If you’re a blogger, video marketer, internet marketer, or an information product creator you’ve no doubt struggled with the question of content.You can have the best ideas, but if you don’t know how to use that idea to build quality content for a website, it probably won’t be successful. When it comes to your website, every part is important. Sure you want the right font, color, design, etc. The most important part of your website, however, is your content. Without quality content, your website cannot survive. It is important to remember Content is everything! When you first start your site, you give a great deal of time to picking out the perfect domain name.There’s a reason you select a good domain name. It’s where your site lives. If your website is your domain, then think of content as the king of that domain. In other words… content rules! Many start-up businesses, and even established business owners who've decided it's time their business had a professional web presence, don't know where to start when it comes to planning their website. There are so many things to consider, and so many choices. Just getting the design and layout of the website can be intimidating. Then you have to determine what wil be on the site. It can be mind-boggling.Sometimes, by the time you get to the content portion of the site, your brain is fried from trying to make the other decisions. When you begin to think about the content, you’re probably asking yourself, “What do I write about” The Content Creation Handbook or “Where do I start?” If so, you’ve come to the right place. You only have one chance to make that first impression. If you take your content seriously then your audience will too. You want your audience to visit your site over and over again. If you provide quality content for them time and time again, they will keep returning to your site. Getting started is the most important step. If you know how to write, you are already 95% of the way there. You don’t need to be an English major to understand any of the tips in this book either. It is written in plain English that everyone can understand. Writing for the internet requires different skills to those covered in most school writing lessons. If you’ve never been much of a writer, starting writing as an adult may seem difficult. The upside of that is that as an adult you have more experience, skills, and knowledge that you can share with your readers. This knowledge, skills and experience can be valuable to you and to others. Writing an article, series of articles, or blog posts can be an excellent way to share what you know and what you’ve experienced with your audience. While the writing you need for your site can be outsourced to professionals, it is very possible, and definitely more personal, for you to do it yourself. That’s what the tips in this book can help you do. Professional content writers are exactly that, professional. They take their jobs seriously. When a professional writer has been provided with instructions from a client, they read them careful y to get an understanding of what is required. The problem with outsourcing to a professional is they don’t know what you know or haven’t experienced the things that you have. They don’t know 5 The Content Creation Handbook how you feel. In other words, they don’t have your heart. They can write in the way you instruct them, but they can’t write with your heart. They can give information, but they can’t give a reader a sense of who you are. They can’t share your personal experiences with the same passion you feel. Writing your own content can also be a very rewarding experience. It can help you make a personal connection with your readers. It gives them a sense of who you are, because you wil be sharing your knowledge, thoughts, and feelings in everything you write. Writing content that connects to your readers is what you want to do.If you’ve never written anything for a website before, don’t worry. You’re not alone. Th