How to write articles: 196 Tips to Know

Nearly hundreds of articles get posted online for every minute. Article writing has not only been the essence of Internet readability, but mostly as a reliable source for information.  There are variety of needs of customers and they search for quality content online. Especially they depend on long-form blog posts and articles.

For many online workers, article writing is one of the income sources. There are article writers  who get paid from $2 to $1000 per article.

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There are different types of articles published online. These are as follows:

General Article writing Tips:

- Business Article Marketing articles promote their products, description, how it works and its advantages.

- General articles are published with a view to provide content in generally and these are just for getting to know.

- Product Marketing articles are very specific - as they get fixed on a particular product and the article explains in detail about the benefits, uses, advantages and the long-lasting benefit.

- Topic-wise articles are aimed to give more content as it explains in detail about that topic,  For example if the topic is interiors, you have will have to write all about interior design at home, office and at commercial centers. Knowing about how to write articles and getting a resource guide   

If your article does not follow an outline or does not have valuable information, it is likely that it may not be available for reading or not likely to achieve positive results.

With more content flowing online, especially as articles and blog posts, it is good to practice the following guideline.

1. Do the groundwork to write an article.

2. Have sub-heads that clearly states some of the important points of your article.

3. Examine why you plan to write this article and how your article gives benefit to your audience.

4. Create human-centered content .

5. Your article should focus on just one angle and must stay connected with the title of article.

6. Stay optimistic in your voice keeping the motive to inspire and inform your audience.

7. Practice article writing more

8. Write and publish an article or a blog post everyday

9. Read and edit article before publishing

10. Check for grammar and spellings

11. Maintain a limit of 4-5 lines for a paragraph

12. Give sub-heads that convey more information

13. Choose on angle of a topic for each of your article

14. Stay connected to article title

15. Discuss only one point in an article

16. Introduce the topic to audience by briefly stating what you would discuss in the article

17. Follow step-by-step logic in every paragraph

18. Write only one sub-point in one paragraph according to the sub-head title

19. Discuss and explain how-to

20. Assess what type of article you are planning to write, how-to, general, solving a problem or informative

21. Follow specific logical analysis in  every paragraph

22. Focus on readability score - Make it easy to read for audience

23. Write interesting content

24. Avoid long sentences. Make them short

25. Connect the sentences within a paragraph. Make them in tune with sub-head / title

26. Revise and edit to make it more presentable

27. Work on title - Use tools online to get higher score for title

28. Check and read online articles already published that match with your topic

29. Work on your article with a different view to bring more new facts, information and analysis about a specific topic

30. Practice writing with 350 words and go on up to 2500 words or more - Publish regularly

31. Keep one important keyword and maintain the keyword density up to a limit of 3-4% depending on the word count

32. Write down your aim before writing article - What type of results you are expecting from your article

33. Never use more keywords in article

34. Never miss conclusion

35. Focus on labels

36. Begin as a good writer and aim to be a highly-paid actor

37. Write at least 5 - 500 word articles or 2500 words per day in the beginning or practise to write more

38. Write valuable and quality content

40. Write and focus more to invite interest of customers

41. Make content interesting and engaging

42. Critically review your article before publishing

43. Work very hard on every article

44. Practice long-form of articles

45. Select unique titles and topics

46. Make the content very uniquely interesting
47.Prepare the content in tune with the goals

48. Gain expertise in one topic and go on practicing more topics

49. Follow the need/goals

50. Read articles regularly everyday at least - ten articles on a single topic

52. Practice rewriting for efficiency

53. Create as many as sub-heads for discussing more points

54. Stay focused to create valuable content

55. Check every word / synonyms to convey the best value to the article

56. Create a free blog to practice writing quality articles

57. Share your writing on Google+,  Facebook, Email it to your clients

58. Get feedback about your writing

59. Improve your quality to write well and to earn more

60. Choose unique topics and titles

61. Follow either active / passive voice

62.  Be creative and well-informed about the latest information to add in article

63. Discuss why, where, when, how, what in your article

64. Help your readers to find answers to their questions

65. Add points for quick understanding

66. Use links for making your article more effective for traffic

67. Add videos as required

68. Interlink your articles within your latest article

69. Write more and Read more for gaining knowledge and to understand writing rules

70. Try difficult topics - viz., Technology, Insurance, Finance, Forex

71. General article will have organized content - Delivers information

72. Maintain positive voice in general article

73, General article is easy to publish as its main goal is to get more readers to your article

73. Marketing article has to be very logical, comparative, explaining why and how about a product / service

74. Marketing article requires data and links to make it more efficient and effective for generating results

75. The selection of data must be valid and recent

76. Write 350-400-450-500-600-700-750-800-1000-1200-1500-2000-2500 word articles

77. Add images

78. Read relevant articles

79. Make a self-assessment what are the solutions you are providing via your article

80. Prepare a checklist of questions and get answers to work on a new article

81. Read News articles and practice writing news articles

82. Know about SEO and practice writing SEO articles

83. Follow the rules of writing SEO articles

84. Spend at least 10-15 minutes on outline of article

85. Collect relevant links and data

86. Create sub-heads

87. Begin writing

88. Cover all the points you wanted to discuss

89. Choose a best title

90. Get yourself a unique approach to every article you write

91. Follow a specific set of rules for writing an instructional article

92. Know that clients hire you by your sample work

93.  Take research for a topic

94. Discuss from a new perspective

95. If you are arguing, quote an example of evidence and write it relevantly

96. Use quotes for success

97. Use primary and secondary sources - Primary sources are National / International information centers

- Secondary sources are books, abstracts, journals, reference books

98. Use reliable sources

99. Devote time appropriately for short or long article

100. Ensure to get good results for your article

101. Add keywords to your article

102. Stay relevant

103. Postpone if you are not ready

104. Keep a book for writing down article writing ideas

105.Write definite content for helping audience for good results

106. Bold the words as required

107.Use italics 

108. Practice SEO article writing - Read How to be a winning SEO article writer 

109. Write an article everyday. Read - 3 Reasons to write an article everyday

110. Spend more time on reading your article to check everything is perfect.

111. Work on daily article writing ideas - Read 15 daily article writing ideas

112. Ask questions before publishing your article - Read 21 questions before publishing article

113. Marketing articles earn high income

114.  Scholarly articles are heavily researched

115. Be ready catch errors soon you finish article

116. Deliver the promise you made in your head title - Complete your article for successful results

117. Call-to-Action is success only when your article delivers solutions to your audience

118. Describe both simple, easy and difficult solutions

119. Never be in a hurry to finish writing

120. Take time to write systematically

121.If you have chosen an existing topic, refer the original article

122.Provide a list of solutions

123. Address the interests of large audience

124. Explain different points of view / benefits / savings etc.,

125. Know that technical articles are different from regular niche articles

126. Your article content need to be organized and neatly presented

127. Make article shareable, click able, readable

128. Solve only one problem in each article

129. Help audience improve and gain excellent informative content

130. Keep the first motive to invite the interest of audience

Business Article Marketing - Article Writing Tips

131. It is your business marketing – So be very creative, analytic and systematic

132. Write how your business performs

133. Write more about how it helps customers

134. Give a comparative view about your products and performance

135. Quote at least 10-15 good reasons to choose your products

136.  Maintain your article word count limit to 500

137. Use SEO keywords

138. Organize SEO keywords with quality content

139. Refer your website and other product-related links

140. Publish more business marketing articles

141. Write about global perspective

142. Write local perspective

143. Write about Benefits

144. Uses / savings

145. Customer benefits

146. Write for your audience

147. Keep a view of their interests

Small Business Products - Article Writing Tips

148. Identify the needs

149. Where to use / how to use

150. Benefits of products

151. Reference to website

152. Buying information

153.How it achieves safety / security

154. How to buy

155. SEO keywords

156. Organized keyword density

157. Maintain the word count of article between 350-500 words

158. Describe how it delivers needs of customers

159. When it is required to buy

160. Write about quality, instructions for use and how it delivers good results

161. Write more and publish - Read Sample - 99 Article writing ideas on Artificial Nail Stickers

News Articles - Article Writing Tips

162. Use good and simple language 

163. Keep the sentences short

164. Follow the news

165. Never add your opinions

166. Relate the news closely

167. Make the article more interesting in content

168 Choose interesting title

169. Write more paragraphs 

170. Choose sub-heads

171. Never deviate from the news

172. Focus on events and developments

173. Never leave your opinion

174. Quote the references properly

Business Promotion Article Writing Tips

175. Write by beginning -  about your product in the market in general

176. Explain about its use

177. Why it is used

178. How it is used

179 When it is used

180. How it meets the needs of customers

181. How it fulfills and satisfies 

182. Product use, life span and list of benefits

183. Help the audience to understand in detail

184. Focus on your business promotion

185. Help audience reach your site

186. Keep the article word count limit between 350-500

187. Keep the content highly interesting

188. Check vocabulary, grammar and sentences

189. Keep the sentences short

190. Maintain a logical flow of content

191. Keep a view point and write to retain the interest of audience

192. Never bore the audience

193. Maintain consistent value of content

194. Neat presentation

195. Write more paragraphs 

196. Choose sub-heads

Conclusion

  Following best guideline to write quality articles will put you as a very busy writer. Clients will hire you for their business marketing. Therefore take time to read and write high quality articles.

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