Learn How to Write an Article
Now this may seem like teaching granny to suck eggs; however, I assure you it is not. Assignments frequently arrive for articles to be delivered in batches usually following a related or common theme. They may need to be twisted slightly to accommodate different keywords and phrases for SEO purposes or indeed to generate interest for the sake of pure marketing and promotion.
Ask yourself how you would handle twenty 500 word articles on male pattern baldness and your deadline is 24 hours from now?
Using a template will help you focus on delivering the content in a structured fashion that keeps you on topic without meandering through hours of fruitless research or preparation. You do not need to be a slave to a template but I use them frequently and alter them as seems fit depending on the project I’m working on. Below is a template I use and have saved as a Word document and reach for it whenever I am starting a new batch of articles.
There may be cries of “foul” from some of you, but my time is my money and the same applies to anyone seriously looking to earn a living writing.
For a business to be successful, it must first be successful in marketing itself. Companies who hurl ahead of others have invariably started with a marketing plan. A marketing plan should be ideally referred to by the company on a monthly basis to enable the company to operate and function smoothly, but a bi-monthly plan also helps. For small companies, the plan should cover you and business activities for a year as things do change, people leave, markets evolve, and customers come and go. Executing the plan has its challenges, but deciding what to do and how to do it, is marketing’s greatest challenge.