For those of us with web pages and blogs, we know how
important writing articles can be to acquiring traffic.
Traffic equals money and writing effective articles can
bring you a good amount of traffic. Unfortunately not a
lot of us know how to write an effective article and where
to submit it once we do. For new website owners, this
article may provide the most important information you'll
ever read!
The first thing you need to do is take action. What I mean
by that is you have to decide if you are going to write it
or if you are going to hire someone else to write it for
you. There are many people who charge under five dollars
to 'ghost write' them for you. I really suggest you take
the liberty and do it yourself. It will save you a lot of
money and you'll only get better with your writing skills.
Who knows, maybe someday you'll get good enough to write
for others.
Okay, so you've decided to give it a go and you're
wondering how to start. Well, how about a catchy title.
Titles should catch your readers attention. Do this by
creating curiosity, asking a question, shocking your
reader, or make a promise. Start with 'How to' or '5 Steps
to' or 'The Real Secret to'. You catch my drift?
Your article must provide your reader with quality content.
You don't want to just slop something together and have
your reader quit half way through. Be organized and make
yourself an outline with your intro, four to five main body
points, and a conclusion.
In your intro, let your reader know what you are trying to
solve with your writing. Provide a problem and then a
solution to that problem in a preview format. Make them
want to read on.
Your body is where you want to expand on the four or five
points you outlined. Keep it semi-brief with each point
consisting of four or five sentences. Remember, you're
writing an article, not a book.
The conclusion in an effective article should also consist
of about four or five sentences. Let it sum up what you
just went over in the article. Touch on a couple of points
that the article didn't cover. Give advice on how they can
get more info.
Once you have written an effective article you have to know
who to submit it to. There are two methods to doing this.
Manually and automatic.
Submitting your article manually can cause somewhat of a
headache, but will cost you nothing. There are thousands
of article directories and ezines you can find all over the
internet. If you are writing two articles a week(optimal),
submitting to just a few may occupy a lot of your time.
I suggest finding an article submission service that allows
you to submit your articles to hundreds or thousands of
directories and ezines with just a click of a button.
There are software programs and online services that allow
you to do just that. The prices for these services are
relatively cheap considering the amount of time they will
save you.
Now you know how to write an effective article by piquing
your readers interest, providing fresh real quality content
with a short but informative body, and a conclusion that
leaves your readers wanting more. You also know your
choices when you are ready to submit your articles. I
should also point out that an effective article should
include keywords that can be picked up by search engines.
Aim for a one to three percent density of keywords
throughout your article. And if you really want tons of
free traffic for life, use a service that allows you to
leverage your articles. Now get to writing!
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See what article distribution service I used to increase
traffic to my website by over 1000%! I tested the service
and logged the results on my blog...
http://www.livelifetothefullest.biz/blog/2007/10/oct-26-2007
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