Keywords and Articles: Newbie question

by hybrid43

Posted: 13 years ago 15 replies

Hi, all.

I've been starting to write articles for my niche. I'm a particularly a slow writer to begin with so it is has been a long day. I have written a few articles now and I'm sort running out of titles. I've been putting the target keyword first in the title and also the first sentence in the first paragraph. Shooting for a %2 keyword density in most of my articles. But I'm running out of ways to include to the keyword into the titles.

Also I'm running into the wall regarding subjects to write about. Once I take a particular stand on an topic, there aren't many variation of articles I can write about. :confused: I don't think it's a matter of passion. (I got plenty of that) But I'm getting writer's block already I need to solve that somehow.

Any insights?
Thank you.

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Jacqueline Smith 13 years ago

I find that taking a quick break helps with writer's block sometimes.

For article ideas.....google your niche and see what others have written about then give it your own twist.

Hope this helps......good luck!
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- Ian Kelley 13 years ago
  
  Sometimes I do something like this for titles
  
  Keyword- whats great about whatever
  Keyword- 5 things you didn't know about keyword
  etc.
  
  This seems to work pretty ok.
  
  As for the writers block Jacqueline is absolutely right. My major in college is very writing intensive and you must take breaks if you are running into a wall. If you don't you are gonna have a hard time. Just like mentioned above just look around the web for something to write about. Check out ezine articles, it seems like everything that could have possibly be written about has, and its on there.
  
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KabirC 13 years ago

For article writing, not everyone can do it. I personally feel it is really easy, I take breaks whenever I don't feel like writing. If you write when you aren't in the mood the quality will be really bad.
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- JohnMcCabe 13 years ago
  
  Here's an idea...
  
  For the next X articles (could be 3, 5 or whatever), stop trying to write for search engines. Write titles and content for people, as if one of them was sitting across the table for you.
  
  As for subjects, look for common questions. AKA Frequently Asked Questions.
  
  Use the question for the title. Write your article to provide the answer.
  
  After you hit X articles, see if the juices aren't flowing a little more freely...
  
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dannypayton 13 years ago

Whenever i run out of ideas for article i go to ezinearticles.com; log in and go to "get more title suggestions" there i enter a keyword and it pops out a bunch of title ideas for me to write. Or i google any keyword and find subjects that other people wrote about and write on that subject from my own perspective.
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- myob 13 years ago
  
  Subscribe to google/yahoo alerts using a few of your top targeted key words. You'll get so many ideas your head will be spinning.
  
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  RobertoMejia 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by myob
  
  Subscribe to google/yahoo alerts using a few of your top targeted key words. You'll get so many ideas your head will be spinning.
  
  Wow, that is a great idea that I had not thought about. I just signed up! Thanks
  
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luckyshah290 13 years ago

yeah .. take a coffee and do some research on your niche .
Google is a good place to go for ..

And also you can also get some reference from PLR articles ... It will sort of give you some good ideas to write about..

Best of luck
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- myob 13 years ago
  
  "An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself".
  
  - Charles Dickens
  
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  marcuslim 13 years ago
  
  The title should serve two purposes. Be search engine friendly but at the same time make the reader want to read it. So a common way is to include the keyword first and then a dash, followed by a more detailed description of what the article is about. E.g. How to Look Young - 6 tips to help you age gracefully. Here the keyword is 'how to look young'. Then it's followed by what the reader will get out of the article - the 6 tips.
  
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  hybrid43 13 years ago
  
  Hi. I'm overwhelmed by the great number of responses on my question. Thank you very much. Most of you pointed out that I should be looking at other material to come up with new topics, and you were absolutely right. I have a tendency to work harder and deeper into something I'm working on.(Ultra tunnel vision) While that trait does have its advantages, it doesn't quite compel me look around and see what is going on outside of my own thinking. Good thing, this forum is here and all the wonderful people in it.
  
  Thank you again!
  
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hybrid43 13 years ago

A round of thanks for everyone who commented.
Thank you!
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Osman_M 13 years ago

Just keep using different catch words like tips, steps, rules etc in the title. People love to read these sort of articles. You also maybe want to hunt down some forums in your niche and look for what problems people are facing and address those through your articles.

If there are a lot problems people are facing , I would suggest starting a blog and promote it on that forum.
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