Blogging or articles: which offers greater value?

by DavidO

Posted: 14 years ago 24 replies

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I've had generally good results publishing articles over the years. My articles provide backlinks and traffic and also offer the bonus of pre-selling.

But recently I started a blog in a subdirectory of my site and I haven't written an article since. I enjoy the more casual tone of blogging and I've been able to publish new posts regularly.

This is in contrast to my experience with articles. I tend to get bogged down in technical detail and my style can be a bit stiff. The result is that I'm not able to produce articles anywhere near as frequently as I do blog posts. And it's about as enjoyable as getting a tooth pulled!

So my question is what is the relative value of blog posts versus articles?

I'm sure the most sensible strategy is to continue writing articles at least once in a while but I'd be happier to just concentrate on blogging if I could.

Any advice will be much appreciated!

#articles #blogging #greater #offers

JayXtreme 14 years ago

Publish the articles on your blog and then send them to the article directories...

So... my answer would be both
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Caleb Spilchen

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

It's all the same thing, really, to me.

My blog posts are articles. I post them all on my own blogs/sites first, and then submit them to EZA (after they've been indexed on my own property, of course), and then to half a dozen other good-ish article directories.

Effectively, these days, there isn't any difference between a "site" and a "blog", because all the leading blogging software producers include static page facilities, and you can make a "non-blog site" which looks nothing like a "blog" (but can still be updated regularly and therefore get plenty of Google attention) using "blogging software" to do so.

Alexa,

I viewed this thread because I saw your name, your posts are always good.

Anyways... Do you find that promoting them to ezine gets you better results or any at all?

Caleb Spilchen
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Caleb Spilchen

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Yes, I do very well out of EZA.

My primary aim in submitting my articles to EZA (and to a much lesser extent to some other directories, too) is for other people to take from EZA and re-publish them on their own sites and/or in their newsletters/ezines. This way, I'm getting other people doing some of my off-page SEO for me, and it's where the real money is, in "article marketing".

But I do also get some traffic and sales directly from having articles in EZA, too - as well as backlinks, of course.

Ahh I see - That does give me some new ideas for blogging, a nice way to get a good amount of backlinks.

If it's an affiliate product, would you suggest putting both your blog link, and the affiliate link in the resource line on EZA.

Thanks for answering.

Caleb Spilchen

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Will Edwards

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Yes, I do very well out of EZA.

My primary aim in submitting my articles to EZA - and to a much lesser extent to some other directories, too - is for other people to take them from EZA (this is why article directories exist) and re-publish them on their own sites and/or in their newsletters/ezines. This way, I'm getting exposure in front of their targeted audiences, and other people doing some of my off-page SEO for me, and it's where the real money is, in "article marketing".

But I do also get some traffic and sales directly from having articles in EZA, too - as well as backlinks, of course.

Hi Alexa

Do you post under your own name at EZA or another identity?

Cheers,

Will

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Caleb Spilchen 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Will Edwards

Hi Alexa

Do you post under your own name at EZA or another identity?

Cheers,

Will

She posts under an alias that we can't know... Imagine how much she'll get ezine stalked, after being warrior-stalked.

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JayXtreme 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Will Edwards

Hi Alexa

Do you post under your own name at EZA or another identity?

Cheers,

Will

lol.. With her quality, and high standard of writing, that would be very silly...
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- Will Edwards 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by JayXtreme
  
  lol.. With her quality, and high standard of writing, that would be very silly...
  
  Not necessarily, I post under my own name. I also give away lots of top-quality information from my main site. It would be very easy for someone to reverse-engineer my business.
  
  I accept that like many other people, Alexa may take a different view: that's why I asked the question, but thanks for your reply anyway.
  
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  Will Edwards 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  LOL, I have 8 different names there, at the moment, for articles in 8 different niches.
  
  Thanks - that's all I was asking.
  
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  Caleb Spilchen 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  LOL, I have 8 different names there, at the moment, for articles in 8 different niches. I'm quietly developing "dissociative identity syndrome".
  
  LOL, I only have 2
  
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sousen

14 years ago

Blogging and Article marketing booth are Good do mixed up published few on yru blog nd few on ezine

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Matt Morgan

14 years ago

As blog posts can be articles, and many people make their posts articles you can try that.

'How to' articles, and 'The top 10 ways' lists work great. They get the reader interested aslong as they are related to your niche.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Matt Morgan

I swear by "How-to" articles, although I do have articles in other formats, as well. Some of my "How-to" articles have been viewed thousands of times in a short period of time.

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Matt Morgan

14 years ago

Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x

I swear by "How-to" articles, although I do have articles in other formats, as well. Some of my "How-to" articles have been viewed thousands of times in a short period of time.

Nice results!

These can work in most niches, even if it is: How to___ (solve a mini small problem)

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bretski 14 years ago

I do kind of the same thing as Alexa... my blog posts are articles in a subdirectory off of my main site. I want to get more casual in my writing style and hope this will help my speed and readability but that's neither here nor there.

I post to my "blog" then EZA (yes, under one of many pen names) and then to about 10 article directories that I like. The EZA articles point back to my site and the others point to the product landing page. I know...I know, Alexa! I need to get into building a list and have some faith! I'm not good with change and I get ascared!
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- tgro03 14 years ago
  
  In a perfect world I'd say do both, but if you just don't enjoy writing the articles and you do enjoy writing blog posts than stick with the posts. You'll be more likely to write the amount of posts you need. Stick with the thing that you enjoy doing and you'll do it more often.
  
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David Jackson 14 years ago

Blogging or Articles: Which offers greater value?

It's not a question of either, or. You should do both, because they both offer value.

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JayXtreme 14 years ago

You might find this thread a VERY interesting read:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...eza-first.html

It's a very long thread, but some very wise words shared and lots of great strategy from some top warriors

Peace

Jay
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Trucker 14 years ago

I prefer going for Blogs when it comes to putting Articles in them. Blogs are an effective medium which offers a large variety of customizing features, fully established control panel, ability of generate traffic to one's site.

If a word comes about Articles, then there is a common feeling that Good Content brings huge traffic to the site only when we put good matter to it.

Better allows blogs to attract community of users as they are getting aware with some new identity
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Mohammad Afaq 14 years ago

I only have 2 names on the internet.

Mohammad Afaq is my real name and I use it for IM and personal stuff online.

______________ is my pen name and I use this over the 30 or 40 niche markets I am in

So if I release one of my sites, a person can find all of my sites and I don't want this to happen because haters can easily post negative comments on my sites and harm my business.

That's why I still haven't posted a WSO
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Ellen Violette 14 years ago

I agree with JayXtreme but I would add that blogs work faster. Articles take time in my experience. But one of the things I like about Ezine Articles is they tell you which articles are most read and they give you the keywords too. Then you can use those ideas and keywords to write more articles and create products around them. Very cool!
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