| You need article ideas. You probably already know | | | | Suppose you know about computers, and you |
| that publishing and distributing online articles is one | | | | have a web site about them. Think about what |
| of the cheapest and surest ways to promote | | | | things you have told your friends that they |
| your web site. But perhaps you have just plain | | | | seemed surprised to learn. Then start writing |
| run out of ideas. Well stop staring at that | | | | them down. The resulting article might be titled, |
| computer screen and try the following. | | | | "Your Computer - Six Things You Didn't Know." |
| Use Your Pages For Article Ideas | | | | Find Article Ideas On Other Sites |
| If you have a large website, you probably have a | | | | Go check out what the competition is doing. You |
| treasure trove of useful information and ideas for | | | | can't copy what you see, but you sure can get |
| articles. Start going through it page by page. If | | | | ideas. Start at a search engine and search any |
| the page hasn't already been used to create an | | | | keywords you are targeting or might want to |
| article, start rewriting it into one. Even better, | | | | target. Look at the sites that show up in the |
| read the page over once, close it, and then write | | | | results, starting with the primary pages linked to |
| a article from scratch on the topic. You'll find that | | | | from the home page. |
| you have gained new insight since you first wrote | | | | If, for example, you have a web site about |
| that page, so why not share that with others. | | | | hunting, search "hunting," "firearms," "guns," "deer |
| Take part of a page and expand on it. For | | | | hunting tips," and more. Then find topics that you |
| example, suppose you have a site on car care, | | | | haven't covered among the pages of those other |
| and you have a page called "Ten Ways To Clean | | | | sites. You might disagree with some of what you |
| Car Upholstery." Choose the best of the ten. Now | | | | find, or think it is incomplete. Great! Disagree or |
| write a fuller explanation of it and title the article | | | | complete it in your own words - there's an article. |
| "The Best Way To Clean Car Upholstery." | | | | Are there other ways to have new ideas? You |
| Use Your Daily Conversations | | | | bet! But why not get busy with these three? If |
| We are all "experts" about different things. | | | | you search every page of your web sites for |
| Chances are you have a web site about some | | | | inspiration, make a note of every conversation |
| topic of interest to you, and you talk about that | | | | you have, and browse the pages of your |
| topic. What things do you say that catch the | | | | competition, you'll have all the article ideas you |
| attention of your friends? What do you friends | | | | need. |
| ask you about? | | | | |