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Many people suggest that you should write articles on the
basis of the benefits that people will get from reading your
articles. I'd like to suggest that there is a better
reason, and that is to write your articles on the basis of
what problem people will be able to solve, as a result of
reading your articles.
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Promoting Your Business With Content:: Defining Your Writing Strategy
Copyright (c) 2013 Bruce Lansing
Freelance Writers Review
http://FreelanceWritersReview.com/
Many people suggest that you should write articles on the basis
of the benefits that people will get from reading your articles.
I'd like to suggest that there is a better reason, and that is
to write your articles on the basis of what problem people will
be able to solve, as a result of reading your articles.
Think about why are you search for anything on the Web... Is it
because you want to find how someone can help you, or is it
because you want to know what to do to solve a problem?
The problem doesn't have to be something serious such as how to
get your girlfriend back, how to pull your car out of a ditch, or
how to get pre-approval for major surgery from your health
insurance company.
It could be something much simpler such as "How to Peel a
Hard-Boiled Egg" or "3 Interesting Recipes to Make Eggs Taste
Better."
My point is that when you look for something on the Web, you are
doing so in order to "learn what you should do".
And so that's the perspective you need to have each time you
write an article.
How do you do that?
Let me tell you first what it isn't...
It isn't telling people the benefits of doing something. They
already know the benefits, otherwise they wouldn't have gone in
search of the answers.
For example...
Imagine for a moment that you're driving down the highway, and
you get a flat tire. You pull over to the side of the road, whip
out your smartphone, find the nearest service station through one
of your apps, and call them.
What would you think if the proprietor at the other end of the
line said, "We can fix flat tires. We've been in business for
30 years. Our customers yadayadayada..."
What do you care?
You don't want to know the benefits of using this particular
company to fix your flat tire. You just want them to come out and
fix your tire.
And the same thing is true of your readers...
If you're marketing to them through articles, then you already
know what they need. You may have just forgotten.
So ask yourself this question: "What is the single biggest
problem people in your niche face?" Or "What do they find the
most challenging?"
And then write about those problems...
If you tell them how to solve that problem, then they'll keep
reading your articles.
Before I let you go, I wanted to share one more important idea
with you about using this approach to promote your business.
People often express concern that using the problem solving
strategy might impact their sales in the negative.
If you are selling information, then this might be a concern, but
there are ways to answer questions and leave open the possibility
of getting more detailed help inside of the information product.
On the other hand, if you sell a service, there is an interesting
thing that happens... If you can explain the solution in enough
detail, most folks will decide that although they have learned
how to do it themselves, they would prefer to hire someone to do
the task for them. And, who better to hire for the job than the
person who just explained to them how to do this difficult task?
If you can create articles that will help people solve their
problems, people will find your articles and read them.
Better yet, if you can create articles that leave your readers
happy to have read your article, you stand a real good chance of
getting people to read your "About the Author" and take the
action that you will want them to take.
Article marketing, or content marketing as some folks call it,
can have a definite positive impact on your ability to generate
some serious new sales from people who would not have had the
chance to find your business any other way. Take advantage of
this technique to promote your business. You will be glad you
did.
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The bottom line is that you can write your own content, or you
could hire someone who lives and breathes writing to create
content on your behalf. If you would like to leave content
creation to the professionals, you can always hire freelance
writers at: http://FreelanceWritersReview.com/ Bruce Lansing
has spent more than a decade teaching writers how to become
even better writers.
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