Solutions for the Struggling Article Writer
Are you struggling to come up with new ideas for articles?
Whether you are a new or veteran writer, this problem can
effectively halt your ability to use this method of promotion.
So, to help you overcome this, I have compiled a list of things
you can do to find new article ideas.
1. Message Boards Read the posts at message boards to see what
people are interested in. You can then write your article on
topics that people already want to know more about.
http://homebizlink.com/wwwboard/
http://bkauras.com/internet-marketing-forum
http://www.bizweb2000.com/wwwboard/index.html
http://www.websitepublisher.net/forums/
http://www.ablake.net/forum
http://www.williecrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi
2. Discussion Lists This is similar to using the message boards.
Just read to see what others are posting about and write
articles on those subjects.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hbj_chat/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ideasbypost/ http://www.o-a.com/
http://www.netpreneur.org/connect/am/default.html
http://www.i-advertising.com/html/join/join.shtml
http://bkauras.com/marketing_discuss_list
3. Surveys You can use a survey to find out what people want to
hear more about. There are several places to find people to take
your survey. Send the survey to your net contacts, post to
discussion groups, post on message boards, put it in your
newsletter, or put it up on your website. Offer something of
value for free, like an ebook or ecourse, to those who take your
survey.
4. Newsletters By subscribing to and reading newsletters, you
can find out what is currently popular. Here are a few
directories where you can find newsletters.
http://www.newsletter-directory.com/ http://www.ezinehub.com/
http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ http://www.expresslists.com/
http://www.jogena.com/ezine/ezinedata.htm
http://www.list-city.com/
5. Keywords Get article ideas by studying the most searched for
keywords, which you can find at these sites.
http://www.wordtracker.com/ http://www.metaspy.com/
http://50.lycos.com http://www.top-keywords.com/
http://www.kanoodle.com/Spy/ http://buzz.yahoo.com
6. Chat Rooms Find article ideas in chat rooms by looking to see
what questions are being asked and by asking what information
the other chatters are interested in.
7. Best Seller Lists Research what the topics of the best
selling books are. Most likely, if there are people buying books
on those topics, there are those that will be interested in
reading articles on them.
http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
http://half.ebay.com/products/books/index.cfm
http://www.booksense.com/bestsellers/index.jsp
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books op-50.htm
8. Visitor/Subscriber Questions If you have a website or ezine,
you probably have a goldmine of article ideas. Pay attention to
the questions your visitors and subscribers ask you. There might
be an article hidden in those questions somewhere.
9. News Websites Check some news sites to find out what the
latest happenings are. Then you can research the hot topics and
write articles on them.
http://www.internetnews.com/ http://www.internet.com/
http://news.com.com/2001-12-0.html
http://www.internetnewsbureau.com/ http://www.internetworld.com/
http://www.newslinx.com
10. Article Writing Services If you have tried all of the above
methods and you haven