10 Tips For Better Web Writing

Writing for online readers poses special challenges that print writing doesn’t face.

Some things you need to keep in mind as you’re writing your articles are:

• People have shorter attention spans when they are reading things online. You need to catch someone’s attention relatively quickly.

• People have more options for clicking away. They tend to bounce around from site to site, quickly searching for the information that they’re looking for or that catches their attention.

• Computer monitors are not easy on the eyes. Even if a person wanted to, it is just not that easy to read loads of information on the internet.

With this in mind, here are 10 ways to make your articles web-friendly:

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Article Writing Trick: Write An Article Skeleton

Good news: It is not necessary to write an article from scratch every time.

In fact, writing from scratch is something that I try to avoid.

Here’s what I do:

Sometimes when I get an idea for an article, I write down a makeshift title, jot some notes on the topic, and then stash it away for a rainy day when I need to write an article.

This is like an article skeleton–just the bare bones of an idea to be developed later.

This takes an immense amount of pressure off of the writing process–when my writing day arrives, if I’m stumped for something to write about, I look at my folder of “skeletons” hoping to find something that will inspire me.

And then–JOY!

I open a file and find that the article main points are already in there, a head start!

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Reader Question: How Should I Write Articles For Keywords?

I had this question come in recently, and I thought it was worth sharing on the blog.

Question:

For SEO purpose, do you suggest we write one article per keyword, or are we able to write multiple articles per keyword with the same effectiveness?

Answer:

When you you want to write articles targeting specific keywords, I would use this model:

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How To Re-Work A Blog Post To Submit As An Article

When you’re writing articles it is not always necessary to start from scratch for each article–sometimes you have previously written pieces of content for your blog or even content on your traditional website that you can re-write and submit as an article.

That saves bunches of time–your previous piece of content serves as an outline and source of research for your article, so you don’t have to spend time thinking up a new topic and points to cover.

But how do you re-work a blog post or some other piece of content you have to create a unique article?

I bounce my articles off of my blog posts every month, so I’m happy to give you some pointers:
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Time-Saving Tips For Newbie Article Writers

You’re just starting out and you can’t take everything in at once–what are the main things for you to focus on?

I’m creating this resource with the intention of helping you newcomers maximize your time and focus on goals.

Here are the elements we’ll be focusing on:

• What can you expect (this is a big deal as you’re getting started)

• Setting priorities (what should you focus on)

• Organizational and writing tips

If you’re a newbie to article marketing (and you’re in good company if you are), then you can read this resource and get direction on what is absolutely necessary to focus on and what can wait until you’ve got more experience.

This will save you bunches of time and mental energy!

Okay, let’s get started…

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Get Article Ideas From Your Own Website

You have more article ideas than you realize.

The most common question any Article Marketer asks is this:

“What should I write about?”

I think folks sometimes get stumped for topics because the expansive sea of possibilities is just mind boggling.

I have a theory though:

You have more article topics at your fingertips than you realize.

You may even have ready-made content just waiting to be tweaked and submitted as articles.

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Should You Use A Pen Name?

When you start submitting articles, you will need to decide on an author name.

You have two options:

1) Your real name.

You would use your real name if you have no other reason for changing it, or if you would like to become known as an expert in your niche.

Using your real name adds a level of authenticity that a pen name sometimes misses.

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The “Historical Figure” Article Template

Ever get bored with writing the same old types of articles over and over?

Yes, we want to provide educational helpful info to our readers with every article, but have you ever craved a different perspective, a jolt of creativity, a way to combine a love of history (or TV!) with your article writing?

I’d like to push you a little bit out of the box with this article template.

Use a historical figure, TV character, or any sort of popular icon as an example of the principles you’d like to teach.

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How To Write 100 Articles In A Year

100 articles is your marathon.

I got some great feedback from you guys on the post about aiming for 100 articles, and I’d like to offer a plan for making this grand achievement more doable.

I know that when a huge goal looms ahead of you it can be daunting (especially when you’re just starting out!), but anything is doable when you break it into steps.

Why Aim For 100 Articles?

Do you know where most people go wrong with article marketing?

A lack of CONSISTENCY.

That’s right–the most common reason why an article marketing campaign “fails” is not because of a lack of technical knowledge but rather for something as simple as not submitting enough articles on a regular basis.

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Write More In Less Time: Batch Process Your Articles

You can batch process articles (or donuts!)

Without realizing it, I have been ‘batch processing’ for years, a concept that I learned from David Allen (author of the book “Getting Things Done”).

I’ve been doing this with great success on my email–instead of checking it a gazillion times a day (or letting that “incoming mail” chime drag me away from what I’m trying to concentrate on every time a new message hits the inbox), I designated scheduled email checking times.

I check it in the morning and in the afternoon. Each time I check I deal with all the emails in there. I turned off the “incoming mail” notification thingy to eliminate distractions. I started batch processing emails–doing bunches at one sitting instead of one here and one there.

Email used to take over my life–it just took forever and I felt like as soon as I got the box cleared out more came pouring in. I’m sure you can relate!

But I’m telling you, when I started batch processing emails, everything changed.

What Is Batch Processing?

It’s sort of like putting a task on a conveyor belt–like in the photo above, instead of dipping donuts in the glaze one at a time, it’s much more efficient just to line them up and pour the glaze over a bunch of donuts all at once.

You can do it with email, and you can do it with articles too!

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