How do you make a good advice column?

When writing a column, do

1. Give the reader timely, helpful information.
2. Develop a structure and keep it.
3. Write simple and short sentences and paragraphs.
4. In personal columns, use local names and places.
5. Let others speak for you by use of quotes and references.
6. Learn the difference between a column and a news story.

Is there an online advice column?

There are a lot of online advice column logistics. For Care and Feeding and How to Do It, all of the questions come via email aliases; for How to Do It, editor Jeffrey Bloomer helps Stoya and Rich select questions.

Do advice columns still exist?

Many advice columns are now syndicated and appear in several newspapers. In the 1970s, the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News Syndicate estimated that 65 million people read “Dear Abby” daily. As recently as 2000, both the Ann Landers and “Dear Abby” syndicated columns were published in over 500 newspapers.

How do I start my advice?

Here’s the best way to give advice:

1. Tell a story. Dry information and stats don’t inspire people to make a change or listen to you.
2. Chunk it down.
3. Have a good structure.
4. Be respectful.
5. Get to the point.
6. Make it inspirational.
7. Use your own experience.
8. Relate your advice back to their problem.

How do I create an advice website?

Here are 15 tried and proven tips to help make your website successful:

1. Start with a clear navigation.
2. Use conversational English.
3. Apply SEO best practices.
4. Provide all the relevant information.
5. Leave out the hype.
6. Make your home page a to-the-point summary.
7. Create unique landing pages for specific topics.

How much do advice columnists make?

The typical salary for a new advice columnist is almost $53,000 a year, but you’re gonna have to do some serious show-and-prove (i.e. building a readership on your own) to get to that level (source). Respected columnists make more—quite a bit more.

What is a self help column?

Columns in a self-help guide are made up of Main Categories, Sub-categories and resource links. Note: These instructions assume that you have logged into your Drupal site and that you have permission to create content in your site.

How do I start an advice column for beginners?

Start compiling questions in advance. To have an active advice column that will attract lots of traffic, you need to write regularly. This means you want to publish a daily or at least bi-weekly column. Search online for commonly asked questions in your subject area.

Why do people write into advice columns?

That’s what advice columns are for. We can write in and ask about the vagueries of the human experience, and let an expert tell us what to do. The person writing gets a weight lifted off their shoulders. The advice-giver gets a feeling of superiority. It’s a win-win! But some of the questions folks write into advice columns with are… yikes.

Where can I find good questions to ask on the Internet?

Search online for commonly asked questions in your subject area. Also, put an ad on Craigslist and other online message boards requesting questions. As you acquire questions, write an answer for each question.

Who are the Internet advice columnists and what do they do?

I mean the real gurus: Internet advice columnists. Internet advice columnists know when to be serious and when to be funny—and most importantly, they don’t know who you are, so you don’t have to worry about someone giving you weird looks from afar later in the week because they know about your “secret” feelings for your stepbrother.