Did you know that you can make a living online with nothing but your words and a few good products or services all by learning how to write an affiliate article for the net?
I suppose that you have been looking for information on how to write an article for the net, if so you are in the right place, if not, read it anyway. If you have an online business or aspire to one this article will be a useful resource.
Writing an article for an online audience may seem easy, just write it, but there is a little more to it than that if you want to get the most from your article marketing ventures. Articles for online use have a purpose and a format which I will be writing about in this article so pay attention, this may come in handy some day.
Here is a brief outline of what this article will cover:
1. The purpose
2. The format
3. The topic of your article
4. Research for your article
5. The A.I.D.A. and C.T.P.M. method (What you say, how you say it, and the response you are looking for)
6. Inserting personality in your article
7. Viralizing your article
THE PURPOSE
The obvious purposes for your article are to sell something. The not so obvious reasons are to become a trusted authority on a subject. To link to your site, service or product, to get links and/or backlinks and to boost your site popularity and grow you list.
THE FORMAT
The proven format for article writing for the purpose of marketing is A.I.D.A. This stands for Attention, Interest, Desire and Action. Along with that you want to keep in mind C.T.P.M. which stands for Content, Traffic, Presell and Monetization as well as how to reach your reader. Articles for online purposes should be about 500 to 750 words long because statistics show that online readers like to surf and have short attention spans.
Also for this reason you should try to keep your paragraphs short, about three or four sentences. I usually go for 750 to 100 words and I don’t always follow the format that I am outlining for your but only because I am really comfortable with my writing. This wasn’t always the case and your style will change too, just use this article as a starting point for now.
THE TOPIC
The topic of your article should be related to whatever you know or are promoting. Your goal should be to provide as much information as you have. Don’t hold anything back because by giving your best you inspire others to do the same and that makes for a better business environment.
The topic of your article should also be tightly themed and niched. This just means, don’t stray too much, stay on track. If you stray, so will your readers and you will be defeating your purpose.
THE RESEARCH
Your article research should provide you with valuable targeted keywords for your article and foundational information that you may not have before you begin writing. The keywords for this article are as follows:
keywords= [how to write and article for the net,how to, write, article, net, how to write, write article, affiliate, affiliate article]
Your keywords should be in the title, the first paragraph and the closing paragraph. You can also add them throughout your article for better keyword density.
THE A.I.D.A. METHOD
Your title should grab the attention of your target reader. Your first paragraph should get them interested and the body of your article should attempt to put a desire in your readers hearts and minds to know and do what you are writing about. The last part is the action you want from your reader but that comes later.
THE C.T.P.M. METHOD
In order to get people to your product, service or site, you need content. Content is what people search for when they use search engines and search engines will bring the majority of your traffic to where you want it to go. Without content there will be no traffic or chances to presell your visitors and your monetization methods will become useless.
WHAT YOU SAY AND HOW YOU SAY IT
How you write for your target audience is crucial to the results you will get versus the results you are looking for. When writing to your audience, try to include them and speak to them an not at them as much as possible. Give them a feel for who you are. This garners a semblance of trust and assures them that you are a real person. How your refer your readers is also vitally important.
I would suggest putting a link to your product or service somewhere near the bottom of your article and try not to send them to sites that are suspect. You won’t be able to completely check each and every site out down to the last minute detail but do your best. Nothing will loose you a reader and potential customer quicker than sending them to a bad site, product or service.
THE RESPONSE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
Before you have even begun to write your article you have a solid sense of what you want you M.W.R. (most wanted response) to be. Do you want people to visit your site, service, product or do you just want to become an authority on a subject, build a list or all of the above. The best answer is whatever you are looking for but as far as online business is concerned the better answer would be all of the above.
INSERTING PERSONALITY
People like to feel as if they know or have a relationship with the person whose writing they are reading. Whenever the opportunity arises, try to insert some of your personality into your writing to show that you are a real person.
As you can probably tell from my writing, I don’t have much personality to spare. My wife always says that I should have married a computer instead of her since I spend so much time with one. See what I mean about injecting your personality?
You want to form a relationship with your readers because without a relationship they will not trust your and they will definitely not buy on your recommendation.
VIRALIZING YOUR ARTICLE
When your article is all said and done, you may want to choose the option to viralize it. All this means is that you ad a resource box with a link to a free ebook with links to your other products or services or an online tutorial or autoresponder course. Your main purpose with this step is to get your readers name and email address so that you can keep in touch. Why do you want to keep in touch.
Well, statistics (here we go again) show that even with a relationship, most people who are online will not purchase anything from someone they do not know at least until they have been exposed to the person, product or service seven times.
Getting your readers information will allow you to develop your new found relationship and have the chance to present them with more useful targeted information as well as continuing to expose them to your product, service or site. An example of a resource box is at the end of this article.
In Summary, your overall article should have the following format
Title (keywords)
Content
Attention
Pesonalization
Traffic
Interest
Pesonalization
Presell
Desire
Pesonalization
Monetization
Action
Pesonalization
Summary (keywords)
Contact
I hope you have found this article on how to write an affiliate article for the net useful.

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