Top skills you need to be a successful content writer
by SUJIT PATHAK
Published Mon, Jun 25th 2018, 15:27 | Writing
The content writing job is a job that appeals to a majority of people on this planet. And it makes absolute sense. A successful content writer gets to work from the comfort of their home, choose their own work schedule, work in whatever way they please, and is still paid handsomely. And all these luxuries are determined by, of course, how successful you are as a content writer. There are also content writers who struggle to make a living out of this profession. With new content writing services emerging everyday, it is getting even more challenging for freelancing content writers to find clients. But there are certain skills that set a successful content writer from a horde of ordinary content writers. These skills are:
1. Versed in different writing styles: Every form of content writing has its unique style. For example, a news story is short, crisp and informative with its core content at the top. Blogs are written in a personal and friendly tone that is more inclined towards opinion. Ads are kept short and catchy. White papers are generally long that address a problem and provide a solution to the problem. However, each style takes a content writer to craft the content. The more writing styles a content writer becomes adept in, the more valuable he becomes in the content writing market.
2. 100% original: Another factor that differentiates a successful content writer from a crummy content writer is the originality of content. There is an abundance of content writers in the market that deliver content to clients which is fake, poorly researched, or entirely plagiarized. Originality of content is something in content writing that cannot be compromised under any circumstances or at any cost. Plagiarized content holds zero value, and even for a content writing agency, selling such content to clients means not only losing clients but also your credibility and reputation.
3. Skilled in SEO, HTML, and Wordpress: Being skilled doesn’t mean a successful content writer has to be a pro in SEO, HTML, or Wordpress. However, a successful writer has at least a basic knowledge of these subjects, and is able to utilize it when need be.
4. Adept at social media: Another key factor that distinguishes a successful content writer from a poor content writer is their specialization in social media. Social media is pivotal to content marketing for which a content marketing company hires content writers in the first place.
Bio
Sujit is a content writer at Sixpl. He has written approx 350 articles on
Blockchain, ICO, and
cryptocurrency. He is also a
ICO white paper writer and has written
ICO white paper template. He has written 20 white paper on Blockchain, and 8
white paper on ICO.
