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How To Write Ezine
Articles In Clusters
Writing several articles at once might seem
pretty much impossible to do if you are just starting to
write Ezine articles and find producing them one at a
time hard enough. However, writing articles in clusters
is not difficult and, once you understand how it's done,
you will enjoy the benefits. A group of articles written
as a cluster can easily be turned into a series but for
now we are looking at the how to produce a group of
unique articles written at the same time around...
Writing several articles at once might seem pretty
much impossible to do if you are just starting to write
Ezine articles and find producing them one at a time
hard enough. However, writing articles in clusters is
not difficult and, once you understand how it's done,
you will enjoy the benefits. A group of articles written
as a cluster can easily be turned into a series but for
now we are looking at the how to produce a group of
unique articles written at the same time around a
central topic.
Some of the main benefits are as
follows:
1. Writing articles in groups saves time
when you are researching your subject;
2. It
gives you space to fully develop a theme;
3. It
gives you more unique content for your blog or website;
4. It gives you extra articles to submit to ezines
or to sell.
When you write an article for
publication in ezines, you have to keep the word count
within certain guidelines (about 500-800 words is
usually most acceptable). If your article is too long,
ezines might not be prepared to give up the space
required to reproduce it. If the article is too short,
there is a danger Ezine publishers won't take it
seriously. Cluster writing is definitely not about
turning out a number of truncated Ezine articles instead
of one full length one. Neither is it about stretching
or padding your material (you'll only ever get a poor
fit if you try that). It is about making full use of
ideas and not wasting time or words.
If you are
writing about a topic you know well, you will find
yourself constantly having to edit your articles to keep
the word count down. Instead of throwing away the excess
material, paste it immediately into another document
with a new title. I would suggest keeping the titles
similar - eg "Puppy Training, Why To Do It" and "Puppy
Training, When To Start", you can swiftly move on to
"Puppy Training, The Best Methods" etc. Don't let the
document get too big, anytime your word processor
reaches page 2, it's time to think about breaking it
into two.
As you write, be alert to any tendency
to wander off topic. You might be writing about how it
is one thing to have a cute puppy jump on your bed but
quite a different experience when that pup has become a
10 stone hound with muddy paws. Suddenly you remember
something about doggy vitamins. Instead of popping the
idea into one of your puppy training articles as an
aside, put it into another new document which you can
later use as part of a new cluster about dog nutrition.
With one quick "cut and paste" you have kept one article
focussed on the main topic and saved an idea, which
might otherwise have been wasted, for a new project.
If you are writing an article on an unfamiliar
topic, you might think you won't have the problem of
needing to cut down your article and will have trouble
finding enough to say. However, if you undertake proper
research about the subject matter (as you should if you
want your article to be taken seriously), you are bound
to come across material which relates to the article you
have planned but does not quite fit it. Make notes of
all this related material. If you get ideas for further
articles as you are researching, make a note of these
ideas. Research for article writing takes time, so make
the most of it. Even if you can only manage two articles
on an unfamiliar subject, it is two for the price of
one.
Let's look at how to use just one passing
idea as the basis for a group of articles. Take the
thought "my first home business venture reminds me of
Apollo 13". To make this idea into an article, we have
to say what is behind the initial thought. Otherwise,
the reader will be left thinking "What, it nearly got
lost in space?" or "You were trying to land on the
moon?". With no explanation or clarification, the idea
is meaningless to anyone but you.
The thoughts
behind the idea could be about a series of numerical
coincidences in regard to events, about surviving
near-disasters, about how duct tape solved a huge
problem and about the power of prayer. With all these
four things encapsulated in the idea, you have the basis
of a four paragraph article. It does not require much of
an imagination stretch to see that you could have the
basis for four separate articles clustered around a
central idea.
Never let an idea or a word go to
waste. For the time and effort cluster writing saves, it
is worth trying to use the technique even in the early
days of your Ezine article writing career. Once you try
it, you will realise it's even better than "buy one get
one free".
How To Write Good
Articles
As a
writer you may be ready to cash in on the need for web
content. There is a lot of money that can be made
through content writing if you know what web publishers
are looking for in high quality content. If you are a
very versatile writer you will find that you can
actually make content writing your full time job! The
new trend of article marketing has writers very excited
because webmasters all over the Internet are hungry for
talented writers who can’t pump out the high ...
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As a writer you may
be ready to cash in on the need for web content. There
is a lot of money that can be made through content
writing if you know what web publishers are looking for
in high quality content. If you are a very versatile
writer you will find that you can actually make content
writing your full time job! The new trend of article
marketing has writers very excited because webmasters
all over the Internet are hungry for talented writers
who can’t pump out the high quality content fast enough.
What to Write
Exactly what you should write will
depend on whom you are writing for. If you are a writer
that is writing pieces for an article directory you will
want to keep things as generic as possible. The more
nonspecific you can keep your articles the more likely a
webmaster will choose your article to be displayed on
his or her website. It’s important not to mention
websites or specific products, as this can limit the
usefulness of the article to webmasters because they
generally do not want to promote anything other than
themselves and especially not their competitors. Most
web publishers are looking for content, not marketing
pages.
If you are writing for a specific web
publisher you will want to keep in mind what their
business is all about. Think about key phrases or words
that are often associated with their product, business,
or service and include them in the article. Be sure that
the key phrases you come up with or are provided don’t
seem unnatural and they don’t disrupt the flow of the
article. Key words and phrases are only as helpful as
their placement. Remember, we are talking about quality
content, which reads well and helps search engines
figure out what the website is all about at the same
time.
Research Required
Make sure that if you
are writing on a topic and you don’t have first hand
knowledge that you research! Content provided by
websites is only as useful as the author that is
writing. If you only provide fluff and no real meat in
articles visitors will be less likely to come back to
the website again, so you are actually working against
the plan to increase traffic with the article. Always
look at your article the way that a visitor would and
try to provide all of the information you would want if
you were that person.
How to Write
Your style
of writing is really a matter of opinion. Many web
publishers like for their content to be written in a
very conversational style. This writing style allows for
readers to feel as though the author is talking to them,
and it’s just a very comfortable way to get information
on the Internet. If you take an official tone many
visitors may be turned off even though you are providing
all of the information that is needed.
Market
Yourself
Don’t forget your resource box! The resource
box is the section either at the beginning or end of an
article that tells the reader who you are, any websites
that you are affiliated with, and may even provide links
to the websites. This is a great way to market yourself.
While a web publisher may first find your work on an
article directory he or she may contact you personally
for your services, in which case you usually stand to
make a lot more money!
How to Create an
Outline For All of Your Article
We’ve done it through junior high, it expanded longer
through high school, then on college it became chapters.
No matter how many times a person have done it, writing
articles has proven to be a task many has continuously
avoided. Now at a time when writing articles could help
your job or work, facing the job at hand can be still
faced with unfriendly behavior.
While there are
a great number of people who do not have the same
attitude in article writing as others, there are still
those who would rather walk in piping hot coals than do
some article writing. What set other people apart from
other towards article writing is that they are prepared
and has some methods and procedures in writing articles.
One of the methods you can use to prepare yourself
when tasked to write in article is creating an outline
first. Creating an outline for all your articles makes
you prepared. You have an idea of what to do first and
make a plan for your succeeding steps. Being prepared
makes the job easier and faster. Being organized will
allow for disorientation to be shunned away.
An
outline can act as the design or blueprint for your
article. This will guide you in creating the
introduction, body and conclusion of your article. Here
in this point, you can write down some of the ideas and
sentences that you feel will look good in your article.
This could be some of the focal point that could help
make your article creative, interesting and appealing to
a reader.
A carefully planned and fully prepared
project would guarantee and ensure a problem and worry
free procedure that can virtually go without any
hassles. Creating an outline for all your articles will
get you ready and breeze through writing an article in
no time at all. Here I will provide you with some tips
and guidelines in how to create an outline for all of
your articles.
Do a couple of brainstorming and
jot down your brilliant ideas first. Think of some ways
to attract the interest of your reader. Designate a time
frame where you can write down all the ideas that you
can use for your articles. By this time you should have
done all your research and information searching. Review
and reread your ideas and notes, gain mastery and
sufficient familiarity with your topic so that writing
them down later own would be easy for you.
The
next step is to discover your sub topic and sub titles.
As you would provide a first sentence for your article,
one that would immediately grab the attention of your
reader, you would need some as well for your sub topics.
To be concise, you would need to get all the facts that
will support and go against your point.
These
are the frames or skeleton of your article, now its time
to add the flesh and the meat of your article. You will
need to connect all your paragraphs and sub topics. This
will form the body of your Article. While the
introduction will usher in the ideas of your paragraph,
you will need a conclusion. The conclusion will wrap up
your points and drive in what you are saying in your
article.
The outline for your article would also
require you to write a draft first. This may take more
than one attempt but remember that it is called a draft
for a reason. Your outline shall be perfected as each
draft is written and this draft is meant for your eyes
only so there’s no reason to feel ashamed. As you go on,
you will clearly see the bigger picture and write an
article that will perfectly suit what is demanded of it.
Reread and reread what you have written down.
Always refer to your outline so that you wont drift away
from what you had first written down. Its not hard to be
caught in the moment and get lost in your writing
frenzy. Your outline will help you keep in track. All
those hours spent in outlining your article will not go
to waste. This will serve as your guide in writing
articles. Trust and rely on your outline because this
will prove to be a very helpful tool in writing all of
your articles.