How To Write Articles For Blogs Or Websites

It’s entirely possible to make extra income online via blogging or article writing, in fact, it is even possible to earn a living if you do it properly. However, it is very difficult to make significant money by operating just the one website, especially in the first few months even years of starting up, but build up a portfolio of websites and it becomes easier to earn decent money from advertising, paid content, link sales and other sources. So if you fancy earning some spare cash, if you find it easy to write, and if you like writing, there is no better way to earn a little bit of spending money than running a few websites.

Article writing/blogging is also essential for SEO. In essence, getting content out there makes it more likely potential customers or website users will find your article and therefore your website. Check out Beginners Guide to SEO for more information. However, the problem with operating multiple websites is coming up with quality content for each of them at a fast enough rate to keep your website visitors interested and benefit your SEO campaign.

In this article I will give you some tips for generating and creating content for your websites.

Writing Interesting Articles and Posts

1. Concentrate on one website at a time
   Concentrate on just one blog each day rather than trying to switch from one topic to another which can be difficult. For example, choose one blog each day and during the course of the day you can explore different aspects of the subject and hopefully come up with ideas for a number of good posts ready to write.
2. Create draft posts for your ideas
   I like to create draft posts for all my ideas in my CMS, some of which I may use, others I may decide against. Create a temporary title and note a few words about your idea in your CMS, also reference any URLs to go back and visit later for useful content. Do this for all your blogs so you always have a string of new article topics drafted in your CMS ready for exploration and expansion into a new article.
3. Find a topic for your article
   Decide what general subject you want to write about.  Think about topics that will be useful to, or interesting for your audience. Once you have a basic area to explore, begin to narrow the subject down and focus in on a more specific subject as this makes it easier to target keywords for your SEO strategy.
4. Research your topic
   What specific questions are people asking, or what specific problems are they experiencing that you can help with? Type some searches into Google for your topic and see what comes up. How do people need help, can you write a better article than is already out there and offer even more advice? The easiest way to create an article that people find valuable is to actually answer questions that real people are asking.
5. Identify the keywords for the topic
   Think about how people will find you article. What will they type into a search engine? You will want to use these keywords and phrases in your article. Read SEO for Beginners for more about keywords and keyword phrases.
6. Identify a title for the article
   Create an effective article title that will get a reader’s interest and entice them to read your article. You only have 5 to 7 seconds to catch the interest of your reader. Your title should state a problem and then give incentive to the viewer to read the rest of the article to find the solution. Ideally, the article title should include the keyword phrase of the highest importance to you.
7. Begin writing your article content
   Now that you have the topic, title, and content ideas, you can begin writing. If you have identified a good topic and done your research properly, there should be plenty to write and plenty of information out there to help you.
8. Write the introduction
   Remember, a basic article starts out with telling the reader what you are going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them what you just told them. After you have written the article, it should be easy to tell them what you just wrote about. Introduction, Content, Summary. In that order.
9. Write the conclusion
   This should be easy because you are re-capping what you just wrote about. You could bullet point, leave a teaser, add a call to action, or reference a further article for reading. Make the reader want to read more of your website.
10. Proof read your article
    Once you have written it, look it over for grammar, spelling, flow, and if it speaks to the level of your audience. This is probably as time consuming as the previous stages all together. You want to make sure your article is ready for viewing.
11. Re-read your article and proofread again
    I suggest not publishing an article for at least a day. You’ll be amazed at the way your article reads to you when you look at your article again after some time off. Make the appropriate changes and then you are ready to finish it.
12. Schedule your articles for publication
    If you are on a particularly creative day and manage to write a number of posts, don’t publish them all at once. Save them ready to be published on a less creative day. Make sure you have a constant stream of regular updates rather than being sporadic. This is where scheduling posts comes in useful. Most Content Management Systems allow you to schedule a post by changing the post date and time so that it will just appear on the day and time you want it to. Using this method, you could write a months worth of posts, changing the posts dates so that they will come out naturally over the course of the next thirty days.
13. Let the world know about your article! Remember to redo your site map and resubmit it to get it indexed more quickly.

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