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10 ARTICLE
WRITING QUIRKS by Nicholas Dixon
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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