Content writing is a blooming profession these days. The net is full of content. Many people in the recent years have taken up writing content as a profession. Many of these content writers write for websites.

Content writing not only satisfies a writer’s writing needs but also exposes a writer to the whole world. Needless to say that it earns writers some money too. Overall content writing can be fun. But it depends solely on the writer on how he/she is going to make full use of it. In simple terms content writing means to write/produce contents for a website or some other medium. It’s purely a written medium. Thus anyone who loves to write and finds the written medium to be the best way to express his/her mind can try a hand at content writing. This way not only will they be happy they will also earn some money.

For starters one can write at a pace that’s comfortable for them. Remember there is more to content writing than just writing on a topic close to heart. You need to do a lot of research before writing a peace of article. The best and easiest way to write articles is to jog down all the points on a peace of paper and then elaborate. Try it – believe me its really easy.

If you are not getting work as a freelancer – look for a job. Today there are many great jobs for content writers. You can also start your own blog and keep posting your articles there. If you don’t know what is a blog, read it here. Also read how to create a blog.

A blog will automatically build your portfolio which can be viewed by the entire world. Needless to say that among the readers there may be some prospective employers also who are looking for writers or professionals for their company. And who knows they may like someone through his/her writing skills. And this is not a new thing. Many bloggers have received offer letters from newspapers and other different companies. Some have also signed book contracts. Thus the advantages and opportunities of content writing are immense.

If you are writing content for SEO purposes then read my article on content writing with SEO in mind. It emphasizes on the fact that your content must offer some value to your visitors. Informative pages also do well with the search engines.

One thumb rule is writing for people and not for the search engines – and then sprinkle your keywords here and there. But make sure the sentence remains grammatically correct.

Many professionals have left their air-conditioned cubicles to become full time content writers and bloggers. And they are happy. Because they are doing something that their heart wants and they are in the process gaining recognition and money together.

If you love content writing, getting paid for doing something that one loves is not something everyone can do. So write with passion.

Do you love writing? If yes, please share some tips on writing for people who have just started writing.

Content Writing is one of the factors that influence SEO. Gone are the days when keyword repetition 8-10 times in a 400-500 word page was important. Of course the keyword should be present in the content, but the gravity is still a debatable topic. And further if your content is garbage (will discuss later) whatever be the number of repetitions – your page may not rank well.

Why is SEO to some extend dependent on Content Writing?

When someone searches for information online what they do? They type a few words describing what they are looking for in the search engines. The search engines then look for “matching content” in their database of websites and return the ones with the matching content. So from SEO point of view content is important.

How important?

Well let me state an example first. Let’s suppose someone is looking for “freelance content writer”. Lets compare these two type of pages that has these keywords present in their content on “freelance content writer”.

Page 1: Has this type of content:

We have the best freelance content writer. We have the cheapest freelance content writers and our freelance content writers are one of the best.

Page 2: Has this type of content:

Are you looking for freelance content writers? With more than 900 pages of content written till date I think I am the one who can fit your needs:

Here are some examples of freelance content writing done by me:
Example 1, Example 2, Example 3…..

My rates are quite affordable too…. etc.

Now, which page do you think the search engines will prefer listing in the first page? You guessed it right Page 2.

Why? Needless to say because its content is informative, complete and offers some value to its visitors. Page 1 content is nothing but garbage.

(Please keep in mind content is one of the many factors involved in ranking.)

What should you do to make sure your website’s content offers value to your visitors:

1. Do not write on a topic you don’t have much knowledge on.

2. If it doesn’t interest you, then don’t write on it.

3. Write something that you are very comfortable in.

4. Write in a language that even a 5th grade student understands.

5. Try not to have any grammatical errors / spelling mistakes in your copy. Though I agree, 100% accuracy cannot be achieved – but you should try to make it as correct as possible.

6. Overall feeling of the content should be nice, informative and beautiful.

Believe me content writing can be fun and rewarding too – but writing for the sake of writing and for top ranks may be a waste of time.

If you want me to write content for your website please contact me with details.

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