Good Content Writing Includes Headlines.

You need to keep in mind that the headline is one of the first pieces of information that a reader sees. Write a good one and they ll click through to read the rest of your article. A bad one means they’ll click away from a blog that you’ve written and may never return again.

What Makes For A Great Headline?

Fair enough, you might say, but what makes up a good headline? Well one of the first things that you need to consider is to be short and sweet. The headline isn’t the place to explain to the reader what the entire blog is about. It’s the place where you get to the point.

You need to remember that Google does not have a sense of humor. And that means that your sense of irony might be a hit at parties but it won’t do anything to get you a better search engine ranking or more readers. The more straightforward your title the better.

One final note about SEO. if you can work one of your main keywords into the title all the better and if you can put it as close to the front as possible you stand a better chance at a higher ranking.

Why You Need A Content Writer

Have you ever Googled a topic of interest and when you got to the site the writing was so bad it couldn’t hold your interest for more than a few seconds before you clicked away? Well, that’s what can happen when you go through all the trouble of using the best Internet advertising techniques to work toward a great page ranking and skimp on the content.

Remember That SEO Content Writing Is King

There’s no way around having great content as one of the tools that you use to draw the reader in and hopefully convert them into a sale. All too often you see great websites that use all the right seo techniques but they can’t close the circle because the content writing on the site is lacking or obviously just there couching keywords.
The professional content writer makes it sound great and work to increase traffic and page ranking.

The Importance Of Keywords

It seems that the standard is constantly changing for keywords, but here’s something that I wrote on the subject a while back.

Starting Out

After thinking it over for a while ( and writing well over a thousand optimized blogs ) I decided to start this business up to compliment my other freelance work. Writing the kind of optimized content that helps Internet based companies to get noticed  was a good fit since I had a journalism background.

Content Writing For The Web

Since I’ve been working in freelance content writing,  I’ve noticed that the customer is expecting a high standard. That’s all no problem since I’m used to deadlines and being exact from the reporter days before I started taking on content writing  jobs.

I’ve done everything from blogs for the health insurance industry to articles for hosted exchange firms. I know how to get you the page rankings you need and I’ve got the experience to prove it. Email me today and let’s get started.

Rob

Freelance Content Writing Sharpens Editing Talents

When you work on the Internet as a content writer doubling as a fiction editor,one necessarily feeds off the other. For example, the content writer side of what I do demands that I find ways to say things in smaller spaces and that helps me to look for ways to edit books down at the same time.

Content Writing

The reason the two disciplines work well together is simple. Both seo content writing and fiction editing arrive at the same point from different ends. All content writing jobs require that you ‘edit’ your thoughts before you write them and the editing work requires that you polish the words after they’ve been put down on the page.

Seo Content Writing is Specialized

Everyone keeps on saying that content writing will be the next big thing on the Internet and while they are no doubt right ( the search engines have along been sick of keyword stuffed content that’s almost indecipherable) we all need to understand that it’s not enough to be to just write well. You need to be able to juggle the demands of seo content writing as well.

Keyword Rankings

There’s an insatiable appetite for good content and that’s evidenced by the number of content writing jobs that come up on any search. Still, you need to remember that as a content writer, you have a client that has specific demands as to what they want in the copy, and although you may know a better way to say something, it’s up to you as a content writer to follow their directions and implement the right amount of links and keywords into a seamless melt that will give them the best exposure.

Too Sloppy

All too often content writers can be either too sloppy or deep, and while they may like what they’ve produced, the rankings and traffic the client receives will leave them unhappy.