Easy Article Writing Tips
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Summary: Whether you are just starting out with your online
business or you are seasoned pro, writing and distributing
articles is one of the most effective and low-cost ways to drive
lots of targeted traffic to your site. Writing articles and
submitting them to the article directories will get you free
traffic when people click on the link in your resource box. It
is also a great way to improve search engine rankings, since you
will have plenty of incoming links to your site. Let’s t…
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Article Body: Whether you are just starting out with your online
business or you are seasoned pro, writing and distributing
articles is one of the most effective and low-cost ways to drive
lots of targeted traffic to your site. Writing articles and
submitting them to the article directories will get you free
traffic when people click on the link in your resource box. It
is also a great way to improve search engine rankings, since you
will have plenty of incoming links to your site. Let’s take a
look at how you can get started writing articles. Here are a few
tips to get you started.
Write a Top Ten List
An easy way to get started with an article is to come up with a
Top Ten List. Find a topic related to your business and jot down
ten reasons why someone should purchase your product or offer
advice on a topic that’s related to your website. Examples would
be top ten ways to get your baby to sleep through the night, top
ten reasons to write articles, or top ten reasons to buy car
insurance. Once you have your list of ten items, write a little
paragraph about each, explaining the reason in a little more
detail.
Next you add an introductory paragraph that pulls the reader
into your list. For example an introduction to the baby sleeping
through the night article could mention how hard it is to make
it through the day and how sleep deprived you are until you get
your baby to sleep through the night. Then close your article
either by summing up what you just told them in your top ten
lists or encouraging them to act on what you just told them
about.
Congratulations, you just wrote an article. Of course you can
easily shorten this to a top 5 list. Just write a little more
about each of your points.
Record Your Article
Some people prefer recording themselves while they are talking
about a particular topic and then transcribing and editing it
into an article. If you have an easier time talking about a
particular topic than writing about it, this may be a great
option for you. Most MP3 players now come with a record option,
or you can pick up a cheap tape-recorder. Pick a topic and just
start talking as if you were explaining it to a friend. Just
start babbling and the ideas will start to flow. Now listen to
your tape. Write down and arrange the major points you mad in
order. Add an intro and a closing and you have another article.
Hire a Ghost Writer
If you are having a hard time writing articles, or just don’t
have the time to do it, you can still benefit from article
marketing by hiring a ghostwriter. Ghost Writers will write
unique articles for you that become your intellectual property.
You can post them as your own work to your site, your blog, as
well as the article directories. You can find a ghost writer on
sites like elance. There are also some freelance writers with
their own websites out there. You can usually buy articles
anywhere from $5 – $65.
Write an Outline and Have Someone Else Turn it into an Article
Another option if you don’t want to do all the writing yourself
is for you to write a basic outline of the article and the point
you want to bring across. Jot down any ideas you have for the
article, then ask a friend or hire someone to flesh it out for
you into an article. You may be more comfortable with passing
these articles off as your own, since the content of the article
was your original idea. Someone else just put it into an article
format for you.
There is no reason for you not to get started with article
marketing one way or the other. Get a few articles out there and
then sit back and watch the traffic come in. You’ll be so
impressed by the results you can get even from a handful of
article, you’ll be writing them and submitting them all the time.