How to Present Convincing Articles
The best part of article submission that sets it apart from any other type of advertising is, you get to virtually sit your audience down and fully explain your points of intent. Explaining is one thing though, convincing is another.
To be successful at convincing your readers, you need to be able to remove all obstacles from their minds so they can see only the one possible solution to the problem or query. The difficulty in this is the difference between your viewpoint and their's. You may see your point very clearly based on your own knowledge of the matter, but there could be objections or obstacles that others may have that you haven't considered.
So to present a clear and undeniable argument for your case, you first need to do the research and find out any and all objections that might come up to your presentation. Once you have these conflicting viewpoints to your position, you can include them in your article and show why they're incorrect assumptions, or least why your facts can overcome them.
Look around the search engines for other people's views on your topic. Visit forums to see what's being said about it. Check to see if your topic is being discussed on the wikis. Go to sites like Yahoo! Answers and look for questions people may be asking about it.
Knowing these counter points will also help you structure your article and give it more volume and clout. Each possible objection could become a paragraph that'll help drive your points home and keep your readers focused as your argument unfolds.
Starting with the largest, or most obvious contradictory opinion and working your way down to views that the average reader may not even be aware of but could likely run in to, one by one you eliminate the reasons why they shouldn't listen to you.
By doing this you lead your readers to the only logical conclusion and win them over. After all, you want someone to say, "Hey I didn't think of that!" But to have the most effective article submission possible, you don't want that someone to end up being you. So know what your readers are thinking about before you submit anything and you'll be ahead of the game.