Step by Step Plan to writing an Article

There are many ways that different gurus will tell you is the best way to write an article.  I always try and and jot down ideas as I come up with an idea.

Here are some of the steps that I personally take.

Step #1:

Pick a keyword to write the article around (obvious but some people don’t think about it enough).

Step #2:

The opening paragraph – This can be broken down into 2 sub-steps.

• part 1 – The first one or two sentences should present a problem that is suggested by the keyword phrase you chose, preferably in the form of a question, and most preferably with the word “you” used in it at. For example, the keyword phrase:  “How to start making money online” and the problem: “There is so much information out there about how you can make money online, but for someone who is just a beginner all that information just creates an overload. So the problem is: how do you cut through all the noise and useless information, and start making money online?”

• part 2 – The second part of your opening paragraph should be a lead-in. That is, it should suck the reader into the article. Here are some proven templates you can use:

1. * “if…. Then…” – the “If… Then…” structure is a known structure among copywriters and it is used frequently. Why? Because it’s just powerful. It is a proven structure to draw the reader into reading the rest of the article. Example: “If you read this article to the end, you will know exactly what is the best type of online business for beginners.”
2. * A clear declaration of what you are going to cover in the article- Example: “In this article I’m going to discuss exactly how you can start your online business, and what are the best options that are available to you.”
3. * “By the time you will finish reading this article, you will know how to…”. This is another powerful way to draw them into the article. Example: “By the time you finish reading this article, you will have a better understanding about starting an online business than 95% of other people out there starting out on the internet.”

Step #3:

The main paragraphs – your main paragraphs should give your reader 2-3 useful tips.

All you need to do is find 2-3 tips you can give away to your reader and make a paragraph out of each one. Where do you find those tips? EzineArticles and Google. Really. You don’t need to go further than that. If you are just starting out, I suggest that you just use my favorite search term in EzineArticles: “[subject name] tips” and pick 2 tips that seem valuable to you from the articles that you find.

Rewrite each one of those tips (preferably taken from different articles) and shorten them if necessary. That’s it. You have the content for your article and your article is now ready to be rapped up.

If you want a fresh source of content you may wish to consider signing up to RSS feeds of different blogs. You can sign up to the RSS feeds of internet marketing blogs that you like and get the new content of those blogs delivered straight to your google or yahoo reader.

Step #4:

Closing paragraph – You don’t need a closing paragraph. I found that a closing paragraph just DECREASES your CTR. It basically says to your reader: “The article is over. You can go away now.” Theoretically, EzineArticles doesn’t allow you to post an article to it without a closing paragraph, and that’s why many “gurus” will teach you how to write one the right way. The truth is that I NEVER include a closing paragraph in my articles and I never had an article rejected by EzineArticles on the grounds of it not having a closing paragraph.

Step #5:

Writing the title – Give some thought to your title. It’s VERY important. You need an attractive headline for 3 reasons:

1. Your article will attract more clicks on its listing in the search engines.
2. EzineArticles has its own traffic that comes from the “recently submitted” list, and the more attractive your article title is, the more people will click on it.
3. You will have more of your reader’s attention from the moment he starts reading your article, making it easier for you to get him to read down to your resource box.

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How do you write an attractive headline?

Include a benefit

Every title you write should at least imply a benefit the reader will get from reading your article.

“How to” headlines work like a charm

This is one of the most used headline templates in copywriting, and it works great for articles as well.  Example: “How do you write an attractive headline?” (like what this is called), “How to make money online without a website”, “How to grow your own potatoes”, “How to pat a dog without it biting you.

Add a question mark at the end of the title (even if it doesn’t make too much sense)

Questions beg to be answered. And the only way to answer them, is to read your article. People are simply more attracted to questions than they are to statements. Questions consistently get a high CTR.

Use the word “you”

Again, the word “you” (or “your”) is a strong word that sucks the reader in and gets him involvled.

Shock headlines

Writing a headline that goes for the shock factor by using outrageous words. Example: “Is [product name] just a scam?” or “Is [service provider] just trying to rip you off?” or “This mistake will destroy your list building efforts”

Going against the grain/Controversy

When you make a statement that’s completely opposes common wisdom you immediately grab someone’s curiosity and attention. Examples: “Why the money ISN’T in the list” or “Do saturated fats make you thinner?”

What About Ranking in the Search engines?

On-page optimization

Include the keyword phrase at least once in the title. It will help you rank higher in the search engines. Try to keep the keyword density of your article (the amount of times that the keyword phrase you are trying to rank for appears in your article) as close to 2% as possible (2% is the highest EzineArticles allows)

Off-page optimization

Get backlinks pointing to your article with the right anchor text. The anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink. All links give your page authority and help it rank in the search engines (except spammy links of course), but to rank high you also need links with anchor text that matches the keyword you want to rank for. For example: If you have a backlink pointing to your article with the anchor text: “how to make money online” it will help you rank for “how to make money online”. It will also help you rank for “make money online” and “how to make money” and other similar keywords that are close to that.

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How to Write an Article That Gets the Click

What to Focus on When Writing an Article?

Speed

The more articles you put out there, the more traffic you will generate and this is the simple way to write an article that gets a click.

Your article does need to provide value (and I’m going to show you how you can deliver that value without putting in too much time) but you need to focus on speed more than quality.

I know this might seem a little strange, but the difference is that with this article marketing system we are looking at value from a quantitative point of view, instead of a qualitative one.

You are not building a “personal brand” here like you are doing with forum marketing. You are just trying to funnel traffic through your affiliate link, after slightly preselling them with your article that contains a couple of helpful tips.

Why? You can write 3 mediocre/good articles in the same time it would take you to write one great one, and the extra results that you get from that one great article will be unnoticeable compared to one of the mediocre articles. The quality of your article isn’t going to change the amount of traffic that search term gets on google, and it isn’t going to change the CTR of your article too much (what I’m about to share with is going to affect your CTR MUCH more than the quality of the content of your article). You should focus on writing more, not on writing better (at least with this specific system).

Don’t get stuck on specific phrasing of a sentence, or the best order to present the information. Just focus on cranking out articles fast. Remember this: The quality of a single article is insignificant in the grander scheme of things. Having more articles out there attracting traffic from the search engines is significant.

If you find yourself thinking for more than 5 seconds about a specific sentence or paragraph, then just stop thinking and start writing something (anything) and move forward with the article.

This will take practice, but it’s worth it. The more content you can generate and put out there, the more traffic you will generate, and the more money you will make .

Effectiveness (high click-through rate)

Obviously you want to make the most out of the traffic that gets to your article. To do that, you need a high click-through rate (CTR). The higher your CTR is, the more visitors you will ultimately get to your affiliate offer. How do you do that?

Well, the most important thing is to keep the reader engaged in your article from the start to the finish. And how do you do THAT? Simple. You just follow these guidelines:

7 CTR Increasing Article Writing Guidelines

1. Write in short and active sentences – You don’t want to bore your reader with long sentences. Keep your sentences short. Active sentences also work better than passive sentences to keep the reader’s attention and interest. Example: Instead of “The ball was dropped by the player” write “The player dropped the ball”. See how the latter sentence is also shorter?
2. Use the word “You” a lot – “You” is one of the strongest words in any language. People are always tuned to their favorite station: W.I.I.F.M. (What’s In It For Me) and as you talk about them and get them involved, you draw them to keep on reading your article to the finish.
3. Write as you would speak – This tip is pretty straight forward – just write as you would talk. Imagine that you were talking to a friend and put them words that you would say in a conversation on paper.
4. Write command sentences that refer to the reader – this kind’a ties in with using “you” a lot. Again, it’s all about keeping the reader personally involved in the article until the end
5. Keep the article 250-350 words long – 250 words is the minimum amount of words EzineArticles allows you to have in an article, so that’s obviously the minimum. I would advise you to try to keep your articles closer the 250 word range, and never above the 350 word limit (I found that CTR falls down dramatically beyond that point). You want your reader to have the least amount of reading to do before he gets to the resource box.
6. Ask questions – Again, we are trying to get the reader involved, and asking the reader a question is a perfect way to do that. When we see a question, we automatically want an answer to it. If you ask a question, your reader will keep reading in expectation to find the answer. Alternatively, you can present a problem in your question (the reader’s problem). That would get him even more involved. For example: If the search phrase that you are targeting is “best type of home based internet business” An excellent way to start your article is with the question: “Do you want to start your own home based internet business but you aren’t sure what’s the best business model to start with?”
7. Break the article into small paragraphs – Each paragraph should be 3-5 sentences long. That makes it easier to read. It’s also important to write this way because the layout of the article will look less intimidating to the reader when he first sees it. If the reader lands on your article and sees big chunks of written text, he just won’t feel like reading it.

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Here I will take a peek at why SEOPressor can realize that. It’s a fact that this is one SEO tool that works in a very different way from other related products.

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Let us address these differences one after the other.

The Analysis

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The Suggestions

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The Newness Factor

This is certainly one thing to contemplate. The package is quite fresh, and even Wordpress is continuously hanging, which makes it definitely a good thing to be new. For instance, SEOPressor is already compatible with the new Wordpress 3.0, something that most other Wordpress SEO tools on the net are still trying to get their head around.

The Convenience

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The Secret Algorithm

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SEOPressor has been created and developed by Daniel Tan, who is one of the greatest search engine optimization gurus in the world today. He has developed very successful programs in the past such as the Backlinks Syndication System, the Rank Mover, the Ultimate RSS Joiner and the Press Release Cash Cow. All of these have been extremely talked about in the online world, which is the same thing that is happening with SEOPressor currently.

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