Should An Article Have A Certain Number Of Words?
When it comes to writing articles and producing content it can be overwhelming to think about – how often will I write and submit articles, etc. As if that wasn’t stressful enough you find yourself wondering how long your articles need to be and if there’s a certain number of words required for an article.
Nothing is set in stone when it comes to how long your article should be. No one has the ‘magical’ number for how many words you should put in an article. Most people will tell you that an article averages 400 to 600 words (with a blog post being about 200 words). Again that’s not set in stone and it’s really going to depend on what you’re writing about. You’ll find that sometimes you can get your point across in 400 words and sometimes it takes 800 words.
Does the Thought of Outsourcing Overwhelm You?
Have you been thinking about hiring a Virtual Assistant but the thought overwhelms you?
I hear it all the time when I’m speaking with a possible client. They know they need a VA but it’s too overwhelming for them. They don’t know where to start, what projects to outsource or how to even get a VA on board with them.
It can be overwhelming in the beginning. And depending on what projects you outsource there may be a learning curve involved. If you are handing over your email to a VA there will be some training that you will need to provide your VA.
I was hired by a client to take over her email. The first week we got on the phone every morning (I check her email twice a day – once in the morning and once in the afternoon) and she walked me through what to do with each email. I took notes for future reference. It was smooth sailing after that. She was comfortable in my ability to handle it from then on and I was confident in my ability to do it. Hiring me as her VA to take over her email saved her several hours a week. I do in 2-3 hours a week what she was doing in 2-3 hours a day!
If you don’t feel comfortable outsourcing something as large as email management in the beginning start with smaller projects. Make a list of the tasks that you do for your business – article marketing, press release submission, blog posting, website updating, keyword research, etc and narrow it down to the project(s) that you hate doing and outsource those.
A large number of my clients have hired me to handle their press release submissions and article submissions. I have also recently started doing blog posting for clients that just don’t have the time to keep up with their blogs.
It doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Start small and work your way up. The idea behind outsourcing is to not only get off your plate the things you don’t like doing but to free up some time so you can work on incoming producing projects.
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