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Secrets To Getting Your Articles Read
You've spent hours doing your research, another hour preparing your outline and then you started writing. To you, it's a masterpiece but when you published it online, nobody seems to want to read it. In this article, I will show you the secrets to getting your articles read and appreciated by others and not just your family and friends.
When writing articles for an internet audience, you must first and foremost be readable. This audience will not sit in front of their computer and stare at your article wasting time deciphering what you're trying to say. They are what I call "the fast food generation" where their demands have to be served fast.
Write your article as if you're writing to an 8th grader If your 8th grader son can read and understand your article then you have a good article to attract this audience. However, this does not imply that this audience is not intelligent. They just have a short attention span or perhaps they have too much to do that they cannot concentrate too long on one thing especially if it is unreadable.
Use short sentences Short sentences are easy to read. It's easy on the eyes and easy on the mind. You don't want your reader to get lost finding the subject of your sentence when he reaches the end of the sentence and not knowing what you're talking about.
Use bullets Not the kind that kills but the kind that will list your points so that the reader can skim through your article very quickly and still know what your article is all about. Internet audience usually does not have the time and patience to read through every single word that you've written. So putting bullets will make their reading easier and your article readable.
Tell a story Everybody loves stories. It doesn't need to be a true story but it must illustrate the point you're making to the audience. Can't find a good story? Start flipping through your old fairy tale books and try to make it relate to your article.
Use concrete examples When explaining a difficult concept or procedures, use examples. This will help clarify your points. If, for example, you're trying to explain how to hide url affiliate links, show how it is done. Give an example of a url, then the hidden link. If possible, let the reader try the link.
Use short paragraphs Three to four sentences per paragraph should suffice in putting your ideas across to the reader. Long paragraphs turn people off. Most of us do not like to read. So, if you make your paragraphs short, the reader will not hesitate to go through your article. If you make your paragraph long, a reader might just skip that paragraph and go to the next one because they might think the rest of the paragraph is just padding.
Use images People like pictures. And it helps to break the boredom of looking at text. This is the reason why video presentation is very popular now online. My daughter does nothing but watch videos online. She can't be bothered to read anymore.
Readability is the secret to writing articles that get read. You don't have to be a rocket scientist just be readable and it's not that difficult.
Written by UmiNoor
I would like to think of myself as an educator. I love to share what knowledge I have so everyone will benefit from it.
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your article is so informative.. I try to make my articles simple to become readable to all..thanks for sharing!rate you up!
It is very easy to understand your points without repeating it. Really a very very nice article. Thanks a lot for your valuable tips. I will remember tips during writing articles. Thanks again.
Great tips… I thought I have read most of your articles but obviously I have missed this one.. Will need to check what other articles that I have missed reading, that are yours… These 7 tips, if followed, will definitely make the article interesting to read!
You may want to add some links to other excellent articles from here…
I cover a few of these in my article How To Write An Article – A Step By Step Guide.. I definitely missed out a few things that you have said here..But I am planning to write another one as well, on the same subject
Good tips! I am new here at Bukisa. I hope we can friends. I learned a lot from this article and will check out more you have written.
You are right! article should be written in simple words such that a 8th grade student can understand
The points about keeping it short and to the point are important. While many of us do not use bullet points, more sites are requesting articles be broken down into subject headings which accomplishes much the same thing. Shorter paragraphs, targeted topics, and targeting short attention spans.
There are places for longer articles, deeper, more technical articles. So far most content sites have not been seeking that format.
Granted SEO techniques may not be pro-bullets but we must remember we’re writing for human readers not search engine robots. You may want to write to be found by search engine robots but make your articles entertaining and readable for your human readers too. And using bullets definitely make for easy reading. I have articles that are bulleted that have been found by Google search engine.
I like ur article. Although regarding some points i may have different option but you have done a good job.
Thank you.
Mishu
I agree with you Raju that not all readers are the same. When I say write for an 8th grader, I meant to make your articles simple and readable. No one likes to read something that is full of jargons and something that is didactic.
Though I agree with some points you mentioned here, I disagree that the readers are fast food hunters. Actually the readers are of different types. Not everyone wants to scan quickly.
In fact it is the fellow writers that try to scan articles quickly. This point you have written from the perspective of a writer and not a reader.
I am an avid reader as well as an avid writer. There are times I scanned pages and there are times I read each and every word. And I believe both types of audience are in the ratio 50:50.
So it does not matter if you write for an 8th grader or not.
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