Work From Home Online: Does Article Writing Give You the Heebie Jeebies?

For anyone trying to make it in the work from home online business, it's not uncommon to hear over and over that "content is king". Well, they're right - it's hard to get your point across or to make a compelling case for selling something if your website doesn't have some well written content on it. But if you're not a very good writer, what do you do?

If you don't have the means to outsource the writing of your website content/articles/blog, you will need to learn how to do it yourself. The first step is research - start looking for and reading content already published on the subject . You'll be shocked at just how much information you can find online by simply conducting a search on Google, Yahoo, or Ezine Articles.

You can learn a lot about your niche from other people's websites but under no circumstances should you "borrow" their content and try to pass it off as your own. That's just bad business.

Instead, try to put together a summary of what you've learned from several sources. Put it in your own words and write it like you're talking to someone. Keep it simple and be natural - don't try to emulate someone else's style. There are some extremely talented writers out there but don't let that intimidate you. More often than not, the people who write their own blogs and articles are not professional writers.

You can start by using an outline and then go back and fill in the "meat" of the points. Once you get used to conducting research and then writing about the subject, you'll start to gain more confidence because you will know and understand your niche much better. Your writing will improve as a result - it will be more natural.

Most people don't want to publish an article in their own name while they are honing their writing skills. That's an easy obstacle to overcome - simply choose another name for publishing your content.

Overcoming the fear of writing an article is not hard if you simply put forth the effort. And you'll find that it's well worth the effort because when you master it, you'll be able to sit down at the computer and write at will because you'll have confidence in your ability.