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

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by 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?

I don't think so as long as it is legit. Remember the whole purpose of an article is to get traffic to your webpage which then of course can possibly lead to a sale. So the better the article the better chance of that happening. I have found that article marketing is the best way to get potential buyers because you can gain your readers trust. With the knowledge you can present to someone in an article you can really convert people who are thinking about buying a product they are interested in - to actually buying that product they are interested in.

[lpstoops]

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.

**************************************************

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.

**************************************************

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.)

**************************************************

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

*************************************************

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...

************************************************** *

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)

*************************************************

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!

This is a solid strategy!

Anyone interested in acquiring solid, quality traffic, should take this to heart. I am incredibly greatful for your work you put into this thread!

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by lpstoops

This is a solid strategy!

Anyone interested in acquiring solid, quality traffic, should take this to heart. I am incredibly greatful for your work you put into this thread!

Thanks that was the point to help some people out. If you do take this to heart and really go at it, this method should really improve your ezine article results.

[Leanne King]

Thanks Jeffrey, I've been doing the same sort of thing but I've actually rewritten the articles. This method is much easier and will save more time. Can't wait to give it a whirl.

Leanne

[lordgalex]

Wow, this very helpfull..!! Thanks

[Jeffrey Louis]

It will work just point Buzzle to your original EZA article.

[bannor32]

That is a very interesting idea. I've actually had more success ranking high in SERPs with Ezine Articles than anything I've ever written on my blog. Pointing links to the Ezine Article to help it rank even higher I think would ultimately result in more traffic generation and thus more sales. Thanks very much. My mind is already working out the possibilities....

[wealthy]

I am going to give this method a shot.

thanks

[tantrabliss2]

Another extra way would be to use the program senuke with another article that is spun.
So you get lots of spin articles linking to the ezine article and they are all unique. So it builds up links and anyone coming to the ezine article has not read it.

[lvcjmac]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Louis

It will work just point Buzzle to your original EZA article.

And not to my money site? Just want to make sure I understand what you're telling me.

Thanks!

[mjk]

I've never tried that strategy in article marketing thanks for the tip.

[bhuff85]

Ok,

I write an article to EZA, then submit to many other directories.

Will this work if I go to the other directories and edit my resource box to include the link back to the original article at EZA?

I'm going to do this anyway, but I just wanted to know if that works as well?

[John34]

Hi Jeffrey,i have 2 questions...

1>How many of those 10 sites u listed allow to put ezine link in resource box?

2>Do u link to ezine article with same anchor text(main keyword) from other 10 sites?

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by trippmarxx

Ok,

I write an article to EZA, then submit to many other directories.

Will this work if I go to the other directories and edit my resource box to include the link back to the original article at EZA?

I'm going to do this anyway, but I just wanted to know if that works as well?

Yes it definitely will. I think that is a great idea.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by John34

Hi Jeffrey,i have 2 questions...

1>How many of those 10 sites u listed allow to put ezine link in resource box?

2>Do u link to ezine article with same anchor text(main keyword) from other 10 sites?

1.) All ten of those sites I put an ezine link in the resource box.

2.)Yes I link to ezine articles with the same anchor text from the other 10 sites.

[Anbelle]

Thanks ! Finally I'm stgarting to get the picture. I am newbie so everything has to be studied from the beginning... Takes time. Getting there. Little by little.
Have a Great Day !

[Yogini]

Jeffrey,

I have done this with just one directory but will add a few more. Do you use both anchor text as well as a plain http: link? I think some people just copy/paste so people recommend using a plain http link also without anchor text. I wouldn't do that for the eza link but for one's main site.

Do the sites you listed above all allow for 3 links (ie 2 with anchor text and one plain http w/o anchor text)?

Deb

[Kevin Marshall]

Wow this is all really great information. I am going to sign up for all of those other sites and start doing this.

[Chaz Bennewith]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Louis

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.

Good man, keep at it.

I'll look forward to the ebook

[reclusivecopy]

That's a straight forward approach. Thanks for the information!!

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by chong2

If I have 10 niches which are unrelated to each others.

How to submit the articles for them with different author name for each niche???

Use only 1 A/C and submit them with different author name by adding the pen name???

Or Use different A/C for every niche???

Yes - for each of my different niches I use a different pen name on EZA. Not only does it keep your articles organized but you can target your audience in different angles . I have one main account at EZA which I use for most of my niches... I have another but I don't use it anymore. That account was back when I first started I think it has about 5 articles on it...

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by Anbelle

Thanks ! Finally I'm stgarting to get the picture. I am newbie so everything has to be studied from the beginning... Takes time. Getting there. Little by little.
Have a Great Day !

Anbelle,

Just keep at it... the more you are online the more you will learn trust me. Make sure to keep visiting this forum to in order to keep learning. You may have a billion questions... most of them have been answered on this forum.

[websitemoneynow]

Make sure your website url in your resource box is clickable :P this could cause a lower clickthru rate

[lpstoops]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Louis

I don't think so as long as it is legit. Remember the whole purpose of an article is to get traffic to your webpage which then of course can possibly lead to a sale. So the better the article the better chance of that happening. I have found that article marketing is the best way to get potential buyers because you can gain your readers trust. With the knowledge you can present to someone in an article you can really convert people who are thinking about buying a product they are interested in - to actually buying that product they are interested in.

I agree with Jeffrey, as long as the software you're using is quality, you should be fine. The most challenging site I've found to deal with is EZA; they don't accept every article for many different reasons. This may pose as a problem with software. What I usually do, is create an article selectively for EZA because they get better traffic, and higher quality readers. Then I'll create another article for the other directories because it's easer to get it accepted there, and I'm really looking for linking power from those.

I'm not saying to do this, I'm just saying that's what I do, and seems to work pretty well. Jeffrey's strategy it top notch!

[kristinecpa]

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

I like the idea of linking back to similar EZA articles you've written as another Warrior suggested. You're still creating backlinks by pointing to your other EZA articles, and if the reader does click through, they won't get annoyed at clicking through to the exact same article they were just reading. Won't this be just as effective?

Seems like this strategy would be even more effective because you're getting the backlinks, but you're also pointing your readers to even more great content created by you. Am I missing something?

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by Yogini

Jeffrey,

I have done this with just one directory but will add a few more. Do you use both anchor text as well as a plain http: link? I think some people just copy/paste so people recommend using a plain http link also without anchor text. I wouldn't do that for the eza link but for one's main site.

Do the sites you listed above all allow for 3 links (ie 2 with anchor text and one plain http w/o anchor text)?

Deb

My EZA resource boxes have two links in my resource box. For example lets use your plr ebooks on dating and loneliness URL in your forum signature cause it looks like you are selling those:

"There's no choice when it comes to the dating and loneliness niche. If you do not know what you are talking about people will no. Make the easy and wise decision and check out our selection of private label rights ebooks. It is a great price, and top notch quality you can not go wrong by checking them out.

Expand you online empire by visiting http://www.socialsitesmarketing.com/salespage2.html"

.... or something like that.

EZA only allows two links... not sure if it is in their guidelines or not but I've tried putting in a third a couple of times and they just make me re-write the resource box OR they fix it themselves and publish it for me.

I hope I was able to answer your questions.

P.S. You should change the name of that .html file... if I saw something say salespage2.html I would click away. Just my thoughts.

[Yogini]

Hi Jeffery,

My question about the 3 links was actually about the 10 sites that link to ezinearticles. I know doing this is ok for goarticles (ie 2 links with anchor texts and one that is plain http. Do you know if that's true for the other 9 sites that link to the eza? PS Good point about the url of one of my plr ebooks but it's already in search engines so I don't want to change things.

Debbie

[profitgenie]

Hi Jeffrey

Great post, articles i have written have not been getting the exposure i would have liked. I will give your method a try. I would assume after waiting a week you can submit your article to as many directories as possible to increase the links even more?

PG

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by Yogini

Hi Jeffery,

My question about the 3 links was actually about the 10 sites that link to ezinearticles. I know doing this is ok for goarticles (ie 2 links with anchor texts and one that is plain http. Do you know if that's true for the other 9 sites that link to the eza? PS Good point about the url of one of my plr ebooks but it's already in search engines so I don't want to change things.

Debbie

Debbie,

The other article directories have different limitations. Not all of them even let you put more then one link. If this is the case point that one link to your EZA article.

-Jeff

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by profitgenie

Hi Jeffrey

Great post, articles i have written have not been getting the exposure i would have liked. I will give your method a try. I would assume after waiting a week you can submit your article to as many directories as possible to increase the links even more?

PG

Yes you can submit it to as many article directories as possible because you will never be penalized for it. The reason I listed the ones in the post is because I don't want anyone to be wasting there time. After submitting your article to those directories you should have enough quality backlinks that you should not need to worry about that article anymore... If you would like to keep submitting an article to more after that though it will not hurt you so go right ahead. It should only help!

[Wade_Louis]

Warriors,

Just so you all know this method is really effective. I have been using it for sometime now and it works.

Wade

[tess47]

Jeffrey,

About how long after you submit your article to all of these directories does it take for your EZA article to start ranking higher? Just curious. I have been using your system for about a week now, and I did notice one of my old articles is showing back up near the top of page 2.

Thanks for this information!

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by tess47

Jeffrey,

About how long after you submit your article to all of these directories does it take for your EZA article to start ranking higher? Just curious. I have been using your system for about a week now, and I did notice one of my old articles is showing back up near the top of page 2.

Thanks for this information!

Tess,

No problem. I'm glad you are seeing the benefits. It makes me feel good that I was able to help someone out!

To answer your question, it depends on the keyword you are trying to market in the EZA article.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by Wade_Louis

Warriors,

Just so you all know this method is really effective. I have been using it for sometime now and it works.

Wade

The power that an EZA article has with quality backlinks is outstanding. Glad to hear you are doing well.

[bhuff85]

Started implementing this technique to quite a few of my articles.

Going to be redoing the resource box of over 200 already submitted articles across several sites. I've been trying to link them to different articles too, so that way if someone DOES click on the EZA link, they will go to an article I wrote in the same niche, but different article.

I'll probably see more results once I really get going, but thanks again for sharing this tip!

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by trippmarxx

Started implementing this technique to quite a few of my articles.

Going to be redoing the resource box of over 200 already submitted articles across several sites. I've been trying to link them to different articles too, so that way if someone DOES click on the EZA link, they will go to an article I wrote in the same niche, but different article.

I'll probably see more results once I really get going, but thanks again for sharing this tip!

Good luck! This is going to be a process for you... let me know how it goes

[kentuckyslone]

It sounds like it would be worth trying. I have many articles that are only on EA and I already have everything on notepad files.

[lpstoops]

already getting great traffic from these techniques.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by lpstoops

already getting great traffic from these techniques.

Right on! Glad to hear that - and that I was successful in my way of showing you how I did this!

[michaelbeauchamp]

Hey, good idea. Thanks for the tip. I hadn't thought of linking back like that.

Do the other article directories ever object to it?

Cheers,

Michael

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by michaelbeauchamp

Hey, good idea. Thanks for the tip. I hadn't thought of linking back like that.

Do the other article directories ever object to it?

Cheers,

Michael

The other article directories do not mind as long as it is your content you are putting on there. Search engines also do not penalize you for having articles on duplicate sites.

The EZA article just gets helped a lot.

[kennick]

Great post Jeffrey! One question for beginners. Is is possible to give us an idea of what makes a great resource box?

[gr8tocre8]

Jeffrey,
Thank you so much for sharing this great technique with us, I will definitely implement it.

I really want to acknowledge your generosity here. The marketing secret you're giving away for free here is something a LOT of other people would try to charge at least $20 for by doing a WSO. It speaks volumes about you that you share it without asking for anything in return - I'm sure it will come back to you in multitudes!

Thanks again, you rocketh!

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by kennick

Great post Jeffrey! One question for beginners. Is is possible to give us an idea of what makes a great resource box?

Here is a little guideline I use for my resource boxes:

I try to cover these 5 areas in my resource box. (1) Say there is no reason they should have the problem your trying to help. (2) Give a call to action like click here and say if you click here you will get rid of the problem. (3) Tell the reader that there is more to learn about their problem. (4) Then I try to include the keyword I'm using in my article and give a call out to try to get people to come to the page. (5) Then I try to say something like: everyones doing it, or join everyone else or something like that.

Hope that helps

[jayden.fellze]

Your information was good. But I have doubts about the duplication of the article. What happens if the article does not invite enough traffic because it was put on the site earlier also? Now, you would have made only some changes and what does it matter to the readers since very minor changes would have been made and otherwise it remains the same? Sorry, I don't really understand how you guarantee it works.

[cherman]

I used to write all my articles, but I just don't have the time anymore. I had a hard time moving toward hiring out because I liked having control of my content. However, it's worked out for me, especially now that I have much more $ than time. I've had no problems with my ghostwritten articles. I guess it's a matter of choice. One suggestion off the top of my head is to try and get a referral to a writer, as there are many charlatans out there who will gladly take your money but who will not deliver what they promised!

Maybe this is a bit off topic. Sorry.

Anyway, Jeffrey, let us know when your ebook is done! I'm sure you will have A LOT of good information to share.

Thanks for taking the time to post your lesson AND to be so active in answering questions!

Clint

[Mark Coverdale]

OK.

I went ahead and implemented the technique on the article I mentioned earlier in the thread.

Its just one article but I really wanted to see what happened.

The competition in quotes is 14,600 for the keyword I am targeting.
It gets about 900 searches a day.

Most of the sites on the first page are authority sites so I never liked my chances of getting number 1 with an article.

When I submitted my article it bounced a bit and the highest I seen it was 31. Sometimes it wasn't there at all. I submitted to the other directories except for acs because I couldn't find a catagory that fit my article. It seemed like it was for more complicated subjects.

I checked the keyword about 20 minutes ago and there was my article, on page 1, number 5 to be exact. I was stoked. I'm not getting to excited because I know what google is like. I will give it time to settle and see if it sticks. I will take number 5 on google for a keyword that gets 900 searches a day any day of the week.

The thing that has me stumped is without quotes I'm at number 5, page 1, with quotes I'm on page 5. What does that mean?

Anyway, so far I think this method definately works and I will be implementing it with all my articles.

Well done Jeffrey!! Great info!!

[robseko]

Thanks Mark. Your experience is a boost in faith for some of us.
Jeffrey many thanks for your willingness to share!

Robert

[Jigar Banker]

Here's another article you might enjoy...

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

Not mine.

[Jeffrey Louis]

Originally Posted by dave j

Hey Jeffrey,

This is some nice info - I got stung by the duplicate content rule or whatever it is when i first started because I was putting the same articles on EZA, a blog and a squidoo page without changing them.. I had no idea at the time. Cheers

Dave,

You should try it again. Only submit your articles to EZA first and then put it on the other pages. I would not duplicate an article and put it on your blog however because you may get punished in the search engines. Just duplicate your article on other article directories. You will get the backlinks you need to pass up your competition.

If you love your article and you feel you must put it on your Squidoo page then change it up so it is different. I hope that helps.

Jeffrey