Whats the point of article marketing?

[compostman]

I'm new around here but I'm going to de-lurk for a second to thank you guys for this great thread. Reading through the strategies that were talked about has caused a light bulb to go off in my head.

I'm not new to article marketing but now I finally feel like I have a good idea on how to make it work better for me.

I have 45 articles with 82,775 pageviews & 7,148 url clicks but the majority of the views/clicks have come from one article (27,376/4,633).

Thanks to this thread, I now realize what I did right with that one article.

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by compostman

I'm new around here but I'm going to de-lurk for a second to thank you guys for this great thread. Reading through the strategies that were talked about has caused a light bulb to go off in my head.

I'm not new to article marketing but now I finally feel like I have a good idea on how to make it work better for me.

I have 45 articles with 82,775 pageviews & 7,148 url clicks but the majority of the views/clicks have come from one article (27,376/4,633).

Thanks to this thread, I now realize what I did right with that one article.

Congratulations on that "Ah-ha!" moment, now using what you learned here go apply the same concepts that your one article succeeded in to all your other articles.

[Jeremy Kelsall]

For anyone that is lurking around and not asking questions and taking full advantage of this place...you are really doing yourself a dis-service.

Get involved in conversations and ask questions about the things that you struggle with daily in your business and you will be a lot better off for it.

As far as I am concerned this place is the best FREE Internet Marketing education that can be had...ANYWHERE.

[SurviveUnemployment]

I have 45 articles with 82,775 pageviews & 7,148 url clicks but the majority of the views/clicks have come from one article (27,376/4,633).

Thanks to this thread, I now realize what I did right with that one article.

Do tell. I'm really interested. If it's not top-secret information, that is.

[Karin]

If you focus on your articles alone, it is hard to get started. I suggest that you combine article marketing with social bookmarking. If you promote your articles using sites like digg and propeller you will be able to get a lot more attention to your work. You will achieve more traffic and more backlinks with little extra effort.

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Karin

If you focus on your articles alone, it is hard to get started. I suggest that you combine article marketing with social bookmarking. If you promote your articles using sites like digg and propeller you will be able to get a lot more attention to your work. You will achieve more traffic and more backlinks with little extra effort.

On the contrary, when you first start online it is better to use one method and stick to it until you are good with it and then move to something else, otherwise you might lose focus and get overwhelmed.

What you suggest is not a bad idea regarding social bookmarking sites for the backlinks, but let him get it over with his articles first and then he can move onto another method.

[Tuzic]

hi,

thanks for the replies on this,
but last questions: where did you get the keywords like seductive, capricorn, kiss from? what made u use them & think of them in relation to online dating? or dating websites?

also im using google keyword tool, is this ok?

[stevecl]

Tuzic,

Here's another keyword for you "compatible star signs" according to wordtracker it gets around 1900 searches a day and has little competition.

steve

[Tuzic]

hi,

thanks for that but dont they say wrdtracker is unreliable? & in this thread they say it should be 100+ daily searches so is 1900 going to be competitive then?

[kkchoon1]

Brain storming for more related keywords, put yourself in the shoe of your customer!

[stevecl]

100 searches a day should be the minimum. It also boils down to competition. The keyword i gave you has less than 2000 competing pages optimised for that keyword.

So in a nutshell - you a have a keyword that gets searched around 1900 times a day with less than 2000 competeing websites that = potential earner

steve

[Tuzic]

hi,

ok yes i undeerstand now so more searches but less competition so more liekly to get hits = clicks - revenue.

but how can i brainstorm? it sounds really easy looking for keywords and its easy find competitive keywords & well searched ones but its hhard find keywords that have 100+ searches & less than 10,000 searches on google, & find keywords that relate to the datin niche...like dating online profiles? or finding success by dating online?

[stevecl]

Tuzic,

I'll throw you a bone.

Dating = people looking to find a partner. What criteria do people use to find a partner. personality, (starsign Compatibility) etc. So if i was a gemini what star sign would be compatible to me?

seek and you shall find

steve

[Matt Hoey]

That's somethign we can't help you with, you need to use your initiative to think of related words.

[kkchoon1]

Experience is very important...I suggest you start writing at least 50 articles before coming back to this forum again...Just a suggestion

[stevecl]

Tuzic,

"compatibility for gemini and sagittarius" 1800 searches a day (wordtracker) 1000 competeing pages :-)

i believe there are 12 signs of the zodiac and people seraching for compatibility.

Should keep you busy :-)

steve

[Tuzic]

hi,

thanks for this warriors, you have definitely pointed me in the right direction and now have a better focus on writing articles that will delvier this time. There is such a great wealth of info you have all provided.

[Junaid Gamieldien]

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

On the contrary, when you first start online it is better to use one method and stick to it until you are good with it and then move to something else, otherwise you might lose focus and get overwhelmed.

What you suggest is not a bad idea regarding social bookmarking sites for the backlinks, but let him get it over with his articles first and then he can move onto another method.

Daniel, Karin meant that it's a good idea to promote your articles by social bookmarking *them*. Works like a charm. I took one of my articles from 124 views to >1500 views over a single weekend using the same strategy. I think you mentioned using this strategy too.

Only crappy thing is that the one's click-thru rate drops most of the time. I ignore it, and set a new ground zero after a few days when all the 'nosy' stumblers and diggers have helped to put my article on the most viewed list

Of course, once you get on the most viewed list, your views and click-thrus start snowballing again...

[Tuzic]

hi,

yes i do this i use socialmarker.com & socially bookmark the articles after a few days when they have been published. But digg & propeller dont accept them!!!

also i just bookmark that one and thats it, is that enough?

[Junaid Gamieldien]

Yeah, digg doesn't accept EZA bookmarks, but I get a ton more traffic from stumbleupon than from Digg for most of my niches anyway. With the right title, the stumblers normally get me onto the most-viewed list in just days.

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Jutes

Daniel, Karin meant that it's a good idea to promote your articles by social bookmarking *them*. Works like a charm. I took one of my articles from 124 views to >1500 views over a single weekend using the same strategy. I think you mentioned using this strategy too.

Only crappy thing is that the one's click-thru rate drops most of the time. I ignore it, and set a new ground zero after a few days when all the 'nosy' stumblers and diggers have helped to put my article on the most viewed list

Of course, once you get on the most viewed list, your views and click-thrus start snowballing again...

Yes I do mention this is my system. However, I also mention that you should get the articles over and done with before. It's a good idea, but you should do it AFTER your articles are live.

[dlinden]

For you experienced guys what works best.Using go articles with direct linking or ezine articles with a landing page.

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by dlinden

For you experienced guys what works best.Using go articles with direct linking or ezine articles with a landing page.

GoArticles has a much lower PR than EZA (PR3 and PR6 respectively) therefore they rank lower than EZA in the search engines. Although you could possibly solve that with a few backlinks, but you would have to give each of your articles around 100 backlinks PER article.

[mitchpowell]

Tuzic -

Travis Sago sent out a little gift to his subscribers the other day. It's a PDF called "Write Like A Maniac," by Ed Lewis.

I found it to be really inspirational and confidence-building. There don't seem to be any rights restrictions to it, so PM me and I'll get you a copy of it. It's 28 pages of explanation that "finally makes writing fun and not a chore."

If anyone else is familiar with this book, do you know anything about distributing it freely? I'll make it available here if I'm sure I'm not violating any rights. The salespage writelikeamaniac.com is incomplete.

I'm waiting to hear back from the author.

Mitch

[Billy Anne Crews]

I totally agree man. Great article. I'm just now learning about really how to write articles for maximum traffic results. This is good for people to know, so they seek the info they need to make all of their efforts work.

Billy Anne Crews

[Born Warrior]

Hello, I found a website that gives 7 Top benefits of doing article marketing. The three top reasons are:

1. Attract visitors to your web site

Distributing your articles to online publishers, article
submission sites can instantly bring thousands of visitors
to your web site. For example, if you manage to get your
article accepted by a large ezine with half a million
subscribers you will experience a sudden increase in
subscribers or sales from your site.

2. Establish yourself as an expert in your field

It's not easy to trust people on the Net because you can't
see them or you may have been ripped off by some
fly-by-night schemer trying to make a quick sale. If people
find your articles contain valuable information that they
need, they will come to respect and trust your opinion. You
then establish yourself as an expert in your field.

3. Builds link popularity

Search engines, particularly Google, place importance on
the number of links that point to your site from other
sites or directories. If many sites link to yours it helps
boost your search engine rankings with the effect of
increasing traffic and thus gaining more sales or
subscribers from your site.

[shane.n]

because it is a great way to get visitors to your web sight.
Article Marketing can be very profitable if done effectively. I see a lot of people asking how they can make money with article marketing. Article marketing can become your new job. It is a new industry with a lot of money to be made, it is important to have interesting article. Article marketing can get the word out about your business, bring you links from high-PR sites, and generate traffic. And, um, they're articles.
i got some other usefull infomarion about articles
Creating a resource box that is short and sweet will allow you to build your credibility as well as drive traffic to your site, your free report, free video, and more. This is where you get the one way back links or traffic to your website. Create different versions of the banner. Test different banners to improve your click-through rate. Create one LONG resource box that you save in your author account. Break it up into several paragraphs, each paragraph has a link to your offer page as above.
Create an authors bio on every article submission sites where you normally post your articles to. Make it interesting and personal by communicating your hobbies, interest, personal stories, and experiences. Creating simple content will really only take you a small amount of time and once you get really good at it you are likely to be able to churn out a nice amount of them every hour or so.
Submitting an article to an article directory is a great way of generating traffic for your website, whether you are just starting out or just trying to increase the traffic to your site. All you have to do is write an article that would be useful to your prospects, and put a resource box at the end of the article with a link to your website.
Submitting your website to web directories is a great way to obtain one way permanent links. All submissions are done manually to ensure accuracy. Submit your articles to many different article directories. There are many free ones and inexpensive ones.

[David]

For some one all alleging to be an "absolute newbie" you sure know your sh**

This makes about the fifth time I've learned a lot from your posts!

Now I got MORE homework to do...
keep em coming
(just occurred to me that I've not bought anything from you and you're putting money in my pocket... gotta fix that situation)

Thanks

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

Here's a post I made in the old forum which should answer your question. Here's the link: The Warrior Forum - Article Marketing Is Far From Dead

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Hey Warriors,

I've seen so many article marketing threads and questions lately that I wanted to drop my two cents.

People keep on posting about their failures with this type of traffic generation (complaining about it) that I have come to notice certain trends in those mistakes, here are a few:

1. X submits less than 10 articles and wonders why there are so little views and no sales made.

2. Y submits hundreds of articles without any method to it and wonders why the results literally suck.

3. Z Gets many views from his/her articles but very low CTR.

And I could go on with the list, article marketing has become so popular I see up to 10 threads per day about it.

This goes for the people that have been complaining: Article Marketing can be extremely powerful, but there is a whole science to it. Like I have mentioned in some other threads before, submitting 100 articles the right way is much more powerful than just submitting 1,000 articles, no matter how good they are.

I'm not saying my method is the best, it is far from unique, but it works for me and it has worked for many others as well. So here are a few pointers I suggest people follow before going into their article writing and submittal spree.

1. Keyword Research And Implementation

Do the proper long tail keyword phrase research, then implement them by spreading them in your articles, most importantly in the title, first paragraph, last paragraph, anchor text and once or twice in the body. That way you will rank in the first page of the search engines for that specific keyword.

By proper I mean with the right variables, personally, I aim for at least 100 daily search results and less than 10,000 Google competition. It sounds hard, but you would be surprised how much of a joke it actually is.

2. Original, Unique, Quality Content

Outsourcing or re-writing can be very tempting, but I would think twice before doing so. You can't imagine how powerful writing your own articles can be, it's a great way to brand yourself and if people like your articles they expect the same tone of your next submissions, not to mention you improve your writing skills tremendously without even noticing as you write away.

No matter who writes your articles, in my opinion, there is no one better than yourself for the job.

3. Leading To The Resource Box And The Anchor Text

Even though writing good articles is extremely imporant, don't forget that one of the main objectives is for the reader to click through.

So at the end of the article, if you haven't already been doing so, start leading the reader to the resource box and subtlely pre-selling the product you are promoting.

FORGET about the boring "XYZ is an expert in..... you can visit his blog (if you want) here: [insert link>" sort of resource box unless you want very low CTR. Be creative, appeal to the reader's emotions, be original and just make sure you call to action.

Also, make sure the anchor text of your link is for one of the keywords you used to optimize the site you are linking to, that will give a backlink extra punch to your articles.

4. Keep Them Short And Simple

Everyone knows that people come to the internet for a quick solution to their problems. If they start reading your college thesis they will leave the article half way through (if not before). Make your article 250-600 words, you can write great articles of that length, and if you can't make them so short, break them down to 3 separate articles.

Don't forget it applies to the language and terminology as well, in most niches people don't really care about the technical jargon, some won't even understand it. Just keep it flowing and write it as if you were actually talking to someone.

5. The Numbers Game

AFTER you have done the things I mentioned above, THEN it becomes a numbers game, the more you submit the better.

So do everyone a favour and get 100+ articles live before complaining (using these guidelines). If you don't make money from it I will personally pay you!

I submitted less than 300 articles last month working 4 hours per day only, the results of those articles to the date I am writing this are: 37,535 Views - 11,058 URL Clicks - 429 Articles Re-Published. And yes those results are for articles submitted less than 45 days ago (I only used EZA). Add a really mediocre conversion of 1% to those URL clicks for let's say a $20/sale average and you got yourself $2,211.60.

Just imagine the potential money that can be made from such an article marketing campaign alone.

Article marketing is far from dead,

Daniel Molano

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Look specifically at the keyword research and implementation section, you didn't do it and that is one of the most important parts (Your entire article views depend on it).

By the way, this was posted about 2 months ago, the article views and URL clicks to date have almost duplicated in results. So yes, about 70,000 views and 25,000 URL clicks from articles submitted 3 months ago.