How To Write A Great Article

Are you intimidated by the thought of writing articles? When you think about writing an article, do you have flashbacks to high school writing classes, and feel paralyzed by the thought of putting words onto paper? Don't fret. There are some easy general guidelines that apply to writing articles for your web site or to distribute in article directories, to other web masters, or to post to your blogs. Follow these guidelines and you'll be writing great articles before you know it!

Simply make your articles brief, informative, and user-friendly. Articles do not need to contain technical information, but rather be written to give the reader useful information in an easy to understand manner. You can write articles quickly and effectively using these guidelines:

Make your articles brief and direct. The most sought after web content gives factual information on specific topics. Usually a one-page article is just about the right length. If your articles are too long, the user may lose interest and move on to another web site. If your article is too short, you will not be able to include enough information to tell the reader what he or she needs to know. A simple, one page article containing three to five paragraphs is perfect for your web site or to submit to an article directory, include in your newsletter, or post to blogs.

When writing your articles, include the most relevant information on your topic with links to further information included in your resource box or on your web site. Cover the general information you wish to pass on to the reader and make it easy for readers to locate additional information on the topic. A web site containing many pages with brief, precise content is much better than a web site containing 3 pages with extremely long, complex articles. Keeping the interest of the reader is your top priority. The average web site visitor does not want to spend a lot of time finding the information they desire, but rather locate general information quickly with the option to explore more in-depth coverage easily.

Creating user-friendly content is imperative to keeping the interest of the reader and enticing them to explore the subject further. Begin your article with a description of what information your article will contain, continue with the information written in a short, direct style, and end with a summary of what the reader has learned from your article. If you have a well-designed web site, you will be able to lead the reader to further information through links placed to the side or at the end of your article. If your article is for advertising purposes such as in a newsletter or to submit to an article directory, a short resource box at the end of your article containing your name, a short bio, and a link to your web site will be the best approach. Do not distribute links throughout your article, as it can be confusing and distracting to the reader.

Remember to include all relevant and necessary information, but do not overwhelm the reader with intricate details. Focus on your specific subject and keep your articles brief. Choose your keywords carefully so that readers and search engines will easily identify the article as containing pertinent information. A one-page article containing precise information and links allowing the reader to easily find additional information is the key to writing a great article.

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Top 7 Reasons to Submit Your Articles to A New Article Directory Submission Website

Surfing around and doing searches under "submit your article" or free content to republish" you will find hundreds of sites that you can submit your articles These sites are willing to help you grow your web traffic.

You benefit by receiving incoming links to your website. They benefit, as their website grows with good content in a variety of different categories. It is a win-win situation.

Why would you want to take the time though, to submit your articles to a site that is just starting out or has very few articles posted yet. Here are several reasons:

1. If you have several to submit you can become a top publishing author at their site quickly.New sites, having limited numbers make it easy to climb to the top of the list fast.

2. New article database owners are going to be promoting heavily to get their sites growing. They are ambitious, full of enthusiasm and excitement to watch their numbers grow, you can benefit from this fresh promotion.

3. Google and other search engines are always looking for fresh, new content. The older sites, yes, get lots of traffic and have high page ranking. But the search engines like to find fresh new material and a link from another source will had one more inbound link in Google eyes to your sites hyperlink in your article.

4. You may be able to get the new article submission site owners to help you get several of your articles posted. (see resource box below) Ambitious article directory owners are willing to go beyond and above the call of duty to help make there content grow. At least the author of this article is, she is currently offering a totally insane offer.

5. If you submit regularly, they are likely to consider special joint venture promotions for you. They are most likely to want to reward frequent publishers and show gratitude to the authors that help their directories grow. This means, approaching you with joint venture ideas for e-books, conference calls and many other promotion ideas that may be planned in their promotional plans.

6. You may even be able to suggest a specific category andhave it created for your particular subject.As a new growing directory, they will be more willing and helpful to tailor their category choices to work with your specific article. This would be especially true, if you had already posted previous articles before approaching them with a category request.

7. Your article is more likely to be read, because of less competition from other articles.

While the article directory submission site is growing, granted yes, they may not get as much traffic as the big guys. But that means that the visitors that they do get, are more likely to see and READ your article. This means your article can find its way to ezines that want unique and fresh new content.

It is a well known fact with successful online internet marketersthat writing articles to promote traffic to your website is a very successful avenue to pursue. It is however, an ongoing and sometimes tedious task.

There are several pieces of software that automate the process, andthere are also places that will do this service for you, but there are pros and cons to these approaches. However that is the topic of another article.

The best way is to submit each article is to do it yourself. By hand submitting your articles, you have complete control over the submission process, choice of categories and the ability to modify and code your resource links to each specific submission.

So why consider doing this time consuming task to a brand new article directory? When you help others, they help you. It is sometimes called Karma, in spiritual communities, it is known as the law of attraction. What you put out comes back to you in ways you can't even imagine.
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Laurie Meade is a Writer, Online Researcher and a single WAHM. She has an Associate of Arts Degree, majored in journalism in college. 3 years experience writing and promoting online websites with article writing tactics. articles411.com lauriemeade.com