3 Most Common Article Writing Mistakes

If you want your articles to be picked up and massively distributed by ezine publishers and webmasters, here are some common mistakes to avoid.

- Article is based on what you need to learn, not on your personal experience.

Put yourself in your reader's shoes and ask yourself, "What does this article offer me?" Do keyword search engine research to find what people are looking for. It is better to go in-depth on a narrow topic. Define it. Explain it. Relate to it. Use bullet points or numbered lists.

Give concrete examples and personal experiences to back up your points. Tell how you or somebody else faced a problem and solved it. Give the addresses of websites where your readers can get more information on the subject that you are talking about.

- Too many grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.

Be sure that you have clearly defined paragraphs. Explain your points in short paragraphs. Short paragraphs are easier for the reader to follow. No one likes to look at a long block of solid text. Three, four or five sentences are usually enough for one paragraph. Readers no longer read articles in depth and often only 'scan' your article.

For your own outline of the article you should know what you are going to say before you begin writing, so clearly define points that your article is going to cover. Write down these points and then make sure you include them as you begin the writing process. Keep your "voice" in the same person throughout the entire article. If you are using the first person voice, the second person, or the third person…be consistent by staying in one voice for the entire article.

- Headline and article summary does not grab readers' attention.

The headline is often the initial reason why someone might read your article or pass it over for another article. Keep it simple and make it brief. Also, keep your most important points and ideas in the beginning of the article. In the first paragraph clearly state what the article is about.

Summarize what you want to say at the end of the article. You are not writing for a scientific or literary society, but to your peers on the Internet. Write in a simple style and if you introduce new terms, define them for your readers.

While article writing can be outsourced to professionals, it is also possible for you to do it yourself if you try to avoid mistakes that is outlined above. Surely you are able to produce effective written articles for your website and for your promotional outreach via your own newsletters and through articles published on other websites. These articles could become the key to success in your business.