Is David Wood The King Of Article Marketing? - By: Dan Pressler
You probably never heard of David Wood, but then, neither did I until I plugged into a webinar training that he was doing about Article Marketing with an incredible marketing company called MLM Lead System Pro, a company that David and I are both a part of and one you should likewise consider joining if you're really serious about building your business online. Anyway, David was coaching participants on the webinar about Article Marketing and how he gets a ton of leads and makes a boatload of money with the article marketing strategies that he uses!
David Wood Is The Sage of MLM Article Marketing!
David and his wife, Ashley, share their time between Fairbanks, Alaska and somewhere in the tropics (this year I believe they're going to Costa Rica, last year it was Oahu, Hawaii) where they, in David's words, "...sip drinks from a coconut on the beach" while waiting for the days to get longer and the weather to again get nicer before jetting back to their home in Fairbanks.
The Man Is Absolutely Amazing!
With no previous internet marketing experience, David Wood was able to go from a successful Network Marketer to becoming what Brian Fanale describes as an "Internet Marketing Rock Star" in only two-and-a-half short months! (In another article I offer a review of the amazing Brian Fanale, another great MLM success story...look for it on my article blog page)
"Is he really that good and did he really do it all in just two-and-a-half months?" "Yup, he is! and Yes, he did!" is the reply to those two questions! I mean, when a guy goes from putting four people a month into his Network Marketing business to signing to eight new reps in just one day, that definitely places him in the 'MLM Rock Star' category, don't ya think?"
You Can Use The Same Free Strategies To Grow Your MLM Too!
The word "FREE" ususally gets most people's interest! Did I state that David's marketing online is all done for FREE? Well, it is and that means it would be free for you too if you were to make your mind up to employ the same online approach that David and I both are using!
I can't believe that it only took David less than 3 months to earn enough money to place him among the top income earners in his MLM company and that only 2 weeks after participating and sharing his marketing methods on the Lead System Pro webinar he made a monstrous THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!
A couple things are important to note here and can be attributed to David's incredible and ongoing success!
David Has The Nature Of A Servant's Heart!
I'm convinced that David Wood possesses a Servant's Heart and that he wants simply to help others do well. I would not be stunned to learn that David subscribes to the same philosophical beliefs of the legendary speaker and motivator, Zig Ziglar, who sums it up best when he says, "...anything you want in life can be yours if you'll just help enough other people to get what they want!"
David also utilizes an Attraction Marketing System that gives him the ability to place his content as well as his marketing knoledge in front of tons of people who are looking for what he has to offer! A combination of philosophy and systems is what I believe makes for his incredible success and is his 2nd significant possession.
Take It Online!
You're probably here because however you've been working your MLM business in the past, it might not be working for you! Maybe it's time to work your business online.
On the other hand, if the usual MLM marketing methods I referred to earlier are working for you and you're basically looking at what's achievable should you decide to go online with your business, then I assure you that you could certainly do worse, but probably no better, than plugging into David Wood's trainings and webinars or those of some other article marketing specialist that David Wood has mentored!
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Powerful Yet Inexpensive Tool to Create Serious Cash Flow - By: Joy Neva
The discouraging story has been told over and over again, "I did everything my upline said but I am still not making any money". This situation is very stressful and explains why 90% of network marketers quit within the first 3 months. Let me ask you this. How long can any business last if more money is going out then is coming in? Well, everyone has different answers, but inevitably, the business will fail. By putting all of your efforts into building your primary business, you are more or less putting all your eggs in one basket. So, what needs to happen? You need cash flow from other sources while you build your MLM primary business. Through this article I am going to lay out a step-by-step process that will show you how to earn the capital you need to keep your DREAM ALIVE! A strategy called Article Marketing.
BE AN EXPERT
Before jumping directly into the steps, it's important to understand one very important point. From this day forward, you must be an expert. You say, "But I am not an expert." But actually , everyone is an expert in something. Expert is just a shortened word for experienced. If you have experienced something and learned from it, then you are an expert in that. Be willing to share with others your experiences and how you dealt with them. That honesty and humility are what make awesome leaders. We all make mistakes, but it's those who learn and move on that make it to their dreams. You are hear reading this article, so you haven't given up. So tell the world about your experience. You will be amazed on how relatable you really are.
IF YOUR BROKE, DON'T BUY IT!
It's also important to understand that article marketing can be done very well without spending anything but your time. So if you are on a limited budget (or no budget), know you don't have to buy anything to make this work.
THE STEPS
OK, now for the steps. If you are new to network marketing, these steps may sound confusing. I am here to help. Just ask. For those of you who are experienced in network marketing but are new to article marketing, these steps are a general overview of the basics. But, again, I am here to help. Just ask.
Step 1
START YOUR OWN BLOG.
I recommend using Wordpress.com and starting your own blog. This will be a centralized hub for driving people to your affiliated links. Article sites don't like when you link directly to a promotion or sales page. The articles you write will have links to your blog. This is where they will be directed to obtain the resources you suggested.
Step 2
WRITE ARTICLES
It's easy to say "just go write some articles", but maybe it's not your forte. Don't worry, write from your heart and worry about fine tuning your writing skills along the way. Just be sincere.
Step 3
POST ARTICLES
After you have an article written and you have spell checked and reread it, post it to article sites. I have a list of great sites on my blog. You can check out www.ezinearticles.com. It is a fairly popular site and would be a good start. If you are really serious about article marketing, I have a bunch of resources at my blog that allow you to make the process of submitting the articles alot faster. It can get pretty daunting when you are trying to post to several sites. And, the more sites you can post to the better your results. So I recommend you check these out.
Step 4
ADD THE LINKS
At the end of your article you will be putting a signature at the bottom. This is where you put your name, what you are an expert in, and your link to your blog. You can see mine below. Now make sure that you link directly to the page that they can click on the affiliate link. You do not want them to get to your blog and not understand what to do next. You want them to be able to click and buy or click and fill in a form. If they have to do any more then that, you may lose them.
RINSE AND REPEAT!
Do you see the circular pattern. Blog, Article, Post, Blog, Article, Post.... keeping them in that pattern is the key to your success. It's a simple rinse and repeat process. Through that you will accomplish two things. One, you will be showing others interested in your industry that you are willing to share your experience and help them succeed. You become a leader because you are directing people to success. You are offering solutions to problems freely, without any strings attached. No one likes to be sold to. Secondly you are creating cash flow from the products that you are using and thus know and trust. Make sure you have checked out or used the products you are asking others to buy. You have to know that these are quality products that will help your future business partners. Who knows, these people may want to join you in your primary MLM because you are being a good leader to them. If you are unsure about affiliates and how to become one, again I am here to help. Just ask.
In conclusion, remember one thing.... It's so important to give freely without selling. Only suggest resources you believe are good.
Take care and I wish you all the success you can handle in your future business endeavors.
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Using Article Marketing (This is Free Marketing) to Promote your Business - By: Kim Tarr
Article marketing is an awesome way to advertise your home based business or affiliate program. It is uncomplicated to do if you love writing and it is 100% free. You can write articles that are associated to your home business and submit them to article directories. All it takes is time to make and submit them. If it is written well, it can lead to more website traffic and increased sales for your business.
A average article for web submission should be between 250 and 750 words long. It will use keywords relevant to the your intended audience. The directories are organized into numerous categories and you must determine which category to promote in. You are also encouraged to add a group of relevant keywords, so it is found in the search engines. Make sure you enter in your business facts and a url to your website in your 'resource box'. This is a brief paragraph, regarding what you are offering and a call to action. Ie…”click on my website link to learn about this topic”. Anyone who enjoyed what you wrote will take the time to click on your url to check out what it is you are advertising.
There are several submission websites online. Generally they are at no cost, but a few more specific ones cost a tiny fee. One of the major free directories is EzineArticles.com which carries the work of nearly 70,000 authors.
Here is a list of other submission sites you can publish your articles:
ehow.com
articlesbase.com
goarticles.com
The real goal of these submission websites are to present a location for e-zine publishers to find free and related content. Everyday, editors of a huge span of subject specific e-zines, go to see the article directories and download new articles that are important to their viewers. This spares them producing it themselves. The only condition made is that they must publish the article in full, without editing, and every time incorporate the author's resource box and keep the links in place.
Article marketing is a cool way of having your website on the search engines. Writing a single article may not get you the outcome you wish for, but a regular flow of articles published to article directories over a long period will gain you solid traction, giving you beneficial rankings and back links to your articles and websites.
There are lots of advantages to marketing your small business on the internet by writing articles. The best part about article writing is that it doesn't cost anything, but your time. When completed the right way, this could lead to greater traffic to your site and more sales.
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Online Article Marketing Can Help Explode Your Business - By: Kim Tarr
Article Marketing is new for some. Whether you are attempting to promote a product via some form of affiliate marketing program, or you are just marketing your own bricks and mortar business, one way you can get traffic to your website is to start with writing articles online.
A lot of people are not sure on how writting articles can help their business. Generating articles online actually helps you in many ways, primarily by getting your name, your blog or website, and your product to the top of the search engines. The more spots you are seen online, the more magnetic you grow to be, the more likely it is that you will materialize at the top of the results page.
Articles also allow you to establish a sense of authority on a particular subject. If you are marketing a product, then you must be writing articles online that help to confirm a trusted reputation for both you and your product. These should be grounded in facts and meaty content, so that people will come back to them over time. These will also, of course, operate as links to a page where you sell your product.
These articles should always have your name (or at least your penname), numerous mentions of your product and website, and should be distributed as widely as possible. Once you have done that, do it again, and again. Re-write them, give them different titles and change the content, and re-submit. This will help you get more content out there quicker, and get you noticed.
The articles you write will not be your only marketing efforts, of course. They are to be used in addition to blogging habitually, keeping your website up-to-date, and establishing mutual links. You will also want to submit your blog and website to as many submission sites as possible so that you get continuous traffic.
About the Author
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Important Steps to Be Followed For Article Submission - By: Kapil Chin
The main purpose of article submission is to increase web traffic to your site. There are many who have complained that in spite of article marketing, there has been no remarkable increase in web traffic to the site. Most of us fail to realize that writing an article is not enough. You need to follow a few simple rules. There are guidelines to be followed as you prepare the document and rules to be observed when you submit the articles.
When you submit an article, there is a section which is marked as about the author. This is where you tell about yourself and also post the link to your site. You should adjust the article according to the size of the article. When you are writing about Internet marketing, you should include relevant information. If you are representing a number of companies, you should choose that company which will be related to your subject. If you find out that the submission site will not allow HTML in bylines, you should never use them when you submit articles. You can type the URL. There are some sites that do not have the required technology for supporting HTML. If this is the case avoid HTML bylines.
If the site has strict restrictions about the number of URLs to be posted, you should respect the restrictions. Most sites allow not more than 2 URLs. In order to avoid plagiarism, you can add your initials at the end of the article. In case of an online article, it will prevent the plagiarist from copying the content of the text. The initials will not go unnoticed if the content is copied. If the submission sites have certain rules and requirements, you should respect it. The guidelines about writing and submitting an article should be followed. When you submit articles, you should put it on all the submission sites. Any good site will offer three basic services to the writer. There will be a byline segment, along with the option of previewing the article and the scope of editing the article after it is submitted. Make sure you make effective use of all these options and submit a quality article.
There are many submission sites who will want the photographs of the author. This is considered as a security measure to prevent people from copying the content of the site. If the photo is included, it will be difficult for the plagiarists to copy the content and claim it as their own. The picture will be kept in a small file. You can add a simple photograph with your writing. When you submit articles, you should choose the correct category. If you find out that the submission directory does not have proper categories, it is better to move on.
To sum up article marketing is a great way to establish your authority in the virtual world; however make sure that you submit a quality article to a relevant site.
Previously emails ids where included as part of the bylines. Because of severe security breaches, the submission sites do not ask for an email address. Even if they ask for one, it should not be directly related to a website which will be privately owned. The first few articles will be a time-consuming affair. But once you get a hang of things, you can easily find your way through various submission sites.
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Dominate your market with Article Marketing - By: Joseph Mathys
Article Marketing is a great way to generate traffic to your websites or
blogs. It is also a great way to get your message out to the internet for
everyone to see. This helps to be in service to all that need it.
You can also use article marketing to dominate your niche or to dominate
keyword and keyword phrases (also known as long tail keywords.) This article is about market domination.
I had the good fortune to be on a webinar a couple weeks ago with David Wood.
He discussed this very topic. He had some specific things to do to dominate
your market.
To dominate your market, write articles specific to your niche with keywords
you investigate that are the most highly searched for. You need to write a lot
of articles. Submit one article a day for 100 days and you will dominate
your market. Now this sounds like a lot and it is, but after you start
writing these articles and find ways to make yourself write them everyday it
becomes easier as you go along.
First off he uses and suggests using a blog instead of a website because they
repeatedly rate higher in the search engines then
websites do. Unless you need a website for another reason you can set up the
blog to do anything you need including having a data capture form to get people
on your list. Also you can post all your articles on your blog as the main
holding area along with submitting them to the article sites.
OK, now to the articles and submitting. Write your articles using the
right article format such as Title, Body, Keywords, and The Resource Box.
Once you are done writing your article you have to submit it to the article
submission site. To submit to the article site you have to first register
with the article site. After you register you can post your articles to
that site.
niche, if not, just post to the
sites that have categories that correspond to your article and market. Pick the
article directories that have a higher Alexa rating and page rank. You
should post to at least 5 different article submission sites and if you want to
post to more then change your article a little so the same article is not all
over the internet which the search engines will think of it as spam since it is
everywhere.
One way to submit articles to many different sites at the same time is
to use article submission software. If you want to use this software, look
for software that also helps you spin the article so you are posting
different articles to all the different directories at the same time without
the search engines looking at your article as spam.
That’s it. Your article comes up in the search engines based on the keyword search, they They then
click on your links in the article that send them to your website or blog and
that is how you get the traffic to your sites.
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How Article Marketing Will Help You Answer the Question, - By: Eric Gruber
What do you tell your prospects when they ask you "What makes you different from everyone else?"
Here's what management consultant John Reddish does.
He tells his prospects to search the number of mentions he has on Google! Since John has hundreds of articles and other links, he looks like a rock star compared to his competitors!
I follow this strategy all the time. I actually have people calling me up asking - so does article marketing really work? I ask them if they're by the computer right now. Then, I tell them to Google my name "Eric Gruber." You'll see hundreds of links with my articles.
If you do that right now, you should find on the front page my articles on Microsoft Dynamics, About.com, PublicityHound.com, SiteProNews.com and many others.
I, not only use this strategy when I am trying to sell to new prospects, but also when I am speaking live on stage or on teleseminars. It helps me build credibility with my audience.
Remember, every time you write and submit articles, you increase your credibility and visibility - and that can pay off in many ways! But in order for this to work you must follow a few basic rules.
3 Article Marketing Rules You Must Follow If You Want to Increase Credibility and Visibility
Rule #1: Write and submit articles on a consistent basis.
Article marketing will NOT work if you just write articles and submit articles every once in a while. You should write at least one article per month. If you need help generating article ideas - check out my Instant Article Writing Templates at StartWritingArticlesFaster.com
Rule #2: Submit your articles to the top websites and ezines that your audience is going to every day for information that you can provide.
Don't get me wrong, submitting to article directory sites like ezinearticles.com is good. It gives you more links and the more links you get, the higher you will rank in the search engines. But the article directory sites will not give you extra credibility. Anyone can get published there as long as you follow the site's editorial guidelines. It will not make you an expert in the eyes of your prospects. So find the top websites that your audience is visiting and submit your articles to those sites.
Rule #3: You must provide unique information that proves you are the expert.
If you provide the same, regurgitated information as everyone else - how is that going to make you any different from your competition? It doesn't! So, provide your top, expert information. Don't be afraid to give your best material. By giving great information for free, people will automatically think, "Wow! If I'm getting this kind of information for free, the information that I have to pay for must be out-of-this-world. I must get it now."
If you follow this advice, you'll increase your credibility and visibility. And, you'll be able to answer the question," "What makes you different from everyone else?"
Article Marketing Expert Eric Gruber uses the power of articles to create online opportunities for Internet marketers, small business owners and entrepreneurs who want more publicity, prospects and profits. Now, you can get his instant article writing templates that will help you write your articles in 30 minutes or less. For a limited time, you can get 3 of his favorite article writing templates for free at: http://www.TryMyFreeArticleTemplates.com
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Why Most Article Marketers Fail to Increase Their Sales Conversions - By: Eric Gruber
The whole point to article marketing is to put your business on autopilot. You want to get your articles published on top websites, ezines and article directories that direct traffic to your website. You want to be able to capture prospect's names and email addresses so you can promote to them over and over again without lifting a finger.
Now, the problem is most people have greatly increased their website traffic with articles, but they have NOTHING to show for it. No one is signing up for their newsletters. No one is buying anything. And, the prospects are lost forever.
It does NOT matter how much traffic you get from articles, if your website doesn't convert.
Why Your Website Isn't Converting
Most article marketers link to their homepage in the bio box. This home page has a small little newsletter sign up box in the corner that is so hard to find. There are times that you need a magnifying glass to find the newsletter opt-in box mixed up in all the clutter.
The page itself has so many links and calls-to-action that it confuses prospects that are at your site to receive a free newsletter, special report, ebook or whatever your offering is. Confused prospects become frustrated prospects who leave your site and are never to be found again. That's why you need a focused squeeze page.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term squeeze page, it is a web page that is specifically designed to compel visitors to opt in to your list. A well-designed squeeze page can convert as many as half of the people who visit it, into opt-in email list subscribers.
How to Make Squeeze Pages Work for You
In order for the squeeze page to be able to do its work most effectively, there must be no other way for the visitor to get into your web site without opting in first to your opt in email list.
For example, check out:
TryMyFreeArticleTemplates.com
RestrainingOrder911.com
Notice to get to any of the other pages in the website above, including the sales pages, you must have to opt in to an email list first.
Now, you may be thinking, but what about all the others that didn't opt in to the list? What if they would have bought something from me?
Well, let me ask you this. If they don't trust you enough to opt-in to your list, to give you their name and email address in exchange for a free gift, do you really think that that person is going to whip out their credit card and give you their credit card number? Of course not!
Proof That Squeeze Pages Work
Now, the current conversion rate on the Restraining Order 911 sales letter since putting up a squeeze page is 20%. Before he created a squeeze page and auto-responder system that would continually educate his list and promote his product, Ron Lasorsa's conversion rate was around 1%. So with my help, Ron has created a 2000% increase in revenue by sending his article marketing, video marketing, social media marketing and pay-per-click advertising traffic to a squeeze page.
Don't you think it's time that you setup a squeeze page to send your article traffic to? If so, check out my free video on squeeze pages at: livewebsitereviews.com/youtube
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Article Marketing Strategies: 21 Ways to Use Your Articles for Maximum Website Exposure - By: Eric Gruber
Most people think article marketing is just about getting links. They couldn't be any more WRONG!
Article marketing is about getting your messages (in the form of articles) out to as many prospects as possible in as many ways as possible.
Here are 21 ways to use your articles so you can build your business:
1. Send your top article placements via email to current clients.
2. Send your top article placements via email to former clients.
3. Send the top article placements via email to prospects. This is how PR LEADS Article Marketing Expert client Kevin Berchelmann scored a $50K+ client!
4. Post reprints on your website. Note - Turn your article placements into PDFs. Do NOT link to your top article placements. This will take people off your website!
5. Include your article placements in book proposals. Roxanne Emmerich, Dr. Vicki Rackner, Dr. Karen Sherman and many other clients of mine have used this strategy to win major book publishing deals.
6. Include your articles in new business proposals.
7. Include your article placements in new business PowerPoint presentations.
8. Add your articles and/or mention your placements in your blog.
9. Add the articles to your newsletter. Remember, your newsletter isn't ALL about selling. It's about building relationships based on trust. The way to earn trust is to educate your prospects with powerful knowledge that only you can provide in articles,
10. Mention your article placements on the front page of your website. For example, put across the top of your website: As see on About.com, MarketingProfs, CEO Refresher and Small Business CEO Magazine. Then down the right hand side of your website, put links to your PDF versions of your article placements.
11. Send print copies of your article placements to your current clients.
12. Send print copies to your former clients.
13. Send print copies to your prospects.
14. Mention your article placements in you website bio.
15. Mention your article placements in your speech introduction.
16. Create a list of all the top article placements and post it to your website's "newsroom" section.
17. Add your articles to your Facebook page.
18. Twitter about your article placements.
19. Turn your articles into video articles and post it to YouTube, Viddler and other video syndication websites.
20. Use your articles as a list building mechanism. Check out how Shane Ellison uses his articles on his website: www.thepeopleschemist.com/articles to build his list.
21. Mention your article placements in the P.S. of your email signature. For example, put... P.S. My article, "25 Ways to Make Money Using Articles" was just published on About.com. Now you can read it at (put your website URL where you put the text or PDF version of the article)
You don't have to do all these steps. If you do only ONE of these steps, you will be doing more than you are now to build your business. Take action today to build your business with article marketing!
Now, start writing your articles.
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Free Article & Content Marketing with David Wood - By: Roozeekuh Ruzicka
Have you ever had that moment after you've signed up for a webinar where you hope and pray that the subject matter that will be covered is sufficient to give you the whole picture?
Through my years of these lessons, I have had my fair share of disappointing webinars, failed attempts at passing along outdated information, and training that turned into inglorious sales pitches, etc., etc.
So when a webinar comes along that promises to provide free article and content marketing, and then goes above and beyond that promise, obviously it's one that you remember.
That's why I'm writing this tonight.
Tonight MLM Lead System Pro (MLSP) held another free webinar on article marketing & content marketing, and once again, the guys delivered. Big Time!
Tonight's host was David Wood, who's credentials include not only being a MLSP member, but in just the last 2 months since he became a member, he's getting 600+ hits per day from unique visitors, and in just the last week alone he's been able to sponsor 5 new distributors into his primary MLM company.
David's created a blue print to get his articles placed on the first page of Google for any specific set of keywords. He's figured out a way to get his videos posted on Google search in the organic searches, and keep them there.
Not too shabby for just being in the system for only 2 months?
Anyways, what I found significant from tonights training is that David essentially gave away his entire marketing blue print.
Good Lord! Who does that?
Well, here's how I see it - first off, there is no way that anyone will be competition to David and saturate the industry with this technique. There are just WAY TOO many categories to write about. Literally! Secondly, any marketer knows that when they present a whatever to a large group, they know that there is only a small percentage of marketers who will actually go on to use that line of attack after one week. It's just a given fact.
David took his entire article marketing strategy (at this point it's only article marketing) and blasted it out to us over an hours period of time. He literally laid it all out in front of us. In fact, for those of us on the webinar, he gave away some bonuses just for being on the webinar.
Now, if you were on tonights webinar, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
If not, well, that's why I'm writing the post. To fill you in on some of the strategies that he uses.
So lets jump in shall we?
There are 4 critical steps in this process:
1. Create an Original Article and post it on your blog or MLSP backoffice. Think of this as your parent article. At the end of the article after you provide some really beneficial content, you will promote your landing page that you use for lead generation. Only do this at the end of the post.
2. Bookmark your content on social networking sites in one huge blast using a free site like Onlywire.com You will be able to automatically submit your content to 40+ social media sites at the press of a button. Pretty compelling stuff! This will only help to increase your ranking on Google.
3. Promote the article content through video sharing sites like Youtube and Viddler. Ever thought of linking your video to the article in the description of the video? HA! Neither had I. I certainly will now. Keep the video short. 3-5 minutes should be about max. If you're using a tool like Traffic Geyser, this job is only simplified.
4. Next, you want to submit your article with an article submission tool. If you were to use a tool that could save you time and energy by submitting your article to 300+ article sites, you'd do that right? (You should be nodding your head yes right now). Then within these articles, you will link them directly to your parent article that you posted on your blog.
Two points to remember: 1) Your primary article should lead your readers to your landing page. 2) All of your other articles should lead to the link for your parent article. Make sense?
Can this get any easier? keep in mind, the first few times you do this tactic, you for sure will find it difficult at first just because it's all new to you. I know that I did. Once you do it a few times and you have the motions down, it will go a lot smoother.
So get out there, write an article, and start blasting it out there. Yes, it can take time. But what does it come down to for you? The cost of money or the cost of time? Which is more important to you?
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Where Good Marketing Articles Should Go - By: Andrew Michaels
Marketing articles of course are a great way to support your marketing campaign. Not only does it help you build content for your website and other printed materials, it also gives your customers some extra incentive to learn more about your products and your company. The question about marketing articles though, is where exactly you should put them? You can't of course just give them to people raw in a printed paper. There must be a good and subtle avenue of communications where people can be comfortable and interested in reading your marketing articles. Below are four such avenues where you should consider placing your work.
The main show: Your website
- Of course the best and most obvious choice for your marketing articles is your website. This is basically your main show, the site where all your marketing articles should link to. This is where people can read the important and authoritative information about your products and about your company as well. So you should place all the important and best written articles to a good and visible section of your website.
Supporting venues: Blogs
- Beyond your website, but still in the online medium, adding supportive venues for marketing such as blogs is a great way to increase popularity and awareness for the benefit of your marketing campaign. Those marketing articles are perfect for this medium since you can instantly publish a lot of articles through a blog and even link your website through the articles for great effect. You can increase the traffic on your website, and build up a nice and good reputation about your business and products in the process.
Alternative areas: Newsletters
- With the main electronic mediums covered, you should also consider using printed mediums as an alternate avenue for your marketing articles. Printing newsletters for business is not really new, but it is the idea printed platform to spread your marketing message through articles. You can write features, previews and praises for your company and your products in a monthly basis, giving you a great alternative for marketing when people are not online.
Alternative areas: Brochures
- Of course, you should also not forget the brochure. Since brochures are the great mainstay of printed marketing, it is only common sense to place your marketing articles on brochures as well. Brochures of course can be more easily distributed and you can easily cover entire communities with a marketing brochure ensuring direct impact with your customers. Just don't forget to add a link to your website so that people can check your products and the company as well when they do go online.
Now, you should at least know where those marketing articles should go for an effective marketing campaign. Once you know how to deploy them correctly to your advantage, you should feel the net effect of success through your efforts immediately.
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Article Marketing Advantages - By: Luigi H
Making sure that your website is properly marketed is important to helping drive more traffic to the site. It is the traffic which generated income for your site and in choosing the right type of marketing that will help to increase your site’s traffic; you will find that there are many choices to choose from. One particular type that is growing in popularity is article marketing. Advantages with article submission are great. Using very informative articles that are then submitted to the many different article directories will definitely help drive more traffic to your website.
Of course not all webmasters have the capabilities to continuously write articles and then submit them to a directory, which is why there are many great article and content creation services out there to choose from; as well as article submission services too. Sure these services cost money, but then again the old saying stands true that if you want to make money, you have to spend money.
Article marketing allows you to generate more links to your website; links from relative and unique content. As any webmaster, both new as well as experienced knows, links are crucial to increasing your rank on the search engines and ultimately drives more traffic to your website. The most important aspect though is that the articles do have to be unique or they will eventually fail to be considered as an incoming link. They also have to be relevant to the same content that is in your website.
While there are many different ways to market a website, article marketing is quickly becoming the most popular choice by webmasters everywhere. No matter which form of marketing you choose though, it is very important that you actually market your website one way or another. Without marketing, your website will eventually get indexed and rank on the search engines, but it may never be high enough in the rankings to generate substantial amounts of profits. Through the use of marketing, your website gets indexed faster and because the use of article marketing includes the use of links, these inbound links will help to increase your website’s rank quickly and therefore increase the site’s profit potential.
It all comes down to generating traffic and the biggest advantages associated with article marketing and article submission are the links they create which in turn helps to drive more traffic to your website every time a new link is indexed. So do yourself and your pocket a favor and make sure that you are doing the proper marketing necessary to help your website generate more money then could ever be generated without it.
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Article Marketing. The Resource Box. Sell Yourself. - By: Jonathan Tucker
Article Marketing is really a game of give and take. The author gives a free article and then would like to receive something in return for the effort.
The resource box is the part of the article where the author is allowed to sell themselves and their company or brand. It's the place where the author gets to ask the reader for something in return for the free article they've just provided the reader with.
The resource box is usually separate from the main body of the article although some article directories include it in the main body of the article. It should consist of the following:
A description of the author and their business.
A link to the website using targeted keywords as anchor text
A plain text link to the same website
A "Call to Action". This is where the author suggests to the reader what they should do next.
There could also be additional information about any special offers available for the reader.
The author has just given the reader a well structured, informative article about a particular subject. The reader has assimilated the information and hopefully has gained some insight into the subject of the article or some benefit from it. This has been provided for free by the author and the resource box is where they ask for something in return, a form of payment if you like.
The payment could be for the reader to just take a look at the authors website to read more about the subject or to click through and, maybe, get a free report from the author or subscribe to the websites mailing list.
This needs to be easy for the reader to do, therefore a link that can be clicked on to get to the authors site is a must. Some article directories allow two or three links in the resource box. If these are available then the author should use them to their full advantage by linking to different areas of their website.
A plain text version of the link should be provided as well, this ensures that if the article is copied using a text editor that the link remains, the clickable links would only have the keyword text copied and not the actual link.
The "Call to Action" is the authors command, the instructions for the reader. It tells the reader what's required of them. The author should also explain to the reader any benefits they may get by following these instructions such as the offer of a free eBook the reader could download.
The reader has just received something for free that is of benefit to them. The resource box is where they get invited to say thankyou to the author in return.
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Article Marketing Isn’t Finished - How Submitting Articles To Directories Will Boost Your Search Engine Ranking - By: Marcus Wilson
There is no point having a website if nobody ever visits it. Too many folk spend a large amount of time setting up their websites ; they cause it to look pretty with a pleasant header and slap on some content then just relax. These folk then look at their stats and are dazzled when they get little if any traffic. They give up ; there are so many websites out there that have the potential to be great but the owner doesn't have the knowledge to bring folk to their site.
The key to getting people to your internet site is to rank highly ( preferably on the 1st page ) in the search engines such as Google, Yahoo and the new Bing. The way we do this as web designers and internet marketers is search engine optimization also know as SEO. If you understand the fundamentals of SEO then you can bring traffic to your website. The simplest technique to get ranked on the search engines is thru back linking or as we say getting link juice. So how does one get back links?
Well there are several free resources online that you may use to enhance your site ranking. One of the best ways is to use article marketing. Article marketing is just about what I do here you write article and submit them to article directories. The 3 I would recommend are this one, Ezine Articles and Article Base. They are all highly ranked websites and an article on their will add link juice to your internet site. In most instances you write 250 word minimum article and then have a resource box at the bottom which you can use to link back to your internet site. The key is to use the link by making that link the keyword you have chosen to challenge for your site. For example if your site is about chainsaws then the link should be the words chainsaw reviews. This could make your site that touch more relevant when folk type chainsaw reviews in to Google. Bing and Yahoo and so on.
The more articles you write the more resource boxes you have to link back to your website. And the more traffic you may at last get. I would counsel writing at least four articles a week and submit them to these article directories.
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Advertise Your Website by Writing Articles - By: Pete Nisbet
The best way to advertise your website is by writing articles and submitting them to article directories. Each article should include a URL in the author's resource section that allows readers to click to a web page of your choice - preferably a page that expands on the topic of the article.
This benefits you in a number of ways: The article is published on its own page in each directory and each gives you a back link to the URL quoted in the resource. The published page can be listed on Google and the other search engines in the same way as any other web page can be, and many of these appear on the first page of Google for the keyword for which the article has been optimized.
However, that's assuming that the article has been properly optimized for the keyword, and that is a skill in itself. Many good writers have no idea how to go about optimizing a web page using good keyword density and latent semantic indexing principles. LSI, use of keywords and the use of semantic relevance to indicate the relevance of a web page to search terms used by search engine users is a skill that has to be learned, and part of that is understanding how search engine algorithms work. Professional article writers understand, but others have to be taught these skills.
Readers of the article also have the opportunity to click on the URL if they like your article and want to know more, and furthermore, other webmasters are permitted by the directories to copy the article for use on their own websites, assuming that they retain the author's resource section, complete with your URL.
Writing articles, therefore, enables your web page to be advertised in a number of different ways: on the directory itself, on another person's website and through a prominent listing on Google, Yahoo, or any other search engine assuming that it has been effectively optimized. You can submit your article to an unlimited number of directories or ezines, and the more that accept it for publication the better. You need not change it for each, though it helps if you do. It's not necessary though.
You can effectively advertise your website by writing articles and submitting the same one to as many different directories as you can. Google will not punish you, but over time will start to drop those listings where the article appears elsewhere. However, that takes time - several weeks, and you can compensate for that by writing at least one article a week.
When writing articles, however, it is best to write a slightly different version of each for each directory or ezine, and so avoid the duplicate content penalty. There are ways to achieve this easily and quickly, although many 'article spinning' techniques can produce articles that make little sense, or read badly and can do more harm than good to your site.
Trying to do that manually can be difficult, particularly if you have a number of websites to maintain. Writing articles can become a chore rather than the fun it should be, and you will eventually see your web pages drop down the listings till they disappear altogether. That will certainly happen if you submit the same article to every different directory and ezine.
The answer is to have your articles written for you by an article ghost writer. You pay the ghost writer to write your articles, but in all respects the article is yours. Your name goes with it as author, your URL is in the resource and you own the copyright. If a writer keeps the copyright, then don't pay them since they are writing on your behalf, not selling you their article and retaining copyright.
A professional ghost writer can rapidly write several versions of the same article, and if each paragraph is written in a different way, you can mix them all up to provide loads of different articles.
There are no doubts at all that the advertising you get through article marketing is far superior to that from having your website URL listed in a website directory, or from quoting it in forums. Writing articles gets your web pages noticed by readers who have an interest in the topic of your article and who are likely to click through to your website.
Make the landing page a squeeze page, and you can capture their names and email addresses, and so keep in touch with them by providing free tips, courses, free eBooks and the like, and then, occasionally, offers for your products.
That is the best way to market your products and your website, and writing articles is the only way that some people use to advertise. Apart from the cost of the ghost writer, it is free and very effective. Writing articles and using article marketing as an advertising technique makes sense since it has repeatedly been proved to work, and brings you a far better return on advertising costs than most other advertising techniques.
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Want To Set Realistic Article Marketing Goals? - By: Lisa Angelettie
I am notorious for setting completely unrealistic goals for things as simple as getting dinner made or planning a huge summer vacation for the family. I often forget that I have tons of other responsibilities that zap my time.
I usually never have ALL of the time to I think I have to devote to a particular project, but writing and article marketing is important to me. It is my business. It is my passion. It is what works! So I have to commit a certain amount of time to it. And so should you.
So how should you achieve this? Well you truly need to set realistic article marketing expectations and goals. Because when you do that, you will end:
1. writing frustration
2. incomplete writing
3. poor quality writing
4. zero article production
If you are ready to end this type of low article marketing results and writing frustrations, here is an idea of how I like to set realistic article marketing goals for myself...
1. I bought a kitchen timer (a pyrex one to be exact) from the supermarket. Nothing fancy, although they do have these cute chicken timers that you can buy from any cooking section in a department store or Amazon.
2. I decide on what I'm working on. An article. A chapter in my book. An infoproduct section. Whatever. I commit to writing only that.
3. Based on the task, I allot a certain amount of time for it. Thirty minutes for articles. Sixty minutes for products and book chapters. (This is all rough draft work of course)
4. I check the timer once. When I'm at 10 minutes before time is up - I start wrapping things up. And that could mean finishing a paragraph or even just finishing a sentence. It doesn't matter. You do not have to finish or complete the whole task.
5. When the timer goes off - I give it respect and stop what I am doing. I then go to my next task to complete whether it be an additional writing assignment or some other part of my business.
If I have some time leftover of my "work day", I will devote it to finishing the writing project I started earlier. Otherwise - I will simply continue where I left off the next day.
QUICK TIP: Write the same time everyday. Waiting to write when inspiration hits - may mean you won't write until next year, and we know based on results that article marketing works best when you are consistent.
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How to Get Paid Weekly to Write Articles Reviews Using #1 Powerful Tip? - By: Asem Eltaher
It is clear for everybody, who is working online to make money at home, that article marketing research is a very efficient strategy to market products on the internet at low cost. It is also defined as bum marketing, which spreading the word about others products or services through writing essays telling internet surfers how many benefits they can win, if they decided to buy your service.
Article marketing research is an ideal idea when it comes to bring visitors to your website and at the same time build high quality one way back-links to your web pages. If you followed the right strategy, then it is no longer necessary to waste your time in searching for companies that offer website promotion for small business.
However, the exciting question would be:
What is the best strategy to carry out the optimal article marketing research?
Based on personal experiences and long months of trial and error, I can provide you the answer in a nutshell. The optimal strategy is "the combination between outsourcing and automation leads to perfect results that everyone is looking for". I.e. your success, based on my personal point of view, is strongly related to 2 different factors that are outsourcing and automation.
Why I strongly recommend for you to rely on outsourcing?
Reason (1):
Online guides and seminars show that 90% of the beginners are lost among the available tools like free content, article creator, or free writing software. It is highly recommended to avoid these tools as they produce in most of the cases very low quality text and it seems like this article is written by a robot and this will consequently affect your reputation.
Reason (2):
Article marketing research involves a massive and continuous submission of articles over a long period of time. This strategy is suitable for online business owners who are able to invest 8-10 hours per day to develop their home based business, but this does not imply for the beginners who do online marketing on part time bases and have to keep their normal regular job to earn the necessary money to live.
So, I believe that most of the people, who keep their 9-5 daily jobs, lack the power and desire to write essays after having a long hard day? Here and concerning this point, you should not under-estimate the high amount of time as well as the needed energy to produce a high quality text especially if you are interested to appear professionally in your niche.
Briefly, this hard and time-consuming process includes:
- Intensive keyword research, which is a task that needs long time and patience.
- Looking for the material and the key point that has to be handled.
- Writing in a professional way that should be in the middle between complex statements and trivial one and in addition you should not forget that this task has nothing to do with writing advertising sales sheet.
- Never forget to eliminate any grammar or spelling mistakes.
Reason (3):
It is a tradition in making money online that business owners should be ready to write essays with the motivation to handle multiple issues like finance, cars, etc. Hence, it is needed to write reports that deal with various issues, problems and different key points as well.
So, who has the time and energy after working long 8-9 hours per day to write professional and rich content essays in many interesting fields? If it is feasible for you to accomplish it, then do it and go ahead but I honestly doubt that you can keep going on this hard way for relatively long time like more than half a year.
Hence, based on my personal experiences, I would encourage you to outsource your writing tasks to freelance writers that can do this job easier and faster than you and, in this context, you will save a lot of problems in this area. In a future work, I will handle other related topics like how
and where to choose your ghost writer and what to tell him/her in order to get the work you can be proud of.
However, I offer you here 3 easy but yet extremely powerful tips when we talk here about outsourcing:
- Tip (1): Learn first what you like to outsource. It is not a good idea to outsource your writing efforts, if you have not master the needed skills yet. Otherwise, you will lack the power to take a good decision if the work delivered to you is of high quality plus you will not be well prepared to negotiate with your writer.
- Tip (2): You should not rely on low quality writers and to this end, check very well how professional they are.
- Tip (3): Tell him/her to show you a minimal number of 5 examples in various fields like 2 or 3 fields.
Now it is high time to handle the other half of the proven technique to master your article marketing research, which is the automation process.
It is undeniable that the most boring job on the planet is the necessity to submit your work to the corresponding directories. It is unbelievable how much time and energy it is needed to submit your work manually to the destination directories. It is not possible any way to type in your name, email address, etc. each time it is needed to enter your essay.
This is definitely correct especially if you do online marketing on part time bases in addition to your regular 9-5 job and, therefore, it is practically impossible to devote full time working on developing your home based business. Hence, automation with the help of a good submission software is an idea that should not be ignored by you if you are interested to adopt bum marketing as an online technique to spread the word about your online business.
Nevertheless, it is not generally true that each automation service is a good one and it is highly recommended not to choose the first service you find because it is free of charge. You should not overlook the following 3 easy but very powerful tips when you decide to choose the submission service that it is worthwhile to join:
- Tip (1): Target submission services that, from the technical point of view, allow you to insert various versions of the same text. Then, this service should play the role of mixing out the paragraphs of your articles so that it produces a unique version of your text each time it is planned to submit your work to one or more directories. Doing this, you are on the safe side and you should not worry about any punishment from Google because of the duplicated content.
- Tip (2): It is really important to be able to schedule your submission progress. It is well known among SEO experts that Google has a lot of respect for websites that are gaining new and one-way high quality links that grow naturally. I.e. it is strongly recommended to make sure that you do not do any bulk submission but instead it is better to do your submission gradually like 25-50 directories per day and for 10 days. This works much more efficient than the bulk submission in which you submit your work to 1000 directories all at once on the same day.
- Tip (3): It is a good idea to make sure that the rank of the websites, where your work is going to be submitted, is relatively a high rank. Although no one knows 100% but it is strongly believable that one high quality back-link from directories that enjoy high rank is much more efficient that 100 of links from directories that do not enjoy that high Google rank. I.e. it is a wise idea to target services that deal with publishers who own websites that enjoy high rank.
Briefly, the optimal and wise mix between outsourcing and automation is the ideal online technique and #1 tweak to master your article marketing research.
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How To Get Targeted Traffic With Article Directory Submission Software - By: Raymond Brookside
There is no question that writing articles and submitting them to directories can create a steady traffic volume to your web site. But if you really want to have success with this marketing technique, you need to learn to focus on your target market. Using article directory submission software can help you take advantage of targeted traffic.
By now you have probably heard someone say there is no such thing as bad traffic. While this is essentially true, there is such thing as wasted traffic. There is no point in wasting your time submitting articles to every category within the directory. After all, do you really think someone looking for gardening products is going to care about what you have to say with sports?
You are much better of focusing on your target market when it comes to marketing. It will save you a great deal of time while making it much easier to actually generate sells. People who are already interested in what you have to offer are far more likely to convert from a prospect or visitor to a customer.
So how can article directory submission software help you with this? There are a number of different kinds of software on the market for you to choose from, each differing from one another slightly. However, a majority that you will find allow you to select a specific category or sub-category you want your articles submitted under.
As the software takes your article and submits it to thousands of directories, it is going to find a category that is most similar to your request and submit it under that category. This is how you will place your knowledge and expertise amidst the eyes of your target market.
Now that you have your article under the right category, people interested in that niche will look for articles and content under the category they are interested in. As people interested in your niche stumble upon your articles, they will be enthralled by what they find. And with your author's bio box on the bottom of the article, they can easily make their way to your web site thus increasing your traffic volume.
It is a fairly simple process that can have drastic measures for your business. Using article directory submission software can change the way you promote your business from here on. Instead of aimlessly submitting articles to any and every directory and wasting hours of your time, you can quickly generate traffic from visitors who really matter.
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Articles Advertising - By: Rocky Lowry
How can advertising help you and your business in the long run?
Advertising creates way more product, service and brand awareness
then all other marketing methods combined.
Your advertising efforts keep working for you even when you can't be there to tell your potential customers about your product or service. Sales people are expensive and they can only be in front of a few hundred potential customers a month, where advertising efforts can be in front of thousands of potential customers a day!
I am going to cover one kind of advertising and it is used for online, or website advertising. This advertising is article marketing and it is free if you stick to the free article directories. The thing about article marketing that keeps most people from using it is that it requires a lot of effort to get enough articles out to really start working, and if you are like me, and can't write to good, then it will seem even harder.
The more you write, the easier it gets, because then you start to understand what the directories require to get your articles published. My first article took me two days to write because I was unsure of myself and how my article would sound to other people. I didn't think I would ever get into writing articles, but now I like to write and tell about what I have learned over the last few years of working online.
I have been a contractor for sixteen years and never dreamed I would be doing this kind of work! I know now that the mental strain is harder then the physical strain that i am used to.
If you are reading this and you know that you need a quicker way to get traffic to your site then you should use adwords to get your traffic. Awords is very tricky and requires some learning before you apply it for your business. You can start the learning process by going to google adwords and sign up! Make sure you study all the information about it before applying it, and keep a very close eye on it until you know that you have it figure out.
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How to Boost Your Business with PLR Articles - By: Terri Seymour
Article marketing is a very powerful way to get more traffic, build your reputation and boost your business. Writing articles on a regular basis and then submitting them to article banks and ezine publishers can do a lot for your business. Unfortunately many of us have doubts about our ability to write quality articles. Believe me, I did as well when I first starting writing articles more than 10 years ago.
A lot of things have changed since then in the internet marketing world but article marketing is still one of the best ways to build your business!
What you want to do is write a straightforward article with helpful information and/or resources. Keep it simple and basic and be sure to add some of your own personality into the article. This helps give it life and make it more interesting.
Do NOT try to use your article as a sales pitch. You can advertise in your resource box, but never the article itself. The more helpful information you give, the more your article will be used by webmasters and ezine publishers.
If you don’t think you can handle writing an article by yourself, there is something that can help. Private Label Articles! PLR articles are short, concise articles that you can use to submit to article banks, etc.
But remember: These articles are not meant to be used as is. They are meant to give you something to start with as opposed to a blank page. PLR articles are available on all subjects such as health, exercise, technology, internet marketing, business, child care, etc.
Here are some things you should do before submitting a PLR article as your own:
1. Add to it. Add some of your own experiences or knowledge to the information already given in the PLR article.
2. Put your personality in the article. You don’t want your article to read like a clone or assembly line article. Add your personality with bits of humor or real life experience. This will help your readers relate to you and the article.
3. Elaborate on the facts. For example: This paragraph came from a plr article on kidney stones:
It may be wise to not to take large doses of vitamins and minerals until you have had your stones or your urine analyzed.
You might add why it would not be wise to take the large doses of vitamins.
4. Check for keywords. You might want to add some relevant keywords to the article that will draw attention to your business as well. When people do a search using those keywords, you article could be one of the first things they see!
5. Some PLR articles might sound good just the way they are. That may be true but to distinguish it as your own and separate it from others who might be using the same article, you need to brand it as your own by making changes.
Once your changes have been made and you have proofread the article, it is now time to start submitting it. Do a search for article directory and for ezine directories (to find ezine publishers looking for content). Build up your list and submit on a regular basis. This will definitely bring a lot of attention to you and your business!
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How To Get High Benefits From Article Marketing - By: Luigi H
With the expansion of online marketing, websites and blogs have become a form of virtual enterprises more than anything else. People run their full-fledged business through their websites. Internet marketing has always offered unlimited scope as products and services are advertised and sold at an international level and the manufacturers or dealers get the advantage of a global market exposure. Now with this background in view, we understand that success of any online venture sited through a website depends upon the level of traffic that arrives at this spot through various paths. Web masters all over are now concentrating in this direction. They are maximizing their audiences and visitors through search engine optimization that includes various steps of optimization process.
Article marketing is an important source of optimization process that finds imminence in all forms of online ventures. In fact, the whole of internet marketing business is saturated with content or article marketing. Because all are seeking valued information and news that can either entertain them or provide them with better judgmental knowledge regarding all sorts of necessities. By writing and offering informative articles that addresses a particular topic or issue in detail with important facts and figures, you can easily get through to thousands of readers. It is a sure way to find targeted audience for your site. For this reasons web owners submit hundreds of articles to various popular article directories along with the link to their respective web pages. The demand for article marketing is fairly stable because people always need help with regards to information and nowadays for everything and anything they refer to internet before trying any other option. So article marketing can increase the popularity of a site and can fetch targeted audience. Quality article with proper keyword usage can impress any reader and encourage them to visit the source of the information. Online marketers have always recorded a notable increase in their traffic once they start with quality article marketing.
Writing noteworthy and unique contents is a sure way to earn the trust of readers. Strong knowledge is always respected irrespective of the motive. The nature of the article that appears in your site or that has its source in your site, defines the quality of your site and this in turn reflects the genuineness of the product or services marketed or advertised through the site. So even after brining targeted audience to your site, you convert them into customers only if they are convinced about the use of the product you are selling. Whether it is an e-book or a software, if you have to persuade your visitors to buy it, you need to earn their trust in quite authentically. And this trust alone will be the basis of your future growth and revenue. Gripping and engaging articles also have the power to bring back your visitor every time they need something related to the subject of your website. This is the main reason why article marketing continues to be the most reliable for form of link building that is sure to show its results sooner or later.
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Article Marketing Tips: Writing Articles for Free Advertising Online - By: Pete Nisbet
Of all the article marketing tips I could give you, writing articles for free advertising online is likely the most beneficial to you if you currently spend money on advertising your website. There are several reasons for this, but the major reasons why article writing can bring you better results than expensive pay per click (PPC) adverts or taking a chance with reciprocal links are detailed below.
Keep in mind that Google is not keen on reciprocal links unless the page you are reciprocating with relates to the page on your website that the link points to, and the link is no good to you in any case if it is one of many others on a 'links' or 'partners' page created predominantly for such links. You only get a share of the PR of the page your link is on, not that of the 'site', and even that is shared between all the other links on the page.
Being one of 5 links on a page with a PR of 1 is better than one of 50 on a page with a PR of 8. If you take these article marketing tips, writing articles can offer you a form of free advertising online that Google itself provides willingly, and that can work for you for many years to come. Here is how to go about writing articles to get you the benefits that free online advertising has to offer:
1. Write an article about your niche, using a conversational style as if you were explaining what you are writing if talking to somebody face to face - just as I am doing now in fact. Offer interesting information that anybody involved or interested in your niche would find useful. It doesn't have to be earth-shattering news, but what you write must be factual and show that you have a firm grasp of your subject. You want people to continue reading once they have started.
2. At the end of your article, provide a link to your website. You can say something about yourself if relevant, such as a brief word about your qualifications and experience if the topic warrants it, or do as I do and simply offer a link to your site for more information. You can use more than one link if relevant. When writing articles for free advertising online you should keep in mind:
a) You should never include a live link within the body of the article. Directories do not like these (more on article directories shortly).
b) Only use multiple links in your resource if relevant. Thus, I include a link to my product and also one to my Article Services website that is focused on writing articles and my own ghostwriting services.
c) Most article directories offer a special box for your link and other details (known as the 'author's resource'), but if not then you should add it to the end of your article. Never write an article without a link back to your website. That's what gets you the free advertising.
3. Having finished writing your article, the power of writing articles and article marketing now comes into play to get you a ton of free advertising. You get that by submitting your articles to article directories. This can be done in a number of ways, the most common being:
a) Manual Submissions
You should choose a number of the top article directories, register with them and then submit your articles manually. This will take you about 5 minutes per directory. Your articles should be submitted in plain text format, so if you have written them in Microsoft Word, copy the Word text and paste it into a text editor such as Notepad. A Google search for 'article directories' will give you lists of the top directories.
b) Software Submissions
You can use software to make the submissions for you. Most of these work whereby you enter each part of your into a box provided for it: Title, Summary, Article body, Keyword list, Resource - parts of these will be in plain text and HTML, particularly the resource. You then scroll down a list of directories loaded into the software, click on those to which you want to submit, and the article submission is made automatically. You have to provide the software with your login details for each directory, where relevant (no all directories need a login), or log in to each individually.
c) Article Submission Services
You can use a paid article submission service that will submit your articles to a number of directories for a fee - either paid individually or monthly. I use all three of these methods for my submissions for maximum exposure and best results.
d) Don't worry about duplicate content when you submit the same article to loads of directories and ezines. That will take a few months to come into play and you can make up for it by writing an article each week.
Using these article marketing tips on writing articles will get you free advertising online in the following ways:
A. Your article will be published on a number of article directories. If you use the right directories, these will further syndicate your articles to other directories and ezines and so on. It is viral, your articles being distributed around the internet. You get a back link to the pages stated in your author's resource from every directory and ezine that publishes your article. That link is valuable in attaining you a high search engine listing position.
B. People read your articles on the directories. This is fact, irrespective what others say. If you have done the job properly, these readers will possibly click on your link to visit your website for more information. Make sure that your link leads them to a web page related to the title of your article.
C. An article published on a directory page is a single web page, just like any other. It can therefore be listed on Google or any other search engine. I have literally tens of dozens of articles scattered around search engines on various topics, optimized for specific keywords. That's what free advertising is, and writing articles can achieve that for you if you take these article marketing tips.
D. Many people will copy your article as content for their own website: to do that they must retain your resource containing your link. Writing articles just got you even more free advertising!
These are just some of the ways in which writing articles can get you free advertising online, and if you take these article marketing tips seriously then you could save yourself a lot of money on advertising costs, and get better results by doing so!
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Do You Have an Effective Article Marketing Strategy? - By: Sean Kells
Implementing a great article marketing strategy is an awesome and very inexpensive method for internet business owners, including affiliate marketers, to develop a steady stream of new traffic to their web sites and affiliate offers.
In this article, I'll introduce you to the basics of article marketing and explain why an effective article marketing strategy will help you drive the popularity of your web sites and dramatically increase your revenue.
What is Article Marketing?
Article marketing is a strategy that has been around for decades. Even before the development of the internet, article marketing was used as a way for business owners to obtain free space in printed media like newspapers and magazines.
Historically, a business would submit written content to a local newspaper free of charge and, in exchange, the newspaper would include a description of the author's business and contact information at the end of the article.
This type of arrangement would allow the newspaper to develop good content at no cost and provide the business owner with free publicity. For example, a law firm might market itself by providing an article entitled "The Top 10 Ways to Protect Your Small Business" or a stock broker might provide an article entitled "5 Ways to Profit in a Bad Economy".
Readers who enjoyed the article and wanted to learn more could contact the author of the article thus, generating new leads for the author's business.
Online Article Marketing
With the rise of the internet, article marketing has spread to the online world and provides affiliate marketers and other online entrepreneurs with the ability to gain free media coverage and publicity for their businesses.
Instead of writing articles for a newspaper, the affiliate marketer posts articles to online article directories such as Ezine Articles (EzineArticles.com) or Articles Base (ArticlesBase.com). The articles are posted free of charge and the article directory earns revenue from advertising.
Unlike off-line article marketing, a good online article marketing strategy has an added dimension - the targeting of specific "niche" keywords which serves to bring in targeted traffic.
For example, let's say that an affiliate marketer named Bob promotes an ebook on dog grooming at his site "BobsDogGroomingTips.com". In order to generate sales, he wants to capture search engine traffic from internet users who are searching for advice on dog grooming. So Bob does a little keyword research and determines that "Dog Grooming Tips" is a good keyword phrase for him to target. So, he writes an article called "Top 5 Dog Grooming Tips of the Stars" and submits it to Ezine Articles.
When Mary, a huge dog lover, does a Google search for "dog grooming tips", she comes across Bob's article at Ezine Articles. She reads the article and finds it entertaining and informative. At the end of the article, she notices Bob's bio and a link back to his website "BobsDogGroomingTips.com" She clicks on the link, is taken to Bob's site and sees that Bob is promoting a great ebook on dog grooming tips. She purchases the book and Bob earns his affiliate commission!
Why Article Marketing is Powerful
If Bob had simply written his article and posted it on his own site, he probably would have received very little, if any, traffic to the article. That's because it generally takes months or even years to obtain a decent search engine ranking for specific keywords, especially if there is a lot of competition. Unfortunately, BobsDogGroomingTips.com simply isn't a popular enough site to generate high search engine rankings for its content.
By contrast, Ezine Articles is a very popular site which ranks highly in the search engines. By posting at Ezine Articles, Bob's article inherits some of Ezine Articles' high search engine ranking and Bob's article shows up within a few days near the top of the search engine results. This strategy allows Bob to generate natural search engine traffic in a very short period of time.
Of course, more traffic = more sales and more revenue, the ultimate goal of every online business. This is why the development and implementation of a solid article marketing strategy can result in a significant boost to your bottom line.
Over the next few articles, we'll discuss how to develop great article topics and content relevant to your particular online business and how to get your articles submitted for publication.
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Learn How to Make Your Articles Work Harder to Improve Your Online Income Business - By: Michelle Jayes
One of the best methods to use for the promotion of your website is still by article marketing. Writing and publishing articles in a number of different article directories on the internet will improve your Alexa rankings and build solid back links to your online income business better than any other method.
The key to this type of internet marketing is the resource box at the foot of each article that you write. This is the area in which you can place a link to your website or any page within your website that is relevant to the article you have written, and the more articles you publish the greater amount of back links will be pointed at your website and the better your ranking will be.
Because of the popularity of using article marketing as a means to build online businesses, a number of article submission companies have come to light offering the service of distributing your articles for you. These services have the ability to submit your articles to many hundreds of article directories on your behalf which, if you are limited for time, is well worth the money they charge. The amount of back links generated to your website alone is worth using this kind of service.
When the question of duplicate content came to the fore, a few of these companies developed a system where you could publish modified versions of an article that you wrote and they would distribute that article with variations to the different directories.
There is however another very effective way of improving your ranking and achieving good results for your online income business and that is by getting your unique articles published on exclusive highly ranked authority sites in your particular niche.
No matter what you market, there will always be some highly ranked authority websites that are leaders in that field, and these websites attract a huge amount of targeted traffic.
Your main objective in getting your articles published on a few of these websites would be to become known as an expert in this field and encourage some of this traffic to take a look at your site as well.
To get your articles published on some of these sites, you would need to approach the content editor with a proposal and a sample of your work. It is possible that you could do this by email but it would be a good idea to also think about telephoning or writing a letter. You can probably find the address and contact details on the relevant website.
Your next step would be to write a proposal of what you want to do. In other words let them know that you would like to supply them with a certain number of unique articles per month, which will be published on their website exclusively with your author details and a link to your website URL which will be included at the foot of each article that you write.
Make sure to let them know that it is your intention to write these articles exclusively for them and for their use alone. If you are publishing articles in article directories as well just be sure to use different ones there. If you are making a promise that these will be exclusive articles see that you adhere to that promise if the authority site agrees to your proposal.
Once the agreement is in place you can start writing your articles around specific keywords that can link back to your website URL. Vary the keywords and link them to different pages within you website as this will give you deep linking as well. Don't link everything to your home page as your site gains very little depth this way.
By getting your keywords optimized and your articles published in high ranking authority sites your online income business will begin generating more targeted traffic, which in turn creates the opportunity for more sales and at the same time you will become recognized as an authority in your field.
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Website Exposure With Article Marketing In Just Four Easy Steps - By: JoAnn Clarke
In simple terms, article marketing is the procedure of distributing your article to site owners, editors, publishers and newsletters all across the internet. You can execute this manually and submit your article to each place yourself. Or you can use an article distribution service like Article Marketer where you submit the article once and they do all the distribution work on your behalf.
Content forms the building blocks of the web. Internet surfers are searching for information, and the simplest, least expensive, and most far-reaching approach for businesses to spread the word is article marketing. They gain their customers' trust by supplying high-quality content for them to read.
If you mean to attract more visitors to your own website there is no easier approach than utilizing articles as part of your marketing stratagem. Article marketing is the simplest approach to improve your website's search engine placement. It provides more relevant one-way links to your site than by just using it as content alone. As only relevant sites and newsletters will publish your articles you're sure to reach an interested audience, and more qualified traffic to your site.
In just four steps you can really effectively build your online exposure.
1. Either manually or by using a service you submit articles on topics that relate to your site and classify them among the multitude of categories available.
2. Your articles are distributed to thousands of editors and publishers who are eager for good quality, genuine content for their newsletters, content sites and e-zines.
3. They readily attain and publish your articles. They also publish the links to your site which is normally found in the authors bio.
4. Finally, once your article has been published on myriads of sites, the links to your own site, located in your bio, boosts your page rank and your position in search results pages. This opens way for increased traffic.
You will want to pre-sell your visitors by reaching a targeted audience. Pre-selling occurs when potential customers warm up to you by reading your articles. By the time they click through to your site they feel like they already know you. They'll begin thinking of you as an expert in your field. People like experts. They believe experts. They purchase from experts. Plus, you'll have links galore.
Having links popping up all over the Web is something internet marketers dream of. Top-ranking sites constantly use article marketing to situate their links in front of the right people. The big names in search engine ranking - Google, Yahoo! etc all like lots of links on relevant sites. They eat 'em up.
Watch your site exposure increase with the surge of traffic generated as a result of all those links obtained through article marketing. All you need to do then, is convert these visitors into customers...another story.
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Gaining Exposure Within Writing.Com - By: Amit Malhotra
Dear Writing Reader,
One of the most popular questions from Authors on Writing.Com is: How do I gain exposure on Writing.Com?
In this letter, I will provide numerous tips for increasing the amount of exposure you receive on Writing.Com.
Tip #1: Utilize Our Newsletters!
Every week Writing.Com sends out over 140,000 issues of its 13 various newsletters. Each week, Newsletter Editors ask for questions and feedback from their readers. Each week we see many of the newsletters "Ask & Answer" sections go blank! Get easy, quick exposure by emailing Writing.Com Newsletter Editors and asking them questions to be included in their next issue.
Subscribe to newsletters that cover your favorite genres. Email the editors with questions pertaining to the genre, writing style or topic that Editor chose that week. In most cases, you will find your name, your question and a response in that Editor's newsletter the following week. Readers of that newsletter will, more than likely, check out your portfolio!
Tip #2: Review, Review, Review!
Reading and rating are very important for writers, but when it comes to garnering eyeballs for your own work - nothing beats reviewing. When you review another author's item, invite that Author to your own portfolio. Most of our Authors will be more than happy to check out your portfolio, since you were so kind to take a look first!
Review, review and then review some more. Correspond with other Authors on the site and you'll be surprised how many more views your items get!
Tip #3: Plug Yourself In!
There are many In & Outs and Message Forums that are geared toward giving Writing.Com Authors exposure. Most of these are run by Authors themselves and receive heavy traffic. Writing.Com itself provides one that is linked from the "Item Jumps" pulldown menu.
Plug yourself without shame; utilize The Shameless "Plug" Page. Don't be shy; start posting in message forums asking people to visit your portfolio. Tell readers a little about yourself, your portfolio and your writing style; you're sure to gain new readers!
Tip #4: Win Exposure With Contests!
There are many contests run by Writing.Com members, as well! Participating in contests does not only give you the opportunity to win Gift Points, but also provides a free stage for you to flaunt your writing to others who are entering or judging that contest. Contests are easy to enter, give a wide variety of assignment and provide GREAT exposure whether you win or not!
Participate in contests! To start, you will find some by visiting Writing Contests @ Writing.Com!. You can also visit the "Contest" sub-type link from within the Static Item listing page.
Tip #5: Get BidClicking!
Now take the Gift Points you just won in the contests and Sponsor your items with the Writing.Com BidClick System!
My recommendation is to use the Genre and Item Type sponsorship opportunities. Extremely popular genres like Romance/Love, Action/Adventure, and Fantasy can be sponsored for under 25 Gift Points (or 1/4 of a penny)!
Placing items within applicable genres will generate highly targeted readers who are more likely to read, rate AND review your item; and it costs FAR FEWER Gift Points than the main Sponsored Items column!
If you want instant exposure to all of our visitors, you can bid a higher Gift Point price for the Sponsored Items listing. This listing is shown on the right-hand side of every page and is seen by every visitor to Writing.Com. We've seen items gain over 100 ratings in less than 24 hours when sponsored there!
Sponsor items within the Genre or Item Type listing pages. For even more exposure, try out the Sponsored Items area. For even more information on this, read The Writing.Com BidClick System!
I hope you found useful information within my letter; good luck and have fun!
~~ The StoryMaster (19)
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The Power Of Article Writing Software Revealed - By: Raymond Brookside
When considering how to market your web site, or apply techniques for improving web site ranking, you may have heard of article marketing. To be effective with article marketing, you need to develop original content and distribute that content in the proper way to your target audience. In recent years, online marketers have developed helpful tools for developing and submitting articles to the top article directories. This generates exposure and drives traffic to your website.
The first thing that article writing software provides you is a deep understanding of the power of niche marketing. Trying to create an article that will be read and acted upon by everyone is a big mistake. By trying to appeal to the masses you will appeal to no one. Focus your article marketing on a particular niche and write something that is of interest to the audience you are trying to reach. This improves the chances of converting readers to customers.
After you have created your content, the next step is to find a category to place your content into. Most pieces of article submission software want a clearer understanding of where this content belongs and who it appeals to. The last thing you want to do is create an article that gets put in front of the wrong audience. This will eliminate its effectiveness and render your article marketing useless.
Most pieces of article creation or article submission software provide tools like spell check and grammar check. Too often people using these tools ignore the warnings provided. Doing so reduces your credibility as an authority figure and undermines the effectiveness of your article. Always spell check your content before submitting.
After creating your article, use article submission software to automate the submission process. This is important because manual article submission can take a very long time and prove less effective. The key is to make sure your article is keyword rich and that you've included your affiliate link, or link back to your website in the about the author section. Article writing software can lead you through this process quickly and easily.
The last thing several different kinds of software feature is image verification support. There are a number of directories that will ask you to fill in codes in order to get through to the submit page. In order for you to get through each directory, your software needs to be able to fill in the codes from the images.
Article writing can be a tremendous marketing tool if done correctly. You need to know everything about writing the article, filling out the form correctly, and sending it off to the appropriate categories in directories. These are just a few of the many ways you can benefit from article creation software. While all software differs from each other slightly, all will help smooth over the process so you can begin benefiting immediately.
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Writing Help - By: parmod11
Whether you are working for a small business, large corporation, or are a student, there are numerous sources that you can turn to for help with writing. Businesses need to be able to effectively communicate with their customers, their employees and their potential customers. Effective verbal communication is equally important, but nonverbal communication in the form of copy writing, article writing, press release writing, and more requires a certain level of expertise and experience. The typical small business wants to focus their efforts on their core business activities without spending too much time on projects that can easily be outsourced to consultants or freelance professionals. Many small businesses turn to freelancers to help them save time and money. For example, a certified public accountant opened his own accounting practice after working in another accounting firm for the last ten years. One of the ways he decided to search for new clients was to embark on an advertising and promotional campaign. Although some of his previous clients followed him to his new practice, he wanted to increase the number of accounts he currently handled. These accounts included various individuals and small businesses from around the town. Rather than hire new employees or handle the projects himself, he decided to hire a consultant through a freelance web site to work on copy writing for a local newspaper ad campaign as well as to help with press releases and company news distribution. By outsourcing these non-core business activities to an independent consultant, he is able to save himself time and money and also gets the expertise of an established professional who specializes in the types of writing that he needs assistance with. He decides to list his writing projects in a freelance marketplace and receives bids from independent consultants and freelance writers. He was able to choose a service provider based on factors related to cost, the service provider’s experience, references, and previous feedback from clients. All small businesses have a decision to make about whether to outsource certain projects or to complete the work in house. Using economics as a deciding factor, it makes sense economically for businesses to outsource writing projects when the projects are non-core business activities that do not contribute to the company’s bottom line.
Small businesses also need to be able to effectively communicate with their current customers. Some of the more effective ways to get help writing effective communication for current customers involve using tools such as newsletters, email lists, and articles written by outsourced consultants. Newsletters are very effective ways to keep customers informed of current events and happenings within the company. They also offer you the opportunity to gain new clients as the newsletter gets passed around and is often seen by more than one person during its life cycle. It makes sense and is a smart move to outsource corporate communications instead of keeping it in-house. Hiring a separate professional will save your business money and time. For less than the cost of hiring a full time employee, and because it will contribute to allowing more concentration on the activities that will earn your business money, contracting with a consultant or freelancer for your corporate communications (writing of press releases to distribute company news, getting publicity through pieces in newspapers and magazines, and getting help writing newsletters or articles) simply makes sense. An expert in the field who has amassed many years of experience with business writing, persuasive writing, and copy writing in addition to having experience writing press releases, articles, essays, and possibly academic or technical research and term papers will have a lot to offer you and your business.
Large corporations use writing to effectively communicate on all levels of business. Business writing and corporate communications are essential elements that keep the public informed and give companies their corporate image. A company’s image, or its publicly perceived notion of credibility and reliability is extremely important to its bottom line. For example, upon its introduction many years ago an American car company introduced a car known as the “Nova”. After some time, it was discovered that the car was not selling well in many Spanish speaking countries. Because in Spanish, “No va” translates to “doesn’t go”, the car sales in these countries were dismal. Effective corporate communication can have far reaching effect. Ineffective corporate communication can result in lower sales as shown in the car sales example. Large corporations also need to be effective communicators with their current employees. Internal corporate communications are equally important and keep your employees abreast of company accomplishments, events and human resource issues.
Finally, students also need to be able to write effectively as well. Writing assignments can include writing essays, writing term papers, report writing, and thesis writing not to mention having to demonstrate writing ability in other subjects outside of English class. For example, law students need to be able to write not only persuasive but argumentative writing as well. Foreign language students need to be able to translate into their native language and then back again. Science and technology students need to be able to demonstrate scientific writing ability. Taking writing tips from college professors that teach correct formatting and usage, including APA style, and improving your proofreading and editing skills will result in quality writing assignments. For the student that is looking for writing help and homework assistance for their assignments, freelance marketplaces that allow you to hire a consultant or tutor could be a productive and time saving solution.
From a freelance or independent consultant’s standpoint, marketing writing skills to potential service buyers is important to keeping any consulting business thriving. Registering with freelance marketplaces will enable you to showcase your writing skills, talents and abilities. Previous experience with all kinds of writing ranging from grant writing, fiction writing and interactive writing to writing short stories, articles and ebooks or even technical pieces, in addition to all forms of business writing will enable you to prove your varied background and skills. All of which can be showcased in your freelance marketplace profile. Creating and managing a profile is important to make you stand out from the crowd of freelance writers competing for new writing projects. All in all, those looking for writing help can find a vast array of resources in the form of consultants who are more than willing to lend a helping hand ................
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How Can You Find Freelance Writing Jobs? - By: Joy Srivastava
Do you think that there is a big sign that reads, “Freelance Writing Jobs, Apply Within”? There just is not. In fact, you may have a hard time finding writing jobs of any type advertised in any employment magazine or newspaper either. So, how do you find freelance writing jobs? Let us talk about this for a moment and see if we can't find an idea or two that will work for you.
1. Begin at the beginning. Get the education you need to have. Learn what there is to know about the field in which you are looking for job vacancies. Having knowledge itself can open doors. This can help with step two as well.
2. When you do have that knowledge, do not forget to look towards the teachers you got it from for help in finding a niche to work in. They may have more resources than you realize.
3. Create a portfolio. Even if you never have any published work, you can still write, right? Write to fill your portfolio. Then, when a prospective employment opportunity arises, you’ll have something to provide in the way of samples.
4. Look online. Vast amounts of freelance writing jobs are offered there. If the work can be submitted online, why not look worldwide? Try doing a websearch for "freelance writing jobs".
5. Keeping striving to meet the needs of your clients 100%. When you make them happy, they will come back with other jobs for you. And, they will provide you with testimonials and referrals as well.
All of these things can work for you when you allow them to. You need to provide yourself with all the tools you need. Most importantly, this is writing. You must be able to meet your client’s needs and therefore will need to present your talents in the right light each time. When you are looking for freelance writing jobs you’ll find them across the world when you look in the right places.
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Article Marketing as an SEO Copywriting Service - By: Niyomi Gold Tannfield
In recent years, there has been an ongoing debate about whether or not search engine optimization (SEO) copywriting is dead. Many people argue that it is dead because of the fact that SEO copywriting has veered off track from its original purpose and concept. At the heart of it, SEO copywriting is about creating content that allows companies to communicate with their customers through the Internet. This concept is often referred to today as "SEO content marketing" or simply "article marketing." The basic idea is to create content that is interesting and persuasive in an attempt to inform consumers and Internet users about the services, products, and nature of the company. Read on to learn more about article marketing as an SEO copywriting service.
Benefits of article marketing
There are many benefits to article marketing and these benefits extend to both the reader and the company for which the content is created. One of the main benefits is that article marketing is a good way of answering the needs and demands of readers. SEO copywriting can sometimes be based on keyword density, which often leads to articles that aren't very pleasant for readers because of the fact that they are stuffed with keywords yet fail to give any relevant, useful, or interesting information. Article marketing, on the other hand, is based on creating content that the reader would actually be interested in reading. The company for which the content is written, on the other hand, benefits because they have high-quality articles that market their company, advertise their products, and communicate with their customers. In effect, article marketing is a win-win solution for companies and their customers alike.
Zeroing in on what readers look for: using Google's keyword selector tool
One of the essential factors for good article marketing is understanding what readers are looking for on the Internet and optimizing the article for search engine results. A helpful tool for this purpose is Google's keyword selector tool, which provides a range of keywords depending on the words that you input into the tool. The keywords that come out in the keyword selector tool can be arranged to find out which keywords are being used most by other websites. This can help you understand which keywords your competitors are using, so that you can avoid those keywords and choose the ones with little to no competition. This is an important part of article marketing, because using the right keywords will result in your site getting top position in search engine results.
Sending articles to submission sites
Finally, another important part of article marketing is getting the content to the right submission sites. Submission sites are basically websites where you can submit your content to be registered on various search engines. If this step is not completed, then your SEO copywriting material is virtually useless as it won't come out on the search engines. There are numerous submission sites on the Internet, some of which are associated with more search engines. Spend time to find the right submission sites to get your SEO copywriting content registered with numerous top-notch search engines. Doing so will greatly increase the chances of success for your article marketing content.
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Article Marketing 101: Are Your Competition's Articles Any Good? - By: Lisa Angelettie
If you are creating an article marketing campaign that will serve as part of your marketing strategy, then I strongly urge you to make sure that you know who your competitors are and what they have written on your topic.
Do you know who the specialists in your niche are, and do you know what your competition writes on the web?
I'm not asking because I want you to obsess about it. I'm asking to teach you an article marketing 101 basic truth -- You can truly penetrate your market if you create content around and on topics that your competition hasn't covered or covered well. And believe me -- there are plenty of questions that your prospects have that your competitors haven't answered via articles.
What this means essentially is that when people search for the keywords in the article that you write, they will find you naturally in the search engines because others in your niche haven't written on that topic or optimized it the way that "real" people are going to search for it on the web.
This will dramatically affect your marketing. You will create more visibility in your market. Competitors and potential prospects will begin to pay attention and know who you are.
You will create more traffic to your site because you now will have some articles on the web with less competition then maybe more of your "general topic" articles. This traffic will be qualified and will more than likely be more willing to opt-in to your list - then a typical website cruiser.
So this is what you need to do in order to successfully do a little competitor stalking and figure out where you can jump in and fill an information void...
1. Sign up for your competitor's newsletters and whatever other free goodies they may have. Be sure to use an alias -- because there is nothing more annoying than when I see that a competitor has signed up for my info with no intentions of ever doing business with me. Blah!
2. Investigate your competition and their profile over at Alexa.com. While this isn't necessarily an absolute accurate look at stats (only computers with the alexa browser toolbar installed are tracked), it does give you a gage of traffic and importance.
3. Google their name and any variations of it. Or better yet, add their name as one of your "google alerts", and you will be able to see on a daily basis what blogs, sites, etc. have picked up their content and/or have written something about them. This will give you a fantastic idea of how often they are writing articles.
4. Follow your competition on social media site Twitter. Watch what kind of content they are twittering about and how often their tweets are "retweeted". This will also give you a great idea of how often they are writing content. Consistent article production on your part and inconsistency on theirs is another way to quickly move past your competition.
Also - by using these techniques you can check on how popular your own content is and the best way to distribute it. I personally was able to see through adding an alert on my name (girlshrink) which national publications were mentioning me, and what article directories I was actually getting traffic from or republished.
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How to Make Money Writing Online-With These 5 Easy Tips - By: Newbie Bob
You want to learn how to make money online writing? Then you need to ask what you want to write about “Let me rephrase that question” There are several ways to make money writing online, Including, writing online composition, blog writing, Reviews, Business writing online, Travel writing online, You could write articles for a free lance company, Or even be a ghost writer. These are just a few of many ways to make money writing online, After reading this article you will learn 5 easy tips to get you started.
Here are some helpful tips to make money writing online
1. The first and most important rule is, to write your own content do not steal word by word other peoples copyrighted material, one it is illegal, And is not good practice.
2. You must become effective writing articles, Article marketing is one of the important components that you could do for any online campaigns.
3. Make sure you do good research or know the topic or niche you are going to write about.
4. Make sure your grammar and spelling is the best to your ability, Try to write as you would like to be talked to.
5. The best tip is to keep it up, if you are not good at writing now, you will be with practice, and patience, Just hang in there, Write what you enjoy and put a little, or a Lot of money in your pocket at the same time.
But the best way to make money online is by writing articles or blogs, Just find a hot niche (a product or service that people are searching for and have to have) find an affiliate product or use one of your own, If you have one, Do some keyword research to find your target market “It is easy to sell someone water dying of thirst in the desert, Than trying to sell to someone with a well” then keep writing articles and blog post to promote your product.
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Article Marketing and SEO Go Hand in Hand - By: kassiermdembowski
Article marketing has been around for a long time - even before internet came into being. It may be difficult now to imagine a world where there was no internet. However, it existed till 1980s for most of the United States and till 2000 for the rest of the world.
Article Marketing Has Existed Ever Since Print Media's Arrival
Article marketing worked this way during that time - businesses wrote articles related to their industry. The businesses then provide these articles to newspapers and magazines. These articles could be news about new inventions or technological developments. They could also be field reports or new findings.
The businesses benefited from free advertising. The newspaper or magazine printed contact information of the business. The publishers of the newspapers or magazines benefited from free content.
Taking Article Marketing to the Internet
Today, nothing about article marketing has changed when it comes to internet marketing. Businesses publish articles related to their industry. The website that accepts the article contribution will leave an author bio.
SEO is the Difference
However, you can't say article marketing isn¡¯t any better. When it comes to internet marketing, article marketing has an additional dimension. It is about SEO or search engine optimization. The links in the author bio box can help the website get a higher rank.
Seeing this advantage, almost every business has jumped into the bandwagon.
Strategies for Article Marketing
The best thing about article marketing is that, it helps you build authority in your niche. If you publish informative articles, people will perceive you as an authoritative figure. This authority is what makes people trust you.
You can build this strategic advantage by providing useful information. You can also teach people to do things. Imagine you sell home cleaning products. You can then publish articles on cleaning various household items. Publish articles like 'how to clean an LCD monitor', 'how to safely clean silk clothes', 'top 7 seven tips to keep your kitchen bacteria-free', and the like.
The articles should be related to what you sell. Then only the readers will give high priority to your advice. They will also be more willing to try your products. Even if they don't buy now, your business will be there on the back of their mind.
How to Write an Article
Just as not everyone is a good singer, not everyone is a good writer. However, with a little effort, everyone can develop better communication skills. Use the following steps to write an article:
* Identify what you have to say.
* Jot down the main points.
* Remove the points not relevant to the topic.
* Write the article as you would explain the thing to your friend.
* Edit the article for spelling and grammar.
* Cut away unnecessary words, phrases and sentences.
* Read your article aloud.
If you are satisfied with the result, give your friends or someone to read the article. Get their opinion. Listen to the feedback. If it is positive, go ahead and publish the article in your blog, website or in article directories.
Article submissions can help you in two ways ¨C building credibility and in SEO. Article marketing is one of the most respected forms of marketing and promotion today. Go for it.
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Five Article Marketing Tips: How to Make Money Writing Articles - By: Pete Nisbet
Offering advice on how to make money writing articles is one of the article marketing tips that most people like me would rather not give to you! Why? Because it's a great way to make money, and the more that do it, then the less there is for the rest of us. However, I don't care too much for that since I have progressed beyond the actual writing - at least to an extent.
Writing articles is certainly a lucrative business if you can do it properly, and here are some article marketing tips on how to do it, although my real secrets, the ones that really earn the dough, are not available until you have understood and mastered the basics. You don't play Bach's fugues until you have learned your scales. Understand your pentatonics before stringing them together like Jimi Hendrix could.
OK, Article Marketing Tip #1:
#1: Write About the Title
I am amazed at the number of people that throw up a title for their article and the write about something different. A case in point: 'Using Twitter to Make Money' What does that title conjure up in your mind? Perhaps I am stupid, but to me it means how to use Twitter to make money, and not an article on what Twitter is and how to use it to make tweets, ending with; 'more on making money in the next part of this article'. I could use a word here, but it would result in this article not being published.
That word starts with B and end ends with s, with 'ollock' somewhere in the middle. Where is the next part of the article? Not attached to the first part, so who knows! I won't be there to read it. So write about your title as I hope I am doing here, or you will lose credibility and have no chance of making money from people that think you are crazy!
#2: You Don't Need a Website
Nobody needs a website to write articles and have them accepted for publication by ezines and article directories. One of my published eBooks explains how to make money using articles to advertise an affiliate product without you having a website, and shows a live example of me designing the article and then setting it up to make money with no website involved. It can be done, and I showed how. No 'the rest next time', but done there and then. Your readers will trust you when you do that, and that helps when it comes to making money.
#3: Articles can Advertise your Website
If you do have a website, however, you don't need to spend money on Google Adwords or any other medium to advertise your site. Write a couple of articles every week and watch the visitors appear in their droves. How much would it cost for a PPC advert for 1000 visits? Let's say you bid 50c - that would be $500.
I am likely not allowed to say how many visitors I get from my articles because the directories won't publish this, but it is a lot more than 1000 a day - all I do is write articles and optimize my SEO. You need traffic to make money, but you don't have to spend money to get it.
I lost my Adsense account last year through using the wrong PPC sites without knowing what I was doing, so have never used any since except one Adwords campaign that is now on hold. If anybody reading this knows how to get a new Adsense account . . . Worth my two major eBooks free.
#4: Be Believable
People will respond if they think that what you write is believable. If you write about earning $5000 a day using your methods, they will laugh and think they are being conned. If you tell them the truth, that they will earn about $100 a day or less at first and that could increase to $1000 with a lot of work, but is achievable and then you can duplicate that, then they will believe you, carry on reading and perhaps even visit your website. Be honest and truthful about what you are writing, and you will gain credibility. Credibility is worth its weight in gold, but easily lost with just one lie.
#5: Use Your Resource Profitably
If you want to make money writing articles you must master the resource. There are ways of writing a resource to almost compel reader to click on it, and that starts right from the beginning of your article, and reaches a peak at the end. Never give your reader all the information you have, and let them know that there is more available on your website - you must also persuade them it is to their advantage of course. Think about what you would need to make you make that click.
I have dozens more article marketing tips, but not enough room on the space the directories allow to give you them. There are ways to write articles that compel readers to visit the web page of your choice, and I could show you how to make money with your very first article, but that's for another time perhaps.
It's enough that you know that you can make money writing articles, and article marketing tips are not the substitute for your own ability and feeling for what you are doing when you write. Learn to write first before you try to be professional: just as Rome wasn't built in a day, you won't make money writing articles immediately, but the right help will make a massively significant difference to you.
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How Article Marketing Works - By: kassiermdembowski
Article marketing is one of the most respected forms of marketing. There are mainly two types of article marketing, depending on where you publish your articles. You can publish your articles on your own web site or choose to publish them on others' web sites. Here is how you can go about doing this.
Publishing Articles in Your Site
Publishing lots of informative articles on your website is a good idea. When visitors reach your site, they can read your articles. If your articles are good they create credibility and authority. Your visitors will begin to trust you. They will consider using your services and buying the products you offer.
Publishing Your Articles in Others' Websites
When people think about article marketing, they think about article directories. No wonder, article submission has developed into a niche business. Today marketers hire third parties to submit articles to hundreds of article directories.
In this case, the marketer writes an article himself or gets a professional writer to come up with some good articles. The articles are then submitted to article directories. Article directories are the platform to publish your articles. You can use the author-bio box along with your article in these directories. This way, everyone who reads your article can read your author bio box.
You can post a link to your web site in this author bio box. Anyone who reads the article can choose to click over to visit your website. In this case, the reader already thinks of you as an expert or an authoritative figure on the subject. People trust those who appear knowledgeable and authoritative.
Article Marketing Can Build Authority
Through article marketing, you provide useful information. By using the information, your readers think of you as an authority figure. Teaching is the easiest way to build authority. You actually can teach your readers through your articles.
Authority Sells
People like to deal with experts. Experts ¨C whether auto mechanics to heart surgeons have clout. By presenting yourself as an expert in your field, you can show people that you are a dependable figure. Then people will be more willing to buy from you. They won't consider buying from you, if they think you are a newbie. But if they consider you an expert, they will queue up to buy your products or use your services.
A Side Effect of Article Marketing ¨C You are Not Going to Complain
Article marketing helps in SEO. You get links from article directories. Your site also gets links from websites that republish your articles. This way, by writing and advertising a single article, you get several links pointing to your website. This helps in SEO. SEO services companies also use article submissions as a means to improve search engine ranking.
Writing and publishing compelling articles can give you authority. The key is to write good quality articles that give instant satisfaction to the readers. When done correctly, article marketing can help your business achieve fame and glory.
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2 types of Article Marketing - By: Lori Olson
There are basically two ways to drive traffic to your website. Overtime, one method will build back links to your site and thus contribute to boosting your site's page rank. The other method will drive traffic to your website more quickly and help your site become known to a highly targeted audience. Links to your site from this method will depend upon the regard your visitors have for your site as a resource.
Article Directories
The goal of article marketing using directories is to establish yourself as an authority in the subject matter (best if you use strong keyword phrases for your subject matter) that is related to your website (or landing page or any other place to which you want to direct traffic). The more well written your article is in terms of style and content (it must have value to readers), the more it will be "picked up" by other bloggers and website owners who are looking for content to place on their sites.
Where do other online businesses "pickup" your article? They get it from the article directories where you had previously submitted your article. In order to use your article, the article must stay exactly the way it was written and it must contain your author box (which talks about you and very importantly contains a link back to the webpage of your choice).
The more desirable your article is, the more it will be placed on various websites (which of course means more links pointing back to your site). A well written article will also "pre-sell" your readers. They will perceive you as an authority that is worth of being placed on other sites. So, in addition to having the backlinks (which will contribute to higher page rank), article writers who distribute well written articles will experience increased traffic to their sites because a relationship is being established with the reader.
Many authors are concerned about duplicate content, i.e. having their original content spread around cyberspace and therefore diminishing the value it has on their own sites. The most important thing an author can do about this, is to make sure that the content that is about to be distributed through article directories has been posted on their sites first (make sure to ping it so it is also the first place for it to be indexed in the search engines... pingomatic.com is one such place to get this done).
Some authors prefer that they do not have one version of their article spread across cyberspace. Luckily there is software that can effectively recast your own original articles for you and do it in a way that makes the variations sound similar to your writing style. These are relatively inexpensive and can give you peace of mind over any duplicate content worries. Often you will find article submitter programs offered with the article rewrites.
One such service that I use for submitting articles is Submit Your Article and it will allow you to spread the submission over time in a more natural way.
Ezine Article Marketing
Article marketing through ezines is less well known but it is highly effective. Here is the reason: when your article is submitted to article directories, it becomes one of many in the article directory from which visitors may choose. Your article may sit there untouched and unread simply because it is lost among all the other articles listed there (particularly if the article topic is popular).
When an ezine goes out to its list of subscribers, your article is the one and only about your topic going out in that mailing. Ezine owners will make sure that the article they pick to be included in their ezine is highly relevant to their subscribers. Thus the added benefit to the article writer who submits to ezines (besides high visibility) is that the article will be seen by readers who are highly interested in the subject matter of the article (which will increase the chance of those readers visiting your site). Not only will you get increased traffic to your site, but you had the opportunity to pre-sell to someone who already had a high interest.
The most efficient way of locating ezines related to your niche who are also looking for articles is the Directory of Ezines. There is a cost to be a member of the directory, but the ability to spread your links, thoughts and name is well worth it. Additionally, you will learn which ezines are the best to advertise in for your niche as well as identify list owners who may want to participate in a joint venture with you. It really is cost effective and efficient.
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What Does It Take To Be Good At Article Marketing? - By: Mark Nicholls
Article marketing is mainly rooted at your ability to distribute timely information to your audience. Because distribution generally doesn't cost anything, this strategy is also one of the most cost-effective methods of advertising your blog or website. Not only do you get to promote your product but you also earn credibility and consumer trust for your company. People are more willing to buy a service or product from someone who comes off as somebody who knows a lot about what he does, after all.
So it goes without saying that article marketing is one of those strategies that you have to consistantly improve on if you want to boost traffic to your site and increase your sales.
Research
People like to be the first to know about everything. If you want to be an authority in your industry, you want to keep yourself updated with new developments in your niche. Make sure that you stay on top of any innovation through research. The internet contains a wealth of information on the freshest data in any industry but it's also a good idea to look at offline sources as well. As part of your article marketing strategy, make it a point to attend important seminars and trends conferences in your industry so you're always informed and you have material to pass on to your readers.
Your writing skills
What makes article marketing cost effective is the fact that article directories wouldn't charge you anything for posting content on their sites. You will only be investing your time on this campaign, unless, of course, you want to outsource your writing tasks. If you're a person who pretty much knows his way around a pen and paper, then it's high time that you tried composing your own articles yourself.
Help build your writing skills by practicing. If you're more into formal writing, you want to teach yourself to write more in the conversational tone. In article distribution, you want to be informative but you don't want to sound preachy.
Get out of your niche
Writing about the same things over and over again can be extremely boring, not to mention that it can be a surefire way to lose your edge. Consider writing about other topics outside your niche once in a while so you can refresh your creative juices. Instead of carrying on and on about fitness, for instance, you want to give yourself a break and talk about maybe another aspect of health or something that is totally unrelated to the subjects that you're used to working. By the time that you're ready to go back to your topic, you are already armed with fresh ideas on how to present them.
Always seek to be helpful
For article marketing to be effective, you want to have the proper amount of motivation for it. Whenever you compose articles, always think about how you can be of help to your readers. Improve the quality of life of your audience by offering probable solutions to common issues. In this manner, not only does article marketing help to improve your sales, it also help you get in your audiences good graces.
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Article Marketing for Idiots - What Does It Take for Success? - By: MikeV
Getting started with article marketing is a good investment in your time and money, and in your business, too. Writing marketing articles will do two things for your marketing online:
Your articles will work together to bring more and more targeted traffic.
Each article keeps on working - which means the more articles - the better. Earlier articles don't stop.
Here are some tips about using article marketing effectively:
1. Build Articles Around Particular Keywords
Whenever you write articles or Web content, you always want to have carefully selected your keywords first. Think about each one you use, and make sure that it is one that someone wanting your services or products will use.
2. Direct It Toward Your Audience
Forget about writing for a search engine. Write like you really want to pass on some valuable information to your readers. After all - it is the readers you want to visit your Web site, right? A simple rule about keywords is to use your main keyword in the opening and closing paragraphs - and once in most of them in between. This will give you a good level of keyword saturation that the search engines can recognize.
3. Give it a Dynamic Title
When it comes right down to it, a great article will not be seen unless the title makes it stand out from other articles on the same subject. Spend time to make it really good. This is one place where good is not good enough - it must be really good! Think about what would make you click on a particular article when there is a whole list of them.
If you can't come up with a good title - wait until you can. It will be worth it. For help in the title department, go to a place like EzineArticles.com and see which articles are most viewed. Learn from those titles.
4. Edit your article thoroughly
You don't want to sound like an uneducated idiot - so take the time to make it sound professional. If you need help - let someone else help you. Remember that your article writing is a reflection on you, and if the article uses bad English - it will also reflect on who visits your Web site - and who does not.
5. Create a good Bio Section
Your whole article should deal with whatever you are trying to get people to buy. Once you have satisfied their need for wanting the product even more, now is the time to get them to bite. Make your Bio section sound like clicking on your link should be the natural thing to do.
6. Tweak Your Article A Little More
Many people using article marketing are a little too quick to post them for Internet marketing purposes. They know the value of article marketing, but have no patience. You see, by waiting a little longer, and tweaking the article a little more - you can get more people to come. No one writes an article (or a book, or anything) that cannot be improved upon the first time.
You can make your article a little better and capable of drawing more people to your Web site, if you take more time with it. Let it sit for at least an hour and then come back to it. Read it honestly. If it does not make you want to click - chances are real good others will not do so, either.
7. Post It Around
Find article marketing distributors and put it on their Web site. Don't forget to write a brief description or summary that will also make people want to click on it - for more viewers.
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Are You Failing At Internet Marketing? Let Article Marketing Rescue You - By: earl stringer III
If you are reading this article that means that you most likely are struggling to make some decent money online. If you have been struggling to generate the cash that you want from the internet, don't worry. I am going to tell you how using the power of article marketing can be the savior of you online marketing dreams.
You see, article marketing is one of the original methods that internet marketers used to create full time incomes online. Even though this technique has been around for many years it still is one of the most powerful methods for marketing online.
Why?
Article marketing is a time tested tactic that has been proven to help internet marketers all over the world achieve their financial goals. Here are some benefits that it can bring to your money making efforts.
1. Articles can help build your reputation online. They can give you the opportunity to display your knowledge on whatever niche it is that you are in. Once you are looked at as an expert you will find that people will be much more likely to want to do business with anything that you have to offer.
2. They can drive tons of traffic to your sites. This is obviously a huge benefit. When you write articles that have compelling titles and rich with content you will attract readers and since your articles provide a place where you can put a link to your site this will result in more visitors to your site. Isn't that what we all want at the end of the day.
3. Article marketing will help get your sites better ranking in the search engines. If you are have any experience with internet marketing you probably already know that having a lot of quality backlinks pointed at your sites is very important. All you need to do is submit your articles to the article directory sites with the highest page ranks. I personally only submit to submission sites with a page rank of 4 and up.
So, if you are not using articles to put more cash in your pocket you should start now. All you need to do is write a few articles that have to do with your niche market and submit them. I would start off submitting them to EzineArticles. They have a huge reader base and they are loved by the search engines and that is a great combination. All you really need to do now is take action!
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Article Marketing Tips: 7 Ways Articles Can Boost Your Business - By: Lisa Angelettie
There are literally dozens of ways that articles can zoom your business ahead of the pack, but I have chosen to discuss seven of my favorite tactics. Read on and see which one sounds most attractive to you!
1. Writing Articles is an Extremely Effective Way to Build Your List of Potential Customers and Clients.
When I first started my business, I was so worried about how to build the website and what web designer to hire...I had no clue about how I was going to get clients. In fact, I was under the impression that “if I built it-- they would come”. (LOL!)
Okay so that didn’t happen.
So the second time around, I spent a few more thousand dollars for a couple of “guru’s” to tell me what I needed to know, which was to concentrate on one thing this time - building my list. It is the first thing you need to consider when growing your business.
So the one strategy that was easiest and cheapest for me to start with was writing articles.
After I submitted my first article to a few select sites, my list began to grow steadily and still does to this day.
And remember that the very first article I ever published on the web, is still up there sending me lots of lovely and qualified prospects to my site everyday.
2. Writing Articles will position you as an expert and establish credibility in your field.
I recall this day like it was just yesterday!
I was sitting at the desk in my home office (in New Jersey:) and my kids were sitting on the floor, using a ton of my copier paper to create some sort of masterpiece!
I was checking my email and saw one from a woman from the BBC. At first I thought it was some sort of mailing list because I love British Television and thought I may have inadvertently signed up on some sort of mailing list. But it wasn’t.
It was a BBC producer looking to cast a “relationship expert” for a show that was in development, and they heard about me through a web search.
The show didn’t make it past the planning stages, but I was flattered none the less!
Another time -- I got a call from an agent who said that the Oxygen Channel was interested in my expertise as a consultant.
Just recently, I received an email from a producer of the CBS Early Show, who found me through a search on the web and was doing some research for a “broken hearts” segment she was producing.
These offers are on top of the many interview and speaking requests that I have received -- all based on the right people finding me through my articles on the web.
3. Writing Articles will build qualified traffic back to your website. Haven’t you noticed yet that when you do a search on a particular subject on the internet that most of the results you find are content a.k.a. articles.
That’s because the search engines LOVE content.
They love to see a meaty article on the new adventures of Britney Spears, rather than just a page full of her photos and Google™ ads to Britney Spears music or memorabilia.
And to reward you for such a relevant article, search engines will often bless you with a great spot in search results for your article-- and that’s how potential customers will find you and come to your site.
And when they come, they have already been primed to listen to your “marketing message”, because they’ve already read something written by you that they liked. That is called a qualified prospect!
4. Writing articles is a great way to promote your services or products to potential customers.
This is where you can get really creative!
Use your articles to talk about all the different benefits a potential customer would receive if they bought from you or hired you for your services.
And remember that your articles are like little samplers of the expertise you have to offer.
It is an easy and non-salesy:) way to educate consumers on who you are and what you can do for them.
And once these articles are written, they will work like mini-publicists for you over and over.
It's so easy - it's kind of scary right?
5. Writing articles is a simple and cost-effective way to market yourself effectively.
Let’s face it...it doesn’t get much easier than this.
Write the article. Submit or post the article.
And watch your traffic start growing.
You don’t have to pay a dime to write or submit your articles on the web.
You don’t need to pay for expensive print ads or query an editor somewhere for months to submit an article.
You can do this as fast or as slow as you want and still see results.
6. Writing articles creates massive visibility for your business that is never ending.
Have you heard of the expression that “Content Is King” -- well that is sooo true. People love to get their hands on free information. And search engines love to lead them there!
In fact, as you become a savvy marketer for your business -- you will find that there is always some new “hot” marketing strategy available for you to try. Blogs. Podcasts. Video. And it’s perfectly fine to try one or all of them.
But remember -- there is one strategy that is time-tested and proven to work and that is the method of writing and marketing articles on the web.
Any business that is making any type of decent money on the web has more than likely written articles about what they do. I can pretty much guarantee that:)
7. Articles can be used to generate multiple streams of income -- fattening your bottom line.
When most people think about writing articles to promote or market their business, they often think about writing a few for an article directory and that’s it.
But your articles are powerful little things!
They can work much harder to generate many different streams of cash into your business.
So the idea here is to repurpose your content in various ways such as in yours or other people’s ezines, ebooks, teleseminars, ecourses, and much more!
So, regardless of all the different marketing strategies you may want want to try and implement for your business -- this is the FIRST one that you should master.
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How To Use Article Marketing To Drive A Flood Of Traffic - By: Richard Taylor
Article Marketing can deliver huge amounts of traffic for many years if you do it right! You must include the following vital elements within your articles if you're to be successful
You need to:
1)Generate lots of exposure for your article 2)Use an enticing article title 3)Provide a compelling need for your reader to click through to your site
Let's look at each tactic in more detail.
Tactic one is all about getting your article in front of as many eyeballs as possible. The more exposure you generate, the more people will see your article.
How do I get lots of exposure for my articles? I use a couple of article distribution services to ensure maximum exposure for every article I write. To be successful with article marketing, you need to be publishing articles regularly. In order to do that and get them published on lots of sites, you have to use either article distribution software or an article distribution service.
I use two article distribution services and have access to a huge blog network, and can therefore quickly get every article I write in front of a lot of editors, publishers and readers. To drive a lot of traffic with articles you need to use at least one of these services too.
Tactic two in your article marketing strategy, is to use enticing article titles that will appeal to potential readers. There is no point in getting a boat load of exposure for your articles, if no one is interested in reading them!
So how do you find out what titles and subjects appeal to the potential readers in the niche you are trying to target? Pretty easily actually, simply go to the top article directories and take a look at what titles being used by fellow authors are proving popular. I use one of the biggest article directories in particular for all of my niche and article title research. It's imperative that you research your title before you write your article to give it a better chance of proving popular based on actual data!
Once you have a list of popular article titles that are getting lots of page views, all you have to do is rewrite them in a very similar format, then write your articles around the title!
Finally to tactic three. The first two tactics are all about getting as many eyeballs as possible reading your article content. Tactic three is all about converting those readers in to visitors to your sites. How do you provide your reader with a compelling need to visit your site?
Firstly you need to make your article educational, ensure that there is content in the article that will teach the reader something. If they are impressed with your content they are more likely to visit you site. But at the same time, don't teach them everything they wanted to know when they decided to read your article. Educate them with your article, but promise them some crucial information in your resource box.
Don't use your article as a sales page, use it to share information, and use your resource box to promise further information, information the reader was specifically hoping to find having read your article title.
Incorporate all three tactics in to your article marketing strategy and you will drive a lot of traffic to your sites regularly in just a few weeks or months!
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How to Quickly and Easily Write 500 Words Review Articles in One Hour? - By: Asem Eltaher
Did you devote enough time and energy to learn how to write an article review using rubric?
It is obviously one of the mind burning questions about earning money online using bum marketing as it is a legitimate way to be used in marketing products on the internet at low cost.
However, 90% of the beginners adopt a deadly wrong bum marketing method. Indeed, they think the answer to the question "how to write an article review" is nothing but writing an advertising sales sheet.
No, it has nothing to do with advertising. Would be something for you to achieve your goal getting paid weekly to write article reviews?
If yes, then never overlook these 7 powerful steps to follow in order to maximize your results.
Step #1: Think about your title.
It is, from my personal point of view, the most important step to learn how to write an article review. You may know already how much it is important to properly choose your title to have an outstanding text among the others.
However, choosing a title for talking about others is a bit different in terms of:
- When should you choose the owner's name as a title for your review?
- When does it make sense to select the service's name as title?
- How to choose a title that forces people to read your point of view?
You should choose the owner's name, if his name is more famous than his services. I.e. if he is personally well known in your niche and do not forget to associate his product's name with his name in case he offers several services.
Otherwise, you can choose the product's name itself. Nevertheless, try to be specific to get more targeted traffic.
For example, "The truth about bum marketing methods by John Smith" is much more effective than a title like "The truth about bum marketing methods".
Finally insert some words in your title that make others worry and afraid to loose their money in case they overlooked your point of view.
Typical examples would be:
- Do not buy this "ABC" until you read this.
- We bought this "XYZ" and imagine what we found out.
- Is "XYZ" another internet scam?
- 5 reasons why you should think twice before buying this "product name".
Step #2: Describe your service briefly.
A common mistake that beginners do during learning how to write an article review is to assume that the readers are already familiar with the service. It may be a right assumption but it does not have to be always correct.
Hence, a nice idea is to initialize your talk by describing your service shortly. Otherwise, your readers may have to escape your text to be first informed and, in this case, you lost their attention.
Step #3: Mention your personal experience.
Being direct, honest and specific are the right ways to succeed. It should always start with your personal trial with this product and then you can talk about it but not the other way around.
Tell something about your personal story with this service and how it gave your goals a big push or how it stopped you from being successful and why.
Step #4: Make a list of the benefits.
Here lies one of the most common mistakes in learning how to write an article review. Most of the writers just mention the benefits in a paragraph and that is set.
Please follow these 3 tips:
- Make a list instead of a paragraph as this would be easier to be read.
- Do not copy the benefits on the merchant's page. Mention your personal benefits from the product to make your text more communicative.
- Do not forget that what is useful for you may be not useful for others.
Therefore, associate your benefits with conditions. I.e. "this might help you to quickly and easily write 500 words article in one hour, if you do not have that much time".
This means the product is not that useful for those who have a plenty of time, which is an honest point of view and people will appreciate your honesty.
Step #5: Do not forget to list the disadvantages.
It is strongly believable that no product is absolutely perfect and I personally think so too after a couple of years helping others to learn how to write an article review.
It sounds really a reasonable idea to clearly mention the disadvantages of your services and when it is not suitable to use them. Otherwise, it is hard to believe that your readers will buy from you.
A good idea that really worked with most of the beginners is to make two lists like:
- This product is ideal for you in case: (Here, you can write reasonable conditions 1, 2, etc.)
- I would not advise you to buy in case: (Here, you can write reasonable conditions 1, 2, etc.)
Step #6: Use the proper writing and submission software.
Proper writing software is the one that allows choosing certain sentences or paragraphs to be manually changed by you. This way you can make several readable versions of your text that does not look like as if it was written by a software robot.
Proper submission software is the one that submits unique versions of your text to the directories. This way, you spread the word about your point of view and concurrently avoid any duplication penalty.
Step #7: A strong call to action: Here where it is your chance to earn cash online by working at home.
This is typically why most of the beginners are willing to learn how to write and article review. Therefore, you should do this the right way.
To this goal, follow these tips:
- Inform your readers in a very clear manner how they would benefit, if they purchase this service.
- Offer them something extra to encourage them to buy through your website, i.e. your affiliate link.
A wise idea to motivate your readers to take an action is to offer them a bonus, if the did the required action now and not tomorrow.
This bonus may be a personal coach from you to guide them through using the service you talked about.
- Show your readers a clear cut proof of credibility to believe you that you reached your goals with this service.
For example, it makes sense to inform others about your good experiences with a search engine optimization tool in case you achieved good ranking on Google and you can show that with photos.
Following these 7 step by step plan, you surely know how to write an article review.
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5 Tips For Writing Articles That Will Attract Lots Of Eyeballs - By: Richard Taylor
In order to achieve maximum dsitribution and exposure for your articles, you need to make sure that you optimise each article to encourage other webmasters and ezine editors to republish your content.
It's not just a case of getting backlinks and traffic from the main article directories. If you're going to the effort of writing an article, you may as well go the extra yard and make it as appealing as possible to other publishers.
Here are 5 tips for writing publisher friendly articles that will get a lot of reads:
1. Use of keywords
Don't go overboard with the use of keyword phrases in your articles. Fitting keyword phrases in to your content can spoil the natural flow of your article. Webmasters and ezine owners are searching for well written, educational articles to ensure their readers stay subscribed or revisit their sites. If you need to include a keyword phrase, include it in your article title if possible as this will carry the most ranking weight. But in general try and ensure that you include your keywords in a natural way, scattered through the content in appropriate places. Obviously the one place you will want to include your keywords, is in the anchor text of the links you include in your resource box pointing back to your site. The search engines place a lot of weight on anchor text links, so any you include with your article, need to reflect the keyword phrases you are targeting on the page you are linking to. In order to generate a natural linking pattern try and target a different keyword phrase with each seperate article.
2. Closely align the content of your article with the content of the page you are linking to
Article marketing is not just about obtaining backlinks to your pages. When done right, you can generate a lot of direct traffic from your articles. For that traffic to convert in to sales or new list members, you need to ensure that when they land on your page they find further information on the subject they were reading about in your article and promised when they clicked on the link in your resource box!
Therefore make sure you write compelling resource boxes that deliver your readers to the content they crave.
3. Make the length of your article appeal to publishers
To appeal to ezine publishers and webmasters, your articles should ideally be between 500 and 800 words, not too long for ezine editors but long enough to provide webmasters with quality ranking material.
4. Provide quality content
Make sure you provide useful information to your readers, information that delivers what is promised in your article title. Ideally you want to write content that will provide your reader with a quality learning experience so that they sub-consciously start to perceive you as an expert ready for when they land on your page. However, don't share all of your knowledge in the article, make sure you leave something to promise the reader in your resource box. If they discover all the information they were searching for in your article, they will have no reason to click on your link! The better the information in your article, the more it will be published by ezine editors. Plus the more you become associated with quality writing, the more your content will be republished. 5. Check with the main article directories to see what the most popular article titles are
Before you write an article, do some research. Go to some of the main article directories and take a look at what article titles are proving popular with readers. Then write your own similar titles based on those. If your title is attractive to people in your chosen niche, it should get read a lot of times!
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