Lazy Man Way To Produce Article FAST!!

[ebizman87]

I'd like to share with fellow friends here an easy way to
produce short,simple and effective article FAST!!
This post will be pretty useful for those friends who think that "writing article is tough" or " article marketing is not worthy"..

As I'm very very lazy to write lengthy articles of more than 400 or 500 words,
I found out that most top article directories with high PR accept articles of
at least 250-300 words.So in order to minimize my work and effort,I'll write and submit articles of at least 250-300 words .It'll get accepted and it works like charm.

Here's my simple article template that I've been using successfully!!

Before you start writing you've to think of :

Only 1 tip for readers
Only 1 benefit that your tip will give to readers
Only 1 case study/example/experience to relate with you tip

Now you're ready to write your article..

Title: Title + Keywords

Intro: 50 words + Keywords = State a problem and tell you readers what you gona reveal
in this article

ex: Driving traffic is tough....So I'm going to give you a powerful tactic to drive traffic.

Paragraph 1: 100 words + Keywords = Your tip or any specific technique and reason why
it's effective.

ex: Article is a good way to drive traffic...because you can expose your expertise..

Paragraph 2: 100 words = Case study or Examples or Own Experiences Using The Method

Ex: Recently I tried this technique and I got 700 visitors..

Conclusion: 50 words +Keywords = Tell your readers what'll they gain after using this technique

ex: The technique that I mentioned above is good enough to help you drive traffic..(drag the conclusion till it reach at least 50 words)

That's it.Don't make things complicated.
It'll take 15 minutes for me to produce 1 article of (250 words minimum).And I basically write 5 articles a day.

So Who am I to advice you?

I'm not an expert article WRITER like Steven Wagenheim or FABIAN TAN.
I'm just an ordinary guy (perhaps some of you don't know me)who believe that by writing articles I can drive traffic to my website.
I got a technique and I believe that it'll work for me.

-Case closed

How about you?

Stuck with article marketing?Don't know how to write articles?

Write Only 5 articles A day!!....

and you'll have 35 articles a week or 140 articles a month or 1680 articles a year.That's 1680 backlinks to pump in massive traffic to your website

Now start writing!!

P/S: Just because this technique is simple don't misuse it to write crap or fluff. Produce useful tips for your readers and build reputation.

PP/S: Make sure that you do keyword research before writing articles

PPP/S: Get started here.

EzineArticles Submission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles For Massive Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints

Article Search Engine Directory: GoArticles.com

Free Articles Directory | Submit Articles - ArticlesBase.com

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[Bruce NewMedia]

Thanks....thats a pretty good synopsis of how to write a short, seo driven article.

I would just add that it can also help to regularly review the format on articles on EZA that seem to get the most views. Following that proven format can help also.
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Bruce

[ebizman87]

Originally Posted by brucerby

I would just add that it can also help to regularly review the format on articles on EZA that seem to get the most views. Following that proven format can help also.
_____
Bruce

Good tip here.I've never thought of this before.But as far as I'm concerned most of the top viewed articles have fewer word counts if I'm not mistaken. Another friend of mine in a different forum suggested that the shorter the article the more will the viewers like!!

[MJ Schaefer]

That's a good post from the OP.

There is an art to article marketing. And it is quite possible to create powerful articles in quick time.

The one thing I would add to the OP's post is the importance of research.

You only have to do research once per subject. Get it right, and you can create plenty of hot articles in very quick time...

[Debbie Allen]

I like the way you concisely explained the basics of writing articles. Good job. I feel that many people perceive article writing as being a daunting task - perhaps they perhaps worry that their writing should be at a higher level than what is the norm for simple online articles.

Good article writing is a skill - but it is one of those things that improves over time - the more you write the better you become at putting together reader-friendly articles, and those are the ones that will get read. I always encourage ample research before beginning an article on something you are less than familiar with. As mentioned, if you thoroughly research a topic one time you can write countless articles with that same information - and those articles should be used in various ways and then re-purposed in order to get the biggest benefits from them. Use them as web content, blog content, ecourses, free give away to entice sign ups, etc., and compile them into reports or ebooks. They can also be turned into an audio format or used to create video content.

That's what I appreciate about writing - it is a skill that offers numerous possibilities when it comes to IM - from promotion to product creation, it is definitely a worthwhile task!

[Leah]

I really like Ebizman87's idea about limiting the amount of articles you write per day especially if you find article writing to be a challenge. For myself, I work better when only writing 3-5 articles per day. My brain just shuts down for writing and is useless after 5 articles.

Another tip that I've found useful is to go to the local library and get books out on the subject. You don't have to read the entire book, just look for sections that you find interesting. For some reason getting away from the computer and Internet makes me more creative and it's easier to write articles after seeing the information in a "fresh" light. Sometimes I even take my laptop to the library and write the articles as I'm sitting there.

[Debbie Allen]

@ Leah,

I agree - I often use books for research - but my preference (other than online sources) is magazines. The topics are current and you can get an idea for titles and presentation styles that are already 'proven' to be winners.

[ebizman87]

Originally Posted by Leah

Another tip that I've found useful is to go to the local library and get books out on the subject.

That's a good way to learn more about a subject.However as I told you, I'm too lazy to go to the nearest library and do my homework.I'll just do a simple google research,read some facts at wikipedia and scan some of the top viewed articles that's related to my topic.

That's it.Only 5-10 minutes of work per day and you're done.

Why must you spend time and waste energy going to the library when you can get the latest information online?

Anyhow I'll do what works best for me and you're doing the same.
Thanks for sharing

[PhilG]

Another good way to quickly write articles is to use the "feel, felt, found" method.

First pick a problem that your product/book/cd will solve. Then tell the reader that you know how they "feel" then explain the situation and tell them that you "felt" the same at times, then describe the solution that you "found".

It can be used very well when added to the above ideas.

I hope this helps.
Phil G

This is going to help me immensely!

Thanks for the great tips!

Live the Dream!
Tim

[tvanslooten]

Great article writing tip! I'm going to be sending this to my VA. This should help her out tremendously.

Thanks!

Travis

[Matt Jutras]

Awesome.

Before submitting your articles, I suggest running the text through this free tool:

The Readability Test Tool

Read-able simply gives your text a score based on how complicated your writing is.

Always try to shoot for a 7th grade reading level.

I'm aware that MSWord has this feature, but Read-able gives you a more in depth report you can use to "tweak" your pieces.

[Zeus66]

Very nice tips for writing fast articles. I'll add these 2 pieces to the puzzle...

1. Leave your readers hungry for the really good stuff behind the curtain (after clicking your link). This takes some practice, but if you really want to jack up your click-thru rate and drive a lot more traffic, it's a big key. You want to deliver the goods, but end each article with an enticing call to action for the really juicy stuff on your site.

If the article's about dog training, for example, give out some solid advice, then end the article with something like: "Try the tips I've just spelled out. I think you'll find they work as well for you as they do for me. Now, if you really want a dog that will obey you every single time, check out the amazingly effective dog training tips (link here) found here."

You get the idea. People who have stuck with your article to the very end have come to see you as at least a bit of an authority, so strike while that iron is hot by telling them to visit your site and also telling them that the really good stuff is found there.

2. Backlinks. You gotta get 'em. For every article you write, take that same keyword and try to get at least 10 good backlinks pointing to your article. Should take almost no time at all. The difference between barely on Page 1 at Google and in the top 3 at Google is huge. Sometimes (if you've picked good keywords) all it takes is a handful of backlinks to rise that high. It can be "make or break" for your success.

John

[Brad Spencer]

Here's another way to get more mileage out of the article.

Get a free trial of Camtasia, turn your article into a powerpoint presentation, Camtasia has a powerpoint plugin, and then submit your video to Tubemogul.com and blast it across all the major video sites.

Now you have 20x as many links as you would've otherwise had...

Cheers,

Brad

Originally Posted by ebizman87

I'd like to share with fellow friends here an easy way to
produce short,simple and effective article FAST!!
This post will be pretty useful for those friends who think that "writing article is tough" or " article marketing is not worthy"..

As I'm very very lazy to write lengthy articles of more than 400 or 500 words,
I found out that most top article directories with high PR accept articles of
at least 250-300 words.So in order to minimize my work and effort,I'll write and submit articles of at least 250-300 words .It'll get accepted and it works like charm.

Here's my simple article template that I've been using successfully!!

Before you start writing you've to think of :

Only 1 tip for readers
Only 1 benefit that your tip will give to readers
Only 1 case study/example/experience to relate with you tip

Now you're ready to write your article..

Title: Title + Keywords

Intro: 50 words + Keywords = State a problem and tell you readers what you gona reveal
in this article

ex: Driving traffic is tough....So I'm going to give you a powerful tactic to drive traffic.

Paragraph 1: 100 words + Keywords = Your tip or any specific technique and reason why
it's effective.

ex: Article is a good way to drive traffic...because you can expose your expertise..

Paragraph 2: 100 words = Case study or Examples or Own Experiences Using The Method

Ex: Recently I tried this technique and I got 700 visitors..

Conclusion: 50 words +Keywords = Tell your readers what'll they gain after using this technique

ex: The technique that I mentioned above is good enough to help you drive traffic..(drag the conclusion till it reach at least 50 words)

That's it.Don't make things complicated.
It'll take 15 minutes for me to produce 1 article of (250 words minimum).And I basically write 5 articles a day.

So Who am I to advice you?

I'm not an expert article WRITER like Steven Wagenheim or FABIAN TAN.
I'm just an ordinary guy (perhaps some of you don't know me)who believe that by writing articles I can drive traffic to my website.
I got a technique and I believe that it'll work for me.

-Case closed

How about you?

Stuck with article marketing?Don't know how to write articles?

Write Only 5 articles A day!!....

and you'll have 35 articles a week or 140 articles a month or 1680 articles a year.That's 1680 backlinks to pump in massive traffic to your website

Now start writing!!

P/S: Just because this technique is simple don't misuse it to write crap or fluff. Produce useful tips for your readers and build reputation.

PP/S: Make sure that you do keyword research before writing articles

PPP/S: Get started here.

EzineArticles Submission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles For Massive Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints

Article Search Engine Directory: GoArticles.com

Free Articles Directory | Submit Articles - ArticlesBase.com

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[Zeus66]

How long does it take the backlinks to start working in your opinion?

It depends on how often the page the link is on gets spidered by the search engines. This is why getting links on higher PR sites is so important. This is one of the big reasons why article marketing works so well in the first place, because take a site like EzineArticles... their homepage has a PR of 6. When you submit an article there and it gets approved, it gets a link on that homepage for a day or so, which surely gets spidered by the search engines multiple times per day. I've written articles about obscure keywords with virtually no competition and had them show up where I can easily find them in Google SERPs within one day.

So that's one issue here. The other about how long it takes for links on other sites to start working, I guess no one can say with authority who doesn't have inside info at the major engines. But I think a link starts having some positive effect virtually from the moment the spiders find it and follow it. I've seen articles vault from like #100 to the top 10 within a week or two from just a handful (less than 10) properly formatted backlinks. And most of them have stayed there (or even risen) long after the so-called "QDF" effect would have worn off.

So much of this is utterly dependent on picking the right keywords, though. I cannot stress enough how crucial it is for any article marketer who wants immediate results to learn how to do proper keyword research BEFORE he/she starts churning out and submitting articles all over the place. It is the one skill that separates success from failure for most article marketing newbies.

John

[ken_p]

thank you for sharing this. somehow it had shed some light on article writing, because for a while, i've always thought that it takes an expert writer to be able to start one article.

[JonathanBoettcher]

Great tips Ebizman87!

If you're trying to write fast, I'd recommend using a timer. I like to use 10 minutes. Pick your three points as the OP mentioned and use that as a framework. You don't need very many words on each point before you've got a 250-300 word article. You can even re-use the point itself as a subtitle, thus breaking up the text blocks, making the article a bit more pleasing to the eye (no one likes huge blocks of text without breaks) and readable.

For research - go to Amazon and type in your keywords, see what comes up on the best seller list, or on the related items list. Most times you can browse the table of contents for the books right on the spot. This is a great source of new topic ideas.

Oh - another tip if you're aiming for speed - DON"T GET STUCK ON EDITING!! This is a huge time waster. Train yourself to write decently well the first time, and then live with the result. If you're always going back and editing you'll add 50-100% of the time you spent writing the article.

[Brad Spencer]

Originally Posted by JonathanBoettcher

Great tips Ebizman87!

If you're trying to write fast, I'd recommend using a timer. I like to use 10 minutes. Pick your three points as the OP mentioned and use that as a framework. You don't need very many words on each point before you've got a 250-300 word article. You can even re-use the point itself as a subtitle, thus breaking up the text blocks, making the article a bit more pleasing to the eye (no one likes huge blocks of text without breaks) and readable.

For research - go to Amazon and type in your keywords, see what comes up on the best seller list, or on the related items list. Most times you can browse the table of contents for the books right on the spot. This is a great source of new topic ideas.

Oh - another tip if you're aiming for speed - DON"T GET STUCK ON EDITING!! This is a huge time waster. Train yourself to write decently well the first time, and then live with the result. If you're always going back and editing you'll add 50-100% of the time you spent writing the article.

Your tips totally rock dude...

Try using Barnes and Noble newstand to see what's getting published as well. This is free market research b/c magazines only publish what people want.

Editing is important but if you work off a template it saves a lot of time. I like paying attention to "7 Tips" articles then breaking each topic into another article. Saves time editing as well. Spell check and a quick read out loud is usually all the editing I need at this point.

Cheers,

Brad Spencer

[JonathanBoettcher]

Originally Posted by Brad Spencer

...Spell check and a quick read out loud is usually all the editing I need at this point.

Exactly... while it's maybe not 100%, nobody is really going to care. We're not writing Shakespearean prose here!

That read out loud tip is golden - I used to use that in university. It's amazing the things you find just doing that. Your ear relates to your brain differently than your eyes, so it is almost like getting an editor to take a quick look at it.

[ebizman87]

Originally Posted by Matt Jutras

Awesome.

Before submitting your articles, I suggest running the text through this free tool:

The Readability Test Tool

Read-able simply gives your text a score based on how complicated your writing is.

Always try to shoot for a 7th grade reading level.

I'm aware that MSWord has this feature, but Read-able gives you a more in depth report you can use to "tweak" your pieces.

I've never heard of this tool before. Thanks for the info. Just bookmarked it. I just tried it and one of my article has a 9th grade reading level.

[ebizman87]

Originally Posted by JonathanBoettcher

Great tips Ebizman87!

If you're trying to write fast, I'd recommend using a timer. I like to use 10 minutes.
.

Yes. I'm using timer to write my articles. 15 minutes for a minimum 250 words article. It means that I can produce roughly 4 articles an hour. If I worked for 5 hours a day, then I'll have 20 articles a day. WOW!! But that's not gona happen as It'll blow my head to think of ideas and topics for the articles.LOL!!

[ebizman87]

Originally Posted by Zeus66

It depends on how often the page the link is on gets spidered by the search engines. This is why getting links on higher PR sites is so important. This is one of the big reasons why article marketing works so well in the first place, because take a site like EzineArticles... their homepage has a PR of 6. When you submit an article there and it gets approved, it gets a link on that homepage for a day or so, which surely gets spidered by the search engines multiple times per day. I've written articles about obscure keywords with virtually no competition and had them show up where I can easily find them in Google SERPs within one day.

So that's one issue here. The other about how long it takes for links on other sites to start working, I guess no one can say with authority who doesn't have inside info at the major engines. But I think a link starts having some positive effect virtually from the moment the spiders find it and follow it. I've seen articles vault from like #100 to the top 10 within a week or two from just a handful (less than 10) properly formatted backlinks. And most of them have stayed there (or even risen) long after the so-called "QDF" effect would have worn off.

So much of this is utterly dependent on picking the right keywords, though. I cannot stress enough how crucial it is for any article marketer who wants immediate results to learn how to do proper keyword research BEFORE he/she starts churning out and submitting articles all over the place. It is the one skill that separates success from failure for most article marketing newbies.

John

Hey there JOhn..
I've to say that the FREE videos that you have as your SIG rocks man. Suitable for newbies and marketers who are struggling to get SE traffic.By the way,I just downloaded the videos!!

[Brad Spencer]

Never heard of this and I'm now totally addicted

I'm testing all my articles to make sure they are easy along with all my sales pages.

Cheers and thanks for the great resource!

Brad Spencer

Originally Posted by Matt Jutras

Awesome.

Before submitting your articles, I suggest running the text through this free tool:

The Readability Test Tool

Read-able simply gives your text a score based on how complicated your writing is.

Always try to shoot for a 7th grade reading level.

I'm aware that MSWord has this feature, but Read-able gives you a more in depth report you can use to "tweak" your pieces.

[Fairlinks]

English is just my second language and I struggle to write articles and add content to my site pages. For some time, I relied on PLRs, but found it took more time for rewriting them to look unique. I think the tactics mentioned here is worth an attempt.. Thanks for the tip.

[HeySal]

ebizman87 - saw the title of this thread and was ready to come in and read you a riot act........but you actually gave some good advice here.

I'm a bit reserved on the keyword issue though.....sure they need to be there but it's real easy to over-do keyword stuffing and ruin the article. You have to remember your reader.....if it isn't interesting, they are going to click off and if you are stuffing keywords you can easily destroy the interest factor. I prefer natural writing.

[ebizman87]

Originally Posted by Fairlinks

English is just my second language and I struggle to write articles and add content to my site pages. For some time, I relied on PLRs, but found it took more time for rewriting them to look unique. I think the tactics mentioned here is worth an attempt.. Thanks for the tip.

Hope it helps.For your information English is NOT my 2nd but 3rd language.I speak my mother tongue first, national language second and English is 3rd.I couldn't write proper articles or sentences in English few years ago.That was my biggest problem until I found this technique.I had a problem and found a solution for it.Hope it helps everyone else!!

[ebizman87]

Originally Posted by HeySal

ebizman87 - saw the title of this thread and was ready to come in and read you a riot act........but you actually gave some good advice here.

I'm a bit reserved on the keyword issue though.....sure they need to be there but it's real easy to over-do keyword stuffing and ruin the article. You have to remember your reader.....if it isn't interesting, they are going to click off and if you are stuffing keywords you can easily destroy the interest factor. I prefer natural writing.

Yes you're right.Too much keywords might ruin the flow of the article but if you're targeting many different keyword phrases and nicely insert it in the articles, you won't have any problem!!

[MavisAA]

Nice strategy I will incorporate it into my cuurent strategy and hopefully save on time. Article marketing is rewarding so if you haven't written any articles it's never too late to get started!

[anwayne]

That's some good stuff. Simple plan for articles, I like it.

[GaryEarle]

First of all I think there are some great tips in this thread, especially on the Readability issue of any article. Just as others have mentioned....never knew it existed.

And I have to agree with HeySal...write naturally...base each article around a keyword phrase and let it flow...

Although I am kinda new here...I would like to add one thing on the writing part..as I've seen way to many articles that just put me to sleep....My tip: Write with personality! Use humor if you can, use questions in a subtle way...draw your reader along...that's the idea isn't it? (use of subtle question)..and write as if your reader is sitting across from at the kitchen table.

It's a variation, well, to me it is, of the Feel, Felt, Found method that was mentioned.

Ok..enough rambling...

Gary

[Philipc]

I would like to add one thing on the writing part..as I've seen way to many articles that just put me to sleep....My tip: Write with personality! Use humor if you can, use questions in a subtle way...draw your reader along

Excellent idea! It's much better to read a conversation rather than a thesis!

[Gardenbella]

Since writing is not one of my favorite activities I appreciate all the help and information I can get. Thanks to everyone for all the great ideas.

[Christa_Regalado]

Great tip. It's important to organize your thoughts first before you hit the keyboard. Sticking to one subject and expounding it in greater detail is better than trying to discuss an entire subject with little depth and no substance.

[soco]

This is very informative.I have been writing for over a year now and reading this has made me rethink my strategy.I have always thought quality over quantity but not in the right context.most of my posts are over 1000 words.
Thank you so much -

[ebizman87]

Originally Posted by totemelf

thanks for your tip. but count the research time, it will take me 1 hr to write one article. i am trying to improve. thanks again

You can cut down the time you're taking to write article by using this technique.I've cut down mine drastically.

[JonathanBoettcher]

Originally Posted by totemelf

thanks for your tip. but count the research time, it will take me 1 hr to write one article. i am trying to improve. thanks again

What & how much are you researching to write a 300 word article? Once you count intro and conclusion, you're really only talking about 200-225 words left of real content.

Then when you take the points that the OP made into consideration, chances are you can come up with them off the top of your head.

A benefit? Easy... what are you promoting? A dog training program? Ok, here's a benefit - have a puppy that obeys your every command when you're taking him for a walk. That's 15 words. Anybody can elaborate on that without research into a 50-75 word paragraph.

Unless you're totally, 100% completely brand new to a niche, chances are your "research" is going to be looking to find what others have already written.

People don't need to know what others have already written, and the fact is, knowing that won't help you one bit either.

Your research should be as follows: perhaps an hour of general immersion into the niche when you first enter a niche - find out who the players are, what the lingo is, the general idea of who/what/when/where/why/how of what goes on in that niche.

Now, down to the article level - you need to do some research to find out what keywords you're going to target.

Ok, so you've got general knowledge, and a keyword. That's enough to write an article on.

Take the three points the OP mentioned, or if you want as yourself the same who/what/when/where/why/how regarding your keyword. You should easily come up with 3 points from that exercise.

Now you simply write on those three points.

Remember - you're not writing Shakespearean prose, and neither are you writing white papers for engineers. The purpose of your articles is to get your link in front of eyeballs. Nothing more, nothing less. I've seen articles that don't contain a lot of *real* information per se still drive good click volume.

Conclusion - if you really truly want to write articles fast, you need to disengage your brain, if you can believe it. At least the part that criticizes yourself. You need to follow a system, which the OP has given you here, and just do it. You need to just write, and then post. Spending an hour researching and then a half hour editing, and you're defeated before you started because of the way you're thinking.

/2 cents

[ebizman87]

Originally Posted by Brad Spencer

Here's another way to get more mileage out of the article.

Get a free trial of Camtasia, turn your article into a powerpoint presentation, Camtasia has a powerpoint plugin, and then submit your video to Tubemogul.com and blast it across all the major video sites.

Now you have 20x as many links as you would've otherwise had...

Cheers,

Brad

Yes!!I've been trying to convert one of my articles into a video.Then I'll put an anchor text link to the article itself to get more backlinks!!

[JAIDEEP2959]

You can use latent symantic indexing technology for keywords.

[rashamba]

I have been going to yahoo answers and rewriting the questions and answers into articles. I think it is good way to come up with topics people are already looking for.

[Tracie Johansen]

Good ideas here. My lazy way to write articles is with Dragon Naturally Speaking.
I can type pretty fast, however I can talk even faster so it makes writing much
easier for me.

I have also found that what I am thinking seems to disappear from my mind when
I try to type. Anyone else have this problem. Guess I just have a short attention
span. By talking my articles, it makes it much easier for me.

Thanks for the great tips!

Tracie

[circle1ne]

Originally Posted by ebizman87

Title: Title + Keywords

Intro: 50 words + Keywords = State a problem and tell you readers what you gona reveal
in this article

ex: Driving traffic is tough....So I'm going to give you a powerful tactic to drive traffic.

Paragraph 1: 100 words + Keywords = Your tip or any specific technique and reason why
it's effective.

ex: Article is a good way to drive traffic...because you can expose your expertise..

Paragraph 2: 100 words = Case study or Examples or Own Experiences Using The Method

Ex: Recently I tried this technique and I got 700 visitors..

Conclusion: 50 words +Keywords = Tell your readers what'll they gain after using this technique

ex: The technique that I mentioned above is good enough to help you drive traffic..(drag the conclusion till it reach at least 50 words)

That's it.Don't make things complicated.
It'll take 15 minutes for me to produce 1 article of (250 words minimum).And I basically write 5 articles a day.

Thanks alot man! I've been researching ways that I could pump out high quality articles in the shortest time possible. So-far this is exactly what I've been looking for.

As marketers sometimes we discount the simple for the overly complicated. Hi-5 for Keeping it Simple Stupid!

[Robert Boduch]

In my opinion, article marketing is a numbers game. To maximize your return, you've got to write a post many articles, preferably in your main area or expertise. This means coming up with a system for rapid article production... which means keeping them shorter rather than longer... and that's exactly ebizman87 has revealed here. It's a powerful, yet simple system.

As with any writing project, you can only "write" one at a time. But you can map out a whole bunch of them in advance. I like to work with round numbers. Ideally, I plan out 100 articles at a time. With a map for each, the individual writing is quick and easy.

One way is to start with plenty of keywords. I like to have 2-3 times as many as I need for 100 articles. Some just don't fit. So having lots to choose from makes the process easier.

With 100 potential keywords, I then craft 100 titles. This is easy when you plug in some of traditional headline approaches like Why... How To... 3 Secrets of... and so on. I keep hundreds of possibilities on a sheet in front of me.

I do the same with introductions and conclusions. Keep several "go to" intro and conclusion idea starters handy and just plug them into your article at the writing stage.

Then do what ebizman87 does, or adopt your own strategy.

The key for me lies in the number "3". Three key content ideas and you're done. Could be tips, secrets, problems, ideas, shortcuts, time-savers, traps, mistakes, methods and more.

All you need is 3 supporting points or words relating to the title of each article. Then write a single paragraph about each. Plug in an introduction, conclusion and resource box. Then move onto the next article.

Dragon Naturally Speaking, as Tracie mentioned is also a big help. It takes a bit of time to "train" it to your voice and to get used to using this software. After all, it's a different way to write. But once you get comfortable with it and you have a system in place, it can save you a ton of time.

Robert

[Mike.Henry]

hi!!
thanks 4 sharing such a great idea.... actualy i m pretty much new 2 this site. and pretty much intersted in content writing and want 2 make money .so, i wil be really grateful 2 u , if u can help me out in gettng gud business or i can work 4 u also , on job work basis ....waiting 4 ur revert . take care

thanks

[Mark Flavin]

Remember that after going to the effort of writing an article, with very little work you can turn that one article into lots more effective traffic sources. For example editing the article into a press release, creating a video with the content or doing a podcast using the content.

The important thing is that if you are going to go to the effort to create some quality content make sure you get maximum use out of it.

[shermancox]

Thanks for the help in this article and the comments. I had a Ezine Articles account with 2 articles for 3 1/2 years. After reading this article, I have knocked out 8 more articles in 2 hours and now waiting for them to give me more submissions.

Thanks for the help

[John Boyd]

Liked the embellishments and tips on the original post re writing articles. This is yet another great thread for me as a relative newcomer to the Warrior Forum. Thanks guys !

[Festinho]

Thanks for the tips. I follow a similar Title process such as yours. For the body of my articles, I do the following.

- I jot down three main points I want to cover in the article. These will form the start of each of the paragraphs
- Under each main point, I write two or three sentences to elaborate further. It could contain examples, case study or just explanation of the main point

Then I write between 1 or 2 sentences on what I will be talking about. I look at the work I've done above to get the inspiration. This is my introduction.

Finally, I write 2 or 3 sentences summarising what I've talked about - my conclusion. Again, I use the 'body sentences' above.

[Yourup]

Excellent advice Ebizman. I couldn't have stated it any better. When I started, I underestimated the power of article marketing until I started doing it and "pow!", that was the turning point when I started to get some real traffic.

[shermancox]

I just got word...those 8 articles I cranked out got me platinum status. Thanks to this method I can now make all the submissions I want...

[mindrich]

I'm so grateful I found this great guidelines to make my own unique articles. By the way is it okay to submit your article to several article directories? Would it create duplicate content?