The day I learned this writing tip was the day my writing got a whole lot easier, faster, and more fun. It’s no secret really, but this one tip could change the way you write articles for the Web, for your ezines, your blog, for all sorts of marketing content:

It’s called the “Make a list” technique.

That’s right. Not too complicated, is it? As Jeff Herring, The Article Guy, puts it: "If you can write a 7-item grocery list, you can write an article."

Ever since I learned this, getting started with writing (some say this is the most difficult part) has become a snap. If I’d known it was this simple, I might have skipped graduate school.

Here’s how it goes in my head: Say I need to write an article on “ezine publishing.”

How do I know that I need to write about ezine publishing? I did a keyword search and my newsletter site www.CustomizedNewsletters.com doesn’t come up on the first page of Google when people search on the keyword phrase "ezine publishing." The site comes up on page 3.

If I have more web pages using the keyword phrase "ezine publishing", I should improve my page ranking. Therefore, I need to publish more articles using those keywords on my website, on my blog, and in my ezine, which gets archived on the Web, and submit these articles to article directories.

Here’s how the "Make a List" writing tip works:

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Yesterday while I was writing about the one "secret writing tip" that has made my writing easier and faster (make a list) I ended up with a list of 10 steps I go through each time I write an article.

That’s how powerful the "make a list" technique is for writing. You will actually create another article while writing the first one.

So here’s my new list of writing tips:

1. Find out what keywords you need to use in your next article.
2. Write out a headline or general subject title (you will revise the title later).
3. Make a list.
4. Write one or two sentences about each point on the list.

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