Tuesday, August 4, 2009

How to Write Top Quality Business Articles

By Benito Santiago

Business articles can be a huge benefit to both the reader and the author. People searching for authoritative articles are looking for business tips, procedures, and experiences that can help them run their own company. Article writers can use the medium to establish their brand or their authority in a given industry. Of course, all of this depends on the ability to write a good article in the first place.

Business articles that are of high quality typically tend to begin in the discovery phase. This is where you will take a good look at your industry and see if there are any major issues or problems that need to be solved. If you find a problem, ask yourself the following questions. Is it something that is affecting my company? Is it something that would interest others enough that they will read it? If it isn't you will have wasted valuable time for something that no one will ever read.

The next phase is the research phase. This is one of the most important phase of them all. This needs to be taken very seriously if you are wanting to establish any credibility with your readers. If you are developing a trustworthy source of information, you better have all of your facts straight. Make sure that you have all of your resources you need before you start writing.

The actual writing process is not difficult, yet a surprising number of would-be writers seem to get it wrong. Writing business articles should follow the same patters you were taught, but probably ignored, in your old English classes. 1) State the problem. 2) Present the facts. 3) Suggest a solution. 4) Draw a conclusion.

Grammar is another thing that you must pay close attention to. It is extremely important to have good grammar in order to present yourself as a professional. Make sure that your document is a clean as possible for your readers.

The next step is usually pretty tough for most people, however, if you follow it, it will make a huge difference in your writing. You need to put away your work for a period of time and then revisit it when you are fresh and have new ideas. Doing so will help you make high quality revisions.

No one likes to rewrite their business articles, but this step is absolutely crucial. This is where you fix all the grammar and spelling errors and make sure it reads properly. You should also try to eliminate any unnecessary words and tighten up the prose as much as possible.

Last but not least, you can move on to the publishing phase. There is where you put your new business articles out on the internet for others to be taught and edified. You will be helping others while helping yourself.

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