Lynn's tips for post-dating blog posts. So I can sit down and write for a full day, post-date the blog posts and I will have unique content trickling into my site for ages! yipppeee!!

[StephenT]

For those of us with the Samurai, this works great. I have tried to do the amazon thing, but I must not know how to get at the information reight. It took forever!

[Regina]

Yes - Stephen! This is an awesome tip. I love that you can write and post directly from Market Samurai.
Huh? I have Market Samurai and had no clue I could do this! Yippee ;)

[retta719]

Every time I hear someone talk about Market Samurai there's some cool new thing I want in there.... I have a feeling I'm going to end up getting it even though I've been avoiding it!

[StephenT]

Loretta, the biggest problem I have with Samurai is that it has so much stuff, I don't use half of it and so, in a sense, I wasted my money. If I would just use it, it would probably be well worth it!

[Rick Olsen]

Actually, stealing someone else's ideas is Plagiarism. The word is defined as:

plagiarism definition - legal
Copying or stealing someone else’s words or ideas and claiming or presenting them as if they were your own.

In other words:
The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.

In my opinion, reusing, or rewriting someone else's work is always a bad idea. It takes no more time to write your own article than it does to steal someone else's.

[TrishL]

I would like to add a thought to Rick's reply -

There is a difference between gaining inspiration from someone else's thoughts/ideas and just tweaking a few words and presenting them as your own.

I think the key is to infuse whatever you are working on with your own thoughts, observations and personal experiences.

I think it is fine to give your creativity a kick start by seeing what else is out there (it is also a great way to stay relevant) - as long as you shape what you find into something different and unique that reflects your own hard-won personal perspective.

[StephenT]

Thanks Trish. This is exactly what I was trying to say that I did. I do not copy and paste, but use ideas and concepts to write my own content!

[Rick Olsen]

Steve - I don't think you understand what I'm saying. Copy and paste is irrelevant. Suppose I go to your blog and read this:

Acheive your goals: shiny objects (achieve is misspelled btw)
I am going to be doing several posts on how to achieve your goals. For me, setting goals is easy, but following through with them is not. I am very bad at shiny object distractions. What is that?

I rewrite your post as follows:

Meet Your Goals: Needless Toys
My next few posts will be about meeting your goals. I have no problem making goals, but meeting them is difficult. Why? Too many needless toys. What are needless toys?

I have just plagiarized your post. I have copied nothing verbatim, but I'm still a thief. I've stolen your ideas. This is what is meant by stealing ideas and that's ALL I was saying.

[Regina]

I think it is fine to give your creativity a kick start by seeing what else is out there (it is also a great way to stay relevant) - as long as you shape what you find into something different and unique that reflects your own hard-won personal perspective.
Well said! I concur ;)

[Clay Franklin]

If you want to buy Market Samurai, I have a banner on my site. hint hint.

I have talked with Jay Abraham on the phone and he told me about the Amazon way of finding out what people do not like about books and what they do like and how to use it to design a better product. Very cool idea.

Rick has a point about not not rewriting other peoples stuff. That is why I do not like article writers, it is faster to write my own stuff.
For my Twitter site, I need to do research on lists so I can be an expert. So I will be using research material to gain the knowledge so I can write the article.
I do know a lot of non SSWT Guru's that use article writers and also teach to just rewrite other's articles as a way to get content. That's why I hang out here with the wholesome high ethics crowd.

Stephen, Thank you so much for the tip, I will go see what Market Samurai has to say about Twitter Lists and a few of my next topics. I know it will write an ad for you adn that is cool. I love it.

[Isha]

If you use Market Samurai's Find Content module to find news items then that's not taking other people's ideas. You're just passing the news around.

And I don't think researching something to write about in your own words is illegal in any country - surely that would be too weird? It's what we all do for school and university, and what professional researchers (eg for TV programs) do all the time.

Isha :)

[nar321]

http://www.noblesamurai.com/dojo/marketsamurai/7284-introduction-to-keyword-research
No, you don't need to have purchased MS to benefit from this series though of course it wouldn't hurt and there is a free trail of MS.
No banner on my site, I'm not an affiliate, I have however purchased it (got during a discount period)and find it increasing valuable. According to Traci Knoppe becoming a MS affiliate isn't available to everyone right now anyway, you have to receive an invite( she hasn't so far)