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In this article writing tutorial, I’ll provide you 3 quick tips for how to formulate an effective article that will give you an excellent chance for ranking within the top couple of pages over at Google. Ranking highly in Google is one of the best ways to generate free traffic to your website for years to come.

One of the first things you must focus on when using the article marketing technique is a quality keyword research tool. Everything within this strategy hinges on your ability to identify and then use specific keywords that have a good amount of people searching for them each month.

However, if you pick a keyword that has a high monthly search volume along with a massive amount of competition (meaning too many sites have already optimized their articles for that keyword), then your chances for ranking high at Google plummet. You must be able to determine that “sweet spot” of high enough search volume/low enough competition.

Using the correct tools is the only way to determine this “sweet spot”.

After you’ve determined the keyword you’ll focus on, make sure you come up with a quality title for your article. Rather than using a title such as “Article Writing Tutorial”…use something such as “This Article Writing Tutorial Will Teach You Exactly How To Start Writing Traffic Generating Articles That Pre-Sell Your Customers & Translate Into Sales”.

Center on what the person wants or what they need to learn about when reading your article. Then, focus your title on helping them understand that your article will help them achieve exactly what they hope to accomplish in their business.

Before you write your article, be sure to invest a little bit of time in developing an outline. This doesn’t need to be anything fancy. Most article directories are looking for an article of between 300-700 words. If you outline 3-5 ideas, you’ll have plenty of content for an effective online article.

Try this: think about your topic and then go through the alphabet, listing out an idea that fits in with your topic for each letter.

If you’re writing about how to make money in a network marketing opportunity or an MLM system, you might brainstorm like this:

* Ask for referrals * Business skills * California training * Direct Sales * How to Grow in this Economy * Free business training info

You would just go through as many letters as you need until you have 3-5 solid topics to center your article around. That’s really all you need to create a quality article. Then, write 2-3 paragraphs around each topic and you’re done!

It doesn’t need to be any more complicated than this. Now, it takes some practice to get good or to overcome any fears you have regarding writing. Many people feel that they just can’t write or don’t have enough grammatical knowledge. Let me tell you something…online article writing has nothing to do with what you learned in English class in school.

In this article writing tutorial, Matt Zavadil has provided you a few methods that help with utilizing articles correctly to market your business. If you’d like to learn more strategies that work online, whether you’re marketing a network marketing business, affiliate business, or offline business, plug into my MLM System.

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Want to build a full time freelance writing income — fast? You can do it; your writing skills are in high demand. From go to whoa, you should outstrip your current income within three months. Many freelance writers make six-figure incomes. The Web has created an unbelievable demand for people with good writing skills.

Here’s a big tip before we start. Create goals with deadlines, and write your goals down every single day. (Yes, rewrite your goals every day.) The only difference between you and a highly successful freelance writer is that he’s chosen success, and he keeps that success in the forefront of his mind.

One more quick tip: be patient. When you’re new, things usually take longer. You’re just learning, so expect this. Once you’ve really learned to do something, you’re able to do it much faster. What originally took you an hour might now take ten minutes. So understand there’s a learning process, and don’t let that frustrate you.

Here’s a step by step process to follow.

1. Think about what writing skills you currently have. What are you already good at writing? Start by making a list. Include any blog posts, reports, articles, letters, even small classified ads. Even if you’re brand-new to writing, you probably at least know how to write a resume. With the economy the way it is right now, resume writers are in demand.

2. Create some samples of your writing, or repurpose writing to use as samples. You need writing these samples. Consider repurposing writing you’ve already done. If you have nothing at all, write some articles, or reviews. Your buyers want to see samples, and it shouldn’t take you long to create them.

3. Get started with an outsourcing site. These sites are good for learning the ropes as a new freelance writer. I recommend you only sign up with one of these sites. New writers who try too many outsourcing sites too quickly get burned out and confused.

You probably won’t make much money with an outsourcing site, but that’s OK. The point is that you are learning how to deal with clients. You must learn how to write to a brief (a “brief” is simply instructions for a writing project). This can be more difficult than you might think. You’ll have to learn to coax the information out of your clients.

4. Build a simple website to promote your freelance writing service. As you bid on projects, work on your site. As soon as you have gotten some projects from the outsourcing sites, start promoting your own website. Article marketing and online ads are good to start with.

You can build a full time freelance writing income. Just take it step by step. Write your goals each day, have patience, and before you know it, you’ll have a successful writing career.

Want to build a great full-time writing career? Angela Booth gives you the writing tips you need at her popular freelance writing blog. You can also receive her ezine, and the “Power-Write” report, for free. With Angela’s guidance, you’re well on the way to success.