Publishing articles that relate to the content of your website can be a terrific way to boost your search engine rankings and increase traffic. Unfortunately, poorly written articles end up buried in the article directory junkyards getting narrow visibility. On the other hand, compelling articles retain visibility, broaden your online visibility and radically expand your back link popularity. Read on to learn how you can write more gripping articles.
Article promotion is an proficient marketing strategy that generates web site traffic and is virtually cost free. There is massive growth in the use of this technique to improve search engine rankings, establish credibility and to create backlinks for search engine optimization purposes. This is one of the best ways to drive web site traffic to any new or existing small business web site.
No matter what your article is about, as an author you must absorb the reader. Remember, you are publishing articles to elevate your website and get one-way back links. With a poorly written article you’ll get back links from the article repositories you submit to, but you’ll miss out on the key reason to write articles. The key goal is to get publishers and webmasters to use your content; not just to get your article home's list in the directories. You want your articles to proliferate. Only then, will your embedded links get maximum exposure.
The Style - How do you encourage others to use your articles? First and foremost, the article has to be well written. If you think diagramming a sentence is simply drawing a box around it, you may want to spend some time researching creative writing techniques. Nothing turns off a reader more than poor grammar or sentence structure. On the other hand, good copy writers take advantage of short or incomplete sentences to create emphasis and vary rhythm. Optimize your rhythm. Irregular rhythm encourages your reader to pause and reflect. Be conversational. It makes the article personal. To strengthen your writing technique, read more. As you do, pay particular attention to writing style. Learn from good authors and adapt.
The Hook - Your title will determine if your article is successful or not. Think about it. For a book, the first thing a prospective purchaser sees is the title. People commonly judge the whole book from its title. The same is true for online articles. To turn a casual search engine browser into an engaged article reader, you must first entice them with your title. Otherwise, they will never get to the first paragraph. To write better titles, spend some time reading. Browse your favorite article directory site and look at titles used by others. Learn and adapt. Be creative and use something catchy. Always include targeted keywords that relate to your website.
The Angle - Start with a topic you are passionate about that relates to your website. Your eagerness for the topic will show through in the content. Develop an idea around the topic, but with a different spin. Lead off with this angle. Attract the reader. Once you have his/her attention, expand on your angle. Explain how your angle benefits the reader or solves a problem they face. Loosely speaking, this is your value proposition. Accentuate how your article is different than other articles on the topic. This entices people to read the second paragraph. Use the remainder of the article to expand your key milestones.
The Close - Your closing paragraph should place emphasis on what the reader should do after reading your article. This is your call to action. Remember the importance of the resource box at the end of your article. This is usually the only place you can place a link to your website. Show your experience on the article topic. Include your name, web address and any actions you want the reader to take related to the article.
The motivation of this article is to offer instructions on writing compelling content. An article written for the web should be informative and hold the reader's attention. To do this it should be relevant to the title, well written and contain at least some advice not readily available to the reader. Find an angle on your subject matter and focus on developing it in your article. Don't write articles just to elevate your resource box. Your content will suffer and the article will probably be of little interest to anyone.
About the Author
Marcus Pore is a search engine optimization expert and article directory webmaster at www.articlecache.com
Webmasters and publishers, please feel free to use this article provided this reference is included and all links remain active
