The Most Effective Way to Write Articles

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For a while I've been doing a great deal of article work for my clients and thought I'd share my method.

1. Get an Articles

I usually pay people to write articles for me. With a little bit of searching you can find someone to write an article for 1 dollar!

There is nothing wrong with writing it yourself of course.

2. Second Generation Spinning

Take your articles and "spin" it, sentence by sentence.

The original article may say...
When an individual consumer, not a business or corporation, is looking to file for bankruptcy, it is almost always most appropriate for them to either file under Chapter 7 bankruptcy law or Chapter 13 bankruptcy law.
The second might be..
If you are looking to file bankruptcy as an individual, not a company or business, there are usually two ways to file. You will have to choose between Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy law.
If you have a low budget you can spin your original article too.

My second article is generally smaller than the first, so the first article should be at least 500 words so that the second dosnt dip below 400.

3. Top Level Article Submission

Submit one version of this article to eziearticles.com and the other to goarticles.com

I submit my best article to ezine, which usually means the longest.

Use similar, but not the exact same titles and keywords for this submission.

4. Third Generation Spinning

Wait a month or so before this step. Grab your two articles and mix and mash them until you have ten articles.

It's very easy. Take a paragraph from one article and replace the corresponding paragraph of the other article. Swap sentences, find and replace words, just mesh it up so it's different.

5. Low Level Article Submission

Get a large list of article sites and submit to all of them with your freshly made third generation articles. 100+ sites if you can.

Some of these sites wont accept your articles, but that's okay since your submitting to so many sites.

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I spend 1 dollar for an article and turn it into twelve articles. I get two links from prestigious article directories and MANY links from a plethora of other sites.

Remember to vary titles and link keyword as much as possible.
#articles #effective #write
  • Profile picture of the author opportunites
    Hi Seotheist,

    Good tips! Keep the hard work
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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    Where in the hell do you get a 500 word article for $1? That seems way less than cheap, even for some place like Odesk or GetAFreelancer.

    Can you even get an article that is readable for that price? Are you doing this for traffic or just the back links? I am having a hard time believing that you can get an article accepted at EZA that cost you $1. I am not saying that you are lying, just find it hard to accept. I am very curious about where you get such articles done at that price.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gringo
    Great Tips and I am like tim where do you get a 500 word article for 1$
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    You are wasting a great deal of authority and time ....

    1. You submit your best to eza and not your site - huge mistake #1

    2. You wait a month to submit to other article directories - huge mistake #2

    3. You pay $1 for 500 word articles - I highly doubt it is any good at all, which means when you spin it, it will be just as crappy.

    4. Your examples are not as unique as a spun article should be - huge mistake #3

    Sorry not knocking you but I feel newbies should not be mislead by your post ...

    The True Tips For Article Marketing - You will not find a better compacted version of article marketing and step by step plans
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...eza-first.html

    James
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    • Profile picture of the author seotheist
      Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

      You are wasting a great deal of authority and time ....

      1. You submit your best to eza and not your site - huge mistake #1

      2. You wait a month to submit to other article directories - huge mistake #2

      3. You pay $1 for 500 word articles - I highly doubt it is any good at all, which means when you spin it, it will be just as crappy.

      4. Your examples are not as unique as a spun article should be - huge mistake #3

      Sorry not knocking you but I feel newbies should not be mislead by your post ...

      The True Tips For Article Marketing - You will not find a better compacted version of article marketing and step by step plans
      [I had to remove the link to make the post]

      James
      1. If i submit a bucket load of articles to a clients site I would hurt their branding.

      I am not SEOing my own blog. I am working for clients where branding is very important. If I post articles on a used car dealer or lawyer website it will make them look bad. This is especially true for lawyer sites since it represents their legal advice. Articles directories make up for this lack of content.

      If at all possible post on the site you are working on, but that is not always an option.

      2. Can you elaborate? I only need to wait until it is approved on ezine as I value that directory over others.

      3. I do not intend to buy quality articles to attain quality readers. I intend to buy keyword rich articles which give me links. The amount of traffic I would make from users clicking my links on an article do not compare to boosting serp's.

      4. My bar is set to get into a directory for a link. As long as I write an article able to get into a directory I am happy with it. If I set my bar higher I waste time.

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      These are very low quality articles and the only use for them is to make a lot of links.

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      timpears & gringo: craigslist is perfect for this. Everytime I have posted on craigslist I have to delete the ad soon after I post since I get so many responses. You will meet some very good writers who you can use for higher quality articles this way.
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      • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
        Originally Posted by seotheist View Post

        1. If i submit a bucket load of articles to a clients site I would hurt their branding.

        I am not SEOing my own blog. I am working for clients where branding is very important. If I post articles on a used car dealer or lawyer website it will make them look bad. This is especially true for lawyer sites since it represents their legal advice. Articles directories make up for this lack of content.

        If at all possible post on the site you are working on, but that is not always an option.

        2. Can you elaborate? I only need to wait until it is approved on ezine as I value that directory over others.

        3. I do not intend to buy quality articles to attain quality readers. I intend to buy keyword rich articles which give me links. The amount of traffic I would make from users clicking my links on an article do not compare to boosting serp's.

        4. My bar is set to get into a directory for a link. As long as I write an article able to get into a directory I am happy with it. If I set my bar higher I waste time.

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        These are very low quality articles and the only use for them is to make a lot of links.

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        This is what we call bad marketing practices and I feel sorry for your clients that you put out "low quality" articles just for backlinks.

        It would be way more productive to put out high quality articles to obtain backlinks and traffic both.

        I do not know anything about someone submitting a article to a lawyers website but anyways...

        But it's not my business, it's yours... and it is also your name.. You speak of branding but yet put out crap articles to junk up the internet even more just for links.. We have a name for people that do that, do you know what that name is ???

        What you are suggesting is very bad advice and any newbie that listens to your advice should seriously reconsider before losing their business. The link I posted is from respected members and proven methods that do work and are the most effective ways.

        James
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        • Profile picture of the author Rachel Zaouche
          I totally agree with James and I couldn't believe it when you said you have lawyers as clients. They are usually very worried about what type of content their names are associated with. They mustn't understand a word of what you are doing.

          You talk about branding for a client yet you are effectively branding them with rubbish. You must believe in the saying there is no such thing as bad publicity. Yes if you submit what appears to be your style of article to a clients site in bucket loads you would ruin their credibility. But if you submitted QUALITY articles of VALUE to their clients on their site, you would improve not only their branding but also their website.

          But as James says it is your business and you must run it as you see fit but I can't help feel sorry for your clients.

          And as someone else said, this is not an effective way to write articles so the post title is more than a little misleading. It may be an effective way to generate cash -note I didn't say ethical!
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          • Profile picture of the author andrew_writes
            I find your outline to be incomplete but no one is perfect. If it works for you it works.

            What I like to do is just write one good 750 word article and take my time with it using the AIDA method.

            I use mass article creator to spin it section header by section header first, at least five different version.

            I then do the same with at leas one sentence to each paragraph.

            I then do the same to every word that I can do it with.

            I then will spin the article and get really good articles with more than 50% difference.

            I use the article submitter to submit only one version to different ezines and the next time I submit it will be a different subject and article.

            I save all the spun versions of each article I write and submit them on a rotating basis.

            To make things better or easier, I have a swipe file with filler ideas for places like squidoo, hub pages, utterli, etc.

            Below is my filler text if you are interested.

            QUICK ARTICLE TITLE IDEAS:


            If you are short on article titles you can use the plug an play titles below. Simpl use copy and paste and search and replace to change the {Keywords} to your article niche keyword, then paste the title into your article.

            ----------------------------------------------------

            Example:

            {keywordmain} = business to business
            {keywordwho} = entrepreneurs
            {keywordwhat} = profit
            {keyworditem} = book

            ----------------------------------------------------

            What Is {keywordmain}

            Tell All About {keywordmain} For {keywordwho} To Make A {keywordwhat}

            How To Become Successful {keywordwho} With {keywordmain}

            How To Make A {keywordwhat} From Your {keywordmain} Made Easy

            A Simple {keywordmain} Strategy That Produces A {keywordwhat}

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            Do Not Buy Any {keywordmain} {keyworditem} If You Want To {keywordwhat}

            How To Succeed at {keywordmain} And Also Make A {keywordwhat}

            {keywordmain} A {keywordwhat} And Is It For You

            {keywordmain} {keywordwhat} And The It's Value

            {keywordmain} No Trick To Getting {keywordwhat} And The Art Of {keywordwho}

            {keywordwho} {keywordmain} {keyworditem} PC Trash Or {keywordwhat}

            The Key Perception About {keywordmain}

            A Simple Strategy For {keywordmain} And {keywordwho}

            {keywordwho} And Why Marketers Do It For A {keywordwhat}

            The Easy Way Or The Hard Way To Make A {keywordwhat} From {keywordmain}

            Really Think Out Your Game Plan Before Getting Involved With {keywordmain}

            {keywordmain} For Product Creation

            {keywordmain} For Increased Productivity

            {keywordmain} For Social Media

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            {keywordwho} And {keywordmain} Email Marketing

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            {keywordmain} Sales Marketing Tactics The Will Shock And Amaze

            ARTICLE HEADER IDEAS:

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            ARTICLE MIDDLE FILLERS:



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            ARTICLE FOOTER IDEAS:



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  • Profile picture of the author jbode
    I agree with the rich jerk, this method isn't effective why wait to submit more articles?
    why not submit to social media blogs?

    Why not rewrite your article by simply changing the format or asking a different question?
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  • Profile picture of the author Christophe Young
    I just had someone submit five of my articles to over 300 directories and I saw my rankings for a certain keyword drop in Google.

    This keyword was used as anchor text in the resource box of all my articles. Something similar happened to me with another keyword when I had bulk submissions done for me.

    I learned the hard way that you need to submit your articles gradually to the directories, otherwise a google slap awaits.
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  • Profile picture of the author halfpoint
    Terro,

    You should edit your post.

    Affiliate links are not allowed.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    Yeah remove the affiliate link and besides you can learn it for FREE right on this forum ... Read the post, especially the link I already posted.

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author Bev Clement
    Originally Posted by seotheist View Post

    For a while I've been doing a great deal of article work for my clients and thought I'd share my method.
    And how much do you charge your clients for this?
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    • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
      Originally Posted by Bev Clement View Post

      And how much do you charge your clients for this?
      I has thinking the same thing Bev ...lol I was waiting for someone else to ask ..

      James
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      • Profile picture of the author Sonomacats
        As I am a writer, and have had all my articles approved by eZineArticles, I wanted to weigh in with a few tips and suggestions.

        1 - if writing is not your best skill, check out Jeff Herring (The Great Article Marketing Blog – audio & video newsletter blog on article marketing). Consider getting his article templates. They're very good and will give you some great ideas for articles. The best thing is that the templates make it super easy to put articles together, even if you're not a writer. He also has a ton of good audios and does a lot of teleseminars that will help you with this.

        2 - take an article from an article directory (NOT eZineArticles) and open it in your word processing program. This works best with really badly written articles. The article itself will give you the basic outline. Then simply write your version of the article paragraph by paragraph until you have something decent and useful.

        Once you get going, it gets easier - especially if you've taken the trouble to do some research and get to know the subject. A great tip for this is to pick up a Dummies book or three from the library. By the time you're done reading, you'll know enough to put a ton of articles together.

        3 - submissions. I put my articles on my site first. A week later I submit to eZine Articles and then a week after that, I submit it to about 6 other article directories. I do this twice a week about 3 days apart (i.e., Tuesdays and Fridays) so it's consistent and looks normal. If I've been carried away and have extra articles, I go ahead and put them on my site and backdate them (using WP has its advantages) and then if life has gotten in the way, I have a pool to pull from.

        It's amazing how fast I get traffic doing this and it's easy to do. It only takes 4-5 hours to write a bunch of articles that I then put in the submission queue. Use a spreadsheet to keep track of everything.

        Here's the benefit of writing them yourself: You'll get to know the subject. That will make reading your articles more likely and it'll make writing them easier and easier. So don't pick subjects you have no interest in. If you can't generate some kind of interest, pick something that will be reasonably interesting or all your work will end up being for naught when you finally get fed up with the subject and move on.

        Also, if you're interested in the subject, you can actually grow a decent site with affiliate products or Adsense that people will be more likely to spend time on and make you a decent income.

        Don't expect to get decent articles if you're only willing to pay $1 - or even $10. Besides, if you're willing to spend one month rewriting crap articles and turning them into something good, you'll not only save yourself a LOT of money, time and aggravation, but you'll end up with a site that will get you where you want to go.
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  • Profile picture of the author actionplanbiz
    is that good article spinning policy? spinning by sentence to sentence?
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  • Profile picture of the author edmltw
    What's all this got to do with "the most effective way to write articles" ?

    Isn't more like, "the most effective way to market your articles" ?

    Two totally different topics entirely.

    *shrugs my shoulders*
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