I’m going to outline the general steps in creating articles to publish online.  Articles are also known as ‘content’, and as you’ll hear from me and other article sources, content is key.

The article process is as follows, and I’ll say upfront that this is geared towards eHow, but is still absolutely useful for other sites.

1. Come up with a topic:  this is simple enough, it just means decide on what you want to write an article about.  This is also where the dreaded ‘writers block’ pops up.  I’ll discuss ways to overcome this.
2. Research keywords:  This step is vitally important and if you don’t master it you will not realize maximum earnings.  As you research keywords you may come to realize that your topic simply doesn’t pay well, in that case just come up with a new topic.
3. Write the article:  Now it’s time to write the article, make sure you use the keywords that you researched earlier.
4. Adjust keywords for SEO:  After you write the article take a look at it and read it, does it flow naturally?  Adjust your keyword density if necessary and never overuse keywords.
5. Publish the article:  If it looks good then publish it.  We’ll cover that process later.
6. Adjust the article for ad targeting:  A lot of new writers don’t do this step.  Just look at your published article and make sure the ads are appropriate to the content.  If you write an article about ‘chocolate addiction’ make sure the ads aren’t about drug addiction.  If the ads are wrong, edit the article and adjust your keyword density.
7. Promote the Article:  We’ll talk about some free social networking and other sites to get traffic to your article.  More traffic, more money.
8. Monitor the article:  Another often overlooked step.  The more traffic your article gets the more money you will make, it’s as simple as that.  If you’re article isn’t getting traffic there are ways to improve it, which I’ll discuss in a later post.
9. Adjust to optimize profit:  This is an optional step but it’s sometimes a good idea to revisit an article a few months later and update it if necessary.  This is especially true if there are Amazon product links.

So there you have it.  I just briefly touched upon the process but I’ll expand on all of them in coming posts.

Writing articles is NOT difficult and certainly not time consuming, just learn SEO and you’ll do very well.  Once you get the hang of it you should easily be able to publish an article from scratch within 30 minutes.

The general consensus among eHow users is that articles should average between 1.50 and 3.00 dollars per month. If you publish just one article a day at the end of the year you should have about 350 articles and a permanent, passive income of from 500-1000 dollars a month,

My next post will be on setting up your PC to make this entire process easier and quicker.  I spent the last two months hunting down software and informational links to give me the tools to excel at this.

Set up your computer for article writing to make the most money as fast as possible.

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