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Everybody by now is aware that the key to making money online depends almost entirely on your ability to get targeted traffic to your website. This is where article marketing can help you get started. Article marketing is simple to understand, cheap and effective if it is done right. There are however a simple set of guidelines you need to follow if you want your article marketing campaign to be a success. It involves writing relevant and informative articles, or having them written for you, and submitting them to various article directories. To be successful at article marketing you need to have a longer term approach to your internet marketing and submit articles on a regular basis.
Everybody by now is aware that the key to making money online depends almost entirely on your ability to get targeted traffic to your website. This is where article marketing can help you get started. Article marketing is simple to understand, cheap and effective if it is done right. There are however a simple set of guidelines you need to follow if you want your article marketing campaign to be a success. It involves writing relevant and informative articles, or having them written for you, and submitting them to various article directories. To be successful at article marketing you need to have a longer term approach to your internet marketing and submit articles on a regular basis. Lets say for example your website caters for the following keywords and phrases: Diet programs Weight Loss Food Lose Weight Weight Loss Programs Lose 20 pounds in one month You should write articles based around these keywords and phrases mentioning these keywords usually in every other paragraph, try not to cover too many keywords or phrases with the one article as it is unlikely that they can rate well with more than 1 or 2. Don't make the mistake of submitting junk articles unrelated to your website or product. Your articles need to be relevant and compelling enough that readers get to the end and follow the links at the end. They also need to solve a problem the reader has and give relevant advice and tips. This allows you to connect with the reader and take in what you are saying and subsequently make them more likely to take up your recommendations. Your articles can vary in length but aim for 350 to 650 words. Make certain to read the submission guidelines for the site in question as they vary considerably from one directory to another. They may have a minimum and maximum number of words allowed for example. At the bottom of each article you will have a Resource Box or Author Signature where you have the chance to add a few lines about yourself. Use this space wisely to sell yourself by offering more information and advice via a link to your website. Someone reads your article, likes the information and wants to know more. They click on the link to your website so they can find more interesting, relevant information. You have an extra visitor to your site. If you want this method of marketing to be as effective as possible then we would suggest submitting 5 to 10 articles per week, relating to as many of your keywords as possible. Well crafted and informative articles that capture the attention of your readers are what you need to aim for. It is unlikely that a few articles are going to deliver an income for life but as you continue to submit articles to directories, over time you will increase the volume of traffic arriving to your website. Successful article marketers regularly and consistently submit articles and realize that it is a longer term plan to conquer their specific niche. Another valuable purpose of article marketing is to use for so called "offsite" SEO. Internet Marketers and SEO experts universally recognize the value of "backlinks", that is links that lead back to your own web site. It is probably best to submit your articles to the top 10 or 20 article directories initially. Below is a list of the top ranking article directories: http://www.ezinearticles.com http://www.articlesfactory.com http://www.goarticles.com http://www.articledashboard.com http://www.articlebase.com http://www.buzzle.com http://www.articlewheel.com http://www.articlecity.com http://www.planetarticle.com http://www.helium.com It is probably best to concentrate on submitting your articles regularly to these top directories. With good quality articles on sites such as EzineArticles. Search engines such as Google also like to index relevant articles. If you look through the listings when you search on Google, you'll quite often see articles listed alongside other websites. That's because Google will search the top ranking article directories and list relevant articles in the results. You'll mostly see articles appearing for so called longer tail and less competitive keyword searches. More information: For Free Niche PLR Articles delivered daily visit Brendan's SEO Niche PRL Articles website. You can then submit your websites to our Planet Article Directory.
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