Posted by admin on Jan 26, 2009 in
Content Over the past few days we have discussed various ways to promote your website. Today however we are just going to discuss something that I have discovered that cna be really helpful. Recently I have discovered that using the forums that I have been posting on actually allow me to come up with new article ideas. I just want to share with you this information.
Using Forums to Get Article Ideas
The vast amount of knowledge that is on most forums is pretty impressive. Every minute new information is being posted for everyone to see and sometimes this can lead to new ideas for your own websites. Lately I have been seeing that using these ideas I can actually create articles for either my site or to submit to article directories. Some days I just can’t think of what to talk about but when I go to forums I can see what people are discussing. If there is a certain need that I am able to solve then that is one thing I can write about. If there are questions about a topic then that is another thing that I can target. It’s all about answering people’s needs.
Most of the time if a forum full of dedicated followers in a niche will have similar problems or questions. If some have questions then more then likely others will also have questions. That is perfect because we can answer these questions by using our blogs. One thing that I’ve heard stressed a lot is that you should always be trying to solve people’s needs. So if you know of a need make sure you capitalize on that and answer it! It really is the perfect opportunity to use your knowledge to help other people out.
The next time you see someone on a forum ask a question then just jot it down on Notepad for later use. That’s how I do it so that whenever I’m short of ideas I cna just open up my list and pick one to talk about for that particular day. It’s a great method if you are having trouble with ideas and it could be very beneficial to your blog. See you guys tomorrow.
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Posted by admin on Jan 16, 2009 in
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development By now you should have at least 1 or 2 articles ready from yesterday, and if not then that’s okay just make sure that you do work on one to get up onto the blog. Since blogs are all about updating today we will talk about the simple process to get your articles onto your blogs. Before that though you must have an article ready, so if you do let’s get started, if not go write one! 
How to Update Your Blog
Updating your blog is really easy! There’s no messing with code or figuring things out, it’s simply copy and paste and enter some details and you’re ready to go! So first things first.
1. Open up your article in Notepad, or whatever you wrote it in.
2. Login to your blog dashboard.
3. Under Posts click on Add New.
4. At the top enter the title for your article, I usually like to put my keyword that I am targetting into the title because I feel it helps with on-page SEO.
5. Then go to your article and copy the whole thing then paste it into the body on the page.
6. Now for some minor details, enter a category for the article and a few keywords to associate with the article.
7. If you have the All-in-One-SEO Pack, which you really should, then scroll to the bottom and enter a title, description, and keywords to add more SEO benefits to your page.
8. (Optional) If you don’t want the post to be shown immidiately then go under Publish on the right hand side and click Edit and enter the time when you wish the article to be posted. This is especially helpful when you have several articles ready to go in advance.
That’s all there is to it! It is really simple and I think anyone that has come this far should easily be able to get their articles onto their blog to get it filled with some content. Content is king afterall so make sure you get a post or two up and then come back tomorrow for more information.
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Posted by admin on Jan 15, 2009 in
Content,
development Well today we get to the meat of our blogs that we have worked so hard over the past week and a half or so. We have put in lots of work setting everything up so that now we can just focus on one thing, and that one thing is writing the content for the site. Once we get the content on the site it will look like a real blog and people will actually want to visit it! So let’s check out how I go about writing my blog posts, and for this situation you can do this your own way, I just like doing it my way.
How I Write My Articles
First off for every article I choose which keyword I’m going to focus on and this will lead me to a topic to write about. After all that keyword research we did you should definitely have at least a few ideas for stuff to write about. Then I open up Notepad and start writing. I usually like to start with an introduction to just overview what I am going to be talking about and set up what the post is going to be about, you don’t have to do this but I like to just give a little step before I dive right into the discussion. Depending on the type of article I’m writing I will have around 2-3 paragraphs for just a normal article and if I really start writing like crazy then i may end up with 4-5 paragraphs but that’s only if I really get into the topic. Then I usually will type up a conclusion paragraph to just finish off my ideas and end on a high note. That is how I usually go about writing my articles.
You may however have a different approach and that is completely cool. Also one more thing is that if I don’t really know that much about my topic I will just pop the keyword phrase into Google and look for a good article onthe topic and do a little research. You don’t want to talk about stuff you don’t know so the more you can find out about the topic the better you will sound as an “authority” on your topic. If your readers trust you then you are much better off so don’t try and fake it because people will see right through most of the time.
Writing content is really not that hard but it does take time, so make sure to give yourself proper amount of time to devote to writing your articles. Once you practice you will get better and faster at writing these, like most of the other topics we have discussed it just takes time to get better. Maybe you’ll be a pro right away but I doubt that. Once you’re a pro then you’ll be making articles at about 1 per 15 or so minutes. So go and get starte on your content and I’ll be back tomorrow!
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