I read many ezine articles in the course of doing research. I’m surprised at the number of writers that try to squeeze the contents of an entire book into one article. I didn’t go online to read a novel. When I see an article that is a thousand words or more, I immediately click away. In most cases, the author adds unrelated information to fill more pages. There’s an advantage in breaking up a long article into several smaller ones; you get to publish several resource boxes. The resource box is your only possible source of payment. Publishing three of them is better than publishing just one.
Don’t try to cover every possible detail when writing your articles. If the subject is a long one, break it up into several articles. If the article tells about an ongoing adventure, separate it in a number of sections, such as:
Trekking Through the Yukon – Part 1 of 7
This method has an added advantage. If readers found part 1 compelling, they will actively seek out parts 2 through 7. If you can successfully repeat this process, you may develop a following of faithful viewers. In that case, you might benefit by using that same format in a blog. Then you can use your articles to advertise your blog. Some people make a very nice income by blogging.
Ideally, each article you write should contain between 400 and 600 words. I usually try to keep mine in the 500-word area. That way, it is long enough to provide good information and short enough to keep readers attention.
I try to incorporate three to five facts in each article. Each fact is entered into a separated into its own paragraph and each paragraph is separated by a space. This format makes the article attractive and breaks it up into different sections. This makes it easier ion the reader.
Another question that I get a lot is on submitting articles. You are best served by targeting your submissions to ezines that specialize in your niche. Submit each article to forty or fifty ezines. Make sure that at least some of them are related to your niche. Also make sure that you make submissions to the largest ezines. You can find them by doing a search. You can determine the popularity and size of an ezine by checking it using Alexa and Google’s Page Rank system. Although it is a little time consuming, you only need to do this one time.
