Here is a great posting done by Joe Remington on Effective Use Of Article marketing… How to Use Articles to Attract Targeted Traffic to You and Brand Yourself as An Expert…

This article is an extention of a post I put on my blog. In it I asked the question I hear quite often. “What can I write about? I don’t know that much.”

When you’re just starting out, a natural thought is, you do not feel like an authority in anything. So you ask, “How do I write articles when I don’t know enough about the subject?

The answer is “Just the Opposite!” You have a lot more to write about as newbie than a veteran to some extent. Here’s why; anything you are learning can be committed to paper.

This is much like a school paper.

In the post on my blog, I said that I learned a valuable lesson that I failed to learn at first. Here it is;

1. Learn a strategy
2. Implement that strategy you just learned
3. Teach the strategy to someone else

Some areas where you may find plenty to write about are:

- How does your network marketing program work, and what can you share about it that you’ve learned (personally – Not your upline speaking for you)

- How you solved a problem you were having in building your home business

- New things you’ve learned, and your thoughts and tips on how you’ve implemented them into your business.

- Your views and opinions in your area of interest

- Resources that you have found that have worked well for you (You could earn a commission on those resources as an affiliate)

- You could (and should) document your experiences online that could be valuable for someone else to learn with step by step instruction

By covering various topics in these areas you will begin to establish yourself as an authority in your area of interest. These are just ideas though; you can keep it as targeted as you want, or feel comfortable with.

A great way to find out what your target market needs is; go to google and type “your keyword” into the search with the word forum after it.

For example, For “Internet Marketing” visit Internet marketing related forums (e.g. Warriorforum). Pay attention to what questions people are asking. Make those questions your assigned topics to write about.

It’s important to do the necessary research (if you don’t already know the answer) and document your findings and conclusions.

Since the same questions are asked over and over again by different people, you will find that you will have more opportunities to share your findings at a later time. The more people you help, the more you will attract success to you.

Still another specific way to find what to write about is to read what other people have written. Then, write your own veiwpoint of the same content in your own words. Don’t highjack their work and not provide value. Just use it as a guide and add your own value to it. 

Articles are not hard to write. The people that say writing articles is hard 9 times out of 10 are really just lazy and making excuses. Don’t be mad at me; I know I’m right, I was one of them. Listen, writing articles can be time consuming but they work, so just suck it up and write the articles.

We are all very opinionated and we all have our own point of view, so make it fun and be you.

I hope you have found these tips useful and please leave a comment.. I would love to get your thoughts on this post..

Here’s To Your Success, 

Jim Burcham, 734-453-9640, jimburcham44@gmail.