The key to writing articles first and foremost is to KEEP IT SIMPLE and WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW.
OVERVIEW: The idea is that you write articles and then submit them to lots of different article directories. Those directories promote them and if someone wants to use it on their blog, website or perhaps in an e-book. The people who use the articles get to use them for free as long as they say who wrote them.
There’s an unlimited number of things you can write about. You can write about Real Estate, Home Business, Online Marketing or even Boats. It doesn’t matter what your interests are, but the important thing is what your blurb says about you at the bottom. Here’s an example of mine:
Tracey Dornelles is an online entrepreneur and founder of www.NewLifeHomeBusiness.com.au a marketing company designed to help people create their own home business. If you want to know how you can spend more time with your family and doing the more important things in life go to www.NewLifeHomeBusiness.com.au
I do have a background in radio journalism, but I’m definitely not classified as a “Writer”, but what I did learn is that people don’t want beautifully crafted masterpieces, they want short succinct information. People browsing the web devour information at a fast pace and just want easy to read info.
It’s a good idea to write in lots of paragraphs because people get bored otherwise.
* Even point form is a good way to get your information across.
* It’s important to note that writing an article is NOT a promo for your business. If you do this then the Article Directories will just reject it anyway, so don’t waste your time. Write some REAL information that people can use. If they think you are interesting and have good info they are more likely to look at who wrote it to find out more about you.
Also don’t expect direct responses from articles. The main aim is actually more long term. It helps get your organic listing higher in the search engines and to get your name out there as an expert. It’s a long term thing, so you may even have to write as many as 10-20 articles to start seeing increased traffic to your website, but imagine after 6 months or even a year what your profile will be like in the industry.
There’s ssssssooooooo many article directories you can submit your articles to. Do a search on Google for “Article Directories list” and heaps will come up.
One of the biggest and most popular article directory seems to be: www.ezinearticles.com However, depending on your niche market you can submit to many different websites. Just Google Article Directories. Also you can offer your articles straight to websites if you think they would like them. I submitted a couple of my “Mum” specific articles to baby websites.
Here’s a couple more article directories: www.goarticles.com www.articleland.co.uk www.articlealley.com
So, that’s the BASICS! Get started and just practice. The more you write the easier it gets. Good Luck!
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