Writing Your Article For Money

Your first goal is to write a correct article that is specific to a keyword that has about 1,000 -2,000 searches per month in the Googlekeywordtool.com. Be sure you are in phrase, not exact or broad. Now go to Google.com and place one of the keywords that fits the above and let’s find out how much competition there is for that keyword.

Place one of your keywords in the Google toolbar in quotation marks. Another words if your keyword is article writing you would place it in the search bar like this “article writing”. This will give you a much truer number of competition.

If that number is below 200,000 you should be in good shape but I like to look at the first three on page one for that specific keyword and look at their page rank. You can see this with a free toolbar called SEOtoolbar, just do a search.

Linking Your Article

You need to link the two links within the resource box to a specific URL on your blog. Yes you want to make sure the blog post is another keyword within the same niche. So if you are working within the niche of article writing your blog post might have a keyword of article writing tips.

Writing articles for money is not difficult when you are getting ranked on page one of Google. You might have to write a couple of articles for your blog post. I like to get page one with my blog post instead of EzineArticles.com. I then write the ezines with other keywords you have researched within the same niche that link to your blog post.

Article Syndication

Now the most important step. Let’s back up for just a moment to be sure you understand what we are doing. You have page one on Google with a keyword, now it’s time to dominate that niche. So, if article writing is our niche we want page one in Google for 20 plus keywords.

This will happen by using other keywords within your niche that you write and submit to EzineArticles.com. Now Google sees you as an expert because you have many keywords within that niche that you are targeting.

Within 45 days Google will start placing your blog post on keywords you never though of within the specific niche you are working.

We must though syndicate your blog post and your articles. Be sure you download the OnlyWire bookmark and share button onto your computer. This will allow you to click a button when you are on the specific page for your blog post or published ezine article and syndicate to over 30 of the strongest websites and blogs in the world.

You now have additional traffic, leads and backlinks which Google will love.

Now go to facebook and place the link from your blog post and published ezine article and place those links in at least five groups each. Do the same with twitter with all your published content.

This is some of the strongest information you will learn when writing articles for money. You will dominate your keywords and your niche with Google.

Here are some of the most common methods:

· Writing articles for article marketing to sell products

· Writing articles to sell affiliate products

· Sell articles as PLR packages or individually from a website

· Sell your services as an article writer

· Take assignments from a website that hires freelancers for article content

· Package your articles into an e-book to sell

Now that you know some ways that articles can generate an income, you need to create a plan for yourself to achieve your goals. Begin by creating small goals for yourself. How many per day do you plan to write? How many per week can you write? How much money per week do you hope to gain from writing?

The answers to these questions will help you plan small goals for writing articles as a source of income. Next, you need to create a plan for reaching these goals. Plan your articles ahead of time and determine what topics you will write on.

When you have a solid plan for your writing, it will help you build an income from the articles. If you want to treat this as a serious money-making opportunity, it’s important that you treat it like a business, even if it is something that you do part time. Article writing for income requires planning and that you take it seriously at least to a certain extent.

If you want to increase your chances to earn income with your articles, here are some tips:

· Always continue to improve your writing skills

· Be clear and concise in your writing

· Link your article to other articles of yours

· Link your articles to other helpful resources

· Target a need in the market and fill it with your articles

Now that you have these tips for writing as a source of income, you are prepared to begin earning more with your articles. Even if you are tackling article writing for the first time for income, you can benefit from these tips. Build your confidence and build your article writing income today.

If you want your articles to be picked up and massively distributed by others, here are 7 common mistakes to avoid:

Article Mistake #1 Too many grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.

In addition to having your article proofed by others, you may also want to be sure that you have clearly defined paragraphs. Nothing is worse than a big blob of text with 20 run-on sentences.

Readers no longer read articles in depth and often only ‘scan’ your article. They want small bites of information that can be easily digested… also known as “info-snacking.”

Keep your “voice” in the same person throughout the entire article. If you are using the first person voice (I, me) or the second person (you, we, us) or the third person (they, them, he, she)…be consistent by staying in one voice for the entire article.

Article Mistake #2 Too much hype, bragging and self-promotion.

If you are as good as you know you are, there is no reason to fill the body of the article with hype, gratuitous links to your site or blatant self-promotion. Readers are smart and will see right through your “hype-veil.”

Better to only sell or pitch your company in the RESOURCE BOX below the body of the article. Research I’ve done indicates that the resource box often gets a 3% CTR (Click Through Rate). Be sure you take advantage of that by not selling hard in the body of the article.

Article Mistake #3 Content based on what you need to learn, not what your reader needs.

Put yourself in your reader’s shoes and ask yourself, “What does this article offer me?” Research what your reader wants to read by doing survey’s with your own audience or do keyword search engine research to find what people are looking for.

Article Mistake #4 Making your article broad or superficial in content.

It’s better to go in-depth on a narrow topic. Define it. Explain it. Relate to it. Use bullet points or numbered lists. Offer a secret or expertise that you have around the topic. Be original in covering your topic as narrowly as possible in a way that has not been done by others. Brevity is golden.

Article Mistake #5 Headline and article summary does not grab readers’ attention.

The headline is often ~95% of the initial reason why someone might read your article or pass it over for another article. Don’t bore your audience out of the gate with a dull headline or worse, a boring introduction to the article.

If you have to use two sentences to make your headline, you’re thinking too hard. Keep it simple and make it brief. Use keyword research tools to optimize your article title.

Article Mistake #6 Plagiarizing or ‘buying articles’…

It’s ok to research the Internet for article ideas, but it’s not ok to copy word-for-word of any article. Paraphrasing can also be classified as plagiarism. Be original. Let the words flow from your mind into your article. You will sleep better at night and your articles will have a higher value in the marketplace.

Buying articles is not a great idea…especially if you do not get an exclusive license to use them. What good is the same article if thousands of people call it their own? If you do outsource your article writing to ghost writers, make sure you have an exclusive right or license to the works.

Article Mistake #7 Don’t burn out the RESOURCE BOX by overloading it.

The RESOURCE BOX is your pay-off for giving your article up for free reprints, but don’t abuse the welcome mat by including a dozen website addresses. Stick with one website URL or two at the most and you’ll find your article may find a higher distribution rate.

If you want to be really tacky, include an affiliate link in the RESOURCE BOX. A better strategy is to have a domain name registered for every affiliate program that you pitch and include the domain name that rewrites or refreshes to your affiliate link. This is much less tacky and looks more professional.