Article Writing for Beginners

If you are trying to make money online you may know that one of the most effective ways to promote your website or affiliate program is article marketing. But what do you do if words don't come easy to you? What if you've never written an article before?

But writing doesn't come naturally to a lot of us, so we pull our hair out trying to get that first article out, get discouraged, and take the easy way out by throwing a bunch of money at pay-per-click campaigns that suck our money away.

I've found a way to make article marketing easy, and I'm going to share what works for me?

Article marketing is nothing more than writing a short ( 400-800 word ) article on a topic that relates to a keyword or phrase you are targeting, with that keyword in your title and throughout your article. You then include your bio information with your keyword as an "anchor" link back to your website or affiliate sales pitch page. Your reader got a little taste of what they were searching for and now that you've left them hungry for more, they click your link.

Wash, rinse, and repeat as they say on the internet.

So how do you make it easy if writing doesn't come naturally?

This article is the fourth I've written today, and none took more than 30-45 minutes to write. Here are my simple steps to start turning out articles today:

1)Choose something you know about. Think about the experiences you have, things you like to do or are interested in, what do you want to share? This is a good starting point because it cuts down on your research time. That is what eats up the most time and discourages more writers before they ever get started. If you can cut this step out, you are ahead of the game. Something that you are passionate about or have knowledge of or some experiences with will help you with that.

2) Think about what you would say if you were talking to a friend. Write as if you are talking with a friend. What kind of conversation would you have, what do you want them to know? Your words will flow much easier this way and sound more natural.

3)Answer a question. What kind of questions do you have? What would you like to learn? I guarantee someone else has the same question as well. Write to answer your question and you will answer someone else's question also.

4)Just get on the keyboard and start typing. Start with your keyword and think of a catchy title. If it isn't too catchy, don't worry about it...you can always come back to that later. The hardest part is getting started. You already have your keyword, you know what your topic is, just start typing!

So now that your first article is done, write another. You need to do so on a consistent basis. Stuck for ideas? Look at the article you just wrote....Looking at this one. You could write an article on what is article marketing, how to find products to market, why article marketing is effective, what are the key components of an article....you get the picture. There are probably ten more articles I could squeeze out of this one here. All I do is find a keyword or phrase I am going to target, and write.

There you go....I hope that inspired you. There really is no better way to make money online if you are just starting off.

Here's to seeing you around the internet!