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Write For The Web: Content Writing When You’re Not An Expert In a Topic
Want to write for the Web? Web writing can be very lucrative indeed.
You’ll be writing in many different areas, often on topics which are totally unfamiliar to you.
So — how you do write about something when you know nothing about it?
Big tip: realize that you don’t need to be an expert. You simply need to familiarize yourself with the topic.
In a recent article, I said:
Before you start writing, you need to become conversant with your topic — familiar with it, in other words. You certainly don’t need to be an expert.
It’s fine to cover a topic if you’re a beginner. Journalists know this. They aren’t experts in most of the areas they cover, and they don’t need to be. They do ensure however that they know enough so that they can ask intelligent questions of experts.
You can do the same: become conversant with a topic before you write about it. If you’re a total beginner in a topic that’s fine; most of your readers will know less than you do.
Curiosity is your most powerful weapon. Ask questions, and find the answers.
Let’s see how this works. You’ve taken on a content writing job: writing articles about anti-aging cream.
You know as much about anti-aging cream as you do about marine corals, but you’re game. You’ll familiarize yourself with the topic. Expect to spend at least a couple of hours, maybe more, on this. If you’re aiming to write quality content, you’ll research more.
Start by estimating how long this research will take you.
Tip: sometimes a writing job just doesn’t pay enough for you to spend time familiarizing yourself with it; the client doesn’t want to pay for your research time. Pass the job by. Not every writing job is for you.
How to become conversant with a topic
1. Start by asking questions. Write them down. Use Who, What, Why, When, Where and How.
2. Find the answers. Check the Web, forums, Amazon, company websites… I encourage you to place a time limit on your research. Remember, you simply want to become conversant with the topic.
3. Write down the answers you’ve found. Writing them down ensures that you’ll remember the answers.
Another tip: remember your aim isn’t to become an expert. Usually, you’ll be writing for general readers, who know little about your topic.
On the other hand, if you’re writing for experts, you’ll need to interview experts. Don’t try to become an expert. Becoming an expert in anything takes years. You don’t have the luxury of time.
In your Web writing career, you’ll write about hundreds of topics. You don’t need to be an expert. You can write for the Web, and write well, simply by familiarizing yourself with a topic, and writing for a specific audience.
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Maybe It’s Time to Change Your Life
Here we are in August 2010. How’s this year been treating you? I hope you’ve been meeting your Web writing goals.
If not, and if you love to write, maybe it’s time to consider turning Web writing into your full-time career, so you can make 2011 the year you change your life.
Dawn Williams, a member of Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON), has changed her life. Here’s part of her story.
My year as a SYWON student opened my eyes to writing venues I hadn’t considered — and some I didn’t even know existed. The weekly lessons alone were more than worth the subscription fee, and the coaching and additional bonus material were an incomparable value.
I am a single mom who was barely scraping by when I learned about SYWON. The cost of the program, as modest as it is, represented a huge investment of my resources at the time. From the very first lesson, though, I was able to apply the information Angela shared, and easily made enough money to more than cover the cost. As the lessons progressed, my creativity sparked and I learned how to take my writing projects from inspiration to fruition. SYWON was the mental equivalent of opening a dam — the ideas now flow with ease, and I start each day with enthusiasm for my work.
Read Dawn’s story in full here.
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Web Writing Training: 5 Reasons You Need It
Want to write for the Web? You can write for major Web sites, tiny Web sites, company sites, and for individuals. In addition, you can create your own online properties as quickly as you can type. These properties build into a real business, which give you residual income, month after month.
There are literally unlimited places for you to sell your writing online. Buyers FIGHT for good writers, and they’re willing to pay for quality writing.
Unfortunately, 95 out of 100 writers get stuck. They’re bewildered by the Web. Instead of seeing opportunities, they see chaos.
This is understandable. I’ve been online since the mid-1980s — the days when “online” meant command line interfaces, and Bulletin Board Systems — so I understand the Web and it’s easy to see where the opportunities are.
Here are five reasons you need Web writing training:
1. You need to learn what kinds of writing sell online, and who to sell your writing to.
2. You need to know how to create a Web site or blog in minutes, to take advantage of a new opportunity.
3. You need to know how to build up your own list of buyers: those publications, companies and individuals who rely on you as their own personal writer.
4. You need to know how to advertise and promote your writing services and products quickly, in a cost-effective way.
5. And the biggest reason of all: you need a program to follow, which guides you, and shows you the way.
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