How to Write a Good Christian Article

1. Take some time to brainstorm your Christian article topic. Take a blank sheet of paper and list 10 topics that are related to the subject you want to write about. If you have a web site you are promoting, what are the top 10 reasons someone might be interested in your web site? What are the top 10 reasons someone might be interested in reading an article by you?

2. Create a great headline for your Christian article. The reader must be intrigued by your headline (or title) or they will not read your article. It is far better to write one article that has a good headline/title and gets read than to write 10 articles that have lousy titles. Here are some suggestions:

• How to (fill in the blank)

• Why you should (fill in the blank)

• Why you should not (fill in the blank)

• Don’t ever (fill in the blank)

• Top 8 Reasons for (fill in the blank)

Those are just starters&ndashyou can brainstorm and come up with so many more good Christian article titles.

3. Organize your Christian article.

• Start with an introduction or summary. Take 1 to 3 sentences to state what you are going to write about. Sometimes it is actually easier to write this after you have written the article, especially if you are not very organized when you start out writing.

• List several key points about your topic. Expand on each of these&ndashperhaps 2 to 5 sentences each. You can number these, put them in bullets, or put each idea in a separate paragraph. However you decide to do this, be sure and break the ideas down so the reader can easily see where each idea begins and ends.

• Give the reader ideas for implementing your several key points. Once again, you can use bullets or in this case, sentences or brief paragraphs.

• Summarize your Christian article. This will be similar to the introduction, but perhaps more oriented towards telling the reader what to do next&ndashsuch as learning more or getting started with whatever your article topic was.

4. Add a bio or resource section at the end of your article. Give a one-sentence bio of yourself, perhaps where you live and your specialty or expertise, and then provide a link to your web site. Most article directories will allow you to place a live link in this section.

5. Keep these important points in mind as you write your Christian article:

• Keep sentences short and concise. Get your point across in as few words as possible.

• Separate ideas, whether by numbering, bullets, or paragraphs. Your Christian article should be easy to read.

• Be sure your article is informative about your Christian topic; it should not read like one long sales pitch.

6. Get writing! Submit your Christian article to at least two article directories&ndashthe one in which you are reading this article, and my article directory, listed below in the author resource box.

Why Write Christian Articles?

Why should you write articles for a Christian audience? Christians everywhere are looking for good Christian web content, and when you write quality articles, you help provide that content. When you write Christian articles, you are providing yourself and your web site with web exposure. And when you write articles, you increase your own web credibility.

1) There is a dearth of good Christian articles on the web. Perhaps because there is a perception that there is not as much profit in a Christian consumer (I happen to think the opposite—if you have a quality product, the Christian consumer will purchase from you). Perhaps because the Christian author is not willing to place his articles on a secular web site. Perhaps because Christian authors feel compelled to ‘water down’ their article.

2) By writing to the Christian audience, you provide a much-needed service to the Christian Internet market. Many Christians are simply discouraged by the lack of good Christian content on the web, and thereby spend less time on the internet. By creating good content for a Christian audience, you can help increase the Christian market size.

3) By writing Christian articles and posting them to your own web site or blog, you add good quality content to your own site, helping to increase your search engine visibility.

4) When you write Christian articles and submit them to the various article directories, you create exposure for your own web site. Simply place a link back to your own web site at the end of the article, or in the resource box, whichever the particular article directory prefers. When your article is read, and the reader appreciates your content, they will often click through to your site, providing much-needed web traffic for you.

5) By writing Christian articles and submitting them to the various article databases and directories, you establish backlinks to your own website, which can help with some search engine rankings.

6) When you write Christian articles, you establish yourself as an authority on whichever Christian topic you write about. From your website, you can link to the particular article directories that accept your article, giving you and your web site added credibility.

7) We want your articles! When you write your articles, submit them to both the web site where you are reading this article, and to my website, listed below.