Tips for Rewriting PLR Content
The dreaded rewrite. It’s the one part of private label rights content that people don’t enjoy. They know it’s faster than coming up with “from scratch” content, but they wish there was an easier way. Unfortunately, there is no mechanized alternative that really make the process any quicker at a sufficient level of quality.
It is possible to get your rewriting done more quickly than you might think, however. Consider these three tips.
First, start with quality PLR content. It’s easier to ingest, understand and rewrite material that was well-written to begin with. Working with low-quality options is a chore. Working with the good stuff is a joy.
Second, worry more about idea restatement and less about word substitution. Reaching for the thesaurus (real or online) when rewriting your material isn’t efficient and it’s not necessary. If you come to grips with a concept and rewrite it in your own terms, you’ll have a better chance of getting the job done quickly.
Third, work with one idea at a time, not one sentence. Don’t fall into the habit of trying to rewrite individual sentences. Instead, try to think in terms of paragraphs and concepts. This makes more quicker rewrites that work better than line-by-line efforts.
If you put those three tips to use, you’ll begin to feel less upset about rewriting your private label rights content. It will be an easier job that you’ll be able to handle with more speed.


July 1st, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I like to grab the main concepts and write from there. I consider PLR articles to be resource vehicles primarily.
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July 1st, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Great advice, Fred! As you say, it takes too long to try and hunt and peck through a PLR product changing words here and there. I find it easiest to have two windows open, the original PLR product and the one I’m writing in. I read a paragraph or two, then put it in my own words.
Sometimes you get into the zone, and that paragraph becomes 2 or 3 pages as the words just flow from you unexpectedly – go with it! This is a big part of how to personalize a PLR product, not only making it uniquely yours, but adding valuable content not in the original.
After just a few conversions you’ll find it much easier, and before long you’re rewriting like a pro!
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July 1st, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I do find rewriting a slow process. I have to be in the right frame of mind. Good tip about not to worry so much about word substitution, I’m feeling a little more comfortable now and am restating ideas in my own voice
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July 1st, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Some very good tips on working with PLR…you are exactly right about focusing more on reworking content a paragraph at a time instead of a sentence at a time.
Keep up the good work…looking forward to more info.
Ron
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July 1st, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I like to get multiple plr products on the same topic, and once I have read them, I look to their headings or table of contents and use them as outline elements. I rearrange them in my own way, and then have an outline I can work from.
I then try to come up with a good catchy and ideally keyword laden title to each topic and then write what I think the essence of the PLR and my own knowledge have to bear on that topic.
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:28 am
Some excellent tips Fred.
I have to agree 100% that it is much easier to re-write a product that is well written in the first place. I have tried to re-write a couple of PLR products in the past where it is even difficult trying to understand what is trying to be said.
Kind of hard to re-write something when you can’t even understand what point was trying to be made in the first place.
I am definitely going to have to give it a better try on the next PLR product I re-write using some of your tips.
I especially love Doug’s suggestion of having the original in one window and the one you are re-writing in another window. Definitely going to be trying that as well.
You guys are going to make a writer out of me yet!
Thanks for the great tips!
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July 3rd, 2009 at 1:19 am
Good advice here. I particularly agree with your point that you should start with quality PLR content. If you get a plr where the sentences are broken and incomplete, it is hard to figure out what is being said so that you can rewrite it.
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February 4th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Thank you for the great information. I’ve been doing a lot of research on this over the past several weeks.