Articles Writing Tips

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The body of the article will follow the introduction, and should adequately and completely give the reader all the information to do or learn, etc., whatever is promised in the title and perhaps the introduction to the article.

In the case of steps or a list of things, the body of the article is quite easy to write. Continuing to use the list building example, this is a sample of what that list of ways to list build with precision:

1) To list build with precision, you must have a tightly-targeted demographics to which you are directing your efforts. It is far more profitable to build 5 tightly targeted lists where you know exactly what type of targeted items you can promote effectively, than to build one loosely targeted list to which you are offering products that for one or more segment of the list, have little or no value.

2) To list build with precision, you must coordinate the topic of your advertising mechanism with the topic of your squeeze page, and the topic of your squeeze page with the content of your email campaign. By coordinating the topics of these three major points of contact with your visitors and subscribers, you are able to effectively maintain your subscriber base. When these topics are not coordinated, you tend to lose subscribers who are not receiving the type of content they anticipated they would receive when they either clicked through to your squeeze page or subscribed to your newsletter or mailing list.

3) To list build with precision, you must continually send your subscribers useful information. This information can be in the form of useful emails that contain informative content which your subscribers can use, or it can be in the form of free gifts and recommended resources that help meet the needs of your subscribers. It is important that you do not email your subscribers any information that will not genuinely help them or advance their own cause. Think about that carefully before each mailing you do. You see, it is better to skip a mailing if you do not have good information to send, than to send bad information and have people unsubscribe as a result.

4) To list build with precision, you must continually survey your subscribers or ask them what types of information or products they are currently in need of. This is one of the most overlooked methods of both building rapport and ensuring that the information, content, and recommendations that you make, or in line with your current subscribers’ needs. Remember, your subscribers’ needs will change over time, and they will change if the primary source of your lead generation changes.

5) To list build with precision, you must never forget the primary purpose of your list. Ask yourself regularly, what is my purpose with this list, and am I meeting my purpose with this list. If you are aimlessly managing your list, it will be much less profitable than if you are managing your list with clear purpose and direction. (427 words)

And in the case of the time management article, the body might look like this:

1) Keep a log of all the things you do throughout the day, and at the end of each day and each week, add up the time spent doing each activity. When you do this one step, you often realize incredibly wasteful patterns in your daily routine. For example, you might be checking your email 20 times a day for an average of 10 minutes each time, for a total of 200 minutes per day. If you were to cut that back to 3 times a day, and spend as much as 30 minutes per time, for a total of 90 minutes per day, you would save 110 immediately. The same concept can be applied to returning phone calls, surfing the web, or reading newspaper or magazine clips.

2) Create a goals list. Many times we are not productive during the day because we simply do not know what we are supposed to do to be productive. This is especially common for entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals who do not have well-defined daily activity expectations. Create yearly goals, break those down into the requisite monthly goals that, when met, would ensure the accomplishment of the yearly goals, and you can even create weekly goals.

3) Constantly evaluate every activity that you do against the goals list. Ask yourself, is this activity furthering or hindering my ability to meet my goals? If the answer is no, quit doing the activity, and switch to one that furthers your goals. (246 words)

Notice that in both cases, I very closely followed the steps I had created for the outline. In fact, for the list building article, I used the steps I listed in the outline as the first sentence of each paragraph describing the steps.

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Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 400 articles in print and 8 published ebooks.