Article Marketing 101 - Everything You Need To Know About Article Marketing In One Place!

[Liquidgraph]

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

Go for it, with enough backlinks you can rank easily for anything below 60,000.

Daniel, thanks for the informative post. My key concern right now is figuring out how to SEO domain names. How can I tell when a domain/keyword is overly competitive? You mention searching in Google in quotes ("my keyword"), but what about non-quote search results, and high PR competition sites?

For example, I want my to register a .com domain that will appear #1 on Google. My keyword gets 2,870,000 page results non-quoted, but only 9,500 quoted. It gets 1,900 searches per month (according to Google Keyword Tool). Is this too competitive a term, broadly speaking? I intend to have a domain with this exact keyword, and my site will have dozens of unique articles related to the keyword.

Also, what percentage of traffic can one expect to get from the projected monthly search result given a #1 position? If my site becomes #1 for a keyword that gets 1,900 monthly searches, is it reasonable to expect 50% of that number to actually visit my site? i.e., 950 visitors/mo or 30/day.

-Thanks

[Lionel Turner]

If you submit an article to a bunch of directories with links back to your site should my site have that same article as a blog post (if it is a blog) or should it not? Will this hurt or help SEO

Thanks

Lionel

[Rich Mann]

You say to write 100 articles. Where could someone come-up with the amount of content to be able to write 100 articles. I struggle with being able to write a few articles at best. What content can a person use from the content research done in Google? I'm not really clear on this. If you cut and paste other peoples content, isn't that going to get you into trouble?

[blackbeltbob]

Nice article you broke down in steps.

I got some free software that finds commercial intent of buyers called google cash compass.

It has a compass to tell you if keyword is worth pursuing

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Liquidgraph

Daniel, thanks for the informative post. My key concern right now is figuring out how to SEO domain names. How can I tell when a domain/keyword is overly competitive? You mention searching in Google in quotes ("my keyword"), but what about non-quote search results, and high PR competition sites?

For example, I want my to register a .com domain that will appear #1 on Google. My keyword gets 2,870,000 page results non-quoted, but only 9,500 quoted. It gets 1,900 searches per month (according to Google Keyword Tool). Is this too competitive a term, broadly speaking? I intend to have a domain with this exact keyword, and my site will have dozens of unique articles related to the keyword.

Also, what percentage of traffic can one expect to get from the projected monthly search result given a #1 position? If my site becomes #1 for a keyword that gets 1,900 monthly searches, is it reasonable to expect 50% of that number to actually visit my site? i.e., 950 visitors/mo or 30/day.

-Thanks

The true competition of that keyword is 9,500 and yes you can expect anything from 50%+ traffic if you are ranking #1 for that specific keyword.

If you can get the domain for that keyword go grab it now before someone else does, that looks like a powerful keyword to me.

With enough backlinks plus the on page SEO you are already planning on doing (with the dozen articles or so you mention) it shouldn't be too hard to rank for a keyword with such low competition.

Originally Posted by Lionel Turner

If you submit an article to a bunch of directories with links back to your site should my site have that same article as a blog post (if it is a blog) or should it not? Will this hurt or help SEO

Thanks

Lionel

Well personally I wouldn't link back to an identical article, it won't hurt you SEO wise, but it would suck if you are a visitor watching the same article twice.

Originally Posted by Rich Mann

You say to write 100 articles. Where could someone come-up with the amount of content to be able to write 100 articles. I struggle with being able to write a few articles at best. What content can a person use from the content research done in Google? I'm not really clear on this. If you cut and paste other peoples content, isn't that going to get you into trouble?

You make it up. You will find sources of information on virtually anything, thousands of them. Read a few, gain some knowledge in the specific area and then write up the articles yourself.

Actually 100 articles is aiming low, true authority sites have over 10,000 articles. Keep in mind that you are not going to be writing the articles on the same subject, but on different related subjects.

It really isn't hard, I mean go do a search in Google for any word whatsoever and you will find thousands if not millions of sources. It's not copy paste (never do that), it's just absorbing the information of several sources and then writing some in your own words.

[Liquidgraph]

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

If you can get the domain for that keyword go grab it now before someone else does, that looks like a powerful keyword to me.

With enough backlinks plus the on page SEO you are already planning on doing (with the dozen articles or so you mention) it shouldn't be too hard to rank for a keyword with such low competition.

Thanks for shedding some light on this topic. My other question is, how important are .com, .net, .biz, etc. extensions? Would a .net work nearly as well as a .com? Do you have any experience with this?

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Liquidgraph

Thanks for shedding some light on this topic. My other question is, how important are .com, .net, .biz, etc. extensions? Would a .net work nearly as well as a .com? Do you have any experience with this?

Well most people will tell you .com domains are the most powerful, I believe so too, but don't take my word on it, I haven't tested the other extensions.

[Lionel Turner]

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

Well personally I wouldn't link back to an identical article, it won't hurt you SEO wise, but it would suck if you are a visitor watching the same article twice.

But back linking to my site's index page is cool?

[iMerickz]

thks daniel for the post.
really put me back on track. i guess i must have read lots of AM techniques and tricks since i started IM late last year, but as a newbie, we are always overloaded with tons of information and dunno where to start and how to do it.
i did try out article marketing before by posting a few articles but after that never really continue doing and i just fade off.. zzz
guess i need to focus now.
about the social bookmarking technique, i do know that its is a powerful technique and i am using a software to bookmark now (but only to about 20+ sites) and its a monthly recurring fee (think i have to reconsider it although the software do have other modules as well )
u mentioned only to create 1-3 backlines with the social bookmarking sites per day, does that mean we only bookmark to 1-3 sites for each article per day? if i have 10 articles, can i bookmark all these to the 1-3 social sites at the same time too (per day basis)?
is it better for us to bookmark the article or better to bookmark our website (means our landing page)? or bookmark both?

i would also like to know the bookmarking software you are using too
can you pm me the info too.. thks..

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Lionel Turner

But back linking to my site's index page is cool?

Yes that would be fine.

Originally Posted by iMerickz

u mentioned only to create 1-3 backlines with the social bookmarking sites per day, does that mean we only bookmark to 1-3 sites for each article per day? if i have 10 articles, can i bookmark all these to the 1-3 social sites at the same time too (per day basis)?
is it better for us to bookmark the article or better to bookmark our website (means our landing page)? or bookmark both?

i would also like to know the bookmarking software you are using too
can you pm me the info too.. thks..

When I said 1-3 I meant 1-3 URL or pages to all the social bookmarking sites. But lately I've been doing 10 with no problem.

[talfighel]

Originally Posted by Michael Lee

Awesome advice, Daniel.

Here's what I found to be effective in ranking high for your keyword:

Repeat the keyword twice in the title of the article. Example, if your keyword is "online marketing videos", your title could be:

"Online Marketing Videos: How To Create Online Marketing Videos That Explode Your Profits"

Sometimes it does work and other times it doesn't. You have to be doing this half of the time.

Tal

[KevL]

Originally Posted by JordanFrancis

"sweet talk pick up lines" in Googles own tool shows nothing.

I dunno why those tools show such differences in results, but
I would personally follow Googles figures over other sources,
for data specific to Google. If that makes sense...

Not knocking your post however. It's awesome of you to
share your experience and give step by step instructions.

I don't pay too much attention to the Google tool when it says not enough data - have a look around in the other keyword tools too.

I often find that some of the best untapped keywords are the ones that Google still say "not enough Data" for, which is probably why they're still untapped - because people leave that stone unturned.

[jazzyjeff]

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

Here's the deal, follow the methods I'm about to show you and if you DON'T get THOUSANDS of targeted visitors to your websites in a 1 month period after you have done this I will PAY YOU $100 USD. (To claim this you just have to show me all your work so I can verify you did it correctly.)

Great post Daniel! This will definitely help all the newbie marketers out there and also motivate seasoned marketers to continue article marketing. I will definitely recommend this post to other people.

Daniel, has anyone taken up your challenge yet? How many $100 dollar bills have you had to give away?

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by jazzyjeff

Great post Daniel! This will definitely help all the newbie marketers out there and also motivate seasoned marketers to continue article marketing. I will definitely recommend this post to other people.

Daniel, has anyone taken up your challenge yet? How many $100 dollar bills have you had to give away?

0 so far.

If this doesn't work for anyone I'll really put my money where my mouth is.

[Ben_Curtis]

Article Marketing takes persistence for sure, but for free traffic and the credibility that comes with quality articles, you just can't beat it. I know an internet marketer who advises that you always write your own, (he sells a book on how to do it fast) because that way you keep the quality high and don't pay for inferior articles that ruin your image. Some of what you pay for is really disappointing, so why not write it yourself?
Ben Curtis bens-marketing-magic

[Rich Mann]

Thanks Daniel, There's definitely no shortage of material on the net. I've heard of software that can re-write (re-spin) content and change it to become your original content. Is there any of these products that anyone in the thread has personally used and had superior results with? Or is it one of those rumors that's best left alone? I have access to a lot of PLR and MRR material but really have no experience with using this stuff. Anyone have thoughts and/or input about this?

[Rich Mann]

Originally Posted by mbacak

This is a real good post.

Here is something that I personally do that can help
anyone out with articles, that adds to Daniel's post:

Slap Google Like a RAG Doll - a knol by Matt Bacak

I read your article at Knol. there's a serious learning curve involved with this approach and I'd like to try this method.

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Rich Mann

Thanks Daniel, There's definitely no shortage of material on the net. I've heard of software that can re-write (re-spin) content and change it to become your original content. Is there any of these products that anyone in the thread has personally used and had superior results with? Or is it one of those rumors that's best left alone? I have access to a lot of PLR and MRR material but really have no experience with using this stuff. Anyone have thoughts and/or input about this?

I personally haven't tested the automated rewriting but I have seen a great piece of software that does it, ContentMania from Incansoft.

[Chirag]

Hi Daniel,

I just can't get enough of your article. I've read it a few times and still manage to pick up something new each time I read it not to mention improve my understanding of what you're saying.

Just what thing I wasn't sure of that I wanted to run by you. What exactly do you mean by Inser Link in Anchor Text as below? How does this help and what exactly does this do? Do we need to leave any spaces in between?

Would appreciate your word on this.

Cheers & thanks again mate!


Chirag

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

6. Resource Box

The best article directories will only allow you to promote or advertise something in this space, it has to be appealing and it MUST have a clear call to action. This is where you add the link to your website (ideally in anchor text for a keyword you have your website optimized around for SEO purposes (mainly backlinking)).

Just as an example: "If you truly want to get the girl, go to this website now: [Insert Link in Anchor Text] It is the top resource on dating advice and tips courtesy of the leading dating guru."

[kurt naulaerts]

Originally Posted by Rich Mann

Thanks Daniel, There's definitely no shortage of material on the net. I've heard of software that can re-write (re-spin) content and change it to become your original content. Is there any of these products that anyone in the thread has personally used and had superior results with? Or is it one of those rumors that's best left alone? I have access to a lot of PLR and MRR material but really have no experience with using this stuff. Anyone have thoughts and/or input about this?

Well, Rich Mann (are you really a rich man?) seems you solved the content problem already.

About the rewrite software. I tried a lot of them. The best results come from the spinners, you know {...|...} but that means a lot of work of course. If you want to have it done with 1 mouse click without gibberish results than try Contentboss. (first search for a discount coupon on the net if you decide to buy)

BUT... it's never 100% unique and I'm a firm believer that you need 100% unique and quality content to keep your articles ranked in the near future. What I did was buying a speech to text converter - Dragon Naturally Speaking. I LOVE IT !!! Whenever I want to write an article, I find a quality text on the net, start DNS, read the first sentence in my head and immediately dictate a rewrite to DNS and this magnificent piece of software immediately writes that sentence down in MS Word! This way I go through the entire text and have a top quality, unique article ready in 10 minutes! On average I crank out 20 articles a day! It's well worth the investment!

Kurt

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Chirag

Just what thing I wasn't sure of that I wanted to run by you. What exactly do you mean by Inser Link in Anchor Text as below? How does this help and what exactly does this do? Do we need to leave any spaces in between?

Thanks Chirag, I'm glad you're liking it.

Anchor text is used for SEO purposes. Let's say in your landing page you have optimized it for a specific long tail keyword.

If we use the same keyword as in my post's example it would look like this: Sweet Talk Pick Up Lines

What I did is add the link to your landing page with the keyword your landing page is optimized around.

This will help your landing page rank higher in the search engines for that specific keyword. The more you do it like this the better.

[jdmitchell]

This article has provided inspiration. Since I am wild about learning effective copywriting, I figure writing articles while learning from people like John Carlton...good way to practice skill, and pull in coin.

I have a ridiculous plan, and I would love to know what you guys think of it.

The funnel:

1. Use the optimized keywords to create articles like Daniel says.
2. Use Matt's crazy leverage list he posted earlier to turn my articles into powerhouses
3. Generate heaps of traffic to my landing page where I will offer a free report, and 4 week E-course with video, audio, and text lessons
4. Treat the e-course as a product launch Jeff walker style. The 4 weeks will be a build up hype with a sideways sales letter.
5. At the end of the 4 weeks, and hype is peaked..send them to the sales page of my affiliate product.

Everyone gets a little mini personalized product launch. A sequence of emails. A course so packed with genuine value, they will be frothing at the mouth for more.

The only thing that annoys me is the affiliate part. I would rather create my own product, but I am not yet there financially to create a product that would be worthy of putting my name to. The affiliate product I am picking is quite good, as I have tried it and loved it...

What is your take on this?

[precious007]

I have been using these techniques for quite a while, thanks for sharing them once again..

I`d have one question :

(duplicate content does not apply unless you submit the same article under the same domain). ??

What do you mean if you submit the article under the same domain ?

Thanks
Alex

[bellynoodle]

I was just wondering if it is necessary to use a program for back links in order to be successful or if you could just rely on the ones you pick up from your articles.

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by precious007

I`d have one question :

(duplicate content does not apply unless you submit the same article under the same domain). ??

What do you mean if you submit the article under the same domain ?

It means that the penalty won't hurt you unless you have duplicate articles on the same website.

[charless61]

Daniel

To secure the top spot for the article submitted, when to submit to the social bookmark, do you linke it back to the article in the diectory or you link it to your own site. Supposing that I have a blog with my blog posting, can I submit my blog posting to be used as an article or do i need to write a new article altogether?

Charles

[rzpvile]

Excellent post, this thread has alot of helpful information for beginners. What would be considered a good view to click my link in the resource box ratio for my articles. Knowing that would help me figure out if I should make tweaks or not.

[sequincer]

Thanks for the post Daniel.
I especially liked the tips on how you need to write the article.
this was really helpful.thanks!

[luane]

I enjoyed this thread and learned something new - about repeating the keyword in the title! Awesome tip! Can you pm the software you use, please? I would like to know also. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[Angela V. Edwards]

When you do a backlink make sure it is linking to your article IN anchor text with the keyword used in the article.

Daniel, this is an excellent post.

There are a great many places online to get these types of backlinks from too, and because "somebody said" that Google doesn't give them much value (even if the site carries a High Page Rank), they won't use them. Social bookmarking sites are one of these. Forums are another. Both of these are excellent places to get a High Page Rank, anchor text backlink from.

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

Go for it, with enough backlinks you can rank easily for anything below 60,000.

With the right kind of backlinks, you can rank for things quite a bit above that. For one combination of keywords, my article is #1 on Google out of 283,000. For another keyword, I am #28 out of 11 million. And I didn't need thousands, or even hundreds of backlinks to do it. I just needed the right kind of backlinks.

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Angela V. Edwards

With the right kind of backlinks, you can rank for things quite a bit above that. For one combination of keywords, my article is #1 on Google out of 283,000. For another keyword, I am #28 out of 11 million. And I didn't need thousands, or even hundreds of backlinks to do it. I just needed the right kind of backlinks.

That would be correct Angela. But in that case you would need something more than just social bookmarking, such as your amazing backlinking strategies.

The 60,000 mark mentioned, I made it in reference to the social bookmarking only. But yes, it is possible to rank for any number of competition.

[spressnell]

Great information. Thank you.

Shirley

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by charless61

Daniel

To secure the top spot for the article submitted, when to submit to the social bookmark, do you linke it back to the article in the diectory or you link it to your own site. Supposing that I have a blog with my blog posting, can I submit my blog posting to be used as an article or do i need to write a new article altogether?

Charles

You need to write a new article altogether. Or what you could do is submit to the article directory first and then to your blog.

Originally Posted by rzpvile

Excellent post, this thread has alot of helpful information for beginners. What would be considered a good view to click my link in the resource box ratio for my articles. Knowing that would help me figure out if I should make tweaks or not.

A decent CTR would be an average of 20%, although it varies depending on the niche you are targeting.

[Centimetro]

thanks for the post... it's just what i was looking for actually, lucky me that it was on the first page of the forum.

I've got a mini-site put together and now need to figure out how the heck to get some traffic... the one question I have about all this while doing keyword research (just want ot make sure i get it right before i invest the time)... i found a few long tail keywords with decent search volume and low compettion, like youve said.

but now my question to any article marketers out there is.. does it matter if another affiliate already targeted that exact same long tail keyword with an ezine articles article? if i submitted mine, would it eventually show both of our articles in google, or only the one with the most search engine authority?

because sadly this is the problem im running into. the long tails i find either have very low volume, very high competition, or good volume and low competition, but with another marketer already on top.

[spidro]

thanks Daniel very good information

You can submit to as many article directories as you wish without any penalties (duplicate content does not apply unless you submit the same article under the same domain).

but i still don't get what you mean by duplicate content on same domain? i always thought that duplicate content apply on different domains too?

[geomat]

Hi Daniel, thanks for the insights. Also interested in your backlink automation software and social bookmarking software.

Be grateful if you could PM with some details.

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by spidro

thanks Daniel very good information



but i still don't get what you mean by duplicate content on same domain? i always thought that duplicate content apply on different domains too?

Daniel is correct. The only "duplicate content penalty" there is is that if you have two of the exact same pages on the same domain, Google will index one and not the other. It has absolutely nothing to do with your articles on different websites, no matter what the rumor may be.

[Scott Million]

Couple Q's

1) Why are you only targeting one keyword phrase per article?



2) What is the program you use for linking?

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

Hello my friends and fellow warriors,

I reached 500 posts yesterday so I wanted to post something worthwhile and give back to the community.

Article Marketing is now more popular than ever, the problem is most people don't understand the whole science behind it.

This method requires an entire systematic procedure (for which there are many variations), it's not just about submitting quality articles (although that's a big part of it).

People come here to complain about AM when they never did it 'right' in the first place. So I will show you 'right'.

Here's the deal, follow the methods I'm about to show you and if you DON'T get THOUSANDS of targeted visitors to your websites in a 1 month period after you have done this I will PAY YOU $100 USD. (To claim this you just have to show me all your work so I can verify you did it correctly.)

After this thread, there is NO excuse to start asking the daily 100 questions about Article Marketing, because everything will be here.

Article Marketing 101

This is a step by step procedure, follow it and I guarantee results (or claim the prize stated above).

Step 1 - Keyword Research And Implementation

A lot of people, especially IM beginners or newbies don't get the entire concept behind the 'keyword(s)'. There are many types of keywords, for this method we will be using one known as long tail keywords or keyword phrases.

To illustrate the process, I'm going to grab a random niche, a highly competitive one to show you that competition can only be good (because there is higher demand). The dating niche.

Now, head to your favourite keyword research tool (I use Seo Book Keyword Suggestion Tool myself).

Here is where you will be doing all the research.

Your goal is to look for any long tail keyword related to the niche that has at least 10 daily search results (the more the better obviously) and LESS than 10,000 google competition (the less the better). Allow me to elaborate.

I typed the search term pick up in the keyword tool and a long list of all types of keywords displays, since we are looking for long tails it should be a phrase containing 2 or more words.

Here is one sweet talk pick up lines (yes that is ONE keyword) it has over 650 overall daily search results (an average between the top 3 search engines) and a whopping Google competition of 131 websites (note scarcasm).

Hint: There are many more profitable keywords in that list alone.

Some people are going to kill me for revealing that keyword, it has the potential of driving 650+ visitors to your website per DAY with ONE article.

How did I measure competition you may wonder? I went to Google and did a search for the keyword under quotation marks: "sweet talk pick up lines"

Step 2 - Source Research For Your Article

Naturally, to write an article around that keyword you need to know some sweet talk pick up lines, so you will want to do some research on it unless you are some sort of Casanova or VegasVince.

This is the most simple process, go to Google and type sweet talk pick up lines (without quotations this time), check about 5 sources, grab your favourite pick up lines and you are good to go.

Hint: A source can be anything from an encyclopaedia to an article.

Note that in this case, that was very easy research, sometimes you will need to do a more in depth investigation in order to pull out a great article.

For this you can talk to Bev Clement, I believe she has a very solid research process.

Step 3 - Writing The Article

You don't have to be a professional writer to pull off an amazing article, simply write the article as if you were speaking to a client verbally.

Don't forget to make the article short (350-650 Words is my criteria), you don't want the reader bored to death and leaving half way through (that accomplishes nothing) by making them read your college thesis.

The basic structure of an article is composed of 6 parts. In order:

1. Title or Headline

The keyword MUST go here, for example: Top 10 Sweet Talk Pick Up Lines To Capture Her Attention. Headlines are used to caputure the reader's attention, in this case it is also used to optimize the article for the search engines.

2. Summary

The keyword doesn't necessarily have to go in this one, it's all about writing an appealing summary of your article. The summary is what will most likely show in the search engines under the title/headline of the article.

3. First Paragraph

Again, the keyword MUST go here once (don't flood it). Make it interesting and appealing or the visitor/reader will leave.

4. Body

Add the keyword in this part once again and insert the sweet talk pick up lines you chose during your research.

5. Last Paragraph or Conclusion

This is where you close the reader. Add the keyword one last time and present a subtle lead to the resource box (where you promote your website).

6. Resource Box

The best article directories will only allow you to promote or advertise something in this space, it has to be appealing and it MUST have a clear call to action. This is where you add the link to your website (ideally in anchor text for a keyword you have your website optimized around for SEO purposes (mainly backlinking)).

Just as an example: "If you truly want to get the girl, go to this website now: [Insert Link in Anchor Text] It is the top resource on dating advice and tips courtesy of the leading dating guru."

Step 4 - Submitting The Article

Great! Now you have created a very powerful article, it's time to submit it. You can submit to as many article directories as you wish without any penalties (duplicate content does not apply unless you submit the same article under the same domain).

The leading article directory is Ezine Articles. Their customer support may not be the best, but no matter what people say it gives the best ROTI (Return Over Time Invested - It's Free) and each day they become more strict on what articles to accept, so you won't get away with crap articles (which is good, crap articles are useless).

After submitting to EZA and getting it approved, feel free to submit to as many article directories as you want.

Step 5 - Securing The Article's Position In The Search Engines

Securing an article in #1 position for a specific keyword using the criteria stated above is VERY easy due to the low level of competition, you just need a few backlinks.

There is software out there (and services) that submit backlinks to over 100 social bookmarking websites, providing you with enough backlinks to secure the article in #1 position. The key to using these programs is: DON'T SPAM, just submit 1-3 backlinks per day at most.

I don't want to mention the backlink automation software I use because that would be promoting a product.

When you do a backlink make sure it is linking to your article IN anchor text with the keyword used in the article.

That close to guarantees your search engine rankings because the competition for the search term(s) is low. Add a killer quality article to the mix and you will be getting backlinks from people you don't even know for free.

Final Step - The Numbers Game

After all the steps above are met, it becomes a numbers game. Submit 100 articles using this method. Don't panic just yet, let me show you why.

Let's say all your articles average 100 views per day and you have a decent average CTR of 20% (these numbers are very common). 100 Views X 20% = 20 Unique Visitors Per Article X 100 Articles = 2,000 DAILY Laser Targeted Visitors (AKA Potential Buyers) to your website.

That is just an example using a below average scenario, the numbers may vary and if you stop submitting articles the traffic may go down (unless the keywords used continue to get the same number of daily hits).

Well that's about it my friends. This works for every single niche out there. And not only are you getting highly targeted traffic to your websites but you are also branding yourself as an expert in the niche(s) you chose. Enjoy!

Best of luck,

Daniel Molano

PS: To find if your keyword(s) have commercial potential (In other words, if people are looking to purchase something when using a keyword to do a search) use this free tool in cross reference: Audience Intelligence

PPS: That was my two cents, there are many variations to this method. I would love to hear the input of other expert article marketing warriors like Wagenheim, Kelsall, Shanin, Sago, Graves etc... to make this the definitive Article Marketing thread.

[luane]

Thanks for the blueprint to follow. Would you agree with the statement one made about this being just as effective with 10 to 30 articles as 100, especially before you know whether it is a hot topic or not? Thanks for the advice!

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Scott Million

Couple Q's

1) Why are you only targeting one keyword phrase per article?



2) What is the program you use for linking?

Simple, because the single most important factor the search engines take into account is the title. Slamming more than 1 long tail keywords that have 3 words or more in the title is not viable. Sometimes you will be able to insert 2.

Don't bother targeting other keywords in the actual article, there is where you write for the people, not the search engines.

And the backlinking software I use is SocialBot.

Originally Posted by luane

Thanks for the blueprint to follow. Would you agree with the statement one made about this being just as effective with 10 to 30 articles as 100, especially before you know whether it is a hot topic or not? Thanks for the advice!

Not true, the more you submit using this method the more traffic you will receive.

But yes I guess you should test your niche first with 10-20 articles before going all the way.

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Centimetro

but now my question to any article marketers out there is.. does it matter if another affiliate already targeted that exact same long tail keyword with an ezine articles article? if i submitted mine, would it eventually show both of our articles in google, or only the one with the most search engine authority?

because sadly this is the problem im running into. the long tails i find either have very low volume, very high competition, or good volume and low competition, but with another marketer already on top.

If the actual content of the article is different, both will show. Either way you can easily beat someone elses ranking with the backlinks.

[MalachaiGoodman]

First, thanks for the great info!

Second, I have a question. Over the past couple weeks I've written approximately 20 articles for my niche. I haven't submitted any of them yet because I wanted to have them all written before I started the campaign (it's a psych trick on myself to make sure I don't leave this half done).

How quickly should I submit these to the directories, and how many directories do you suggest I submit to?

I thought about signing up for Article Marketer, but I've also heard a lot of positives about Article Post Robot and Article Submitter. Should I submit all 20 articles at once or spread them out at 1-2 per week?

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

If the actual content of the article is different, both will show. Either way you can easily beat someone elses ranking with the backlinks.

That's exactly right, Daniel. With top quality backlinks, you can easily be the #1 site for the keyword with that type of competition. Your article will then be seen as the "authority" article for the keyword.

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by Mr. Write

I've purchased one of Daniel's ebooks in the past about article marketing. His ebook alone gave me some ideas and tips to help me incrase my monthly income. He's definitely the real deal and knows what he's talking about.

Thanks for the post!

Yes, he is. I've purchased his book twice for two friends who are struggling financially. His program gives some of the best info for newbies that I've ever seen.

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by MalachaiGoodman

First, thanks for the great info!

Second, I have a question. Over the past couple weeks I've written approximately 20 articles for my niche. I haven't submitted any of them yet because I wanted to have them all written before I started the campaign (it's a psych trick on myself to make sure I don't leave this half done).

How quickly should I submit these to the directories, and how many directories do you suggest I submit to?

I thought about signing up for Article Marketer, but I've also heard a lot of positives about Article Post Robot and Article Submitter. Should I submit all 20 articles at once or spread them out at 1-2 per week?

Well, 20 articles is not much, I guess you can spread them around a 1-3 day period. Either way, they probably won't get approved all at once, so the EZA editors will spread them out for you because of that.

Make sure you submit to EZA first and then to the other directories if you wish.

Originally Posted by Mr. Write

I've purchased one of Daniel's ebooks in the past about article marketing. His ebook alone gave me some ideas and tips to help me incrase my monthly income. He's definitely the real deal and knows what he's talking about.

Thanks for the post!

Originally Posted by Angela V. Edwards

Yes, he is. I've purchased his book twice for two friends who are struggling financially. His program gives some of the best info for newbies that I've ever seen.

Thanks a lot for the positive comments Mr. Write and Angela! I'm glad you enjoyed my work.

- Dan

[spidro]

Originally Posted by Angela V. Edwards

Daniel is correct. The only "duplicate content penalty" there is is that if you have two of the exact same pages on the same domain, Google will index one and not the other. It has absolutely nothing to do with your articles on different websites, no matter what the rumor may be.

thanks Angela for this i was confused about this coz i never did any article marketing before

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by spidro

thanks Angela for this i was confused about this coz i never did any article marketing before

Angela is brilliant when it comes to SEO and backlinking. You should check out here backlink strategies if you want to know more about SERP rankings.

[Peter "Paul" Williams]

Thanks for such a great step by step. It takes AM down to a very do-able method of business.

I was especially BLOWN AWAY by step 4 - submitting your articles. I had no idea that you can submit to other directories without a dupe penalty. One question though, does that go for Squidoo and Hub pages also or only article directories?

Thanks Again.

[Peter "Paul" Williams]

just to clarify, dupe content does not apply unless we submit the same article under the same domain name such as ___.com or is it the same content on the same website?