I'm cannot write and wouldn't know what keywords to rank for, am I screwed?

by NA5H3R
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I guess your answer is yes lol, but I really want to learn how to write articles for afilliate websites from scratch, but I cannot find the right place to learn how to do this. Also I'm struggling to get my head around keyword selection. Can anyone offer any advice, it would be much appreciated as I think this is all that's holding me back. Thanks for reading.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ken Somerville
    There are a lot of different keyword tools out there if you do some searching, you can find the right one for you. The big thing is to find words, or phrases, that are specific to what you are righting about, and to use the phrase, in your article.

    A great way to do that is to use them in your title, and then in your subtitle. Then in the article. I also, try to use them in sub heading, in an article. I have found that if I keep the use of them at or just below 10% of the overall words, I rank better, with the search engines.

    As for learning to write the article, that my friend is an art, in itself. lol I would suggest you look at the articles that are ranking in the top of the niche you are looking at, and see what they are doing, and how they are putting the article together.

    Google, likes, new articles, and also, are top 10 list, etc..

    Hope this helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      Originally Posted by Ken Somerville View Post

      I have found that if I keep the use of them at or just below 10% of the overall words, I rank better, with the search engines.
      10%?

      How is it even possible to read an article that uses a keyword ten percent of the time?
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  • Profile picture of the author TMMR Michael
    I would start by writing about something you are passionate or very knowlageable about. I feel that this would be a much easier starting point than trying to write about something you know very little about.

    Another tip would be to start by listing all the main points of information you want to pass to the reader like 1 sentence for each and then when you have done that go back and start explaing those points in more detail.
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  • Profile picture of the author NA5H3R
    I really appreciate the advice guys, it's just I have never written a thing in my life and don't know where to start to learn to write articles for a blog or website. And have tried google keyword tool now it's gone and all guides and advice relate to google keyword tool.
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  • Profile picture of the author Graham Maddison
    First off, do your keyword research .... you can grab a free trial of market samurai and learn how to do that from their tutorials.

    Armed with your keywords, you can then write your articles... if that is a big problem for you, hire someone to write them for you based on your keywords. You can get some pretty good articles written for you over at fiverr.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart Walker
    First if you've never written before and it's tough for you just start off re-writing a few articles on your topic that you find online for practice only (not to post on your website).

    Pick some good articles (one with plenty of social shares for example so you know they are good) and be sure to work out what are the important points in each article are and look at how each article flows.

    Once you've re-written a few you can think about writing some from scratch. I wouldn't worry too much about keyword research for now.
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  • Profile picture of the author john01a
    If you want to improve your writing, then read more and write more. There isn't going to be a quick solution. It's going to take practice.

    Why don't you start a personal blog, where you write about whatever you feel like writing about? This way, you can practice writing, without having to worry about whether people like it or not.

    Once you feel confident in your writing ability, then start writing for your affiliate sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyTorrents
    You could hire a writer to write the articles for you and hire someone else to find good keywords. Alternatively, if you want to learn how to write, create a blog, and just start writing articles about anything that interests you and soon you will be a decent writer.
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    • Profile picture of the author igorGriffiths
      forget the search engines and keywords, focus on writing to the single person you want to connect with in your content.

      If you write as if you are speaking to them, identify their issues and why your affiliate solution would be a good fit for them then the content will flow naturally
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  • Profile picture of the author Riki Stein
    I have a question: are you looking to write articles for your own affiliate sites, or for others?
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  • Profile picture of the author dewayneboyd
    Originally Posted by NA5H3R View Post

    I guess your answer is yes lol, but I really want to learn how to write articles for afilliate websites from scratch, but I cannot find the right place to learn how to do this. Also I'm struggling to get my head around keyword selection. Can anyone offer any advice, it would be much appreciated as I think this is all that's holding me back. Thanks for reading.
    If you are not naturally good at writing, then read what others are writing. As you read, create a template WITHOUT just copying what someone else wrote. Take a little idea from Person A, a little from B, C, etc.

    And the things you must absolutely include are the benefits of the product or service and some kind of call to action. There are so many examples of this everywhere. Read and read until you pick up the ideas.
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