Get Your Writing Juices Flowing!
Being an online marketer involves at some point or the other during our careers we will have to write, unless you are able to outsource everything.
Despite all the changes our industry has gone through, content still plays a vital role, the better the content the better our online prospects are.
Even though for a few people writing comes naturally and they are able to write pages upon pages in one sitting, there are still others to whom writing seems like the most daunting task. This is very a simple thread to help those who freak out at the very thought of writing.
Hopefully some of these pointers will allow you to approach the prospect with a little more confidence and enjoyment:
1. Stimulate your brain: Without a question of a doubt if you don't like writing, no matter how much you just push yourself its not going to make you enjoy it. Unless you stimulate your brain first. I like to do something I love before I write, possibly have a workout, get energized and then get to work. Really allows me to go on a writing spree.
2. Make notes with your hand: I know that it becomes foreign for most of us to write with hand after spending so many hours on our computers, but using a pen can really help get ideas out for some reason. I'm still not sure why
You don't have to write all your content, just the main points.
3. Surround with yourself with inspiration: I love the fact that I get to work in a quiet environment and have a nice space just to myself where no one intrudes. Sort of my own sanctuary of solitude. Of course you don't need to have your own office. But you can fill your space with things that inspire you like motivational pictures, pictures of people who inspire you like role models, family, heroes. etc.
4. Take breaks. Don't overwork yourself: It's important to make sure that you don't overwork yourself and get burnt out (unless you have a deadline to meet, then it's a different case). Make sure you you give yourself a break every 30 or 45 minutes or so.
5. Music helps: Most of the creative writers that I know listen to music while writing. In fact I think all of them do, music again stimulates the mind allowing the creative juices to flow.
These things will not only make it easier to write but allow you to enjoy writing increasing overall productivity while writing excellent content! You don't have to do everything like written, you can improvise according to what inspires you.
Despite all the changes our industry has gone through, content still plays a vital role, the better the content the better our online prospects are.
Even though for a few people writing comes naturally and they are able to write pages upon pages in one sitting, there are still others to whom writing seems like the most daunting task. This is very a simple thread to help those who freak out at the very thought of writing.
Hopefully some of these pointers will allow you to approach the prospect with a little more confidence and enjoyment:
1. Stimulate your brain: Without a question of a doubt if you don't like writing, no matter how much you just push yourself its not going to make you enjoy it. Unless you stimulate your brain first. I like to do something I love before I write, possibly have a workout, get energized and then get to work. Really allows me to go on a writing spree.
2. Make notes with your hand: I know that it becomes foreign for most of us to write with hand after spending so many hours on our computers, but using a pen can really help get ideas out for some reason. I'm still not sure why
You don't have to write all your content, just the main points.
3. Surround with yourself with inspiration: I love the fact that I get to work in a quiet environment and have a nice space just to myself where no one intrudes. Sort of my own sanctuary of solitude. Of course you don't need to have your own office. But you can fill your space with things that inspire you like motivational pictures, pictures of people who inspire you like role models, family, heroes. etc.
4. Take breaks. Don't overwork yourself: It's important to make sure that you don't overwork yourself and get burnt out (unless you have a deadline to meet, then it's a different case). Make sure you you give yourself a break every 30 or 45 minutes or so.
5. Music helps: Most of the creative writers that I know listen to music while writing. In fact I think all of them do, music again stimulates the mind allowing the creative juices to flow.
These things will not only make it easier to write but allow you to enjoy writing increasing overall productivity while writing excellent content! You don't have to do everything like written, you can improvise according to what inspires you.