What kind?
White chocolate...milk chocolate, dark chocolate, truffles, mint chocolate?
This may seem completely off the wall, but we are going to use "chocolate" as the niche example for writing articles. The reason we are doing this is that we want to prove that any "niche" can be a good one...
EVEN THE MOST OBSCURE ONES!
First things first though...
Over the past couple of years, the Internet is changing from "any content is fine", to "quality content with informational value is what we really want".
It is going to take some time for the marketing industry as a whole to really catch on to this, so if you can keep ahead with your marketing efforts, you will be ahead of the game! People tend to get stuck in their ways...spinning articles aimlessly, building landing pages and review pages based on rehashed information that is already out there...and spamming the search engines by injecting keywords aimlessly into their pages.
C'mon people. Think of everything you do as offering value to the person that will see it. Actually, how about this. Think of every action you do online as you are the customer. If you went to your page, article or social network page would you see value? If you answer is NO, then you need to work on your content.
Here are some tips on offering Quality Content:
- If you write an article, offer value to the consumer. Offer tid-bits of information that the person could use right away.
- If you create a landing page, don't just plug a keyword in the headline and get into a couple of reviews. Offer informational value based on the keyword you are targeting...then mention some products that may help them further their knowledge or provide a solution to their problem.
- If you create a blog or site geared towards SEO, make sure your content makes sense. Make sure your content is interesting, unique and offers informational value.
- If you create a Facebook group promoting something, offer some value. People don't want to become part of a spam group or become part of something that is not meaningful or honest.
Now we are going to take a look at some articles others have written out there. CHOCOLATE ARTICLES!
For this, we go to a couple of the top article directories online. Directories that allow people like you and us to submit articles to, and ultimately, allow us to take advantage of their page rank in Google to get our articles listed.
These are:
http://www.ezinearticles.com
http://www.squidoo.com
http://www.articlesbase.com
The awesome thing about these directories is that you can write an article targeting a particular keywords, put your website link at the end of the article, and within a couple of days you can get a ranking in Google...thus getting targeted traffic.
Here are a few examples of "chocolate" articles that I found:
Dark Chocolate Vs White Chocolate
Best Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
These are easily articles that you could have wrote!
What if we told you that you could SPEED UP THE ARTICLE SUCCESS PROCESS?
Well, you can.
Using Rapid Writer...a content generation tool within WA. With Rapid Writer you can analyze your articles as you write them to make sure they are the correct "keyword" density to get listed in the search engines.
Ideally, you want to have 1-2% keyword density within your articles. Without counting each word and dividing it by each instance of your target keyword, it is going be very time consuming.
That is why we created this tool. It will literally save you hours per week off your article writing time.
Here is how it works.
You simply write your article in Rapid Writer text editor. This is shown below:
Next, you will want to add a Keyword Density Watch.
You can do this while you are typing, or after...as it will automatically update based on the Keyword Density of the article content.
It is as easy as that. You know this article is ready to go and ready to be submitted to an article directory for MAX performance. This only took a few seconds, but saved a ton of time.
Get instant access to Rapid Writer within WA!
If you write an article and submit it to a "Popular" website such as "ezinearticles.com", your article will live on this domain and inherit the popularity of that entire site. This will give your article a head start by being listed on the top rank site, thus getting spidered frequently by the search engines.
Here is the criteria you want to follow for writing a good article:
- 400-500 words in length
- 1-2% keyword density
- Unique Content (you wrote it)
- Interesting (remember there are real people reading these)
If you can check off each of these points each time you write an article, you will be well on your way to success.
This lesson we want to task you with a test. You have the keywords, you have your passion, time to write.
(1) Sign-up to ezinearticles.com, squidoo.com, and articlesbase.com (it's free)
(2) Write 3 articles targeting 3 different keywords (utilize some of that interesting stuff from last lessons tasks)
(3) Submit them to the article directory of your choice