Do Not Submit a Triond Article Until You Read This
Because of the excitement we feel after writing an article, we itch to quickly click on the "submit" button and watch the pageviews coming in from all directions. But also because of this excitement, we tend to forget three things which should have made our great article into a sparkling one.
There are three questions you should ask before submitting your article to Triond. These three questions is the not about how you should write your article or what it should be about. These three questions correspond to the three basic goals of writing your Triond article.
Three basic goals of writing a Triond article
You have written an article for three basic goals. If not anyone of these three goals is yours, then you should stop reading this article now. Here are the goals. One, you want your article to be read. Two, you want your readers to comment on your article. And three, you want your readers to read the other articles in your portfolio.
As simple as that.
So why should we forget the three things which would exactly expedite the achievement of these three goals. In fact, answering these three questions below with a negative will only leave your article dying with only a few views and comments.
Three questions to ask before submitting an article
1. Have you written an attractive and interesting title?
Most of the time, the title of your article is the only chance you’ve got for your article to be read. This is why it is very important that your title should be attractive and enticing. It should be “clickable” meaning it should encourage readers to click on it and read the rest of the article.
2. Have you encouraged readers to comment?
Here’s a little secret almost everyone on Triond knows about. The “Popular Posts” list on Triond’s websites are determined by the number of comments on an article. The more comments your article have, the higher your article will be on the list.
How do you get more comments? Simple. Tell your readers to leave comments. Ask them a question to further the discussion. Ask for feedback. Ask for help. If your readers do not know that you want them to leave comments, most of the time they won’t.
3. Have you linked to your other articles?
You want your other articles to be read. If you wouldn’t link to your other articles, here’s what happen. You wait for the reader to click on your by line which takes him to your portfolio and then you wait for him to click on another article. You might be waiting forever.
If you WOULD link to your other articles, here’s what happen. The readers sees the link and clicks it. That’s all. Mission accomplished.
And here’s another secret but this one is less popular. Did you know that linking to your other articles will improve their ranking in the search engines? Improved ranking means increased probability that your article will show up once searchers search for your topic.
The next time you are itching to click that “submit” button, make sure you have answered YES to these three questions. These questions will surely bring your article to the next level.
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October 17th, 2010 at 8:56 am
nice idea
October 17th, 2010 at 8:58 am
Great post. Makes a lot of sense. I guess I have learned this lesson through time. Not easy but worth it.
October 17th, 2010 at 10:56 am
I, too, have learned my lesson about article writing. I enjoyed reading this, Richie. Thanks for the tips.
October 17th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Interesting. Makes sense. :>
October 17th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Nice article with some good info!
October 17th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Thanks for the good tips Richie. It makes a lot of sense and will remember that last one about linking other articles
October 18th, 2010 at 9:29 am
god pointers, and gayon ko lang nalaman the number of comments is a big factor pala for your article to land in the Popular posts..
October 18th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Thanks to ishinimrod, jacknicholas, and lindalulu!
October 18th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Likha, Rhodora Bande,
I started writing at Triond without knowing these things which gave me disappointing results. That is why I stopped writing for Triond for a year.
I learned these things in blogging. And I learned that I can also apply these in Triond writing. That is why I am here again!
October 20th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Brewed Coffee,
I have observed that linking is the most forgotten technique here in Triond. But if you would look at Nobert Bermosa, you would notice he always links to his previous articles, which gives them more ranking and more pageviews.
October 20th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Papaleng,
The number of comments is the biggest factor for landing in the Popular Posts.
Di ba may mga posts ka na naging popular? That’s because there a lot of comments on them.
I am wondering if the “Like” count also contributes to it.
But it is never dependent on the traffic.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:38 am
Very nice idea
October 21st, 2010 at 3:50 am
Thanks iamjadedangel!
October 21st, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I am very poor at writing attractive/catchy titles. I have set aside future projects to be written solely with catchy titles to improve on this aspect. Thanks for reminding.
I don’t like the idea of landing my production posts on popular lists because of comments from fellow trionders. These comments won’t do much good to the commenters but hurt our articles to some extent. However I would appreciate comments on my articles about writing. I have found that these comments are not in my precise control.
October 22nd, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Fornis,
Why do comments hurt our articles?
I think comments help our articles. My experience in blogging is when an article have many comments, it tends to appear higher on search engines.
October 22nd, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Hi Richie, this is my third visit. I also wanted to ask Fornis the same question. I should tell you that after I read your article on the death of Triond articles, I started studying my own write-ups. I have been reading your and Fornis’ discussions about article writing and their chance of surviving on their own. I’m not giving up…I’m still experimenting but I will definitely stay.
By the way, I was able to see a trend of my own articles’ performances. Thanks to that article you wrote. Thanks also to the advice given by Fornis.
October 30th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Hi Richie, Rhodora,
Simply Triond platform is different from blogging platforms. That makes the whole difference. I will explain it in detail in a new article and let you know.
Thanks for the question.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Fornis,
Thanks! Will be waiting for that article!
November 1st, 2010 at 9:21 am
just like papaleng, ngayon ko lang nalaman na factor din pala yung comments.
thanks for sharing your insights. will be looking forward to read more of your articles?
November 1st, 2010 at 9:23 am
Sorry for the spam. Dapat wala yung question mark dun. Must be the Internet connection grabe.
November 1st, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Nhil,
Thanks! The number of comments is really the biggest factor to get to the most popular articles list. That’s why I always try to comment back to the comments left by other Triond members.
November 18th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Thanks! Unti unti ko nang natututunan, I will follow your advices.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:02 am
Crisdiwata,
Glad this helped you. Title are the first thing that readers see, that\’s why it\’s the most important. But I would put most weight on the Related Articles links.
June 12th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Interesting article, thanks for the share!
March 10th, 2012 at 9:53 am
It is so hard to overcome these excitements. That is why it is hard work.
March 26th, 2012 at 4:11 am
Hi Fornis!
I think there are new goals when writing a Triond article.
– You want your article to be found on search engines (or to appear in the first page if possible)
– You want your article to be shared on social networking sites
– You want your readers to click the ads.
I am learning more about keyword research and SEO these days. But I don’t think I am well-versed on it for me to write a credible article about it.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Hi Richie,
Long time no see
We can write a big book about goals, things to take care, mistakes to avoid repeating, process to follow, ways to motivate, and so on. The funny part is the book may never end
After all this, if you read the complaints of most newcomers who are already on their way to leaving the website, most of them (may be more than 99%) haven’t even tried to dig older articles in Triond’s archives, through the search box on the top right of this page, to see if they are missing some known wisdom. Without that drive to explore, one can’t expect to get anywhere in online writing.
March 29th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Hi Fornis,
Are you serious about the book? Hehe.. Are you thinking about a paid book?
I think a lot of writers have already written a number of ebooks about Triond and other writing sites.
April 12th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
I am just saying that no matter how much we write, if the audience doesn’t have the willingness to read or explore they won’t get benefit. Worse still, earnings and also views are going down month by month. It is getting tougher and tougher.
April 15th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
I am more and more concerned with SEO nowadays. Google is making a lot of changes in their ranking factors, which may have resulted to less and less views.