Quora How can it help design feature articles?

Do you know Quora? The new web service midway between Yahoo Answers and Wikipedia. Its principle is simple. Some users ask questions, others answer.

Quora was established in April 2009 by Adam D'Angelo (former CTO of Facebook) and Charlie Cheever (Facebook Platform and Facebook Connect). The service was finally launched a few weeks ago and suffers from a resounding success with some users (the more "sophisticated" they will say).

Quora has achieved significant success in its launch. The experts on this tool saw a very dim view of the arrival of these new tenants a bit noisy ... They did not fail to know and began to leave the ship. However, we must recognize that even today some of the answers do not lack precision or professionalism.

Because it seemed a shame to let this information Quora isolated, I got the idea to exploit these "fragments of knowledge" as a source of inspiration for the development of blog posts. (See example)

[1] Quora How can it help design feature articles?

Quora is particularly useful during the preliminary stages of designing an article.

You do not find inspiration? Do not panic! Visit Quora, find a topic and browse the current issues ...

For example, I want to write an article on blogging. I am not obliged to register on Quora, I go to this link http://www.quora.com/signup. I just type "blogging" into the search bar, and a series of questions on the subject appears ...

 

 

It remains for me to find a relevant question. Once the issue is found, I exhaustively list the answers to get an idea of ​​the potential of an article on the subject.

The answers seem clear?

Is it possible to recreate these elements as an article?

Quora gives you anytime, free brainstorming and usually relevant! Charge to you to operate properly.

After listing exhaustively all the answers to the question, it is time to turn this raw material into something structured.

To do this, perform groupings of responses to create the main parts of your article.

In a second step, try these ideas to organize around the issue.

Formalize the process in a detailed plan can then have an interest, especially if you are not thoroughly familiar ideas and concepts "picks" in Quora. (For example in the context of a debate of ideas: I = Positive responses, II = rather negative responses, III = synthesis ...)

While some concepts seem odd or questionable, do not hesitate to seek other sources of information (blogs, webzines, newspapers ...). Since the plan seems you take the road, go to the editor.

With your comprehensive plan you can get started in writing.

Unlike a classic article, your article inspired Quora you can ask a number of issues during the drafting stage.

In the previous steps, you have been greatly helped by Quora. The questions and answers you have provided a basis of work done and relevant.

But when it comes to writing, it is possible that you butiez concepts or arguments not used the Internet.

Take, again, time to assimilate and appropriate you the knowledge you're about to broadcast. Otherwise, you risk not being able to answer a question from a visitor or worse, write outrageous.

When you use Quora as a tool of inspiration for your business blogging, it is imperative to always quote your sources ... A simple link www.quora.com not enough! List all the questions you have to design your item. (Remember the sources that you have verified information from Quora).

[2] The limitations of the method

On Quora there is also bullshit. Do not take the responses of Internet users to cash. Check systematically collected information.

 

We must avoid getting carried away by the extraordinary simplicity Quora offered during the preliminary drafting of an article ... The issue is already raised, it might be tempting to simply translate the responses as lists beasts and evil ... It may even go unnoticed in a number of cases. However, the risk of plagiarism is tending towards the real.

Beyond the language barrier, keep in mind that all regions are mixed in Quora and that responses can be influenced by the geographical area of ​​the Internet ... The answers given by a U.S. Internet may well have meaning only within its own context.

It is always much longer to write about what we can not control. Quora is a siren from the top of his rock you sing, "So just write about it, look, I have all the answers ... Vienza moiiii! . But yet ... Quora not allow you to make the economy more research ...

For many, there is little chance of seeing itself as a Quora Facebook, or Twitter ...

It has been "a very nice private club, But It's Not For the general public.

Respondent # 1, Robert Scoble, Will Simply stop posting On The Site When They Get Drowned Out By The Noise From The Masses.

Excerpt from article Why I Do not Buy the Hype on Quora techcrunch

Conclusion: Quora is a tool of enormous potential. However, it remains extremely hazardous to base an entire article on the responses of Internet users. To not see your item look like the bad Wikipedia, do not hesitate to dip into other more traditional sources, articles, blogs, white papers and more.

Do not lose your old habits! Be yourself! Do not eat a tool

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