Article Question

Article syndication is about getting high-quality material in front of highly targeted traffic. The aim is to produce articles that people want to share voluntarily with other people. Whether because it's really entertaining, really controversial, really outrageous, really weird, and/or for whatever other reasons people like to show articles to others. In my experience, "how complete it is" isn't really much of a factor in that at all. In most niches, whether that happens is determined mostly by the quality of the writing.

What matters, for syndication, is that one way or another you produce content which other people want to share with their readers/viewers because it's unusual enough to be comment-worthy. One way to do that is by making it very informative (i.e. perhaps "not too incomplete") but there are other ways, too. Some described in this thread.

Places like EZA insist that you "deliver on the title" so you wouldn't be able to call an article "How to build a chicken coop" if it doesn't explain how to build a chicken coop, I suppose? But you can write "Chicken Coops - 3 Common Mistakes To Avoid When You Build One", cover the three common mistakes and then end with your resource-box announcing that in addition to the three mistakes already covered, there are two important points about the construction which many people overlook, and that you've revealed them both on your website ColonelSandersKeepAway.com. Or whatever.

(For what it's worth, if you're writing for syndication, I would certainly avoid the words "free report" in a resource-box, myself.)

Thanks a lot Alexa! Would you link them back to a squeeze page or to your main website with articles on them and an opt-in form placed somewhere on the right site or below your articles for example?

I don't know anything about chicken coops but if I were to publish an article on one of my sites by another author I'd be looking at the quality. If there were some informative points such as covering types of wood to use, size, how many to have in a coop etc etc I would be fine with that and seeing a resource box at end that points to additional factors to consider.

If however, the whole article was a teaser or just covered one point it would probably seem to thin to publish.

Debbie

I just talk about the problem itself, and don't state in the title that I'm instantly going to solve it.

I recommend you save the accurate solution in the resource box, why else would they click on the link anyway?!

Thanks again Alexa - and everyone else of course as well That helped me a lot!

I have known people to do the teaser and have the article go over like a lead balloon.

I am with Alexa on this one. Deliver on the title, but be certain to make sure the resource box offers more that would be of interest to that reader.

The article is just an advertisement (without looking like an advertisement) for the resource box, and publishers don't want to give their readers something that is incomplete. So give the details needed to get the article published, and construct the resource box to get the click.

Alexa and myob's posts hit the nail on the head.

When you're writing an article, think about what YOU would want to read if you were the reader. A fluffy article that justs hits on one point and doesn't really tell the reader anything is not going to get picked up by publishers, nor is it going to be enjoyed by readers.

Make your articles informative, interesting and unique. Don't be afraid to use a little humor, or a personal story or anecdote, or even a controversial viewpoint or statement. These are the things that make your article stand out from the others and are what make publishers want to use your article.

I'd like to add that in some niches prospects need some kind of motivation to take action and, therefore, to see results. I don't know if this would work in the chicken coop niche, but in the weight loss, seduction and the make money online niches people usually want to hear that they are able to reach their goals.

In those cases it is a good idea writing motivational articles as well. People could feel empathy towards you without you giving away your "secrets".

Keeping in mind that quality beats all the rest, you should mix highly informative with motivational articles and you could see great outcomes.