Why are you writing articles? Are you posting them on a blog? Or… are you writing articles for article distribution so you can get links and visitors to your blog? Or… maybe your writing articles to use as guest blogging.

It’s not easy coming up with article ideas… and then you have to choose the format and the keywords and… and… and…

Of course, the reason we publish articles is so people can find those articles, read them, use them and we hope that it eventually generates a sale or two for us.

If you have a blog already… or are thinking of starting one, make sure you keep your reader in mind when your designing your website and when your writing the articles for your website. It’s so important to have a vision before you start a project.

Is your site more about product reviews, launch updates, events, facts, deals of the day or is it more about helping someone find and answer to a question.

For instance… ii you start a site answering “Questions about coaching”. This type of approach is ideal for a blog because there is some kind of interactivity going on and also it’s easy for you to publish your questions and answers. When you have the occasional long form articles, you can always add them to a page on your blog. Your articles and blog need not stand alone, they can be complimentary.

Other sites especially those built for educating and dispensing information would be better off with a regular article based site. While you can use a blog as a content management tool for your articles, a regular website offers much more control when you’re trying to optimize each web page individually. True, you can optimize a blog however, overall I find it’s easier to optimize a website.

Keep Your Blog Articles Relevant

You might build sites in all kinds of niches, from gadgets to babies. Or… you may find one target market and build upon it by creating different sites related to that niche. Example, the main business is coaching. They have one site on coaching FAQ’s, one for coaches, one for life and balance articles for a working mother and so on. If your business is structured like the latter, it’s going to be a lot easier for you to figure out which approach you should go for.

Why? Because all of these sites are working in tandem to support your main business. It doesn’t matter which you use, in the end, the focus is on your business, you are promoting your services no matter where people go and you’ll reap the rewards. Each of these sites also become a network of content.

Doing so also means you could keep only one blog and use it to direct people people to new articles, highlight special articles or alert people about a tele-seminar call, kind of like a news hub just for your business. Another nice plus to this is you don’t have to build so many blogs that you won’t be able to keep up with. (Something I’m guilty of)

If you find yourself with a ton of blogs and no time… You don’t have to do it all yourself. If find you can’t find time or resources to squeeze in another article or blog, ask around and see if other bloggers in a relevant niche are interested in allowing you to be a contributor to their blog.

Okay… now that I’ve vented and ranted about “Who Are You Writing Articles For“? I don’t even know if you have a blog. If you don’t… I’ll bet you want to know how to build the best blog you can right from the get go. And… I think you might need some help with “best practices” for blogging so you don’t run into trouble down the road because you didn’t plan things right in the beginning.

Got the answer right here and it’s a good one. Blogger, entrepreneur Lynette Chandler has been helping small business owners with their blogs. She authored an e-course to help new bloggers start their blog right from the beginning. Click Here and Grab yours at Start Your Blog Right The First Time

About The Author:

Debra Conrad is an online entrepreneur, information publisher, and author that has been using Public Domain material to create profitable products and businesses since 2007. She is also co-author of "The Public Domain Treasure Hunter's Survival Kit" available here. For more info Debra, click here.

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