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Content writing for your website is actually really simple.
It’s too easy.
In fact, anybody could do it.
But if you’re looking to write content that’s actually engaging and makes your reader stick around, you need to write web copy in an engaging way that solves their problems, and that’s a whole different ball game right there.
Tips To Write Quality Content
Final Thoughts
People that browse the net are looking for something specific.
If your copy fails to capture their attention in the first 2 seconds, all the blood, sweat and tears you’re poured into your piece is just not gonna get any attention.
Since we’re a generous group of people that genuinely wants to help our readers, we’ve come up with the definitive, the one and only guide you’ll ever need to improve your web content writing game.
But first, let’s define what website content actually is, and why it’s important that you actually write content that is effective and engaging.
So, good website content writing is actually very straightforward.
The whole point of good website content writing is to write in a way that’ll rank better in Google searches, yet appeals to the eye of your readers.
This should make them stay on your page a little longer, which will hopefully lead to a sale.
I’m sure you’ve heard this before somewhere, but content is king, and it’s even more apparent when it comes to website content.
When people visit your webpage, they are looking for information on something specific, a unique point of view or an unbiased opinion.
If you can present them with what they want, you’ll provide value to them, and that, ladies and gents, is what we call quality content.
You see, quality content isn’t just a one and done thing. Quality content, lives. It gets shared. It sells.
Regular content will stay relevant for maybe a year or two, but people see value in a well-researched quality article, and it will stay relevant for years
Heck it might even go viral.
People will visit your site for years to come, just because of that one piece of precious content.
This is what quality website content can potentially achieve for you:
This is the power of content marketing, and if you can master it, you’ll literally be able to turn your words into gold.
Let’s have a look at what you need to do to write quality content.
If you want to create content that actually catches the attention of your targeted customers, you’re going to need to understand the buyer’s journey. Don’t worry, it’s actually not that difficult.
Let’s assume you’re an online guitar shop owner, and you want to create content to push your readers/customers into a point of sale.
What articles can we write?
How can we use the buyer’s journey to our advantage?
We can break it down into into 3 simple steps:
Every article you write needs to make sense according to the buyer’s journey, and each one must push the customer further down the buyer’s journey until he/she completes a transaction.
Simple enough right?
Right.
Well now you know what the buyer’s journey is, let’s move on to…
Obviously, it would be nice to cover the ENTIRE buyer’s journey in one article but that’s not gonna be possible, seeing as the people who read your content are going to be at different parts of their own buyer’s journey.
What we CAN do is come up with smaller articles targeting different parts of the buyer’s journey, so readers in their own personal journey will have something relevant to them as they stumble upon your site.
In a way, this means that ALL of your articles combined will cover the entire buyer’s journey (so you’ve got something for everyone) but they should be able to stand alone as individual stories for a more targeted audience.
Okay, so you know what the buyer’s journey is, and you know that you’ve got to cover the entire buyer’s journey with broken down individual pieces, but what kind of topics are you gonna write?
Let’s use the guitar again as an example.
At this stage, we know that the people searching for your site are just starting to show interest in guitars. You’ll want to write something generic yet relevant enough to catch the readers’ eye. What can you write so that they’ll stumble across your article and stay for the content?
At this point, the reader is already actively researching guitars. He’s comparing prices, features, tone, sound. He’s hungry for data and he’s looking for more in-depth information.
What can you do to catch their attention?
By now, your readers are ready to buy. They know roughly how much they’re willing to spend, they just don’t know exactly which guitar brand to spend it on. They most likely have an idea in mind, but they’re looking for reassurance.
Your article needs to be more transaction focused. Your readers need something to push them over the edge, data that reassures them that they are about to make the right choice.
So give them what they want to read!
If you didn’t know by now, the keywords you use in your website content will determine the relevancy of your article in the eyes of the almighty Google.
This means you need to pick your keywords, use them correctly, and watch as your site comes out in the first page of Google’s search results.
It’s actually not too difficult to do.
You just need to start by confirming if there’s a demand for the topics that you’ve decided on. You can use tools like SEMRush, Google trends or KeywordTool.io
There are plenty of other free keywording tools out there. You might have to pay to use some of them, but they’re well worth the money.
A quick search reveals that there are free tools too, so you’ve got no excuse to do everything you can research keywords.
Once you’ve confirmed your research, you need to narrow down your keyword selection to 1 or 2 main keywords for each article. This will help you in your writing.
If you find that there’s a lack of demand for your topic, all you have to do is tweak the topic a little to cater to what people are searching for.
For more in-depth info on keyword researching, hop on over to here for a very well-written article by our friend, Tim Soulo.
This part is a little tricky.
In one study done on Wikipedia articles, it says increasing the word count of an article will result in higher trust. You might worry that readers will quickly lose interest in a long article, but it’s actually all about how well you can hold their interest.
If the content interests and manages to engage the reader, that reader will most likely stay on and continue reading your article.
To be realistic – only 16% of the people who stumble across your piece actually linger long enough to finish reading everything. But those are the people that are actually looking for useful data, so make sure your content appeals to them!
What you’ll need to do is to research your topics thoroughly so that what you write – no matter how long it is – becomes useful to your readers. Some people swear that the sweet spot is the 1,500 – 2,000 word range, but we often see big whoppers of articles with 2500 – 4000 words at the top of Google’s search results. It really depends on the topic, and how much detail readers are looking for.
When your readers find your articles useful, they’ll naturally spend more time on your site trying to understand and digest the information you’ve shared with them.
This keeps them engaged, and also helps your website content piece appear more authoritative in Google, which makes for better search rankings!
Starting a blog
If you’re here because you’re starting up a blog, make sure you check our step-by-step guide on how to write a blog post that works.
Okay, go grab yourself a cup of coffee, we’ve got a whole lot to cover in this portion.
Web content writing is actually very tricky. You need to write long form content so that Google recognises it as something worthwhile, yet you’ve got to chop it up and keep it punchy so that your human readers remain engaged.
It’s going to take a little bit of getting used to, especially if you’ve been writing for other mediums, but remember, you are not writing literature.
In the world wide web, readers are impatient, and they’ve got the attention span of a 12 year old on a sugar high.
Here’s a list of good habits to adhere to when writing for the web.
There are so many things to cover when it comes to website content writing, and it’s nigh impossible to talk about them all in 1 article. We’ve tried our best to cover the most important tips and habits for web content writing.
Remember, research is key to successful articles!
For more web content and writing tips, make sure to go browse through more of our articles.
Well, we’ve come to the end of this piece and we hope that this article has managed to help you out. Let us know what you think!
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Elliot has been writing copy for the past 15 years, working with various Art Directors to create successful advertising campaigns for many local and international brands. He has also worked in the financial services industry, gaining valuable experience and insights in the art of selling. While he mostly does creative copy for retail clients, he also writes for small businesses in his free time, helping them achieve the reach they need.
