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I Can't Write Articles - What Should I Do?

by: GingerColeen
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Owning and maintaining an internet business requires that you have fresh content articles on a regular basis -- preferably daily. Articles quench the thirst for information and knowledge that lures your prospects to your site.

But what are you going to do if you can't or don't want to write?

Well, for starters if you hate writing articles and you can't afford to hire someone reputable to write for you, you can get free articles. The first place to look is in the public domain. You won't have problems with copyright infringement if your material is available in the public domain.

The public domain consists of writings, articles, books, etc. with copyrights that have expired. Original copyrights only last for a specified number of years. When the copyright isn't extended, due to the death of an author or simply abandonment of the work, the copyright expires and it becomes available in the public domain. These are works that were once published for profit and, as such, grammar and writing is usually of a very high standard. You should check copyright laws in your country for more information.

The downside to public domain articles is that anyone can use them and your competition may have done so already. You may have to edit them a bit to place your keywords and keyword phrases in the appropriate places. Also, make sure that if you use public domain articles they pertain to your niche topic.

One of the best ways to get fresh content is to allow other websites with a similar niche to submit articles that you post on your site. It's a common blogging tactic to create "utility posts" which consist of an intro to a post in another blog with a link to it from your blog. Bloggers are simply using good fresh content from other blogs to fulfill their content needs.

Now, you might be saying -- wait a minute, I don't want links to other sites on my site! Well, if that's what you think, you're a little behind the curve because that's exactly what Web 2.0 is all about! Google knows this and is now serving up pages based primarily on their social popularity. Google weighs other parts of the site as well, but always remember that social populariaty is VERRRRY important!

So, start sharing as much as you can and forget about keeping all the links to yourself.

Here's the best part of this article and the main reason I decided to write it. Due to Web 2.0 popularity, many services are becoming popular that help us all share articles and links. I belong to one that not only sends "unique" articles that I write to approximately 600 article directories and blog sites, but, as a subscriber, I receive as many unique articles every day as I choose. You can also subscribe to simply receive articles if you don't wish to write.

This service is not costly but is well worth the minor fee I pay monthly. As a result, I'm seeing my links increase in Google daily. It's the best method I know of to help us all trade links and acquire unique articles. I have no problem posting regularly to all of my sites now. It's up to me to choose what categories of articles I receive, how many are sent each day and whether or not to publish on my website. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to write good articles! If it's crap, I don't post it.

And, one more thing I would also like to point out. There are many sites on the Internet that offer Private Label Rights Articles that can published on your site. Some of them are free or have free starter memberships. You can also take credit for writing these articles yourself. If you like, you can rewrite them too. That's how I wrote this article. I'm pretty good at writing, but the ideas don't always come quickly. When I start with a PLR article, the ideas flow easier and I don't have to create all of the original content.

About the Author

I use article marketing exclusively online for site promotion and link sharing. Everyone can become skilled at article marketing to pull unique content to their site daily. Ginger Haskins, Author.

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