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8 Sources To Research Awesome Article Topics
By Priya Shah
Copyright ? 2005 Priya Shah
http://www.priyashah.com
Writing articles is by far the most effective online promotion strategy I¡¯ve
come across. If you can write good, readable, original content, you can
easily put yourself far ahead of the pack in your field of interest.
But article marketers and new article writers are often stumped for topics
to write about. Finding topics that appeal to your readers can be time-
consuming but well worth the effort.
Here are no less than eight awesome ways to research your market and
find newsy topics that attract loads of traffic and the interest of your target
audience.
1. Keyword Research Tools
To write an article that will get you a significant amount of traffic, you need
to write about topics that people are searching for.
You also want to know which terms your target audience uses while
searching, so you can use them in your article title and copy and increase
the chance of being found by search engines.
Two excellent keyword research tools you should always use to research
article topics are Wordtracker and Overture¡¯s Keyword Inventory Tool.
http://www.wordtracker.com
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
2. Newsletters and Trade Journals
Subscribe to email newsletters, ezines and offline publications related to
your topic of interest. Reading what others in your field are writing about
will give you lots of ideas for your own article topics.
It's easy to find newsletters that cover your topic online. If you want to
write about internet marketing, for instance, you could search for ¡°internet
marketing newsletter¡± and find the most well-read and respected
publications in that field.
3. Google News Alerts
Google News Alerts is like a news aggregator that allows you to receive
news based on your keyword of choice.
http://www.google.com/alerts
When you subscribe, you¡¯ll receive the latest stories that carry your
keyword. Go through them and you may find some gems of information that
you can write up into a topical article based on that story.
4. Press Release Alerts
Press releases are an excellent way to find out more about new
discoveries or advances in your field. These can make an excellent topic for
an opinion piece about that discovery or development.
Search press release sites for the latest releases in the field of your choice.
You¡¯ll find a bunch of them listed here.
http://www.onlineprindia.com/press-release-distribution.htm
5. Online Forums
You can get some of your best article topics from other professionals in
your field. Online forums provide an abundance of opinions, queries and
ideas that might just make that flashbulb go off in your brain.
Visit forums, lurk and read other¡¯s posts or participate in discussions and
benefit from the minds of some of the most interactive people in your field.
6. Blogs
Blogs are a hotbed of discussion and opinion. They often carry some very
interesting and topical pieces that can help you ideate.
Blog directories, a long list of which can be found at the link below, are a
good place to start looking for blogs written on your topic of interest.
http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
7. Seminars and Conferences
One of the best ways to keep up with new ideas and developments in your
field is to attend seminars or conferences and network with other people.
You can often come away with a bunch of ideas, at these gatherings, and
use them to write up articles.
8. Spy On The Competition
Check out your competitor¡¯s business and websites. They may be using
ideas or even making mistakes that could give you ideas for articles on
what does or doesn¡¯t work.
And finally, always remember to give credit (and a link back) to the news
sources that you cite in your article.
About the Author
Priya Shah is a partner in the search engine optimization firm, SEO & More. Visit Article Writing Tips for more article marketing tips.
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