Do you have any success with Ezine Articles ?

11 years ago

I've never really use EzineArticles a ton for actual traffic, mainly just because the articles get syndicated so quickly. I would definitely not depend solely on their website for getting traffic but I'm sure Alexa Smith will be by soon to drop some pointers for you

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ajbarnes777

11 years ago

Don't rely on EZA (or any other directory) for direct traffic. Just use it as a medium to potentially get your content syndicated.

However, if you are in a sexuality niche, you can still do pretty good with traffic there. Just look at the view counts in the Relationships and Mens Health categories. That being said, I still wouldn't depend on the traffic there (especially since a lot of that traffic is probably other marketers).

Bottom line, focus on syndication. The moment you go down that path of trying to get traffic from an article directory, you'll be in a dark, frustrating, and very miserable place. Trust me, I've been there!

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Paul Hooper-Kelly

11 years ago

Hi Guys and Gals,

I've used EA for many years and have found a marked difference in the response, depending on what niche I'm writing for.

For example, I'm active in the alternative health niche and this gets a far better clickthrough rate than internet marketing articles.

However, the world has moved on and you're likely get a better response nowadays from guest blogging, where you create a unique article for the owner of a high traffic blog or web site.

A good place to start with this would be the folks who have already taken your articles from EA.

Because it proves:
1. They are looking for outside content.
2. They like your writing.

So this gives you some common ground with which to make contact.

The way to find where you articles have been syndicated to is to put the exact title (in quotes) into Google. Then check the Alexa traffic stats for the sites you find to see if they get decent levels of traffic. If you're producing a unique article for them, you want to be sure it's worth your while!

Warmest regards,

Paul

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rorshach 11 years ago

When I was just starting out I wrote about 10 articles ( all photography related). About a month after I posted them on EA one of them got syndicated and I earned about $200 from that. It's not much but if you're just starting out it feels like a million dollars

Thanks for writing those posts Alexa, they helped me a lot!
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- JohnMcCabe 11 years ago
  
  Let's put it this way...
  
  Trying to drive conversions from any article directory (and, IMO, EZA is still the best one) is like trying to drive a heavy spike with a screwdriver. Hammer away at it long enough, and you may sink the nail, but it's hardly efficient.
  
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Backlinko

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Hooper-Kelly

However, the world has moved on and you're likely get a better response nowadays from guest blogging, where you create a unique article for the owner of a high traffic blog or web site.

This is the best advice in the thread.

EZA is SOOOOO 2009. That ship sailed after Panda dropped.

There are 1000 better ways to generate traffic than EZA...guest blogging being one of the better ones.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Auctiondebteliminator

Why anyone would give content away since Panda is beyond me.

Beyond you, apparently, but not beyond large and increasing numbers of us here who make our livings and build our businesses that way (all the more profitably and productively since the additional benefits to article marketers arising from the Panda updates, as so many of us have been explaining here for over a year and a half, now).

Originally Posted by Backlinko

There are 1000 better ways to generate traffic than EZA...

Undoubtedly. Nobody's suggesting otherwise, but you seem - somewhere along the line - to have missed the point that EZA isn't a way of generating traffic from EZA at all, and was never intended to be.

That isn't what article directories are for.

This thread may help you both, guys (but only if you're willing to read it rather than posting all this nonsense!

): http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5068872

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seregap

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Beyond you, apparently, but not beyond large and increasing numbers of us here who make our livings and build our businesses that way (all the more profitably and productively since the additional benefits to article marketers arising from the Panda updates, as so many of us have been explaining here for over a year and a half, now).

yeah thats why internet is full of case studies of people sharing their experience, success and earnings with guest blogging and 0 case studies from "large and increasing numbers" of yous whose stuff got syndicated all over the place from eza.

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