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10 quirks of article writing
Much has been touted about the effectiveness of article writing in promoting your business. While everyone is praising its benefits, I will discuss a few quirks.
1. Too Much Trash - You can't even imagine how much replay material is being passed off as something the reader may find valuable. Some writers are quick to market their work with quantity before quality. It pays to be original when you like to write an article. Well, sometimes I have slack on this one.
2.It takes time: With the multitude of writers entering this field, it will likely take six months to a year for others to become familiar with you and your writing style. Once this is accomplished, you can wait for some fans.
3. High readership, low conversion: The resource box is key. Find out if you want to improve your conversions.
If you don't have a quality article, the chances of someone reading your resource box are low and their cursor won't hit the link on your website. When you get them to see your resource box, your message should highlight your benefits to get that valuable click.
4. Loss of valuable links: While article writing has been important in increasing my page rank, this has not always been the case as I thought. In doing a little research on some of my articles through search engines, I realized that not all webmasters provide a hot link in my resource box. If you don't, it will surely cost you some valuable backlinks.
5. You could be a victim- Of what? Copyism. I have seen articles where the writer "lifted" some paragraphs here and there, made a small edit and voila, a new article is born. I guess there is no way to escape this as it happens offline as well.
6.Lack of editing: it may take a few minutes to prepare the last article, but those few minutes can affect the quality of your work. Reading and editing proofs can sometimes be laborious without mentioning the submission process, especially if done by hand.
7. Woeful Spelings- Got it? Proper spelling is important as too many mistakes can affect your credibility. You could get away with one but definitely not four.
8. Grammar: it is in the same line as the spelling. If your grammar sounds like a toddler's, don't expect readers to be impressed. It is not necessary to have the writing skills of a poet, but with a little practice and research you can improve tremendously.
9. Sales copy: you know them well. Some authors write articles that belong to the classifieds. In their articles, they blatantly advertise their services in the hope that readers will visit their website. An article loaded with benefits will always produce the best results.
10. Too many links: Nothing bothers me more than getting an article published in my newsletter, but when I read it, it is full of garbage. These links can confuse the reader and also reduce the potential of your resource box.