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10 ARTICLE
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Much has been touted about the
effectiveness of article writing in the promotion of their business. While
everyone raves about its benefits I’ll look into a few quirks.
1) Too much junk - You can’t even imagine the amount of rehash
material that is being passed off as something in which the reader can find
valuable. Some writers rush to put out their work putting quantity over
quality. It pays to be original when you are into article writing. Well, I have
slack up sometimes on this one.
2) Takes Time - Due to the
multitude of writers entering this field, it will probably take six months to a
year for others to become familiar with you and your writing style. Once this
is accomplished you can expect some fans.
3) High Readership, Low
Conversion - There has been times when I have published an article that got
good readership but fail to convert into respectable sales or subscribers. The
resource box is key I found out if you want to improve your conversions.
If you don’t have a quality article the chances of someone reading
your resource box is low and their cursor won’t make it to your website
link. When you do get them to view your resource box, your message has to
highlight its benefits to get that valued click thru.
4) Loss of
Valuable Links - While article writing has been important in boosting my
page rank, this has not always been the case as I thought. Doing some research
on some of my articles through the search engines, I realized that not every
webmaster provides a live link in my resource box. Failing to do so is sure to
cost some valuable back links.
5) You could be a victim - Of
what? Plagiarism (Copyism). I have seen articles where the writer
“lifted” a few paragraphs here and there, did a little editing and
presto a new article is born. I guess there is no escaping this as it also
happens offline.
6) Lack of Editing - It might take you just a
few minutes to whip up that latest article but those few minutes might affect
the quality of your work. Proof reading and editing can sometimes be
painstaking not to mention the submission process especially if done by hand.
7) Woeful Spelings - Got that one? Proper spelling is important
as too many mistakes can affect your credibility. You might get away with one
but definitely not four.
8) Grammar - This is in the same vein
as spelling. If your grammar sounds like that of a toddler, then don’t
expect readers to be impressed. You don’t need to have the writing skills
of a poet, but with a little practice and research you can vastly improve.
9) Sales copy – You know these well. Some authors write
articles that belongs in the classifieds. In their articles they blatantly
advertise their services with the hope of readers visiting their website. A
benefit laden article will always produce the best results.
10) Too
much links - Nothing peeves me than to get an article to run in my
newsletter but when I read it through it is littered. These links can confuse
the reader and also reduces the potential of your resource box.
These
are a few quirks I found to be associated with the writing and promotion of
articles. And I did say ten items but I will just throw in an extra. What is
it? Go ahead and proceed with your article writing. While there are some
negatives it does work. Why would I be writing this one if it didn’t?
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