Here are 10 tips to help you find good article ideas…
#1. Make an Ideas List
If you’ve been writing articles for a while, you know your brightest ideas don’t usually come to your mind when you need them. Actually, you usually get the best ideas when you’re doing something else and thinking about another thing.
But everything changes when you decide to sit and write an article… you get the writer’s block. You really need a good idea for your next issue… but your mind doesn’t help a bit.
The solution is creating an idea list. Whenever you get a bright idea, just add it to your list. After a short time, you’ll have a list full of creative ideas for your next 20 issues at least. So whenever you want to write an article, you simply take a look at your list and choose an idea you feel like writing about.
I’ve been using this technique for years and it has really helped me write better articles faster and easier! You can also visit the newsletter templates section on this website to get more ideas.
#2. Study Forums where Your Target Market Hangs out
More and more people participate in forums these days. One of the reasons is because you can get professional advice for free. And this is exactly what makes forums a great place for you to get bright ideas for your newsletter content.
You simply need to go to the forums where your target market hangs out. There you will discover many of the most common questions and problems your target market has. So you can write helpful articles about them.
#3. Do a Little Keyword Research
Find out which keywords your target market are searching in search engines. Then write an article about it.
So not only you will provide your subscribers with the exact information they’re looking for, but you may also get a top ranking for that article in search engines - which will bring you lots of targeted traffic for free. Wordtracker is a very essential keyword research tool that I always use to get many keyword ideas and find out how many times people search for them every day. You can also use Overture keyword suggestion tool to find different keyword variations for free
.#4. Ask Your Readers
To turn your subscribers into loyal readers and win their trust, you should provide them with the exact information they’re looking for.
The easiest way to find out “what” exactly they want to know is simply adding a “Ask the Editor” section to your newsletter. Soon you will receive lot of emails from your readers asking you for advice about various topics.
You can choose the most common questions and problems and write an article about it. So you’ll get lots of great article ideas for your future issues. What’s more, your readers will love your newsletter for providing them with the exact information they need!
You can find good free templates and sample surveys just by doing a quick search in Google.
#5. Browse Article Directories
There are many article directories available online. You just need to browse related categories to your newsletter topic and take a look at article titles. They will inspire you and give you awesome content ideas for your newsletter.
Here are some of the largest article directories…
* Ezine Articles
* Articles Base
* Go Articles
* Buzzle * Idea Marketers
#6. Review Other People’s Products
You might know many great books, software programs, and services that will
benefit your newsletter readers. So why not write an honest review about one of
them to help your subscribers make the right decision? What’s more, you can join
their affiliate program and earn a commission from every sale you make via your
affiliate link. This can make you a lot of money because if you provide your
readers with a honest review about a useful product, many of them will buy the
product and you’ll get a commission.
#7. Interview an Expert in Your Field
People like to hear success stories and learn how successful people have reached
to where they are now. You can interview successful people in your field by
email or phone. Well-known experts are usually very busy, so they won’t accept
long interviews. In general, the more famous an expert is, the shortest your
interview must be or they won’t accept it. The experts you choose to interview
should not necessarily be very famous - like multi-millionaires. They hardly
accept to let you interview them. You can interview an ordinary person who has
been fairly successful in your field. So what questions should you ask them and
in which order? Simply there are many free interview templates and guides on the
Internet that you can find easily just by doing a search in Google or your
favorite search engine.
#8. Write How-To Articles You can
write how-to articles about almost anything. People love how-to articles. Here
are some sample titles… * How to Go to Sleep in 3 Minutes * How to Cure Your
Headache in 5 Minutes without any Medicine * How to Look 10 Years Younger You
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#9. Give a Certain Number of Tips, Ideas, etc.
People love articles that promise to give a certain number of tips - like this
article. Smiley These articles are also easy to write. For example you can
easily find 3 tips about any topic and turn it to an article. Here are some
title examples… * 5 Tips on How to Deal with an Overbearing Boss * Top 10
Questions to Ask in an Interview * 9 Creative Home Business Ideas to Start with
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#10. Use Guest Articles Don’t
feel like writing an article or just don’t have the time? No problem. You can
publish someone else’s article in your newsletter for free. I’ve introduced some
large article directories here in this article in Idea #5. You can get great
ideas on where to use guest articles in your newsletter from these professional
newsletter templates. Since it’s much easier to copy and paste a written article
than spending time on writing your own, you may be tempted to use guest articles
as your main article in many of your issues. But do yourself a favor and don’t
do it too often. Let me explain why… What’s the goal of your newsletter? Isn’t
it to win your prospects’ trust and prove your expertise to sell them your own
products or affiliate products? So if you don’t write the majority of your
newsletter articles yourself, how can you prove your expertise?
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