Newbie Article Writers - 4 Astounding Secrets for Writing an Effective Article

Every day there are thousands of people who want to become an article writer. Most of them disappear after a few tries because they don't have the training or insight on how to create successful articles. If you truly want to become an article writer then you should pay close attention to the following 4 secrets to help you learn the correct way to write an article.

Here are the 4 secret steps for writing an effective article:

1) Write at least 400 words. Most Article Directories today require a minimum of 400 words in order for your articles to be accepted. Your article should have a title, an introduction, a body and a conclusion. Generally, your introduction should be about 100-150 words, your body of the article should contain about 250 - 300 words and your conclusion should be about 50 - 100 words. None of these numbers are carved in stone except you must have at least the minimum of 400 words for your entire article.

2) The title should contain a main keyword. Keywords in an article aren't as important as many people say they are but that's a discussion I'll save for another article. However, you should always try to place your main keyword as the first word of your article title or at least somewhere in the title. This is for a number of reasons. It is the first thing that a reader sees and it is also the first thing that a search engine bot sees when it is crawling your article. This will help your rankings in the search engines.

3) The body should have bullets or numbers. If you have more than one point to make with your information, then you should present it in bulleted or numbered paragraphs. This makes it much easier to see and the reader will then know that you have much to say about your topics. Each paragraph should refer to your title or the reader will feel like you're just adding filler and no real information. Or worse yet, the reader might think that you really don't know what you're talking about and won't read any more of your articles in the future - there goes a potential buyer of your products!

4) Proofread your work before it's sent to the publisher. Most computers have spell checkers so that you can check your work and make sure that there are no misspellings contained in it. Today Article Directories also have spell checkers and could reject your article because of a misspelling or, perhaps, bad grammar. This means time wasted in fixing your article and not getting it published early. Bottom Line: Proofread your work before submission.

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Article Marketing - The Great Debate

There is much debate online about whether or not article marketing still works. And when I say "article marketing", I mean the process of writing a high quality article, and submitting them to the article directories. After all, isn't that what they're there for? To get you more traffic to your website, and also to get your articles syndicated from other website owners who publish your article onto their website?

This is something that you should be definitely doing. And no... the great debate has nothing to do with whether or not you should submit your articles to the article directories. The great debate is whether or not you should write for humans, or write for the search engines.

You will hear a ton of conflicting advice about this topic. And guess what? You will find very successful people online giving you 2 separate pieces of advice. So what does this mean? It simply means that both techniques are feasible, and both work within their own domain.

So which one should YOU choose? Well, that's what I want to talk to you about today. I myself personally subscribe to 1 of these 2 notions, and it works very well for me. But for other marketers online, the other notion works well for them too. Here's the first consideration you should keep in mind when doing your article marketing:

1) Writing for humans

Personally I like this idea better. When you write for humans, your words are easy to read and understand. If a human likes your article, they will be more apt to click on your website link in your signature, and take some kind of action on your website. When you write for humans, your thoughts and ideas come off as clear and coherent.

There isn't any doubt that a human wrote it, and not a robot. So when writing your articles, make sure you write for humans. It will build your fan base up, and will help you to become a favorite amongst the many people in your niche. Here's the other side of the argument that we have to look at:

2) Writing for search engines

The idea behind this makes sense, but some people overdo it. Many people hear the term "keyword density", yet still overpower their article with redundant keywords. A lot of article directories won't allow this, and the search engines are getting smart enough to see past this practice.

Always shoot for a 2 to 3% keyword density. This basically means that for every 100 words, you want to include your main keyword term 2 to 3 times. This is pretty good. Make sure your article is readable and doesn't sound like a lot of nonsense. Even if the search engine ranks you high for your article, what good would it be if a reader couldn't read it easily, and they just leave your site - not buying or clicking on anything?

These 2 ideas are things that you need to test out in your own online business. I personally like method number 1 of writing for humans. This way, you know you're going to generate high quality articles, and that your readers will enjoy them also when they take a look at it.

Good luck with your article marketing efforts today.

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What to Include in Your Resource Box of an Article

Many starting up article marketers wonder what makes a good resource box. Although many article marketing sites have a guide, not everybody reads these and make a huge mistake, resulting in low click rates and conversions. The below guide is designed to provide them with an overview on how to create a killer resource box.

Personal Information

When writing personal information, it is required to use third person. This looks more professional and convincing. If there are some achievements, rewards the author is proud of, these need to be included. The personal statement needs to answer the reader's questions: "who is this person?" "what do they do?" "how can they help me?" If the resource box answers these questions, people will check out the profile automatically.

Expertise

When writing about personal expertise, awards and achievements need to be mentioned again. Simply stating that one is an expert in something would not convince most of the readers. They would need solid proof. This can be work experience, data, statistical data or anything that is considered to be a success in the eyes of readers.

Contact

It is important to include contact information; most authors use their website address, others include social media account details. No matter what is included; it should be easy for people to provide feedback, ask questions through various channels. It is not advisable to include personal email addresses, though, as there are many spammers out there. However, when people can follow someone on Twitter with one click, the conversion will be higher.

Promise

A good resource box would include a promise. This can be a free training, more information on the site, a report or anything that has a high perceived value for the target audience. The promise needs to be clear and well-defined. If it is a limited offer or requires a subscription, it is better to include the information than to get some people leave the site disappointed.

Call to Action

The most important part of a resource box is the call to action with a clickable link. This should tell the audience what they need to do in order to get their free information; some users would require a step by step description. The promise needs to be strong enough to make people click, therefore, it is good to include the value of the information or gift. For example: "Check out <clickable link> for your free report about xxxx worth $49.

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Effective Article Marketing - 4 Steps to Energize Your Article Marketing

Are you getting results from article marketing when you use it as your main source of traffic generation? Are you concerned that your articles are lacking in information? Why won't people click through to your squeeze page and sign up for your list?

To help you with these problems, I am going to give you 4 steps to help you energize your article marketing:

1) Define your target readers. Before you begin to write any articles, you should ask your readers exactly what they want explained. Go to your list and ask them what problems they have. Go to forums on your niche and find out what is of interest to them. Now you know exactly what your readers want, so give it to them. Since it's what they have asked for, they should be more than happy to read your entire article and want even more information.

2) Choose a topic of interest. If you want the attention of your readers then you must use topics that interest them. You should talk about their problems and show them that you can solve them. Of course you usually can't solve all of their problems in only one article but, if you make the information crisp and clear, they will accept that you know what you are talking about and want more on the subject. This will make them amenable to clicking to your squeeze page and joining your list to get even more great information on the subject.

3) Establish your credibility. In order to get your readers to buy your products you must first get them to trust you. They must see that your knowledge of the topic is first-rate and they will be sure that you will be giving them great information. You can do this by trying to resolve their biggest problems and burning questions. When you do this you will convince your readers that you truly know what you are talking about regarding your topics.

4) Watch your article length. Your article should be at least 400 and should not exceed 550 words. If it is too long then your reader might lose interest. Remember, there are probably many articles dealing with your topic for a reader to look through. Many people just quickly browse through the articles because they don't have a lot of time. If your article is too long you may have people losing interest and not choose to completely read your article.

If you want even more information about effective article writing (and there is plenty more information on that topic), please download my free eBook called Secrets of Article Writing

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Why You Should Have An Attention Grabbing Title When You Submit An Article To An Article Directory

A quite busy editor for an article directory is deciding what to run in the next day's "Article of the Day" feature. He had decided that he will base the decision only on the title the writers submit with the article. One writer says she will submit an article titled "Urgent: Stock Market Has Wild Ride!" while another writer will submit an article titled "Stock Market Goes Up, Then Down." Which is more attention grabbing? Which will most people probably feel is more interesting? The first one, right? Why is that?

Headlines that sound urgent, are attention grabbing, evoke emotion(s) and set the right tone, can be more captivating and helpful to a reader. This intrigue can help increase the chance that the person reads the entire article. Also, the writer that submits an article with a headline that sets an appropriate tone for the article is likely doing the reader a large favor by providing a more satisfactory reading experience.

The headline is the first chance the writer has to make an impression of what the article is about and how it is written. Choosing words that accurately describe the content of the article can be quite challenging. Setting an accurate tone and style can be important in making the reader feel that the title was an accurate description of what the article is about. The very last thing a writer wants to do is make the person reading the article feel confused due to the change of tone from the title to the body of the article itself. This will likely alienate the reader and have a negative influence on the reader's opinion of the quality of writing in the article directory and the article directory itself.

If we return to the article directory example, if the writer who wants to submit the article titled "Urgent: Stock Market Has Wild Ride!" decides for whatever reason to down play the turn of events of the stock market and uses unexciting and mundane descriptions like "so-so", "uneventful" and "normal and boring" the reader will feel there was a disconnect with the title of the article and the body of the article. This is a situation that can easily be avoided with an accurate, encompassing and proper title.

Attention grabbing, well-written headlines are,well, just at the top of items to learn in order to write great and effective articles to submit to an article directory.

Success awaits!

Jordan R. Kimmel

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Article Marketing Will Always Work

In my opinion, article marketing will never go away. How could it? The internet is made up of content, and the search engines want to deliver that content to the people who want it. So how could marketing articles online ever stop working? This will never happen. You see, as I write this article, there are many people who will be looking for the content I am writing. So I am positioning myself to be found online, and you can do the same. Here's a strategy I think you will like:

Write 5 articles per day for the next 30 days. After 30 days of writing, you will have lots of visitors to your website. The fact is that the more articles you put online, the more traffic you get, and the more traffic you get, the more money you will make. Article marketing is great for building trust with your prospects. And when you can get people to trust you, I mean REALLY trust you, the amount of money you can make online will be endless. This is just the way it is. So what do you write about?

What niche are you in? What do people want to learn? What are their questions? Do they have problems? Finding topics to write about is really easy when you keep an open mind. Write an article for each question someone wants an answer to. This is a wonderful way to create content rather quickly. Have you read anything new lately? If so, write an article explaining your opinion of what you read. It's EASY.

When people tell me that article marketing doesn't work anymore, I laugh. Why would I be writing this article right now if it didn't bring me results? I wouldn't be. I would be doing something else. Marketing with articles is a great way to increase your online exposure and establish yourself as the expert in your niche. People will read your articles and begin to love your content. They will look for new articles written by you every day. Are you beginning to realize the power of writing articles? Do you see the potential you have?

I don't think anyone can honestly say that they would trust an ad over an article they read. Ads are just links that people click. An article is so much more than that. An article is a part of you. Can creating ads give you the same results as writing articles? I don't think so.

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Is Article Writing and Marketing Still Valid?

Many people will tell me that article marketing is dead. And I simply reply, "Would I still be writing articles if it didn't work?" Of course not! It always makes me chuckle whenever I hear people say that. You see, I've been a full-time article writer for over 3 years now, and I will continue to do so because I know the power of content syndication. I understand that it is not just one article that brings traffic to my website, it is many.

Let me go into more detail. Every morning, when I decide to fall out of bed, I go down to my computer and start writing. Most of the time I don't even know what I'm going to write about, but I do it anyway. Why? Well, it's because the articles I write will be responsible for my future online. And let me tell you, I write a lot of articles. I've been known to write as many as 20 in a single day. And do you want to know how those worked out? Well, each copy I write will eventually, over the course of several months, earn me $45 to $60. That's not a bad accomplishment for just a few hours of work each day.

So, is article marketing dead? I'll leave that for you to decide. But let me leave you with this. If you could write 10-15 articles per day, with just a few hours of work, would you? In other words, if each article would make you, on average, $52 in the next few months, would you write them? Let's put that into perspective. After a few months, every batch of 10 articles you wrote would make you $520. Now, would you write then a day for two months? If you have the proper product funnel in place, meaning that you have a $25, $100, $500, and $997 being promoted to new subscribers on your list, you would be making on average about $31,200 every two months. Would you like to make that kind of money?

So how is that possible? Well, my testing has shown that each article will bring me 3 new subscribers. That's 600 new subscribers every 2 months at 10 articles per day. I have discovered that every subscriber on my list will spend about $17.33 over the course of the first 2 months. So do the math. How much money would you be earning with 1,800 new subscribers every 2 months? So, is article marketing dead?

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Article Marketing Is Still Alive

Article marketing is still relevant. It still works. People give up too easily before they see results. You see, marketing articles is exactly like planting a harvest of pumpkins. Take the farmer for example. A farmer must plant the seeds, water them, and wait five months before he sees any hint of a pumpkin. It takes time. Does the farmer go out to his farm one day, throw up his hands and say "This doesn't work!?" Of course he doesn't. He knows that the process will take time. And when he is patient with the harvest, the results will come.

Writing articles should be treated the exact same way. Every article you write is just like a seed. And once that seed has had time to grow, amazing things happen. You will get a high performing income generating machine. This will take time, but isn't that exciting? I think so. I think that if more marketers saw the potential with content marketing, we'd have more millionaires in our world. Ever article that you write will add to the income you can make online.

Some people are scared of the new Panda update. And I say, "Why?" Fear is only going to stop you from getting the results you want. If you didn't do things because you were afraid to do them, you wouldn't get anywhere in life. So what is the reason for traffic falling with articles? Well, I believe that there is only one reason. People aren't writing high quality content. They find a piece of content online, and then they rehash it. They rewrite the content without even thinking about it. So what does that do? Well, it two bad things. Probably more than that, but you get the point. One, it causes Google to ignore ever article you write. And two, you waste valuable time, and lose money.

So what happened to all the content that was there? One thing happened. Google dumped them off the net. They dropped them in the garbage. This is awesome news for you! This means that now, you will be able to take advantage of all the free space that is available to you.

But here's the truth... You must write good stuff. You can't expect to see results if you are just copying every person you find online. Find your voice. What do you have to offer people? What can you teach people? Write about it! Take 15 minutes and jot down some notes. Once you have some ideas. Write an article about it. Do you see how easy this is? It's alright. You're doing well. Just don't give up.

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Tips For Making Article Marketing Work For You

One part of online marketing that a lot of people hate is article development. Because of this, many online business owners would rather outsource their article writing, instead of doing it themselves. I personally think that you should write your own articles yourself because you know how the article will come out, and you won't have to spend a dime for it.

Now some people just have large advertising budgets that allow them to outsource their article writing. Is it a bad investment? Sometimes it's not, and sometimes it is. You may find an article writer with a good background and good sample work, but when it comes down to researching your niche and writing up quality articles for you - they just fall short.

If you would like to get the upper hand online and start earning the money that you know you should be making, you're going to have to put your article marketing efforts into high gear. Now isn't the time to be slacking off. In today's economy, you need the "edge" to stay alive despite competition, and you need the "will" to make your business succeed.

So when doing your article marketing, what kind of things should you do first? Well the first thing that you should do is to be an expert in your niche. You shouldn't enter into a niche where you don't know much about. If you're just trying to do some SEO and write poor articles that don't relate to anything within your niche... you won't make any money - and it doesn't matter how many articles like this that you write.

Your articles have to be of high quality. It's best to do some niche research to see what some of the problems are, and how you can come through and offer them something that will be of immense benefit for you. This is something that is very important, and isn't something that you should neglect.

I personally like to stick within the 400-500 word range when writing up articles. They are perceived as higher quality articles as opposed to 250 word articles. But this is just perception. There are many 250 word articles that has more quality content than 700 word articles out there. But you have to keep your prospects in mind, and hopefully get them to view your content as something that they would like to see over and over again.

Article marketing is tough. Many people do it, and many people choose not to do it. Some like outsourcing the work, and some people feel like it's a waste of time. I don't think it's a waste of time though, because submitting articles to the article directories and on your blog and website are still viable means to get more new traffic to your website.

Take it from me... the more articles you write and get out on the internet, the more traffic you will get. The less you write, the slower the leads will be coming in for you. So keep this in mind when trying to earn the traffic and sales for your business when doing article marketing.

Take these tips and use them to improve your article marketing efforts today.

Good luck with making more money online.

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