I just remembered I made these mistakes while I was still new in the trade. well wouldn’t say I’m that old becasue I’m still learning. But this is one of the writing lessons I learnt that helped me develop my skills.
It is a known fact that writing articles it the best way to promote a website because publishers want a large amount of good quality articles that they don’t have to pay for, you provide the articles to the publishers and add a link at the bottom of your article that they have to publish and then you will be getting an ample amount of viewers while the publisher gets free articles.
This sounds easy enough, but I have seen many articles that are written in a style that does not give any benefits to the author. Minor spelling mistakes and grammatical errors can turn your article into trash instead of getting published on many different sites and promoting the authors website.
You can avoid these mistakes and turn your articles into a tool that will help you gain viewers to your website. Simply follow these instructions:
1. Don’t write a “solo ad”
Many authors that want to promote their websites this way will write articles that are basically just advertisements for their websites and nothing more. These articles will often contain little information and read like a sales ad that urges the reader to visit their website before they even get to the resource box.
If you write a solo ad, the chances of a publisher using it is pretty much zero to none. These publishers are looking for informative articles that are unique that they can publish on their sites in order to benefit their readers.
So basically, this means that you should not add the link to your website in the body of the article unless it is a useful website that will add further information to the article itself. Your article should not read like you are promoting a great new product or service; your article should be informative and helpful.
2. Check your spelling
For a reader, spotting spelling errors is a big turn off, it makes it look like you either didn’t take the time to check the article, or that you are just not all that bright. Submitting an article to a publisher with spelling mistakes makes it look like you don’t care and that the publisher can just edit them. Publishers are busy people and do not have time to edit your mistakes and errors. If you write a quality article that contains spelling errors, chances are that it will end up in the trash.
You can even visit a site called www.spellcheck.net to see what you have missed; this service is free and very helpful.
3. Be careful what you put in the resource box
The resource box will contain a link to your website but should not read like an advertisement. I have seen many resource boxes that look like a classified ad in a newspaper for someone desperate for human contact. Just add brief information about you as an author and a link to your web page, nothing else.
4. Avoid grammatical errors
Grammatical errors do the same thing that spelling mistakes do, they turn off the publisher and get the article rejected. Spell check will not be able to detect all of your mistakes so it is important that you read through your article before you submit it to make sure it flows correctly.
If you avoid these common mistakes, you will be able to submit quality articles that will get published right away.
