Wednesday, February 16, 2011

5 Good Tips to Remember when Writing Articles


To help you write articles you can consult web surveys, read other blogs, create your own blog and actively monitor it, read article directories, and relax and enjoy what you are doing.

Writing Free Articles can be an enjoyable task if you are familiar with a topic or are simply in the mood for a challenge. On the other hand, writing articles can become difficult and rather tedious when you have no idea what to write or if you have writer’s block and your mind simply refuses to focus and come up with coherent thoughts. The good news is that there are some really good tips that you can remember when writing articles. Here are some of them:

Consult web surveys

A lot of marketing professionals, researchers and copywriters consult the Internet for relevant and timely surveys, and you should do the same. Online surveys are not only a rich source of information, they can be a source of inspiration as well. By consulting surveys you can get ideas of new and novel topics, find out what subjects are trending and what people are currently interested in. You can use the information you find as a basis for your article.

Read other blogs

The distinct quality of blogs is that they have a more personal touch which makes them interesting to read. You might be one of those people who follow online journals and regularly read the writings and rants of the authors. Rather than just reading the content of these blogs for fun, try looking at the articles and topics with the purpose of getting an idea for your own articles. You can sift through the articles in one blog and determine which ones are the most popular and interesting, or you can compare the content of different blogs to see what topics bloggers most often feature in their journals.

Create your own blog and actively monitor it

Blogs are becoming a trendy and practical online medium, and you should take advantage of this tool. There are many websites that offer free blog services, so you can easily create an online journal for yourself. You can use your own blog as a content source for future articles that you may write. You can also use your blog as a means of analyzing what your readers want and enjoy reading. Take time to monitor your blog posts and traffic and respond to comments so you will get to know your readers better.

Read article directories

Article directories are becoming a vast source of information for many article writers. You can read articles similar to your topics and interests from different directories. These articles can give you ideas for your content and help you expound your thoughts. But always remember to make sure you don’t plagiarize the things you read.

Relax and enjoy what you are doing

Relaxing your mind will help improve your creativity and the flow of ideas. It will also make you more focused and coherent in your writing. It is also very important that you enjoy what you are doing. Your attitude towards your work will surely manifest itself in your output, so remember to love what you are doing.

Writing articles can be a great means for you to learn new things and to share the things you learn to other people.

2 comments:

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  2. Hello, Oh my...just saw you have a GC to Jo-Ann's. I am heading there tomorrow with the $5 coupon I printed from another blog :-). Anyway, sorry...got off track. What I was originally going to comment on is the very last topic of your post...Relax and Enjoy what you are doing. This is so very true! When it becomes too hard, too time consuming, and so on, it turns into a job and one begins to resent it. I LOVE when everyone in my house is in bed and I am the only one up...I spend hours working on my blog and reading other posts. Ideas flow through my mind at such a fast pace, I actually have to write them down, so I will go back to them. Tonight, I am dying to write about my encounters with black salve and that's just what I am going to do once I post last week's (yes... I am a bit behind), mail call :-).

    HAGW! Sue Oh..must go enter your giveaway first...see what I mean...too much flowing:-).

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