I hate writing articles should I bother with IM?

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It seems article writing is at the core of almost any strategy I have seen in IM. I just don't have the time or the inclination to write loads of articles on various "hot" niches.

Does this mean I should stay away from IM?

How do you guys who hate writing articles find your way in IM?
#main internet marketing discussion forum #articles #bother #hate #writing
  • You can always outsource article writing. There are a lot of reliable services here on the warrior forum, just check out the warriors for hire section. You don't have to be a good writer, just get someone else to do it.

    You can focus on other fun things like social media, video marketing, etc. There are a lot more ways to build traffic for free, besides articles. But they certainly work very well. Good luck on you new venture, and if you are a beginner in IM all I can say is stick to it!
  • Check out writeswap.com All quality writers ready to create your content. The fees are all up front so you can work to your own budget.
  • It's really not at the core of almost any strategy. There are plenty of
    other ways to market online.

    No, you should not 'stay away from it.' Just learn other methods of
    marketing and advertising. At some point you have to write something
    unless you outsource anything that has to do with writing. But you
    specified writing articles, only.

    You may need to outsource content creation on your sites depending
    on what you want to do.


    Ken
  • Actually, while content is a big part of SEO, the "core" is link building - not article writing.

    Allen
  • Article marketing is just one of many, many forms of internet marketing. Should you continue or get into internet marketing because you don't like writing articles? DEFINITELY! You would be foolish not too if that is your only reason.

    If you want to use article marketing as a strategy in internet marketing but do not like writing them yourself you can always outsource this job to writers on the internet that are willing to write articles for you for a price. You can go to odesk.com or elance.com (only a couple of the sites out there).

    Good luck in IM and I wish you success.
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    • It's really not necessary to write very many articles at all to compete effectively in even the hottest niches. All I do is write a few articles, and submit them to related high traffic websites and blogs. Also writing for targeted ezine publishers in your niches is extremely powerful. And it's the least expensive marketing method I know of.
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  • No article marketing isn't at the core of almost any strategy.

    Although I got started with article marketing and other similar strategies, today I get all of my traffic without writing a single article.

    PPC, PPV, media buys, video marketing, social marketing, etc... There are many strategies that don't use articles and the fact that you don't like to write tons of article shouldn't stop you from building a successful online business.


    W
  • outsource it with people on this forum! search "article writing"
  • i have used Filipino ghost writers very affordable and good quality... i also used a couple of tricks when i get desperate for copyscape proof articles... google translator... its unethical in my opinion but you can generate a lot of articles in 1 day
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      This thread baffles me.

      Why are most of the people replying telling the OP that he can buy articles elsewhere, without needing to write them himself, rather than about all the other ways of earning a living through internet marketing without needing articles in the first place?! :confused:
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  • Don't worry at all about not wanting to write content. I tried writing my own content at the beginning and soon got tired of it. I haven't written an article since. It is much easier to just pay someone else to do it. When I compared the time it took me to write the article, it just wasn't worth it. Time is money. With internet marketing you usually can't do everything yourself. You have to be willing to outsource where it makes sense. Then you can focus on your strengths. Article writing definitely isn't necessary for IM. Really if you're spending much time writing, you might be too busy for the actual marketing.
  • If your not a big fan of article writing these are your best bets:

    1-Hire some freelancers

    2-Use PLR articles

    3-Try other money making methods like surveys
  • If your not a big fan of article writing these are your best bets:

    1-Hire some freelancers

    2-Use PLR articles

    3-Try other money making methods like surveys
  • ^^^^Well Alexa, just how much additional work is it getting your article sndicated to websites and other avenues. Possibly its not as simple as writing an articles and contacting an authority website relevant to my niche........is it?

    I want to skip article directories in my promotion process just like you guys are doing but its a little intimidating when you're trying to find a niche,build a blog/site, writing quality articles, building list, and on top of it all getting your content syndicated to worthwhile ezines and sites.(makes me tired just thinking about it!)

    I'm guessing this is what separates the men (and women..sorry Alexa) from the boys. Following a system of action and consistently tracing those steps every day.
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    • It's certainly not easy at first. But article marketing, particularly syndication, can be very powerful and effective. As you work on building relationships with targeted outlets, and syndicating your articles, your income will steadily increase substantially. These syndicated outlets are real assets, much like retail chain stores. Each one has their own base of established customers, so these outlets are not merely multiplying your income, but increasing it exponentially. Many of us using this marketing model are earning 5-7 figure monthly incomes and growing. But this is a decision only you can decide if it is really worth all the effort.
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      Well, it can be, if you've managed to write the content that the publisher/webmaster was looking for; but typically, of course, there's a bit more to it than that quick answer implies. (There's always a catch, right?)

      Articles written for syndication are more time-consuming than the normal article-directory fodder, for sure. I mentioned the main differences, from my perspective, in this thread.

      The benefits can be enormous, though: we're talking about gradually increasing influxes of targeted traffic (targeted by other people, no less) and some high-quality, high-PR, relevant backlinks, too. It's a "long haul approach", compared with some. More a "build a business" model than a "rinse and repeat" model, if you like to put it that way.

      I'm not altogether skipping article directories (and I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying that even Paul sometimes submits to EZA), but I'm not using them primarily for their traffic or backlinks.

      When someone finds one of my articles by putting one of its keywords into a search engine as their search-terms, of course I want them finding the copy on my own site, not an article directory copy (you lose most of that traffic). But I do submit to EZA (and sometimes to one or two others - no more) for purposes of additional syndication.

      The thing to bear in mind is that an article directory is a depository of "available online content" which webmasters (and ezine and newsletter compilers) can use as a source for articles for their sites (and ezines and newsletters). In this sense, it can be used as a "stepping-stone" to get beyond article directories. This is actually why article directories exist.

      Many of the people to whom I now syndicate my articles are people I originally "met" when they re-published one of my articles from EZA. And I still find some new ones that way, even now.

      If it helps, this post explains very simply the difference between "article marketing" and "article directory marketing".

      This ... exactly.

      (He has the knack of summing it up very neatly and getting in 5 minutes before me, while I'm still typing!).
  • I can't help but get the feeling that Thinkexist.com must be experiencing a pretty big surge in traffic just recently.
  • DireStraits tosses the yellow pad onto his desk and sighs. “Guys, why don’t you tell me why you think you have to speak Latin?”
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  • More like archaic!
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    • Damnant quodnon intelligunt.
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  • yes article marketing is good and we get lots of subscribers doing this. Plus, there are many added benefits if people pass around your info. They have a certain viral quality about them.

    But, articles are not the BE ALL and END ALL to marketing. And you should never put your eggs in one basket. We have about 17 different ways to drive traffic, articles are just one way.
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    • I thought the same way when I first started out, but then spending money on PPC and worrying about it all the time got to me.

      I think article writing is a real momentum thing. Once you get started doing it, it can be fun and easy.
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    Writing content is a huge part of IM. Almost everything you do will involve creating some sort of content to display, doesn't mean you have to quit. You can outsource your article writting for cheap and just review it before using it. You can also create sites and just focus on backlinking instead of article marketing. Don't give up.
  • You don't necessarily have to write articles to do I.M.
    Just replace it with something else.
  • If you don't like writing, you should try speaking your articles. You can use a software like Dragon Naturally speaking to convert your speech to text. Heck, you can even use the audio file itself as a way to generate traffic. It really doesn't have to just be the written word anymore. People consume information many different ways. You can also create videos and use the videos to generate traffic to your site(s).
  • Internet marketing is not about article writing. It is about marketing a product and/or a service using the Internet as a channel.

    If you want to make money online, first pick a product or service that you want to promote, then consider how you can effectively and efficiently promote it.

    Writing articles and pointing links to your product page is one of way of promoting the product.

    Writing articles as blog posts and attracting readers is another way to do promotion.

    Writing an ad and placing it on paid advertising platforms is another way to get traffic to your product page.

    Writing an ad and placing it in a magazine, newspaper, newsletter is another way.

    Writing an ad and placing it on the radio, TV, or mail is yet another way.

    In short, think of marketing in terms of the 4 P's:

    1. Product
    2. Placement
    3. Pricing
    4. Promotion

    Writing articles is only one way of promotion.

    Good luck to you on your venture.
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  • IMHO article or post writing is one of the foundation stones of IM To get visbilty in search engines you need back links and the best back links are contexual in posts and articles. You need visibilty in search engines to be able to sell (a) physical goods (b) Services (c) ad sense (d) clickbank and many more.
    If no one sees your site then there is no business to be made.
    However you dont need to write yourself you can outsource although If the only think you have for working capital is your own efforts then it is best that you write yourself. Its not just posts and articles you need web site content and whilst it can all be outsourced it is far better that you can at least write some of it yourself.
    After all the owner of any business is often the one person who has the knowledge and understanding needed to write with authority.
    You dont need to be good at it but IMO you do need to do it
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    • I am truly sorry if anyone has construed what I have said to indicate anything other than what is ultimately a personal preference. But despite language that's accurate comment (if I am translating my Latin correctly), I will nevertheless comment further and add that I am not the only one who believes that it is best to avoid garbled and foreign words and phrases if possible. If you refer to The Elements of Style, Strunk himself states that use of foreign languages ...

      "is a bad habit. Write in English." His reason for such a rule is exactly my reason; it can (in certain instances), show "no regard for the reader's comfort." - William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style
  • errrm...

    I agree completely, as I said earlier, that he could outsource it. So
    have a lot of other people.

    So nothing new there.

    Kurt made a valid point, and your comment was not surprising given
    the nature of it. We all know this.

    Ok?


    Ken
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    • And Kurt's point was thankfully taken down, as it included a habitual agenda-laced pattern of peculiarly and pointedly attacking Alexa.
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  • Not sure if its been mentioned (I skimmed the thread) but im sure there'll be someone over at Fiverr happy to help!
  • There are business models where you can earn money without having to write any articles whatsoever...

    You just have to consider the various options.
  • Deanna made a good point. You can always "talk" your articles with software such as Dragon Naturally Speaking.

    Or make videos. It worked for Gary Vaynerchuk.

    When you need written articles hire someone to write them for you.
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  • Wow it seems I stirred up a bit of a hornets nest!

    But hey it made for a great read

    Currently I'm focusing on the offline rent a site model as I think it suits the lazy minimal article writing types like myself.

    Haven't made a dime on this thing yet but its helping me with my sales mindset and giving me methods of dealing with clients. This in turn helps my other business's - hosting and web dev.

    Cheers all.
    MB
  • ... sorry to come in late, but I would just like to comment on the original question.

    I think that unless you are a IM with hundreds of sites, you probably dont need to hire that many writers and auto submit to hundreds of sites.

    Perhaps just write like any good writer does, when they feel the urge. Write from the heart and research your topics to remain fresh. I actually enjoy it when I make a good article and include a good picture to set it off. Got to like what you do huh?
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    • What if you only feel like writing once a month or once a year

      I doubt that would sell too many info products

      @alexa Cheers for the link. I'm trying to determine what makes me happy and monetising it. Now if only I knew what made me happy...
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  • There are lots of other ways to market and sell things on the internet other than article marketing, besides you can always outsource the article marketing if you want or use another method altogether. I don't think you should stay away from it just because you don't like to write articles. I think you would be doing yourself a major disservice if you did.


    Allen
  • I know it may seem like lots of work but there are ways of working around writing articles. You can outsource your article writing job to a place where people know your niche very well or you can create an awesome article and have someone spin the article for you of which is cheaper than having someone write an article from scratch.
  • I agree with others that writing articles is not at all needed to make money online, I have never made much money myself but I still have an opinion.

    I think the reason you hear so much about article marketing is that its something free to do and most IM guru's or trainers don't want to scare off newbies with the idea of gambling hundreds or even thousands of dollars on PPC or outsourcing or everything else.

    Article writing is free for the newb and thus lowers the barrier to entry and saves money for WSO and clickbank guru courses! After all the people spreading the article marketing business methods need paid!

    Article marketing certainly can work but you are not wrong in thinking it can be a mind numbing grind writing about the latest trends in carpet cleaning or articles for your donkey cancer niche site.

    Good Luck OP!
  • certainly not, if you don't like to write articles then outsoruce the work,

    Plus you don't have to write articles to do well in IM, There are thouands of other ways
    to promote your website/service.

    Lee
  • Hello!

    Although I don't hate writing articles, I quickly found out that I ran out of things to write about, so my next step was to outsource them cheaply, re-write them slightly and maximize the leverage I get out of each article. For example turn the article into a tutorial, a video, etc...
  • Bottom line is, you need articles, in order to get backlinks from search engines, social networking sites, as well as social bookmarking sites. Articles help increase awareness about what you are doing online.

  • There are alot of people out there that offer top notch article writing services, no need for you to do it yourself
  • There are other ways of promoting products and offers - you have video marketing, ppc etc...

    There are loads of them - however I believe that you NEED to be able to express yourself in writing that appeals to YOUR niche! (as you can see I have got by with improper grammer too )

    You will need a website and that will (in most cases) have writing on it.

    So yes you cannot get away from writing completely unless you outsource everything.

    I would look at what you enjoy outside of IM - music? videos? and see how you can put your talents to use onlinr and you will normally have a better chance of finding a niche that fits as well.

    Hope this helps and remember:

    "NUMQUAM CEDE"

    All the best,

    Chris
  • Article writing is a very effective internet marketing strategy. It helps your target market be aware of your product and understand them. It doesn't only increase web exposure but page ranking, as well.

    If you don't have time writing, you can outsource it. You can check oDesk, a freelance outsource portal where you can check numerous online contractors.
  • I've heard a lot of internet marketer still makes money with articles they wrote more than few years ago.. So, even if you spend an hour to create an article, i think its still worth it for long-term profit.
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