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Article Mistake #1 Bad english

The most important thing you need to take note about your article is the language, check for any spelling and grammatical errors. And make sure you use a consistent tone in your article throughout.

Article Mistake #2 Sell yourself too much

If you are as good as you know you are, there is no reason to fill the body of the article with hype, gratuitous links to your site or blatant self-promotion. Readers are smart and will see right through your "hype-veil."

Article Mistake #3 Give what they wants

Put yourself in your reader's shoes and ask yourself, "What does this article offer me?" Research what your reader wants to read by doing survey's with your own audience or do keyword search engine research to find what people are looking for.

Article Mistake #4 Brief contents

It's better to go in-depth on a narrow topic. Define it. Explain it. Relate to it. Use bullet points or numbered lists. Offer a secret or expertise that you have around the topic. Be original in covering your topic as narrowly as possible in a way that has not been done by others.

Article Mistake #5 Bad article title

The only reason that a reader will read your article is because of your article title. Your title needs to address your readers needs or wants. Use a catch title to attract more readers.

Article Mistake #6 Plagiarizing

First of all, it is wrong to take other people's articles and use it as your own, You can research and reference with other articles, but if you take the article word for word, you are plagiarizing. You should write your article yourself as much as possible.

Article Mistake #7 Don't burn out the RESOURCE BOX by overloading it.

Use the resource box appropriately, you can have one or maximum 2 links in the resource box, but you should not have more than 2 links. Include the important ones in the resource box and leave the other affiliate links in your own website.

If you really want to put your affiliate link, you should use a proper domain name and redirect them to your affiliate site rather than just inserting the affiliate link in the resource box.

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