What most people don't realize is that the
work is already done for them, they don't
need to come up with unique content from the
top of their heads, they just need to look
for what is already out there and improve on
it.
Every possible topic has been covered and
covered well by someone, but most of the time
these people don't even want to profit from
their work, they do it for the fun of it,
which is great for you.
While you can't steal these people's hard
work, (we wouldn’t want to anyway, we want to
profit from our work) you can use their ideas
and learn from their content to write your
own. Anyone can become an expert enough in a
subject to write a 750 word article on it in
minutes if you have the write content in
front of you.
I'm skipping ahead of myself here, but I'm
going to tell you where to find this content
now, then tell you how to come up with
article ideas afterwards.
When I come up with an article idea I go
directly to the source of the Internet's
content. Online bulletin boards, FAQ pages
and Article directories!
Every time I need to learn about something to
write about it or just for the heck of it, I
go to these places......
http://www.faq.org
http://www.goarticles.com
http://www.groups.google.com
Everything I could ever want to know about
nearly every subject known to man I can find
for free there, if you're willing to dig for
it.
All I then do is dissect all the information
out of the articles, re write them into my
words and add a snazzy article title.
So say you wanted to write an article or
articles on fly fishing to promote a fly
fishing e-book thru clickbank.com, here's
what I would do.
I would go to Groups.google.com and type in
fly fishing and see what questions people
were asking.
I would also go to Goarticles.com and type in
fly fishing and see what articles are already
written and how many people have viewed them
so you can tell which article topics are the
most popular.
Then when I wanted to start writing my
article I'd go to FAQ.org and look there for
fly fishing Frequently Asked Questions and
rewrite that content in my own words for my
own articles.
****DISCLAIMER*****
I don't mean steal other peoples content when
I say rewrite. I mean use the FAQ's are a
place to research a topic and then use that
research as a bases for your articles.
Your articles don't have to be masterpieces
that are 5000 words in length, in fact it
will help your sales if you keep them short
500 to 750 words and you give your readers
information they can instantly use and
implement.
The most important part to your article is
your article title, it will make or break
your article.
When people read articles they want
information that they can use straight away.
Say for you instance you're writing about how
to get your baby to sleep better at night,
then you'd want a title something like this.
"6 Easy Steps For A Better Nights Sleep For
You And Your Baby That You Can Implement
Tonight!"
Ok, that's not perfect but you get the idea.
I've found if you're targeting the Internet
Marketing niche you'll find your articles
will get a better response and you will make
more sales if you give people a plan they can
use to make money straight away from your
article.
For instance, let's say your promoting the
"Google Cash" e-book that shows people how to
make money with Google Adwords, you could
write articles on the following....
• How you made money following the formula
in the ebook.
• Give them a well thought out business
plan they can steal and use as their own.
Or even....
Tell them how you failed using the Google
Cash method but another method worked for
you.
People love a story, success story or even a
failure.
How to edit your article so it looks like
you're a professional writer.
The number 1 reason why most articles don't
get published (behind not following posting
guidelines, which I talk about next chapter)
is the article is full of spelling errors.
Just because I said you don't have to worry
so much about correct grammar in your
article, it doesn't mean you can slack off
and not proof read and spell check your work.
Even if you don't have a spell checker
program on your computer, there are plenty of
free web based ones.
http://www.spellcheck.net/
http://www.jspell.com/jspell.html
If you are having trouble with one or two
words, why not try http://www.dictionary.com
You will also want to make sure your article
flows properly and makes perfect sense. I
know sometimes I write one word but mean
another. Like put instead of but, etc....
You might want to print it out and read it
aloud a few times, or even get a few other
people to do the same.
This is also a good time to see if you've
covered everything you've wanted to cover and
your not leaving anything out the reader
might need to know. There is nothing worse
then an article that either doesn't make
sense, or leaves so much information out due
to the fear of giving too much away, that
it's practically blank and full of fluff no
one is interested in.
