How to Write a 400 Word Article Quickly

Search engine optimization increases demand for short articles.

The advent of the Internet has created a large job market for content writers, who are typically paid by the word to write short articles. These articles span virtually every topic imaginable, and they generally must include a set of specific key words. The completed articles are typically distributed to article directories or included on company websites, for the purpose of search engine optimization. In order to make a substantial amount of money via content creation, writers need to be able to generate interesting content fast. A set structure can help you to write a 400-word article quickly.

Instructions

1. Enter the key words or concepts of your assigned article into a major search engine query field. Click on a few of the resulting links in new windows to gain general knowledge about the subject. Keep these windows open, as you will use them as research references.

2. Break the subject matter you are writing about down into three main categories. Turn these into sub-headings, and type these sub-headings onto three separate lines of your computer document.

3. Write an 80-word introduction for your article. The introduction should give a cursory overview of the subject and outline the three categories you are going to flesh out in your article.

4. Write 80 words of content for each sub-heading in your article. Raise the editorial level of your article via quotes or statistics using your online references. Make sure to cite all direct sources by name, to avoid inadvertent plagiarism.

5. Compose a conclusion paragraph using the last 80 words. This paragraph should rephrase all the main points of your article. In addition, the conclusion is where you will give a call to action, if the article requires one. The call to action should say something along the lines of: "Contact us now for more information," or "Click here to order."

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure to spell check your document before submitting it for publication to increase your likelihood of earning repeat business.

• If you cut and paste content from even the most obscure published documents, you are likely to get in trouble for plagiarism. Copyscape is a professional content screening system that many publishers use to weed out plagiarists. The likelihood of being caught when stealing someone's published content is high.

References

• How to Write a 500 Word Article in 30 Minutes or Less; Nancy Hendrickson
• Article Marketing Tips: How To Write Articles Fast

Resources

• Copy Blogger: Online Marketing That Works: How to Write an Article in 20 Minutes