Mar
100 Articles in 100 Days Challenge
I’ve decided to join Jeff Herring’s “100 articles in 100 days” challenge. If you haven’t heard about it, here’s his Ning group http://100articles100days.ning.com/. The hash tag is #hahd (for hundred articles/hundred days).
The rules are simply to write 100 articles between now and July 1st and then submit them to Ezine Articles http://www.ezinearticles.com. Some have asked if there is a prize. There isn’t a prize from Jeff Herring, but there is a natural prize – increased web traffic to your site.
Each of my articles will also be posted here on this blog so my faithful readers will not have to go anywhere else to read them.
Imagine what you could do with your business if you had 100 articles to work with? You could bundle them into an ebook. You could make them into teleseminars. You could turn one or two into white papers and give them away free to your subscribers.
So, how does one begin writing 100 articles in 100 days? Well, you could begin by repurposing what you already have. If you have old newsletters, teleseminars, parts of an ebook, old blog posts, anything that you’ve written, you can turn those into an article and it will count.
You can use search.twitter.com to find out what people are talking about for inspiration on what to write about. Just type in your keywords and all the current conversations will pop up.
So what’s the difference between an article and a blog post? Well, a blog post is typically 350-500 words long while an article can be 750 words long. But I think it’s more than just the length. A blog post can come off the top of your head. And it’s written in a more informal manner. An article usually involves research on the topic you are writing about.
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