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Steve Shaw
If you are carrying out an online article submissions campaign, then you need to be writing a steady stream of articles. The question is, where on earth do you get all this original, educational , helpful content? Within this article are some sources where I have found inspiration, and perhaps once you have read through this list you'll discover several untapped resources for content that you had completely overlooked: 1 - E-books that you have created. I have written several, and the other day I came across one that I hadn't looked at in a while. It had been such a long time since I had read it that the information was really fresh to me, and I found it very inspring. I read through the table of contents and picked out a number of ideas that I was convinced my readers would find really intersting. The great thing about getting article topics from your e-books or even your own hard copy books (on your topic, of course) is a re-write is completely unnecessary. If there happens to be content on your own website that could be used to produce a free reprint article, you should protect the unique content on your website by rewriting the article. However, if this content is from an e-book you do not have to rewrite, as the content will not be published on your website. It is fine to pick out particular sections of your e-book and change them to be used in a free reprint article. It's also ok for the wording to be repeated verbatim. The article will need a concluding and introductory paragraph to ensure it does not read like an excerpt from a book, but that is minimal compared to creating an article from scratch. Do you have some e-books you've produced on your specific topic? Fabulous—Because the task of creating articles has just got far, far easier. 2 - Customer questions. I get a huge number of questions from potential customers, existing customers, and people who are simply interested in finding out more about article marketing. A number of these questions show a common misconception about my own particular niche. When I read through the explanation in my reply I usually realise that my response to these questions would make the basis for a great article. This is particularly so when there are multiple people asking about the same subject, an article providing the answers people need can be really useful for a huge number of people. You know what they say--if there is one person asking, there are likely several more wondering the same thing! 3 - Solving people's problems. Sometimes people may contact you to ask for help with on a problem that they've come across in your niche. One example that comes to mind is that of a woman who contacted me to say that she was just burnt out on writing. She'd been writing articles for article marketing for a while, and she was having writer's block. I could really sense her despair and frustration, and I thought to myself, "I know how this feels. I am convinved others are experiencing this now and could probably use some help." So, I wrote an article looking at her specific and real problem and offered encouragement and tips for overcoming a writing slump. People write to me sharing other types of problems—normally there is an emotional element causing them to be worried, afraid or exhausted. In the very technical field of web marketing, it is so easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the information out there. When starting any new skill, you can be fearful of how you'll catch on. In these types of cases, what I really want to do is to encourage and reassure them. Usually, an encouraging reply email will inspire an article that looks at that same problem. As article marketers, we are writing content that should be assisting people in some way. We want to educate, enlighten, and encourage. I imagine you do this all the time when you're doing your day to day work, and you're not even thinking about articles. I challenge you to look for these kinds of situations in your life and consider how you might use them to create interesting articles.
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