ARTICLE WRITING GUIDE

A well written and distributed article will create a buzz and generate quality traffic to your site. 

BENEFITS: The benefits of writing and submitting articles include:

  1. Attracting quality visitors to your site
  2. Builds the credibility of the author/your site
  3. Builds link popularity
  4. Increases search engine rankings

WRITING AN EFFECTIVE ARTICLE:

1. Choose a Subject -Decide on an article topic that you can write for your target audience. We advise you to choose a topic that you know well and are passionate about, as this way you are more likely to write an article with impact. It is advisable to write an article that solves a problem, highlights an issue to be aware of

2. Choose keywords - Build a list of target keyword phrases (1-3 only) that you

3. Create an outline - Your article should include a headline, introduction, body, conclusion and resource box.

        Headline - make this catchy, as it will determine wether a reader decides to open and read your article. i.e.
        "5 Highly Effective Ways to Build links to Your Site"

        Introduction - Introduce the problem being discussed in your article or write a short story of your experience with the problem.

        Body - discuss all the solutions to the problem you outlined in the introduction. Break up each point into separate paragraphs and         keep them to about 5 lines. You may want to create a sub-heading for each point. This makes it easier to read as most people will         scan your article when reading it online.

        Conclusion - this should include a brief summary of your article and a call for the reader to take action.

        Resources - I sometimes include this section if I haven't included it already within the body of the article. I want
        the reader to quickly access the resources without having to re-read the article.

        Resource box - this is the place you can safely include a little about yourself and your business plus provide a link
        to your web site or newsletter.  This provides an opportunity for readers to visit your web site, learn more about your product or                 services and/or subscribe to your newsletter. The box should be a maximum of 6 lines.

4 Write the article with the following in mind:
       - The title needs to be catchy and fit the overall theme (avoid sales or fad words)
       - Your major thoughts or ideas should be in logical groupings, such as step-by-step or like topics
       - Use examples to illustrate those thoughts
       - Edit the article so it's interesting and there are no grammatical or spelling errors

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