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Something Every Article Marketer Should Do Once a Week

by Zeus66
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Here's a short video about something I try to do once a week or so to keep my article title and body writing skills honed. It doesn't take long, but I think the payoff over time can be very lucrative for anyone who writes a lot of articles and/or web content. I probably spend about 20 minutes a week on this. Let me know what you think.


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  • Profile picture of the author wDigital
    Hey John,

    Thanks for the vid, I tend to look in those sections as well.

    Not sure about you, but sometimes you see some great "golden nuggets" there, other times it just seems too unbelievable that someone has legitimately go that number of views in a short period of time, when you can't see any signs of a ranked keyword.

    Just my $0.02...
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  • Profile picture of the author Darren Hodgson
    Good stuff. It's something that I've done now and again but I never thought of putting into my weekly routine.
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  • Profile picture of the author NikkiG
    I used to do that a long time ago when I was first writing and submitting articles, for some reason I stopped doing the recon...this was a good reminder to get back and check out what other people are doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt Bard
    Another good tip John. Thanks.

    Of course, you have more time now that your Cardinals are no longer "dancing" :p
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    • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
      Originally Posted by Matt M View Post

      Another good tip John. Thanks.

      Of course, you have more time now that your Cardinals are no longer "dancing" :p
      How cruel! Why you gotta be a hater? I think our WF band is about to break up. But then in 5 years we'll have a reunion tour and bank big $$$.

      I've thoroughly confused everyone now. Thanks, Matt.
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      • Profile picture of the author Matt Bard
        Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

        How cruel! Why you gotta be a hater?
        I would have been rootin' for them but my son graduated from Cal
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      • Profile picture of the author Lisa Gergets
        Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

        How cruel! Why you gotta be a hater? I think our WF band is about to break up. But then in 5 years we'll have a reunion tour and bank big $$$.

        I've thoroughly confused everyone now. Thanks, Matt.
        What am I going to do with all these boots if we break up?
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        • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
          Originally Posted by Lisa Gergets View Post

          What am I going to do with all these boots if we break up?
          They were made for walkin', right? Besides, you're famous now. Auction 'em at Ebay and retire young.
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    • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
      It's all good in theory but when using one of the most abused websites in current History it is not possible to use it as a prime example!
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      • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
        Originally Posted by Intrepreneur View Post

        It's all good in theory but when using one of the most abused websites in current History it is not possible to use it as a prime example!
        Of course there are people who abuse EZA, but that's exactly why you do this on a consistent basis, not one-off. You definitely pick up good ideas if you go through the process once a week or so. Trends emerge, especially in the articles that get published the most. It's a good way to learn how to write articles that other webmasters like to use on their own pages, which gives you a backlink as long as they follow the rules. Nothing is 100%. You should know that.
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  • Profile picture of the author 3nikki
    Great idea. I have submitted more than 13 articles over the last 2 years but never thought of going back and checking the suggested categories.

    Huh...feeling a little stupid But then again I do occassionally read the top authors' articles at articlebase and that has been a real education.

    I need to make this a routine which you rightfully stress.
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  • Profile picture of the author dejon97
    Good info. As a newbie this is right up my alley. I really want to hone my article marketing skills and this helps. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author innocent07
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    Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

    Here's a short video about something I try to do once a week or so to keep my article title and body writing skills honed. It doesn't take long, but I think the payoff over time can be very lucrative for anyone who writes a lot of articles and/or web content. I probably spend about 20 minutes a week on this. Let me know what you think.

    YouTube - Honing Your Article Writing Skills

    John
    Nice video,

    You sound like Jeff Johnson
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  • Profile picture of the author FrankBowman
    Thanks John,

    I would agree that the "Most Published Articles" are probably of better quality, as the "Most Viewed" can be easily manipulated.

    Although marketers write a lot of what shows up as "Most Viewed", so you probably would getter keyword ideas from those, imho of course.
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  • Profile picture of the author Arivin90
    Nice information Zeus66
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    • Profile picture of the author JoeFox
      Great. Thanks for sharing the video John. It was so interesting. Two thumbs up for a job well done.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan700
    Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

    Here's a short video about something I try to do once a week or so to keep my article title and body writing skills honed. It doesn't take long, but I think the payoff over time can be very lucrative for anyone who writes a lot of articles and/or web content. I probably spend about 20 minutes a week on this. Let me know what you think.
    John
    I was just starting to do this except I never thought of looking at the most published as a tool. Thanks for a great idea.
    I was also trying to figure out what's going on with this guy's articles - August Lanz Yes I know I just created a backlink for him.

    What I wanted to know was how he managed to get 4 articles (the ones I checked) all submitted on the same day have about the same number of views in lockstep every day. Approximately 1200 views one day and then 1400 the next and so on. Is it all keywords? I checked for backlinks and the only ones that show up are from the other articles in those three sections on the bottom of the page. The links from his resource box are to a review site for three CB products and I didn't see if he was building a list from that page.

    Any other clues I'm missing?

    P.S. - His stats also says he has only 9 Active articles, resulting in 21,094 views. Wow!
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    • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
      Originally Posted by Ryan700 View Post

      I was just starting to do this except I never thought of looking at the most published as a tool. Thanks for a great idea.
      I was also trying to figure out what's going on with this guy's articles - August Lanz Yes I know I just created a backlink for him.

      What I wanted to know was how he managed to get 4 articles (the ones I checked) all submitted on the same day have about the same number of views in lockstep every day. Approximately 1200 views one day and then 1400 the next and so on. Is it all keywords? I checked for backlinks and the only ones that show up are from the other articles in those three sections on the bottom of the page. The links from his resource box are to a review site for three CB products and I didn't see if he was building a list from that page.

      Any other clues I'm missing?

      P.S. - His stats also says he has only 9 Active articles, resulting in 21,094 views. Wow!
      There are some bla.ckhat tricks some authors use to boost their article views. Junk traffic. This is exactly why I recommend not looking at the articles in just one or two categories. Look in the lesser used categories - the ones that aren't that popular. They typically will not be getting abused as much. I'm not saying that the author you mentioned is doing anything like this, but that is the pattern you see a lot when people are buying traffic to boost their views.
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      • Profile picture of the author Ryan700
        Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

        There are some bla.ckhat tricks some authors use to boost their article views. Junk traffic. This is exactly why I recommend not looking at the articles in just one or two categories. Look in the lesser used categories - the ones that aren't that popular. They typically will not be getting abused as much. I'm not saying that the author you mentioned is doing anything like this, but that is the pattern you see a lot when people are buying traffic to boost their views.
        Update - This person now has his link redirected to one of those fake blogs made to look like a news site that the offline media have been talking about. It looks like a blog with fake comments and now the comments are closed because of spam - YR!

        I now tend to believe you that he is gaming EZA's - by whatever means - to get article views just to get into the most viewed list to propagate more views.
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  • Profile picture of the author xohaibx
    That's a good tip. There are many simple way such as this one to get more out of your article marketing, but people tend to focus on the bigger picture and forget the smaller details. The information you just gave away is valuable, thanks for sharing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Mensah
    thankyou for that post john...much appreciated !
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Let me add something that people can do to find out how legit the article
      views are.

      ** WARNING ** This takes time.

      1. Pick out a top viewed article.

      2. Follow the resource box to the domain being promoted.

      3. Look up the domain at SpyFu to see what kind of money is being spent
      on advertising. If you see a substantial budget, check the keywords and
      then do a search at Google for these keywords and look at the paid ads to
      see if you can find that domain.

      4. Don't click on the ads, but write down the domain, go to it and take
      a look at the page. See if there are any links being directed to the article
      that are bogus.

      What I mean by bogus is something like this.

      <See Britney Spears Hooters>

      And the link, when clicked, takes the person to an article on acne or
      whatever.

      This is just one of many tricks people use to pump up their views.

      Also, check to see what position their article actually falls in on Google's
      pages.

      If the article is on page 1, first position, there is a good chance that the
      article actually does get many views.

      Check the keyword tool to see how many monthly searches their are for
      the selected keywords.

      Like I said, this takes time, but if you want to find out the probable
      legitimacy of article views, this method sometimes brings up some
      interesting results.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lulu Chil
    Hi,

    Just want to say thanks for the video.
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    thanks for the info..
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  • Profile picture of the author warfore
    Great tip John! Much appreciated. I will include in my weekly "to do" list.
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    • Profile picture of the author SuzanneR
      Great advice! Those 2 categories of articles have been on my radar but I wasn't sure what to do with them beyond keyword research.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarketItAll
    Great video John, is this basically the same concept that you did your WSO on article marketing on?

    Just wondering because I wanted to check out your WSO if it is something different than what you shared with this video.
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    • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
      Originally Posted by MarketItAll View Post

      Great video John, is this basically the same concept that you did your WSO on article marketing on?

      Just wondering because I wanted to check out your WSO if it is something different than what you shared with this video.
      No, this is not something I get into in that WSO. This is more about fine-tuning your article writing skills by seeing what other authors are doing to get a lot of views and to get published a lot. That WSO you're talking about is more or less completely about article marketing (and not writing).

      I'll have something coming out soon that does get just into how to write better articles, but that's still in the works. I made this video because I realized I'd never really shared this tactic with anyone. And I really do this about once a week because it can teach you some great things about how to improve your articles to get more results.

      John
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