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Guest Post by Aaron M. Spelling
Wisdom can be found in the most unexpected places. Today, wisdom bubbled up from a pineapple under the sea. I suddenly realized that everything you’d want to know about writing articles for your website can be taught by SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends.
When you write for your newsletter, blog, or website, which character are you most like?
Squidward:
Squidward is B-O-R-I-N-G. When writing articles, are you a Squidward? Do you just get the words down on paper or are you finding a fun twist to entertain your audience and keep them coming back for more?
Take time to make your articles stand out from the thousands of other dull articles out there by including personal stories or just having fun while writing. For instance, this article could be entitled “How to Write a Good Article”, but would it stand out from the hundreds of other articles about article writing? Probably not.
Mr. Krabs:
This crustacean is focused on one thing and one thing only, making more and more and more money. Only a cartoon could actually have dollar signs drawn in his eyes. He thinks of no one, only how he can benefit.
Are your articles focused on you or on the reader? Are you providing information or do you have blinders on, thinking only about how you can make money from the article you are writing? If your article reads like an ad or is self-serving or full of affiliate links, you might write like Mr. Krabs.
Patrick:
SpongeBob’s best friend, the starfish, has a good heart but isn’t the brightest creature in the sea. Do your articles make you sound like an expert? Are you providing valuable content or just pushing out sloppy articles as fast as you can? Always double-check for typos and grammatical errors.
If you’re challenged by spelling and grammar, hire a Virtual Assistant or Copywriter to proofread and submit your article for you. Or slow down, set your article aside for a day, and then reread it before you click the “submit” button.
Plankton:
The smallest creature in the sea is also the sneakiest. He’ll do anything and hurt anyone to steal someone else’s work (the Krabby Pattie secret formula). Write your own material. Don’t be Plankton. Don’t copy and paste someone else’s work, edit it, and try to pass it off as your own.
You will be caught, and it just isn’t worth it. Take the same amount of effort and work on your own thoughts and ideas. Plankton never gets away with his schemes, either. He’s on Plan “Z” and is still pathetically failing at his attempts to steal the secret formula.
SpongeBob:
This little guy always tries to do the right thing and is a hard worker. He may not always end up getting the results he hoped for, but he bounces back and tackles his work with renewed vigor. SpongeBob works very hard, he’s a good friend, he always thinks of others and tries to have fun no matter what he is faced with.
Hardworking, friendly SpongeBob is the guy to be when writing articles.
Although this is a silly lesson in article writing, I hope you’ll remember the important messages our underwater friends have taught us.
1. Be entertaining. Not boring.
2. Write articles to help others, not with dollar signs in your eyes.
3. Proofread your articles carefully, and provide valuable information.
4. Write your own material. Don’t copy others.
5. Be a SpongeBob! Hard work and persistence pay off.
Before you know it, you’ll develop a following for having informative and entertaining articles and you’ll be King or Queen of the sea.
We would like to thank Aaron for this post. Aaron’s website is entitled Learn 4 Free; it has a lot of information on a variety of subjects and free PLR content. Stop by and take a peek.
This is too funny!
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Yes it is—but he does get the point across!
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This is a great comparison using all the characters. But what about Sandy?
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Perhaps the writer just used the characters he thought would fit his writing analogies better. And Sandy just wasn’t part of that theory. Sorry.
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Oh it’s no big deal. I wasn’t trying to imply anything bad; I was curious on the other characters.
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No worries—I was just trying to give you a purposeful answer—no offense taken. Have a great rest of your week! Be and stay blessed!
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