While articles on topics of all types sell on Constant-Content.com, a good strategy to ensure that your articles have a fighting chance is to write a narrow topic with broad appeal. This take niche writing to a more mainstream level.
For example, let’s say you’ve determined that the auto insurance niche is hot based on your research indicating that bloggers and Internet marketers need articles about car insurance to support the “get a free quote” ads that they are hosting on their sites. Wonderful! You have a niche and you’re inspired to write about car insurance. Before you begin, consider this: Unless the site is brand new, it likely already has plenty of “how to save money on premiums” and “what is an insurance deductible” articles.
Go ahead a write a few of those if the mood strikes, but don’t stop there. Think beyond the niche. How about writing about who should pay for a teen’s insurance policy? Now, not only do you have an article that appeals to the niche sites, you have an article that appeals to parenting sites, personal finance sites, and even women’s lifestyle sites.
The other day a newcomer to Constant-Content asked me to look at his articles and make suggestions. One of the articles, which is perfectly fine, tells British citizens how to research their family histories. It’s market is limited to the U.K. However, a minor tweak (researching your British ancestors) could easily open up that article to a U.S. audience as well. After all, many U.S. citizens have British ancestors.
Another writer mentioned on the Constant-Content forum that she was considering writing articles about how to read music. I hope she thinks beyond the narrow audience of people trying to learn how to read music and writes articles that could appeal to parents, teachers, and lifestyle publishers. For example, an article illustrating how learning to read music improves math skills could have broader appeal than an article about musical scales.
So, find your niche and broaden it so that your Constant-Content article has several possible homes.
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Hi Celeste,
Glad I found your blog. The first entry I read happens to mention my question about writing music articles. I love it! I’m actually here looking for some pointers on how to write research-based articles. How to cite, what to quote, when to mention sources, and so on. This may not be the appropriate spot to ask, but do you have any resources (for sale or otherwise) on the research-based web article? Thanks!
Missy
Hi Melissa,
As far as citing for Constant-Content articles goes, inline citing is fine ala “According to the US Department of Labor, ___.” If you cite sources at the end of the article, make sure not to include live hyperlinks. Okay: bls.gov NOT Okay: http://www.bls.gov
Sounds like a good topic for my next blog post
If you cite inline, do you also need to cite at the end? Also, I need a review of when citing is necessary and when it’s not. Yes, please, use my ignorance as blog fodder!
ALSO, are there some web sites that just shouldn’t be cited? After all, anyone can have a web page. How do we know which ones are legit and good to use as respected sources?
Hi Melissa,
Here’s a blog post covering citing sources on Constant-Content.com:
http://www.celestestewart.com/2010/09/citing-sources-on-constant-content-com/