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No matter how superior some article writers claim to be, most of the research for articles is probably done on the Internet. That seems to be the general rule as far as the regular article goes. You look for material on the subject, you gather enough, you put it into some kind of order, you give it a slant depending on the way you look at the subject and you write a brand new article. Like I said, that is what is usually done. For an article writer who writes hundreds of articles a month, this is usually the way to go.

However, you could just be writing an article on something new. Something that is your point of view, something that you feel is a totally different take on a particular subject. Then, the article needs more than just Internet research perhaps. You need to get your facts and figures absolutely right if you are quoting them. You need to get certain quotes right if you want an authentic feel. In short, you need to spend more time researching. The library, news items, reports, interviews, data…….you need to go the whole nine yards.

The result? An article that is unique. One that stands head and shoulders above the rest. One that is unique and makes you proud to put your name at the end of it. Sure you will probably keep churning out the other stuff, putting it through Copyscape to make sure there are no plagiarism issues. But the one you do with a lot of care and hard work is the one that you will put up as a sample of the kind of work you do. It’s the one that says ‘you’. You’ll always be proud of it.

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Once you’ve got your 5-point program going as a skeleton for your article, you’re on your way to becoming an article writer. It’s that easy. Fleshing out your points and extending it to fill a page means you’ve got your article. But you can do more. You can raise it from something functional to something that people will feel good reading. How do you do that? By putting a bit of style into your article. Just go sentence by sentence and see if you can say it better!

Here are a few tips to make your article rise above the purely functional. Don’t let every sentence be a statement. Spice it up with a question sometimes. For example, instead of “Choosing golf clubs can be a lengthy business”….you could say “Have you any idea how long it takes to choose a golf club when you don’t know how?” Somehow, from keeping a reader at arm’s length, a question used right can draw the reader in.

The other thing that draws readers in is when you invite them to look at something. For example, beginning a sentence with: Take a look at this….. or Look more closely at this and you will see that…… or perhaps, Just consider these figures/numbers/advantages…… Suddenly you add a personalized touch to the article and involve the reader rather than give him boring information.

More little tips in the next few blogs!

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If you don’t really know much about the topic you have to write about, then it takes a little more time to get an article done. You have to research it on the Internet. So Google your topic and get going. What you will need to do is to copy-paste at least 5 pieces of research about the topic. While you are looking for this research, you will obviously be reading everything about the product. So at the end of it, you know roughly what the topic is about.

Now think of 5 points and put them down, one below the other. Then arrange the bits of research that match these points and put them down in order of how they should appear. Then rewrite the whole thing so that you get a brand new article. That’s all it takes!

Try and work on topics about which you have some knowledge, even if it is sketchy. Then, when you read about it, you will only get clearer in your mind about what the topic is. If you get progressively confused, don’t do the article. It really is much better to stick to topics you understand than take up ones that you don’t and then struggle or worse, send in something that makes no sense at all! If it doesn’t make sense to you, it’s not going to make sense to the reader, you can be sure of that! If an article has to be convincing, you have to write about what you know, not what you don’t.

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Writing an article could really be as simple as that, you know. First off, decide what you want to write about. Say you have a web site on golf and one of the articles you want to write is about golf clubs. You want the article to tell people how to choose what golf clubs would be best for them. So the article would be quite basic, a kind of introduction to golf clubs. So, what you could do is to write down 5 points and expand them into 5 paragraphs, roughly 100 words a paragraph so that you get a 500-word article.

This is how you could do it – first the points – 1) going out and choosing a golf club set, 2) what a golf set contains, 3) adjustable golf clubs for beginners, 4) the difference between graphite and steel and 5) choosing one depending on your skill. You’ve got 5 points and it’s really quite easy to write a paragraph on each one and before you know it, you’ve got an article!

When you know the subject matter, it’s really quite simple to write the article once you have it organized like this. Always remember to put those points down. Once you’ve done that, it’s a breeze!

If you want to write an article when you don’t have a clue what the topic is all about, we have a few tips too so wait for the next post!

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The Internet is all about writing articles today. You need articles to fill up your website and as anyone familiar with the Internet will tell you, the more articles you have, the better it is for you. So how do you set about getting those articles done? You could of course go to any of those writing sites and get them and you probably will by paying a few dollars for an article. But pause a while and consider this: does anyone know your product/service or site better than yourself?

So, the point is, why not write your own articles? Maybe not every single one of them, but at least start off the process so your site gets some kind of character that says it’s yours. Once you’ve set the tenor of your site, you can go out and buy those articles.

Here are 5 simple steps to write your own article.

Decide what the article is about and write it down. For example, if your article is about mobile phones, write down the point that you wish covered in your article, say, the origin of mobile phones, their advantages, the problems that could occur and how they are doing in today’s world.

Put these points in the order they should appear, an order that would have a beginning, middle and an end.

Now flesh out the article, building around the points. If you have to do research at this point in order to stretch the point into a few sentences, do that.

Now run the article through a copy checker for plagiarism.

Check if you want it to be keyword-rich and put in your keywords into the article but take care to see that they do not stick out like a sore thumb.

This is a basic guideline. To make your article better, watch this spot!

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