Half of the work in creating an article is the research.
If you reuse this research then you will be able to create content faster. This can be used on your site to expand the number of pages you have or it can be used to get you more traffic to your website.
Rewriting Articles
There are different styles articles can be written in. Jason Fladlien analyzed articles that had been written and came up with eight distinct styles. These were
- The how to article
- The frequently asked question style
- What not to do
- The article in the format of a quiz
- Step by Step instruction
- Told as a story
- As a checklist
- Writing for a sub group of people i.e writing the article for teachers or students
Jason sells this method on instantcontententcreation.com. It comes bundled with his method of how to write a 400 word article in seven minutes.
Different Formats
Now you have eight different articles.
One of these will go on your website. This one is not distributed to any other source.
With the other seven, use them as guest posts on high ranking websites. This will get you traffic or high quality links back to your site.
Any that aren’t used as guest posts can be uploaded to article directories or used as press releases. These can also be changed into different documents formats such as powerpoint or video.
Bundled with articles on similar topics they can become ebook.
These can then be uploaded to sites like:
- Scribd.com
- Slideshare.net
- issuu.com
- free-ebooks.net
- youpublish.com
There are plenty of other sites that you could upload them to as well.
Writing an Ebook
For a small ebook, you want 3 or 4 articles on similar topics. These will give you about 1000 to 2000 words.
You then write an introduction. This lets the reader know why you wrote the ebook. This should be 50 to 250 words.
Next comes a general explanation of what the reader is going to learn. This will be another 50 to 250 words.
Your articles then become chapters.
You then tie up any loose ends and let the reader know what you want them to do next.
This is the kind of ebook you can create fast to give away or sell for under $10. Add another 2 or 3 articles and you have an ebook to sell in the under $20 range, maybe even going into the under $30 range.
And Then
Once you have the ebook, you have the script for a video. This will turn it from a low value ebook into a higher value video course.
Then take the audio track off the video. This becomes an audio product that can be listened to in the car going to work.
At this stage you have a manual, a video course and an audio.
This comes from reusing the material you already have.