What is in an Article that Makes it Good

I found this great article by Mike Long that I want you to read. These days a lot of people seem to be pretty busy writing and marketing articles. But when you look closely most of them are really crappy articles. Mike covers what really makes and article good. Read and learn my friend.

Writing articles requires skill and continuous practice. But writing good articles requires more than these. So you would ask: "What are the components of an article?" "What could be the common mistakes of these writers? What makes the article a good one?"

Here are the answers to these questions:

An article intends to grab the attention of the reader. It also aims to send the intended message of the article written to the readers. If these 2 goals are not reached, the article is useless. Many article writers would fail in this stage alone.

So what should be done to avoid it?

An Article is composed of 3 important components: the title, the body, and the depth.

A good title tells everything about the whole article so if the title alone could not attract the reader, reading the rest of the article is pointless. The title should keep the readers interested to the topic. Make sure that your title corresponds to the whole article especially the first paragraph.

After the title, the body should be taken into consideration. The body should be interesting. It should not give any misleading information about the topic.

When we say depth, we mean insights. A good article should be appealing to the general readers. Your article should not need be an Einstein to get what it means. Meaning, it should not have to be too technical and scientific. It also should not give the impression that your article makes your readers dumb. Write for the middle, the average people. This is the safest place and they are plenty.

Common mistakes usually come with grammar, punctuation, and spelling. These 3 would destroy every single word of your article. To avoid these, edit your article. You will be surprised to spot errors scattered all over your articles. Afterwards, let your article be proofread by another person. This would give the article a good run if it would pass and also pinpoint the mistakes you miss.

Too much bragging and advertising would mean disaster. Self-serving words would draw readers away. Never infuse anger to your readers at all cost. They read because they want to be entertained.

Make it simple. Let your reader figure out easily what you mean. The fact that the reader gives attention to your article means you have his/her interest. If your content is good enough, your reader will surely know what you are trying to point out. Keep your article short. Or if you can squeeze all your thoughts in the shortest terms possible, do so.

An article with so many superfluous words could not add any credit to its popularity. Instead, use clear words and make your article readable. As much as possible, squeeze your thoughts on a good, well-written paragraph with vocabularies that are common to all.

Mistakes often occur on the format. Do not punish your readers by writing long paragraphs. An article is a complete turn of if it contains big blocks of letters. If this happens, readers would only scan the first sentence of the paragraph or would not give your article any chance to be read. 5-7-line-paragraph is ideal and easier to absorb and easier to read. Also use bullet and numbers to give your readers an easy reading.

From here we go back to the question: what makes a good article? Four words: Simple, short, and clear!

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How to Succeed In Niche Marketing

Niche marketing is an indication of the evolution of internet marketing. Niche marketing is a business strategy that involves marketing real products to real people, based on their needs and interests. Small markets are referred to as niches.

These markets are driven by the passion and enthusiasm of real people with money to spend and a strong interest in the subject matter. In years past, internet marketing revolved around general markets, but the increasing numbers of internet marketers has made the competition in these general markets quite fierce. Niche marketing caters to smaller markets that have a large following.

For example, rather than focus on cats, a niche market would focus on Siamese cats.

It is not that difficult to succeed in niche marketing. Here are some excellent suggestions as to how you can conquer the niche market of your choice:

1. Find out what people are searching for online. You will need a certain amount of instinct, but there are several tools available to you to that will help you learn the most searched niches. Keyword research and marketing skills can help you succeed in very profitable niche markets. There are also subscription services that provide niche information.

2. After you locate several potential niches, you will have to determine how profitable each may be. Search for advertisements and online stores selling products relating to your chosen niche. Check the prices and availability of these products.

3. Check the competition. Are there already numerous web sites and online stores selling to your chosen niche? You can invest in Word Tracker or similar tools, which will give you an idea of the supply and demand, and the competing web sites.

4. You can choose to create an item that would be of value to your chosen niche. This could be an e-book, software, streaming media, or subscriptions. Selling information is highly profitable, especially if targeted at a select audience.

5. Build a web site devoted to your chosen niche and provide valuable content. Original content that provides your niche market with unique information will keep visitors coming to your site, exposing them to your products.

The products you sell to your target audience must be unique and specific to your chosen niche. If you cannot develop unique products, search carefully for the products you intend to sell. If you build your site and do not focus specifically on your niche, your web site visitors will look elsewhere. A newsletter would be an excellent way to keep your visitors coming back and keep them exposed to your products and services.

Niche marketing is one of the better ways to ensure your success as an internet marketer. It will require time and hard work, but the potential profits are well worth the effort. The concept of niche marketing provides you with an opportunity to create a specialized, highly profitable market for yourself.

There are almost an unlimited number of niche markets. With research and effort, you can create a specialized web site that sells products that are unavailable elsewhere. With a reasonable amount of advertising and good niche market research, you can enjoy the benefits of your particular niche.

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Hi gang,

It's been a while since I've made a post on this blog.

The reason behind this is that I've been extremely busy building web sites and helping out friends build their business.

I've also been busy with the launch of my "Niche Portal BluePrints" Newsletter. Launch date is scheduled for 31 of October 2005. Check it out at Niche Portal Builder Templates

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As always you have my permission to modify the templates anyway you like, as long as you don't pass it off as your own or redistribute it without permission.

Take care,
Paul

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