Good morning,

Lately it seems like the world and their left toenails are shriekly joyously about the wonders of article writing. Get targeted traffic to your account! Get more and more visitors who view you as the master of the topic!

Well, I have some good news and some great news.

The good news is that it’s quite easy to write articles.

The great news is that there are tons of resources that will help you promote them as well!

Here’s how I approach writing articles - your mileage, of course, may vary.

First I ask myself, self, what is the problem I’m trying to solve? Do I want people to visit my main website? My books for sale? My ezine signup page?

Once I know the end goal, I then think about what article topic would best lend itself to that. If I wanted to generate traffic to my ezine signup page, I’d write about any one of the broad Internet Marketing niches out there (as my ezine deals with entrepreneurs).

If instead I wanted to drive traffic to my books, I’d first pick a book (let’s say, Dynamic Affiliate Profit Linking), choose a sub-topic within it, and then derive 5 or 7 points that can stand on their own. For example, DAPLs deal with the eBay affiliate program among others. So I’d write an article that shows 5 easy ways to use them in forum postings, or 7 easy ways to use them in blog postings, or …

…you get the idea. Now apply this to your own situation…on what topics do your products or ezine center? Grab a few killer ideas from your own bank of knowledge, and write from the heart. Write to entertain, to enlighten, to intrigue! You don’t have to write like a college professor…simply infuse your article with your personality. It’s a great way to stand out from the thundering herd.