Using Twitter to Write Articles

Lisa Mason
Are you an article writer? Are you looking for new and improved ways to write better articles or to get article ideas? If you're not yet a member of Twitter, there are a variety of reasons why you should check it out today. One of these reasons is that you can learn to write articles by making Twitter a tool.

Here are some ways you can use Twitter to write articles:

• Use Twitter to get ideas for articles- you can see what people are talking about, what is being searched for in your niche and search for keyword related to your niche to see what is popular at the moment. This will help you come up with article ideas based on those popular topics.

• Use Twitter to get answers and opinions to questions for your articles- ask questions via your timeline and use the answers directly in your articles as quotes or just as ideas for your article. Because the answers are often given quickly, it can even help when you are on a deadline or trying to write a quick article.

• See the "trending topics" to see what people are talking about- Twitter can be a great way to find out about the hottest new news on the Net. You can hear about it first when people begin tweeting about it.

Once you have a Twitter account, you can communicate with others around the world who share your love for a topic. You can use it to get ideas about what you're writing about as a way to find out what the people want to hear about. Twitter is about conversation and your articles should induce conversation. One way that you can do this is to use Twitter to find out what people are talking about.

Another way that you can use Twitter to write articles is by writing about controversy or something that you disagree with. This is a great opportunity to write your own opinion piece or to stir up some controversy that will gain attention and bring traffic to your article.

Now that you see these ways that you can use Twitter to write articles, you can begin using it to get more article ideas today. As an article writer, you always have to be on the lookout for new and better ways of writing articles as well as for getting article ideas. Twitter is a free, useful tool that you can take advantage of starting now.

Published by Lisa Mason - Featured Contributor in Technology and Lifestyle

Lisa's a Community Guide at Y!CN and has been writing professionally since 1998 with a specialty in Internet content. A youth coach with a passion for a variety of sports, her work has been published on Yaho...   View profile

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  • Lisa Mason 9/2/2010

    Thank you Atlanta, much appreciated.

  • Atlanta Page 9/2/2010

    This was very helpful. I keep coming back to your articles so definitely fan/following you. :)

  • Jeanne Baney 9/2/2010

    Excellent suggestions. I'm a Twitter freak!

  • Hope L Brock 9/2/2010

    These are great ideas; I had no idea!

  • Gwen Navarrete 9/1/2010

    Great ideas, Lisa!

  • Oscar Crawford 9/1/2010

    These are practical approaches.

  • Asher Kade 9/1/2010

    Good ideas....however, no one ever twitters me, though I have a couple hundred followers....

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