Ask any successful Internet Marketer if article writing works and they will without a doubt tell you yes. The problem is coming up with new and interesting content time and time again. Over the years I had mastered the art of article writing, and have been paid extremely well for teaching it to other individuals. Now for the first time I am going to share it with you and it will not cost you a think.

I call my technique the 2 by 4 by 2 method. What the hell does that mean Tim? Sit tight and keep reading my friend. Your first 2 paragraphs will tell the reader what it is that your going to teach them. During the next 4 paragraphs you teach the reader what you told them you were going to teach them (WOW sounds complicated huh? But it’s not just read the sentence again slowly if you didn’t get it the first time.) Use the last 2 paragraphs to recap, tell the reader what it is that you have taught them. Add your resource box and your done… Well… Almost!

You still have to do a little prep work, by that I mean you need to determine the main focus of your article. It is important that you know your desired outcome. For example, are you promoting and affiliate product? Do you want them to click a link and go to your squeeze page? Whatever your outcome you will want to set the tone early in your article.

This is where the tricky part begins! The title or headline is the most important part of your article. Do you know the job of your article headline? I am willing to bet that you have read a few marketing books, or ebooks on copy writing and you are saying to yourself… “The goal of the headline is to grab the readers attention.” That is sort of right, but not the complete truth. The primary goal of your headline is to get the reader to read the first sentence of your article. The goal of the first sentence is to get the reader to read the second sentence, and the goal of the second sentence is to get the reader to read the third sentence so on and so forth. I think you get the picture.

Getting your article syndicated – if you have a good article and you follow my formula syndication will not be a problem. Now the question is what is the best way to get your articles syndicated. I have tested just about every article submission software, service, and script on the market. I can say that hands down UAW is the best by far because it solves the unique content issue. UAW allows you to generate thousands of unique articles and automatically submits them to hundreds of directories and blogs over time. This is by far one of the best tools that I have in my arsenal hands down.

You can visit the site here and take a look at it for yourself.

If you chose not to give UAW a chance here are a few article directories that I also use to submit my articles and I have had great success with each of them:

http://www.buzzle.com
http://www.ezinearticles.com
http://www.goarticles.com
http://www.isnare.com
http://www.trcb.com

HubPages and Squdoo are two other great sources you can use to promote your article and your site. The only downside is they both require unique content, which you can create by spinning your article or if you decided to go with UAW the service will spin the article for you.

The big secret to article writing is simple… Get off your (you know what) and just do it. So what your first article may not be a masterpiece. I would rather have something out there than nothing at all.