 How To Write Your First ArticleBy Chris FarrellThe first thing you need to do is have some idea of what you want to write about. Brainstorm. What is your site about? Use your keyword research to study what people are asking. Go to forums. Use the SEARCH facility. Write down a general list of 10 or so topics on your niche market. As an example, in the Real Estate Market, manufactured homes, mobile homes, tax breaks, foreclosures, auctions, flipping homes, geographic hot spots, tax breaks, etc. Write down 10 questions/problems for each of the 10 topics. Can't seem to think of any? Again - it's back to the forums in the niche and use the search tool. Or go to article directories and see what others are writing about and use this as inspiration. Now with your keyword list -- it's time to write. The best way to write an article is to break it into three sections: TITLE - CONTENT - RESOURCE BOX. TITLE: What makes or breaks most articles, is how popular they are in the Search Engines. You already have a keyword list, so your title is almost written for you. Start your title with your keyword. This will appeal to humans -- as well as the Search Engines. The true goal of every article title is to convince the reader that you can provide them with a solution to a specific problem. If your title is keyword rich and tells of solving a problem -- that is a winner. CONTENT: In the content you must follow through on the promise made in the title. Use small chunks of text with visible breaks -- so the article looks easy on the eye for the reader. Your article does not have to be long -- 300 words is enough. Be aware of something called Keyword Density -- this is how many times you use your keywords. You want to aim for around 2% -- 3% - ie use a keyword between 2 and 3 times every 100 words. No more -- or you'll be accused of keyword spamming (ie writing an article that appeals to Search Engines more than humans) Within your content -- be sure to answer the problem you promised in the title. RESOURCE BOX: The final part of every article -- is the section that allows you to link back to your site. This is the whole point of the article in the first place -- to get a reader to click to you. Needless to say -- it pays to get this right. So many people fall at this hurdle -- and simply list their web address. Use the Resource box forcefully. Give a direct call to action. Tell the reader what to do NOW. If they don't click now they never will -- so make sure you tell your reader to take action on the techniques discussed in your article immediately -- by clicking for more information to your site NOW. | |
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