An article is a product for most online entrepreneurs and freelance writers. Products that carry your name must be carefully crafted and meticulously assembled if you want to give a good impression. There is one side that, just like the artisans of yesteryear, believes that each article should be researched, outlined, drafted, edited, and then polished to the high gloss of perfection. These people's articles may be destined for newsletters, business blogs, or freelance writing clients. There is another group, more like industrial factories, want to write up as many articles as possible, in the shortest amount of time, without sacrificing much quality. This group's articles could be intended for article directories, forum posting, or content sites. This article is about the second group. And, it was written using the quick and easy assembly line method. Multiple articles can be worked on at the same time with this method. Pick Your Topic There are many reasons to pick a particular topic to write about: your client tells you, you know about the topic, you want to learn about the topic, or you want to advertise your business. Regardless of the "why," you probably already know what your topic should be. After you pick your topic, you must right a compelling headline. The headline of your article should include your topic keyword and be specific. Instead of "Socks For People," pick the heading, "Top 10 Wool Socks for Winter Campers." List Your Subtopics After you have the main topic of your article, write one sentence foreach point that you want to make. In the above example: "Top 10 Wool Socks for Winter Campers," the subtopics will be the top ten wool socks for winter campers! So, all you have to do in the quick assembly line method, is list the names or descriptions of those socks. Expand Everything The final step in the quick assembly line method of writing articles is to expand everything. After you get the headline and list the key points of subtopics of your article, you just have to expand each one until the article is long enough. The average article is between 400 and 600 words. Expand each article subtopic into three or four sentences and you have a complete article. The assembly line method of article writing is excellent for mass producing articles for website advertisement, article directory distribution and other purposes. The idea is to work on multiple articles with a common topic at the same time. By laying the foundation of each article and them expanding on it in different ways, you will have a large amount of articles with less time and energy invested.
Published by Melanie L. Marten
Melanie Marten is self-taught and self-employed. Besides freelance writing, she dabbles in website design and owns dozens of websites and blogs. Work is squeezed in between parenting two boys, homeschoolin... View profile
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7 Comments
Post a CommentThanks a lot! I have always wanted to right tons of articles on AC! The only problem is I am in College and have a load of other things to do including write papers for my teachers! I have all my Friday classes in the morning so I have a boatload of time on the weekend that I can now dedicate to using your method. Once again thanks a whole lot!
Susan300 is right, you make it sound so easy! I spend all my time thinking about writing and trying to write but I only ever end up producing one or two pieces weekly, if I'm lucky.
All the old AC articles of mine are suddenly missing their paragraph breaks - I have no clue why! Glad you liked it anyway.
I liked this article. I would have probably liked it more if there were paragraph spaces in there. It makes me go bling when everything is ran together. I still loved it though so don't delete me comment please.lol.
You make it sound so easy. :)
Thanks. I just write about what works for me. :)
Thanks for the tips. I see you have many articles on writing, and I appreciate reading your expertise.