Hello Writers,

In this post, I am taking some examples of letters and finding locations on the net where links to them can be posted, in an effort to demonstrate the thought process used for finding locations for you to post links to your own letters.

For this example, I am using letter titles from the category ‘Letters of Explanation.’ Specifically, I chose to use the letters entitled ‘Hardship Letter for Mortgage Company’ (keywords being ‘hardship letter’ & ‘mortgage’), seeing how this is very topical at this point in time.

WRITERS - THIS SHOULD SEND UP A FLAG FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT THOSE LETTERS THAT ARE NATURALLY CYCLICAL, SUCH AS, RECOMMENDATION LETTERS FOR SCHOOL, RECOMMENDATION LETTERS FOR ARMED FORCES ACADEMIES, APARTMENT REFERRAL LETTERS, SANTA LETTERS, VALENTINES DAY LETTERS, MOTHER’S DAY LETTERS, ETC., ETC., ETC., SO YOU CAN COMPOSE AND MARKET THOSE AROUND THE NET AT THOSE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.

Personally, I think finding ’social’ locations on the net where people are discussing the topic of your letters is the most productive method, since people would rather read comments from others about a subject important to themselves, than by simply reading a static website of one single opinion. With that in mind, I am searching for blogs with articles where the ‘mortgage hardship’ letters will be useful.

To get us started, I went to Google and did a search for Blog search engines. Here’s the link to my results:
http://www.google.com/search?q=blog+search+engines&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a

IceRocket.com - Blog Search was one of the first I found.
I entered ‘hardship letter mortgage’ (without single or double quotes) and got 384 results, such as…

Link 1
Insight into Real Estate Short Sales
… are pending and homes that have been sold in the last six months. It will help strengthen your case for accepting a lower amount of money for your home. You should also include bank statements and other proof of income and debt, as well as a detailed hardship letter, which explains exactly why you feel …

- in this case, the blogger did not offer the ability to post comments, but she can be contacted. Offering to write an article on the important points to hit in a ‘Hardship Letter’ would make a decent follow-up to this article and she would very likely accept - as most newsletter and blog authors are looking for content on a regular basis.

Link 2
Mortgage Aid: Who is Worthy of Help?
… to jump through a few hoops, of course, including having to write a “hardship letter” to explain why you fell behind on your payments for a “good reason.” Good reasons could or could not include job loss, divorce, and medical bills. Borrowers will also have precious little equity in their homes …

- this article accepts reader comments - again, don’t make your comment sound too much like a sales pitch to your letter or you’ll get labeled a spammer and banned from the site…along with all the rest of us.

Link 3
Loan Modifications for Struggling Homeowners and Important Things to Know
… a hardship letter, maybe need to send in some information like bank statements, pay stubs, tax returns, and then you wait for an answer. It is pretty simple. The people that want you to pay them make it sound like it is impossible to do it with out their help, but it really isn’t that hard. Yes …

- here’s another site that accepts reader comments and is an ideal spot for your links.

Link 4
Does any body know how loan modification works?
… at the same interest rate? Call your lender and ask them to talk with loan litigation department. You can also look on their web for loan modification package- some of them have the packages ready. Be prepared to give then your current financial statements and hardship letter to prove, that your …

- another blog allowing reader comments, ripe for posting a link to your relevant letters.

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The same search could be done in IceRocket.com, or any of the other search engines from the google link above for other common titles in the ‘Letters of Explanation’ category, such as ‘dropped class’ or ‘Chapter 13′ or ‘Bankruptcy.’

Try the different blog search engines, as they will often each produce different results, and post comments with links to as many of your letters as are pertinent.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.

Rob
admin@letterrep.com

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