Step By Step - How to get the MOST out of an Ezine Article!

[tess47]

One question:

On some article sites, when you place the ezine articles url in the resource box it isn't actually a "LIVE" link if you just use the actual url. Does this still help?

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by tess47

One question:

On some article sites, when you place the ezine articles url in the resource box it isn't actually a "LIVE" link if you just use the actual url. Does this still help?

YES it still does

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by DonaldOng

Thanks for the detail explationation, do you think that using Article Submission service will save you a lot of time?

Cheers,
Donald

It definitely would if I could find one I could trust.... if you know of any good ones please let me know.

[LuckyShony]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Louis

I am constantly reading the posts on here and everyday (usually multiple times a day) people have article marketing questions. There is no problem with asking questions. Questions are how you learn.

What I'm about to share with everyone is a step by step method how article marketing has worked for me, and I hope it can benefit everyone. If you don't implement it, maybe it can give you some new ideas of your own.
This is my opinion on how to get the most traffic from an article.

Okay - this method is assuming you submit all of your articles to EZA, with a good title, good article content, and a good resource box.

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1st Step: Open up Word Pad - or whatever you like to use. The program you use must be easy to copy and paste that is really the only requirement.

• Type out the keywords you are going to target in your article and separate them with commas. -- press enter a few times
• Create your title --- then press enter a few times.
• Create your article summary --- press enter a few times
• TYPE THE ARTICLE ---- and press enter a few more times.
• Then of course type up your resource box.

Each part of writing an article is equally important do not neglect anything. Once you are done SAVE YOUR ARTICLE TO YOUR COMPUTER.

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2nd Step: Submit your article to EZA. (ezinearticles.com) This should be easy because you just saved it to your computer. (The reason for pressing enter a few times between the different parts of the article was to help you stay organized.)

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3rd Step: Wait one week - my favorite step for my method to market an article

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4th Step: After that week has passed you are going to do some more with that article. Go back to your original article which you saved on your computer and copy your resource box. Then yes you guessed it press enter a few more times and paste it below the original one.

You are going to make some slight changes - on this resource box make one of the links point to your approved EZA article, and let the other still point to your webpage. Once you have completed this...

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5th Step: Submit your article with your new resource box (the one with one link pointing to your EZA article and the other pointed to the site that you are trying to promote) to the following 10 sites:

1. Go Articles (goarticles.com)
2. Articles Base (articlesbase.com)
3. Search Warp (searchwarp.com)
4. Article Dashboard (articledashboard.com)
5. Buzzle (buzzle.com)
6. Article Alley (articlealley.com)
7. Amazines (amazines.com)
8. Isnare (isnare.com)
9. Article City (articlecity.com)
10. Hot Article Directory (pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/index.html)

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Wrap up: Ok I know what you are thinking submitting your article to all these sites is going to be time consuming... Really it is not too bad once you have your username and password to all of these sites.

You have everything at your fingertips because your article is saved to your computer!

The traffic that ends up going to your EZA article and ultimately the website you are trying to promote grows exponentially and it is definitly going to be worth your time. I wish good fortune to everyone marketing online and I hope everyone has success.

Happy Halloween!

Wow, this is such a priceless information. I really didnt think of linking back to EZA earlier.Thanks for presenting this wonderful step by step guide. I am sure, along with me , others are equally impressed with this valuable piece of info. Keep more of it coming.

GoodLuck and GodBless,
LuckyShony

[jame58rown]

Following your guide, I just came across this in Buzzle's Editorial Guidlines.

Articles that are already published online will not be accepted.

Do their searches not pick up the 7 day old Ezine article? Or are they referring to articles that are not your own.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by jame58rown

Following your guide, I just came across this in Buzzle's Editorial Guidlines.

Do their searches not pick up the 7 day old Ezine article? Or are they referring to articles that are not your own.

I have never had a problem with that.... I think it is only if the article is not yours. Since you wrote the original you can do whatever you would like with it!

[aboutalhah]

I just wanted to add two articles directories to the list.

11. Ideamarketer.com
12. Buzzle.com

They are good sites as well, for those who want more.

Franck.

1. Go Articles (goarticles.com)
2. Articles Base (articlesbase.com)
3. Search Warp (searchwarp.com)
4. Article Dashboard (articledashboard.com)
5. Buzzle (buzzle.com)
6. Article Alley (articlealley.com)
7. Amazines (amazines.com)
8. Isnare (isnare.com)
9. Article City (articlecity.com)
10. Hot Article Directory (pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/index.html)

[webvisibility]

Publish link to your site in resources box.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by aboutalhah

I just wanted to add two articles directories to the list.

11. Ideamarketer.com
12. Buzzle.com

They are good sites as well, for those who want more.

Franck.

buzzle was already one of those 10... but thanks for the new one i'll try it out.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by LuckyShony

Wow, this is such a priceless information. I really didnt think of linking back to EZA earlier.Thanks for presenting this wonderful step by step guide. I am sure, along with me , others are equally impressed with this valuable piece of info. Keep more of it coming.

GoodLuck and GodBless,
LuckyShony

Thank you!

[Teenage Genius]

Thanks alot for this!

Here is my advice:

Step1 : Copy All Text From Post
Step2 : Open Up Wordpad or Notepad or Word or Whatever
Step3 : Paste Content
Step4 : Save Under a Good Title Like "JL's Step-by-Step Getting The MOST Out Of An Ezine Article"

Now you have it saved to your computer.

[Kiwigal]

Thanks for the info Jeffrey, will give it a try/

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by StevenBird

Thanks alot for this!

Here is my advice:

Step1 : Copy All Text From Post
Step2 : Open Up Wordpad or Notepad or Word or Whatever
Step3 : Paste Content
Step4 : Save Under a Good Title Like "JL's Step-by-Step Getting The MOST Out Of An Ezine Article"

Now you have it saved to your computer.

hahahaha i like your humor

[jame58rown]

Hi Jeffery,

What if, when I send off my 10 EZA articles, all about the same niche, to the other 10 directories, rather than have a link to the same article on EZA I included a link one of the other similar articles. Each of the 10 with a link to one of the others.

That way if someone does happen to click on the EZA link they are not taken to the same article because we might lose them if they do. The similar article on EZA might hold their interest until they reach the resource box. But the 10 EZA articles still have the same amount links to them to boost their position in Google.

Would this be better or am i missing something? Its all a bit new to me and this curve is pretty steep.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by jame58rown

Hi Jeffery,

What if, when I send off my 10 EZA articles, all about the same niche, to the other 10 directories, rather than have a link to the same article on EZA I included a link one of the other similar articles. Each of the 10 with a link to one of the others.

That way if someone does happen to click on the EZA link they are not taken to the same article because we might lose them if they do. The similar article on EZA might hold their interest until they reach the resource box. But the 10 EZA articles still have the same amount links to them to boost their position in Google.

Would this be better or am i missing something? Its all a bit new to me and this curve is pretty steep.

This can quite possibly be better.. it will just take more time and organizing. But if you get in a routine and plan which articles you are going to submit to a given EZA it can be really effective.

[ad2012]

Nice tips Jeffrey...I should give it a try...but I'm planning to spin my article using jetspinner first before I submit to 10 other directories

[Quilst]

This is just pure gold. Never thought before of doing SEO on my own articles. Since I get a lousy clickthrough rate I think something is smelling in my resouce box

What if I link my other relevant articles on EZA all together? Will that make some difference?

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by Quilst

This is just pure gold. Never thought before of doing SEO on my own articles. Since I get a lousy clickthrough rate I think something is smelling in my resouce box

What if I link my other relevant articles on EZA all together? Will that make some difference?

Of course it will help... the more activity (ie. links to your article) the more important it will be seen to the search engines.

[Spike SpiegelIM]

Thanks for sharing this. Bookmarked for future reference...

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by Spike SpiegelIM

Thanks for sharing this. Bookmarked for future reference...

Great I'm glad I could help!

[JonathanBoettcher]

Originally Posted by ad2012

Nice tips Jeffrey...I should give it a try...but I'm planning to spin my article using jetspinner first before I submit to 10 other directories

How do you like JetSpinner? I'd be interested to see the results from it. Do you find them of similar quality to the original article, or obvious knockoffs?

I guess my concern with spinners is that people will see them as poorly written articles and not click through. For purely SEO purposes, you'll still be building links, and Google won't nail you for duped content, but ultimately articles are about getting people to read then take action, right?

just curious...

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by JonathanBoettcher

How do you like JetSpinner? I'd be interested to see the results from it. Do you find them of similar quality to the original article, or obvious knockoffs?

I guess my concern with spinners is that people will see them as poorly written articles and not click through. For purely SEO purposes, you'll still be building links, and Google won't nail you for duped content, but ultimately articles are about getting people to read then take action, right?

just curious...

I've never used any program to spin any of my articles. I actually have never paid anyone to write any of my articles either so I would not know.

[mymarketingsecret]

Thanks,

This is some great information on article writing.

[Hilary Keaton]

Thanks for the tips! I use various article directories but have never tried the link back to EZA in resource box... interesting, will give it a go!

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by Hilary Keaton

Thanks for the tips! I use various article directories but have never tried the link back to EZA in resource box... interesting, will give it a go!

Yeah give it a try it should really impact your results.

[talfighel]

Article writing is great but think about all the competition that there is when it comes to article marketing in the WORK AT HOME field.

You need to find keywords that no one else is using and that is one of the ways to get more traffic without all the competition that is out there.

I am not saying that article marketing does not work, I am just saying that you need to think outside the box and write about things that don't have much competition.

Don't devote your entire marketing efforts on article marketing.

Tal

[John34]

Good post Jeffrey,i also read on few blogs that we should social bookmark our articles,is it ok to bookmark all the articles (ezine + 10 other) or will it be considered as spamming?

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by John34

Good post Jeffrey,i also read on few blogs that we should social bookmark our articles,is it ok to bookmark all the articles (ezine + 10 other) or will it be considered as spamming?

Yes it is okay to bookmark all the articles... my suggestion for you if you are going to be doing some social bookmarking though is to just bookmark your EZA articles.... If you do the others it will just take too much time, for not enough ROI. The point is to get your EZA article big and powerful anyways.

[net-biz]

Some pretty nice tips... thanks!

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by net-biz

Some pretty nice tips... thanks!

Your welcome

[taylordstuff]

Jeffrey,

Hi. What if you are using multiple pen names for your articles? Do you have to set up several different accounts on the other article directories using those pen names? I have only used EZA so I am not sure if the other article directories allow you to use different pen names.

[alyoung]

Any recommedations on articles on article submission services?

[jame58rown]

Experiment done.

I had ten related EZ articles, I have copied all of these to 8 other directories. In the resource box below my normal resource signature and link I have placed the following text;

"Another article by [My Name][Anchor Text Link back to different EZ Article]

Not all the articles have been approved yet, so i don't know if they will get knocked back for linking to EZA. I will watch the stats and get back to you.

[Mark Coverdale]

Hey Jeffrey,

Do you have a set number of competition in quotes that you find this method works best for.


Jame58rown,

I am also in the process of doing this with all of my ezine articles (16). Let us know your outcome. I will post mine here also.
I am excited to do this with one in particular. The keyword I am focusing on has about 14,600 competitors in quotes and gets around 900 google searches a day. At the moment it is floating on page 2 of google, between 12 and 19.
Hopefully this method will get me on page 1.

[Shlomi Khutoretsky]

isn't it better to link from the other directories to another articles on eza so the user won't get annoyed from seeing the same article twice ?

[jame58rown]

Originally Posted by articlerelated

isn't it better to link from the other directories to another articles on eza so the user won't get annoyed from seeing the same article twice ?

see post 65 and 84

[lvcjmac]

Jeffrey, thanks for this tip. I've got articles all over the web, and it never dawned on me to link back to EZA to build the ranking up on that. I guess I'll go back and edit some of my old signatures. I guess that couldn't hurt.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by dooly26

Hey Jeffrey,

Do you have a set number of competition in quotes that you find this method works best for.


Jame58rown,

I am also in the process of doing this with all of my ezine articles (16). Let us know your outcome. I will post mine here also.
I am excited to do this with one in particular. The keyword I am focusing on has about 14,600 competitors in quotes and gets around 900 Google searches a day. At the moment it is floating on page 2 of Google, between 12 and 19.
Hopefully this method will get me on page 1.

James,

This method had different results depending on the keyword competition of course, and I do not really have a set number I can recommend for you to use regularly. What I do for my keyword research; at least on "Google's Keyword External Tool," is look for words with 30,000 competitors or less. More important then knowing what you are going against is how much it is being searched though right?

Before I even check out how many competitors I am going to be facing off against I look to see how many times a potential keyword is being searched.

It is very important to look to see how many times a keyword is being searched.

Okay and for some more,

What I'm looking for is a keyword that is being searched (the more long tail the keyword the better) and then with less then 30,000 competition. I have tested this method with more competition - and I tend to have success with it too just not as regularly.

1st part of having success with an article: People are viewing it.

2nd part of having success with an article: People are clicking your links.

If you see that people are viewing your article and no one is clicking on your links... do not just be like dammmmmmmmmmmmmit - and stop with the article. You did half the battle getting people to your article. It is not a bad thing to edit your article (especially your resource box) to optimize for click through. It will be well worth your time!

[Craig McPherson]

Originally Posted by articlerelated

isn't it better to link from the other directories to another articles on eza so the user won't get annoyed from seeing the same article twice ?

The whole point of the thread IS NOT to get people clicking from another directory to EZA.
The point is to get as many backlinks as possible pointing to EZA therefore your EZA article gets ranked highly in Google.

Correct me if I am wrong please.

Cheers,

Craig

[weddingplannermagic]

Originally Posted by Craig McPherson

The whole point of the thread IS NOT to get people clicking from another directory to EZA.
The point is to get as many backlinks as possible pointing to EZA therefore your EZA article gets ranked highly in Google.

Correct me if I am wrong please.

Cheers,

Craig

This is an awesome thread thanks for everything I am going to start implementing this method right now.

[mrtrance]

Are you guys varying the anchor text that link back to your EZ article in your resource box from the other 10 directories linking to this EZ article? Or can we keep it the same for every 10 links? For example if the EZ article was about "blue widgets" is it better to vary the anchor text like "new blue widgets," small blue widgets," "big blue widgets," etc.? Also for the other link in the resource box is it better to point it to the internal url of the article that sits on your page or the homepage of your site?

[CarolStep]

Could not pass up this opportunity to thank you for this article, Jeffery. I can't wait to try this. Nothing helps beginners more than step by step instructions. Nothing beats the delivery.

Carol

[lvcjmac]

I'm on Buzzle, but they only allow one link? I'm guessing this won't work on that site?

[Chaz Bennewith]

Great tip. Also thanks for the list of article sites. Do you write all your own articles or have them written for you?

Thanks again.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by ninjaboy

Great tip. Also thanks for the list of article sites. Do you write all your own articles or have them written for you?

Thanks again.

I write all of my articles I have never paid anyone to write for me... I think it's not only the best way but the most cost efficient!

[tess47]

Quick question (I've seen it a time or two, but haven't seen the answer).

Are you using text links to link back to the Ezine article, or just the article url itself?

Thanks so much!

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by tess47

Quick question (I've seen it a time or two, but haven't seen the answer).

Are you using text links to link back to the Ezine article, or just the article url itself?

Thanks so much!

I have always used text links.

[Chaz Bennewith]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Louis

I write all of my articles I have never paid anyone to write for me... I think it's not only the best way but the most cost efficient!

I just wondered about freeing up time to focus on other marketing activities and get more done. I hear all the time from the top marketers who delegate most tasks. The whole point is to 'automate everything is it not? Do you offer writing services yourself?

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by ninjaboy

I just wondered about freeing up time to focus on other marketing activities and get more done. I hear all the time from the top marketers who delegate most tasks. The whole point is to 'automate everything is it not? Do you offer writing services yourself?

You are right the whole point is to have it on auto pilot... some day! I don't offer any writing services myself, I am working on an e-book right now which covers how I market articles, and how I write article which is going to go way more in depth then this thread.

[zig_nahraf]

yeah article marketing is just too time consuming. Can we get banned if we use an article submission software to speed things up a bit?