Tuesday, April 03, 2007

7 Tips For Writing An Article

Writing an article for a select few people is a way of earning a considerable income. Others choose to write articles to receive fame and others for an invaluable way to make new and industrious contacts. Either way, it is important to start your article off right and allow others to really see the value of it.

Creating a good, informative and easy to read article can be done easy enough if it is perfected with a good tagline which is also beneficial when it comes to marketing it on the internet.

For any article to be seen properly you must first have some point of reference in which to work from. A system that will formulate your article in a readable fashion.

Understanding grammar and the spelling of words is vital as poor construction can leave the reader feeling a little bewildered. They also may falsely believe you did not research the topic intently enough to warrant a specific opinion. Unfair I know.

It is also important to appear like an authority on the subject. You do not want your readers thinking you are 'winging' it by providing useless information or a dire sales pitch. You want your readers to actually believe what you say is true and that you are honest and open about the subject. References made that over promise or under-deliver, ultimately end in tears, as readers will shut down and that results in them not finishing your piece.

So on this note I offer you a few tips on how to prepare your article.

1. Write about what you are interested in or have knowledge about. You tend to write better and show more enthusiasm for topics you understand and can convey well to an audience.

2. Always create a good headline. The title of the article must suit both the search engines (if marketing it on the internet) and satisfy the reader that they are getting what you promised. It's hard trying to make a title look exciting sometimes particularly when you have to abide by certain rules or limitations but essentially it should describe what your article is about.

3. Research your keywords. Although this is purely for posting your articles on the internet.

4. Ultimately, make sure you research the topic well before trying to make up a few sentences. The ingredient to making good content is providing actual findings or methods that can answer your readers queries and please make sure all your points are well covered.

5. Be honest! If you are out there in the hope you are going to sell something through your affiliate links do not make your article sound like a sales pitch and try to provide the reader with an unbiased opinion. They wanted to read your article for the content not the ebook you are promoting.

6. In the summary, you can always repeat what you had told them. It's a good process for a reader to understand the content of your article much better.

7. Leave them with a feeling they have learned something new.

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