Always wondered over how some people do it better, what’ve they got that I don’t have, or what do they write that I don’t write ! Later, found out that its all about how you make people happy and how much you give them. If you’re honest about it, the best of you automatically shows up.

Here are nine such tips I learned about writing articles that could possibly make people love them and share with their friends.

1. Do more than the usual

Every time you read that article you last re-tweeted, hadn’t you said to yourself – How did he manage to write that much ? Or How did he find all those tools ?
That is exactly what the author want you to feel while reading his post.
Its a guarantee that your article will be shared if you bring in the "more than usual" feel to it.

2. Research well and find the gems others might have missed

Doing your homework often helps in the long run. There are two things you can find with good research. One – What others have been doing so far (so that you can avoid repeating it) and Two – What others have missed.
Finding the things that others might have missed listing/mentioning is one way to make sure that you do things better.

3. Bring value to your articles – tell people how the information will help them.

So, what’s the difference between saying "Your mp3 player has a capacity of 100 GB" and saying "Your mp3 player has enough storage to play music when you’re travelling to the moon and back"  ?
The second one brings in more value to the user, though technically, both means the same.

4. Don’t do the normal stuff, take it a bit higher from there.

Its not easy doing the normal stuff even, so its easy for one to stop right there and say "Phew ! Just managed to make another post". But little do you realize that you just ended up being like another guy and all that you did was wasted.

5. Don’t let yourself take rest before you get the best out of you.

Being your own manager always help. I always make it a point to ask my self the question "So what ?" soon after writing a post (that I want to promote). And if the answer is not compelling enough, I re-work on it and stretch a bit more until I get that "not bad" feeling.

6. Criticize yourself and foretell what could be the worst judgement.

Another neat trick is to let yourself be your own critic. The problem with the "me feeling" is that you end up doing compromises and let all the bad things go by, while only seeing the good things. Being optimistic is fine but sometimes we all go that extra bit and "assume" that everyone would be as optimistic as you. Not all the times is this true. So be your own critic and make the harshest arguments on your own article, before you give the chance to someone else.

7. Review with a friend before sharing to the world.

This might not be possible with all stories that you publish but if you have a friend who’s understanding then the best way is to ask him his opinion on the story, or the title, whichever you wish to share with him. If he’s excited go ahead and share the story to the world, they’d be equally excited. But if its luke-warm response, you might want to go back and re-work on the article until you get him excited.

8. Give your readers a chance to identify with the idea in your article.

The one good reason I can think of why I would share an article is when i get the feeling that its written for me, or is closely related to me. Even if its a  news item, if i can see that it affects me, I’ll most probably shout it out. Try to being in the same idea to your blog articles. If all of your readers feel that its "personal" to them, you’ve most probably done a good job.

9. Put yourself into the reader’s shoes, see things from his perspective.

This is an excellent strategy – if it can be called one. It helps you answer questions like "Why the hell am I writing this article in the first place ?".
I strongly believe that you have to be a good listener to be an interesting speaker. If you don’t know (or don’t have the slightest clue) what goes through your reader’s mind while reading your article, then you better don’t do it until you learn it.

Hope it all made sense.