Everyone with a website wants to it to be seen by as many eyes as possible. One of the easiest ways for that to happen is with article marketing. It is a great way to promote your online business. Writing articles lets people know who you are and if they find your topic interesting it may get them to your site.
Granted article marketing is not the easiest thing for some people. To be able to sit down and put thoughts and ideas together on paper can be tough for some. Especially when you think that most article directories want your article to be at least 4-500 words long.
I sometimes have a hard time just writing a letter. But if you can just sit down and write out some thoughts, what do you want your article to be about, who is your target audience and other such thoughts and ideas it could get easier.
Once you start putting all of these thoughts and ideas down and get them organized, before you know it you may find that you have way more than 500 words. It could be so much that you may want to break it up and put it in a couple of articles. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Depending on who you are targeting your article to there are a few things you could do to get ideas. One of the best and easiest I have found is to visit forums on your topic. They are easily found just by going to Google and searching for forums for your specific topic.
Then you can read what everyone is posting comments about. You may hit on a topic that seems to keep coming up. Maybe it is a question that you already know about or that could be researched without any problem. From there that could help form an outline of a subject to write about.
Another good source could be Yahoo Answers. Go take a look there and again see what everyone is asking or looking for answers about. If something in your niche you could generate an artcle with that knowledge.
Once you have found a subject, have put your ideas down, have formed your outline for your article and have actually written your article, almost like the little red hen and baking bread, then what do you do? You will want to send your article to an article directory, a places to display your masterpiece.
There are many Article Directories out there. Again just do a google search for article directories, at last look i saw 132,000,000. Yes, that number is correct. There are a few and you will never get to them all. But pick a few and go have a look at them and read there rules and regulations.
A few of the article directories that I recommend are Ezinearticles.com, Goarticles.com, Artcledashboard.com and Articlesbase. These are but a few of many to choose from and they all have their pluses and minuses. After you have tried a few you will find the ones that work best for you.
One of the most important parts of any article and the one that will help you get traffic is your resource box. This is where you get to tell your readers about who you are and what you do. This is where you get to sell yourself to them. This is where you can put a link to your website for them to find out more information.
They say a well written resource box can be the difference on whether someone wants to look at your site or not. Go to some of the article directories and read some of the articles but pay close attention to the resource box. Does something about what is written catch your eye?
Well, that is how you want your resource box to look and sound. You want it to be exciting without going overboard. A boring resource box could kill someones interest in checking out your site. No interest could mean no traffic.
Article writing is but one component to getting traffic to your website. And it will not happen overnight. But that article will be around for a long time and could get picked up by other website owners to use as content on their website.
The good thing about this is they have to leave your resource box intact when publishing your article. Hence more eyes for you article and to your site.
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March 21st, 2009 at 10:23 am
Very ture. Articles take some time to get out there but are like the Eveready Bummy – They keep going.
Thanks for the great tips.
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March 21st, 2009 at 11:32 am
Andre,
You are right about getting traffic with writing articles. I get traffic from my articles, but you are also right about the time factor- it will not happen overnight.
However, it will continue to come in over time. So all who what to obtain traffic should continue to publish their articles. Thanks for reminding us of this traffic source.
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March 21st, 2009 at 11:49 am
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March 21st, 2009 at 11:53 am
Article Marketing is great to slowly build traffic over time.
Google is always one of your most consistent readers!
Fred
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March 21st, 2009 at 12:02 pm
You are so right Andre,
Articles are probably the most important part of getting traffic to your site.
I think that one of the things that turn people off from article marketing (besides the fact of not liking to write them) is the lack of instant gratification.
Article marketing is not a traffic generation method that happens overnight. It is a LONG TERM marketing solution. It is something that is going to build over time.
Another advantage to article writing is the backlinks to your site from other sites that pick up your articles in syndication. Again this is a long term solution but has the advantage of building your rankings in the search engines over time.
Thanks for the great post!
Brett
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March 21st, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Article marketing is one of the best free ways to promote your sites, blogs and affiliate links – and a method everyone should be using whether they’re a newbie or a seasoned pro. Even scheduling time to write one article per week will give a marketer 50+ new articles a year in the directories, and provide thousands of backlinks for SEO purposes.
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March 21st, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I too agree about article marketing. But it does take a while to become effective. I have had articles sit in some directories for weeks before they even get posted. But if they are evergreen, and worthwhile, they will get posted and eventually used.
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March 21st, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I think coming up with ideas for new articles is what often stops people from writing. But you give some good ideas to help that.
One other idea is to see what articles in your niche are viewed the most in the article directories, and then write a new original article on that same topic, putting in your own unique tips and advice.
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March 21st, 2009 at 6:53 pm
A good post on article marketing. It is a great way to generate free traffic to your site. The big article directories get a heap of traffic and can send good business your way. Remember, the article needs to be informative and “pre-sell” the reader on clicking the link at the bottom for more information.
March 21st, 2009 at 7:17 pm
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March 21st, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Thanks Joel, I like that idea a lot. I will have to check that out myself.