What are the two types of articles that get the most readers?

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Over my four years of writing online I have been investigating different ways to write articles that work for me. I have written long articles that were not meant to sell at all but just to inform and educate, I have written articles that tried to sell my product pretty heard, and I have written review style articles, presentation style articles and what I call my persuasive articles.

Among all the article styles that I have written online with my own two hands and brain (not by someone else) I came to the realization that among all the different styles that I have tested over the years...

Two styles always win hands down.

The number one style that really works would be the educational article that educate the readers without selling them anything and discussing hot topics such as "how to become a leader", "What are the personality colors", "How to write an eBook" "what is affiliate marketing" etc... Themes like these will get lots of reads, because they are questions that people want answers to. However, they may not want to buy, just read a good informative article about it and go to the next.

The other style that I have found out to be working really REALLY well is the article that is written with the SOLE intention of consciously guiding the readers to click on my link as they want more or even buy right now, depending on what I am targeting.

Yes, there is a technique to write what I call persuasive articles and it works darn well. I have more CTR with these type or articles than any other types, even some of my most informative and read articles out there. It's really worth learn about it
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Ditto...

    I thought it was a question at first, and my answer would have been very similar to yours...
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Ditto ditto ...

      I thought it might be a question and was about to pipe up facetiously with "Long ones and short ones"? But no ... a good post, and I more or less agree with you.

      I think those two styles, both of which can work well in their own very different ways, are intrinsically very different: one's about attracting fast traffic and fast sales, and the other can much more easily get syndicated elsewhere and lead to some gradually growing residual income from high-quality, context-relevant backlinks and traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan Even
    Step by Step articles work well for me...

    STEP 1:

    Do This

    STEP 2:

    Do This

    STEP 3:

    Do This.

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