This can be one of the biggest barriers to article marketing. What do you write about, now that you've studied up on how to write articles. Everyone else is doing it and at times it seems that they have exhausted all of the useful topics. Here are some helpful hints.
If there is so much of it around in use then finding and reading it should help. Besides article directories you can try blogs and websites. Or forums and groups. Also newsletters or ezines.
Believe it or not what can be a big help in getting ideas is to notice the mistakes that other authors make with their articles. Such as no or too little useful information. spelling errors, or being off topic. And the article may be too short or too long.
Perhaps worst of all is when someone submits an article that they got from some PLR site. And a whole bunch of other people have used the same article. You could after reading this come up with an article about mistakes to avoid when writing articles.
Another fringe benefit of looking at what everyone else is doing is that it makes things occur to you that would not have otherwise. It gives you ideas sometimes the way jokes come back to memory when someone else tells one. Or something just occurs to you right out of the blue from reading what they said.
This can be what is known as "putting your own angle on it". You may be using their topic, and many of their ideas but with a different title and your own input into the matter. This makes it unique.
And it can be most helpful if you start to notice a trend in some area where people are having trouble. Nobody wants to read your article more than someone who it will fix a problem for. You're reading this aren't you?
When it comes to article marketing writing the article shouldn't have to be the biggest obstacle to get over. And getting it published is only the 2nd biggest. The biggest is "getting it read". So solve a problem.
According to some so called authorities on the web "that's easy". And for them it is because their way of doing it is what works for them. But it's what works for you that counts.
Here is a short and efficient way to go about it, because so many articles tell you what to do but not how to do it.
Read articles to get a general idea for your article. Once you think that you have come up with a title for it, search for it on Google. If you don't find it you can use it.
Write the introduction last. That way you don't have any pressure to make the article fit it, and it is a lot easier. Write the conclusion right after that so they match. Have your main keyword in both.
Put down some basic ideas, and then fill them in. You can have 2, 4, or any amount. Use a paragraph or two to fill them in depending on the length that you want the article to be. Have only 3 or 4 sentences for each paragraph mainly.
Looking at the title of this article, why would you want to write two articles a night? One for your site or blog and one for the directories of course. Link bait, your resource box on a directory, and a page to send them to so you can presell or redirect to the affiliate site.
Did you notice that there is no introduction or conclusion in this article? Try writing them yourself and see how much easier it is when the article is already done and you do both at once. It really can be easy. This is a short version of the article "Can You Write Two Articles a Night?" over at our sister site at Article Marketing Blog located at www.article-marketing-blog.blogspot.com.
It often makes good sense to rewrite your articles but have you ever done it? The way to go about it seems to be up in the air for anyone to guess at. Although the consensus seems to be that 30% at least needs to be changed.
Let's figure that you have researched your keyword phrase or words. You then have them in the title of your article and also in the introduction. Always a good practice.
This means that you also likely have practiced the good form of having these keywords and or phrases in your conclusion. Which means that the introduction and conclusion must both be rewritten.
Since you have placed the keywords in these locations to entice the search engines for better placement the keywords need to be there. But the content has to be different to avoid the duplicate content filters.
So in a short article with only three paragraphs in the body of it you would only need to change one of them to get 33% difference. But with the intro, conclusion, and three paragraphs in the article you just had to change 3 out of 5 areas.
Perhaps a good strategy is to just go down the article and rewrite every third sentence. In the introduction and conclusion you may need to do 2 out of 3 just to be on the safe side.
This article was rewritten from the Artilce Marketing Blog under the title "How Did You Rewrite Your Articles?" at www.article-marketing-blog.blogspot.com.
Without too much effort and a little practice these 3 steps of article writing for marketing can pay off handsomely. The benefits of having a plan to follow are unmistakable. Having this general direction to go in you need only begin and persevere to succeed.
First you must find the market for your products, but it's easier to see what the market wants and then choose your products. Having the 'wrong' product or the right one at the wrong time can just waste all of your efforts. Finding the market for 'hot' products can be done by checking Clickbank, reading Newletters, or reading the forums to see what is needed.
To write you article you must either have enough knowledge about the topic, or do some research to learn about it. Here again newsletters and forums can be a big help and give you some ideas that you may not of thought of. Once you have taken some notes and gained a general idea you can go to google and search the topic to read more on some websites.
Submission of your article to the proper directories can often make all of the difference. Finding the right mix of Page Rank, categories, and general or specific niche can be most profitable. The best way to do this is by reading other articles on the directories and tracking your own submissions.
You can certainly learn a lot about Article Marketing from reading Articles. Depending on who you read and what the topics are you may learn quite a bit. Here is a short summary of something found recently on Article Dashboard by Carol King. She talks about writing for the Directories, the Ezines, and the Readers.
When submitting your articles to directories there are a few things to keep in mind for greater success. Is it unique content that you wrote yourself? Does it get to the point or is it a long drawn out sales pitch for me, me, me?
When writing for the Ezines there are more requirements to consider. Such as correct formatting. It goes without saying that all of your writing needs to be spell checked and proof read. Is it well organized? Or are there too many links included in it that are self serving? Ezine publishers need to find content that they can use without a bunch of reasons to go elsewhere included in it.
When writing for readers the needs are different still. Is it the same old stuff redone? Or is it useful information that teaches or helps the reader solve a problem? It should be clear and well laid out so that it is easy to understand. Does it provide what the title suggested?
Take this article title for instance. It asks a question and suggests an answer. And you may have learned something about writing articles, but the act of article marketing is much more.
Reading more articles can only improve your odds. But the proof is in the pudding. The only way to know for sure is to write some articles geared toward your product or service and submit them.