Yes, You CAN Write Articles!!

Writing articles is by far one of the most effective ways of promoting your business or website. Ezine publishers are always looking for good content for their ezines. You, as a writer provide that content and at the same time you build a reputation as an expert in your field. You also gain credibility for your business.

The first article is indeed the hardest. Once you get started they will come much easier. The first thing you want to do is get ideas for your article. If you have a marketing business, you might want to write about getting customers or effective marketing tactics. Once you start thinking you will get many ideas.

As each idea comes to you, write it down in your article notebook or put it on a floppy. After you have several ideas written down, decide which one you want to write about first. When you have made your choice, write a title down that captures that idea. Example: If you are writing about gardening, your title could be "Growing Plants, Not WEEDS!"

Once you get your title down, there are a couple of different ways to form your article.

1. Outline Method- In this method, you can write down all the main points you want to include in your article. Then all you have to do is elaborate on each point with some good information. If applicable, include some useful links to provide more resources.

2. Lecture Method-This is the method which works best for me. In this method, I just think about the title for a couple of minutes, and what information I want to include. I then just start talking as if I was telling somebody all about the subject. I just type out as I am talking and in a few minutes an article is born!!

You might even have your own way that works better for you.

Do not be afraid to give your articles a little personality and/or humor. Subscribe to some ezines and read the articles to get an idea of what people are writing. But do not try to copy somebody elses style. You want YOUR knowledge and personality to come through in your articles.

After you have finished your article, you should read it from start to finish. Sometimes just reading through your article will give you more ideas on what to write.

Once you finish your article and make any necessary changes, you will need to submit your article to as many sites and ezines as you can. Here is a list of sites to get you started.

http://www.allforwomen.com/network/articles.shtml
http://www.appp.isthebe.st/
http://www.certificate.net/wwio/ideas.shtml
http://www.connectionteam.com/art.html
http://www.dime-co.com/articlesub.htm
http://www.ezinearticles.com/
http://www.freezineweb.com/
http://www.HerAssistant.com
http://www.ideamarketers.com
http://www.mailbiz.com/mailbiz/magcat/
http://www.makingprofit.com/
http://www.marketing-seek.com/articles/submit.shtml
http://www.netterweb.com/articles/
http://www.pagecrafters.net/newsletter.html
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/archives/articles2.htm
http://www.smarteremarketing.com
http://www.the-best-list-site-in-the-world.com/lotsart.html
http://www.websitings.com/classads/submit_article.cfm

I wrote three articles before I came up with one I liked and since then I have written four more with no problems. Once you get past the doubt, you will do just fine.

(c)2000 by Terri Seymour

About the Author

Terri Seymour is the Publisher of Web Success Ezine, a free ezine designed to help people enhance their business success. To subscribe: web-success-subscribe@egroups.com You can find more information and resources at websuccesscentral.com

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