Overcoming Writers' Block (part one)

by Owen Jones⁽¹⁹⁵⁾ Red Star

http://the-real-way.com

If you are composing pieces in order to advertise web sites, either your own or those of someone else for a fee, the first thing to do is select subjects that you are at least slightly interested in. Let's assume from here on that you are composing to support your own web sites.

Well, in all probability you would not have started a web site on a issue that you know nothing of and have no interest in. I have tried writing on topics I know little about and, although it can be done (500 words is not a lot), I do not think that I have ever been really happy with the results.

So, let's start by picking a site that is interesting to us, but is not so mainstream that you have no chance of ranking on Google for a couple of niche words.

The most popular subjects are: love, health, sport, cars, insurance, travel, fashion and dieting but you would be hard pressed to make any money from sites in those fields because they are snowed under by people with much more resources than you or I.

Therefore, you have to step back a bit. Choose one of the above and drill down until there is much less competition, but stay within your interest group.

For instance:

Love: I am married to a Thai girl, so I could have a site on mixed marriages, mixed race marriages, Buddhist-Christian relationships in marriage (or dating), living in Thailand with your Buddhist wife, etc, etc.

Health: diabetes is a big killer in our village. The subject is too big, but what of cooking for an aging diabetic, Asian diabetic recipes, diabetes mellitus etc, etc?

Sport: I have no real interest in sport, but I could write a site on where to go in London during the 2012 Olympic Games.

Cars: no interest again, but I am interested in the technology of hybrid vehicles This could be further refined to hybrid cars or motorcycles from one country of continent.

I won't go through the rest of the list, but I think that I have illustrated the strategy. Then you need keywords that people use to look for sites on these subjects. Enter 'Google keyword tools' into Google and you will see a assortment of free keyword tools to help you find the best ones.

Then, you purchase a URL that matches one of those keywords - hopefully the one that is most sought for each month. You will need at least five interesting pages of around 500 words each for your new web site to have much of chance.

Then you will require at least two or three pieces to advertise every page. These pieces will get you backlinks which will make your website rise to page one on Google for your keywords. Therefore, you need 10-15 keyword (phrases) for every fledgling web site.

I make two-three websites at a time, because variety makes writing easier. It is hard to come up with 10 original pieces and five web pages in five days, but not so difficult to write 20 articles and 10 web pages in 10 days. The readers will not get so bored either.

Although the website has to be interesting to you for you to be able to write so a lot about it, it also has to be interesting to others or you are working for your own enjoyment and no money. However, judging what will become a successful web site is impossible.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a variety of topics, and is now involved with Blogging. If you would like to know more, please visit our web site at PLR Articles.

Article submitted Saturday, December 24, 2011 & read 72 times.

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» left by Christofer French (141 days 13 hours ago.)

I love your approach and your practical, and yes, even ingenious way of dealing with this topic.
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» left by Owen Jones⁽¹⁹⁵⁾ (141 days 5 hours ago.)
Thanks, Christopher.

I wish I could get around to proof reading my articles before posting them though.
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