Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. ~Benjamin Franklin
Articles are the life and soul of your blog. Without articles and without posting articles regularly and consistently, there will be no visitors.
1. Write title first: Your title is the question and your content supplies the answers. Your title is also the goal and the content is the way to reach your goals. Always write the title first so that you will write content to match it.
2. Ideas: The first thing to do is to generate ideas according to the article title. Ideas can come all of a sudden; the most important thing is to write them down quickly.
3. Actual writing: After gathering ideas, the next stage is to do the proper writing of the article. Arrange the ideas sequentially, neatly and avoid repetition of ideas.
4. Critical review: Getting ideas and writing an article is to be done at different time, so is the critical review of your article. You look at what you have written objectively to see whether the content is relevant to the article title. Is it written in a continuous flow cohesively?
Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head. ~From the movie Finding Forrester
5. Editing: It is better to get someone else to do the editing and proofreading. You alone may not be able to spot all errors.
6. Opening: The introduction of the article should be powerful, short, and sharp to attract the attention of your readers and to capture their curiosity to read further. A meaningful quotation is an effective way to begin your article.
7. Body: On the Net readers don’t read word by word, they scan your articles so it is necessary to write scannable text by using bullet points and numbering, and highlight keywords
8. Closing: The end of a story is just as important as the beginning. It is to call for action and it should evoke soul-searching thoughts.
9. Grammar: When you master grammar, you master the language. Correct grammar has far-reaching consequences and legal implications. The story in a local newspaper illustrates the importance of grammar.
10. Spelling: You need more than a spelling checker to check your spelling; the software will not detect all your spelling errors. Spend time to check spelling carefully.
11. Punctuation: The proper use of punctuation is to assist your readers to understand a sentence. The wrong use of punctuation can cause readers to misunderstand your meaning.
12. Use the right words: Beware of near-identical words such as outdoor and outdoors, effect and affect, compliment and complement, foreword and forward, beside and besides, forceful and forcible. They look almost similar but each with a totally different meaning.
13. Keywords and your articles: In order for search engines to find one of your articles, you have to use keywords in your article title and in your content. Keywords are the words used by readers to look for things on the Net. If the search words match your article title, your page will be presented to the searcher. However, it is better to write naturally and meaningfully for your readers instead of writing for search engines.
14. Emotional Marketing Value of your headline: Your headline or title is the No.1 thing in an article because readers will base on your title to decide whether to read your content or not. Write a captivating and seductive title to attract the attention of your readers. The title of this article carries an EMV of 50% and it is appealing to others intellectually, spiritually, and empathetically.
15. Niche: Write within your niche so that you will develop over time as an expert and authority in what you write best,
The first goal of writing is to have one's words read successfully. ~Robert Brault
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