Imagine this. You’ve just created your blog. You’ve wrote about three or four post in it. You sit down to write another post…but something’s wrong. You can’t figure out what to write about. You know, in order to have a successful blog, you have to have plenty of content and here you are struggling on your fourth or fifth post. Finally you come to the realization that content creation is not easy… especially if you’re new at it.
In this digital era you need consistent content that’s above average in order to get the attention of your target audience. And yet here you are struggling right out the gate.
This is an all to familiar scenario, especially for affiliate marketers just starting out.
If you fall in the category just mentioned…not having the the experience, knowledge, or the time to create amazing content, don’t worry. Number one, we’ve all been there and number two there are tools (many of them free) that can help you jump-start your content creation efforts.
Before I get into some of these tools, I want to give you 5 reasons you should be thinking about content creation tools.
1 They will help you master content creation: using these tools will help you write better content more consistently. Which translates to you writing more often (practice makes perfect). The more you write the better you’ll get at it.
2 You’ll create more traffic: As you know, you create traffic from the content you write. When you have the tools that enable you to write great content, your traffic WILL increase.
3 You’ll stay in the minds of your prospect: Keeping a study flow of conversation with your prospects will keep you on their minds when they have a problem that they feel only you can solve. Content creation tools help you keep that ongoing conversation alive.
4 Will validate why your customers should buy from you:By using content creation tools to generate a constant stream of content… you’ll be looked as an authority in your niche, making the decision to buy from you and your suggestions much easier.
5 Gives you more to share on other channels: The more content you write, the more channels like Facebook, LinkedIn or any other social media you can share your content with.
I’m going to share with you 5 content creation tools I use myself. These tools have helped me and they can do the same for you…no matter how much experience you have.
Evernote: Evernote allows you to take notes and organize them to where nothing falls through the cracks. You’ll never lose track of the research you’ve done or the task you need to do. It’s a single place where you can put your notes, ideas and reminders in an organizational manner.
Portent’s Content Idea Generator: Trying to find ideas for your next article can be difficult, especially for newcomers. You’ll never get stuck at finding ideas using Portents content idea generator. All you have to do is type in your niche topic in the site and Portents will give you a number of ideas to write about.
Hemingway Editor: Studies show that 80% of readers decide whether to read a message or not read it based on the headline/subject line. Writing GREAT headlines gets your message read and Hemingway Editor helps you do just that. This free site tells you how strong your headline is, where your headline is weak and how to strengthen it. This is a wonderful tool to use when writing headlines.
Infogram: Infogram is a great visualization tool. Articles and emails that incorporates visuals have been known to have greater success rates. This is a tool that I’ve just started to learn myself. It’s been said you can take your content to a whole new level using images, graphics and animated images in you content because your message resonates to your audience visually as well as the printed version. The state-of-the-art technology of Infogram gives your audience the best possible experience on the web as well as mobile devices.
ilys: ilys allows you to get your word count up. You may be asking yourself…why would I want to get my word count up? It’s been said, you have a greater chance at ranking higher in Google search with an article that’s 2000 words or more. Writing a new article is hard enough… especially if you’re a newbie…how am I going to write articles that have 2000 or more words consistently? Ilys can help you get up to speed. This is another site that I’m using to help my writing. You just go to the site and type the number of words you want to write. This site won’t let you finish and go to something else on it until you’ve typed the number of words you’ve type in in the beginning. Eventually you go up in the number of words you plan to type in a session. Before you know it, you’ll be writing 2, 3, 4 to 10 thousand word articles.
These are just a few of the many content creation tools you can use to help you become a better writer. You’ll find that seasoned writers use some of the same tools I just talked about. If you want to find more tools ( and there are many more) just Google free content creation tools and you’ll find a vast array of them.
That’s it for today. I hope I’ve been a hell to you. As always I wish you good luck in your affiliate marketing venture. Keep you and your family safe in these trying times and GOD bless.
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