Want To Improve Your Writing? Remember the Basics!

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There are some very basics ideas to writing articles that are extremely important but often get overlooked. I wanted to make a quick post outlining some of these important basic ideas.

1) Your articles need to be purposeful. You are writing to give information and to persuade (to click your link in the resource). Both are tasks are equally important.

a) If you provide no content and just focus on getting the sale, people will be able to tell what you are doing. If you provide all content and don't try to persuade, you will be stuck with someone that read your article but has no desire to click your link.

b) Identify your purpose and stay focused on that purpose.

2) Be concise. A high word count might look good to you, but if it takes you 600 words to say what could be said in 400, then you are going to lose the reader's interest by being too long-winded.

3) Look at it through the reader's eyes. You have to put yourself in the reader's shoes and have empathy.

These are just a few really basic ideas that will really help your Article Marketing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    Good points, thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Anna Thomas
    Hi Matthew,

    Those are wonderful points! I would add two more of my own:

    4) Be in a positive frame of mind towards the content. I find it much harder to write when I am not into what I am writing.

    5) Have someone else read over the content. If you don't have someone else to read it over, then take a couple of minutes away from your computer, and then read it out loud to yourself.

    Thanks for sharing!
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  • Profile picture of the author matthewd
    Great tips Anna!
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  • Profile picture of the author Anna Thomas
    You're so welcome Matthew!

    I'm constantly amazed at how great the people are here!
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  • Profile picture of the author Kym Robinson
    Well said guys and girls!
    It is easy to overlook the bottom line basics sometimes!

    Its good to be reminded of the important factors - even if you already knew them, its better when they are at the top of the mind - so thanks!
    Kym
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