When I learned about article writing as a way to generate web site traffic, I was intrigued. Unfortunately, it took me several hours to write that first article for my backpacking web site, and another two hours to submit it to several article directories. I still liked the idea, but it seemed like a lot of work for the results. There had to be a better way.
Today, I often write a new article in less than thirty minutes. Then I submit it to fourteen article directories in about twenty minutes. This means six times as much output in the same time, which means six times as much traffic generated, which means six times as much money made for the same effort. It seems very worthwhile now.
Article Writing Efficiency
First, I learned to write shorter articles. Attention spans online are short, and you want to keep the reader reading to the end – where the link to your site is. You also want the article to be used on other sites, and many webmasters won’t use long articles. These are two good reasons to keep it short. Of course this means less time writing too.
I soon learned to identify the essential information quickly. In fact,...