Title:
Article Writing
Word Count:
525
Summary:
Article writing to generate web site traffic is a great idea. One
important key that makes it work, though, is efficiency. Learn how to
triple your output.
Keywords:
article writing, articles, online articles
Article Body:
When I learned about article writing as a way to generate web site
traffic, I was intrigued. Unfortunately, it took me several hours to
write that first article for my backpacking web site, and another two
hours to submit it to several article directories. I still liked the
idea, but it seemed like a lot of work for the results. There had to be a
better way.
Today, I often write a new article in less than thirty minutes. Then I
submit it to fourteen article directories in about twenty minutes. This
means six times as much output in the same time, which means six times as
much traffic generated, which means six times as much money made for the
same effort. It seems very worthwhile now.
Article Writing Efficiency
First, I learned to write shorter articles. Attention spans online are
short, and you want to keep the reader reading to the end - where the
link to your site is. You also want the article to be used on other
sites, and many webmasters won't use long articles. These are two good
reasons to keep it short. Of course this means less time writing too.
I soon learned to identify the essential information quickly. In fact,
articles like "Free Web Site Traffic - Seven Ways," get right to the
point and are basically a list with a quick explanation of each item.
They are easy to write quickly, and popular with readers.
The next important lesson I learned, was to keep a list of article
directories on a file in the computer. I copy and paste an address into
the browser for quick access to any of the twenty directories on my list.
The addresses go straight to the submission page, or the login page.
Links in your "favorites" list would work well too.
The most tedious part of the article writing process is the article
submission forms. Some directories ask for descriptions, others don't.
Some allow HTML, and others don't. To make this part go quickly, keep
your articles organized in a Window's Notepad file or something similar.
Write the title, then a two or three sentence description, and then a
list of three to six keywords that the article might be found by. Then
write the article.
You may find it faster to have two versions prepared, one with HTML tags
for things like subtitles and italicizing. Have an author's resource box
(like the one at the bottom of this page) prepared in two versions too -
one with just the full URL of your web site, and the other with an active
HTML link.
Now you can go quickly to the directories on your list, and copy and
paste the proper elements in the proper parts of the form. If you have an
auto-fill function on a Google or other toolbar, you can also enter name
and e-mail address with a click.
Speed is the result, meaning more money for the time spent. To really
make it efficient, you have to have a system. You can start with mine.
Then look, and you'll find even more ways to systematize your article
writing.