My Results After One Month of Intense Article Marketing

[scene4u]

Originally Posted by sree94

Or at least I think it's intense. 200 articles was pretty intense for me

I recently bought a WSO that said to write 10 articles a day for a month. The author said after that time, he made $3000

I was unable to write that many. My article count stands at 200. I made $855.

I am happy about that, since it is double what I have made in any other month since I began IM back in February.

I must say, writing that many articles was exhausting! And it seems as if I need to be cranking them out everyday. Plus, this gives me little time to do anything else with IM (link building, social bookmarking, expanding on niches)

I really want to expand this business to be in the thousands per month. Any ideas?

Now that you making more money you can begin to outsource some of the article writing to give yourself time to focus on the other tasks.

[kkchoon1]

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[Kingshouse]

Originally Posted by sree94

No, I have not.

I know I should, although my niches are not really geared toward list building

Great stuff!

I really can't think of a niche not suitable for listbuilding - except you tell us of course.

In the meantime I think with a list you will make more money.

You will be leveraging your traffic. Look at this way, if everone that came to your website bought from you you would have made 3-5 times more than $855 which is no small matter. You must do something about those not buying.

So build a list...start now

K

[sree94]

Originally Posted by Kingshouse

Great stuff!

I really can't think of a niche not suitable for listbuilding - except you tell us of course.

In the meantime I think with a list you will make more money.

You will be leveraging your traffic. Look at this way, if everone that came to your website bought from you you would have made 3-5 times more than $855 which is no small matter. You must do something about those not buying.

So build a list...start now

K

I probably should just start a new thread, considering how long ago I started this one.

I have started building a list, and am now outsourcing some of the article writing

[Anwar-Ibrahim-Rules]

bro sometimes your niche will affect ur article writing etc ..i had written few articles before until i realize that there's not much demand in the niche or the niche is overcrowded and full with 'experts'..or the field is not desperate enough to buy or do anything except for reading in quick glance and proceeding surfing the net..so it's fairly hard to convince people to buy from us, own products or affiliate..i learnt the hard way 1-2 years before untill i found that very little niche with 100-200 searches per day, sometimes less but the pay out is really big..the best is the niche that no one else is raving about...it's a challenge for most of all, yeah i've been told million times before, sell in the sellable market but the more i want to sell, the more i get frustrated by it..

but the good news is once you've located ur unique niche, that little darn thing that everyone was searching for, u don't have to write like crazy anymore..just maintain blogs and a well crafted copy writing skills will earn you money

hey i'm no expert, just sharing with you and others .. IMHO, most people including me stuck in niches that are not for us ... i wish u'll find it as well

[SuperSand]

Great man! - I used to have that guts but failed. 200 is massive!
Building list is great but i used to heard some successful internet marketer just build and leave their website with out building list. Anyway better be safe right?

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by sree94

I probably should just start a new thread, considering how long ago I started this one.

I have started building a list, and am now outsourcing some of the article writing

This is great inspiration to all newbies

For all the newbies out there, what sree94 did here is the contrary to what every IM beginner or newbie does, which is lack of focus and action.

They never stick to anything and just keep on buying the next best product.

If you stick to a plan of action that works and don't buy the next best thing, I guarantee you will make money like sree94 did.

[ragnartm]

I'm cranking out an amazing 0$, I'm getting like 30+ subscribers weekly though, I just need to get a real OTO up, and find a few products to reccomend. As for the whole article marketing thing I have made a total of 0$ as of now but I haven't really had the time to get started.

[GeorgR.]

>>
I must say, writing that many articles was exhausting!
>>
doesn't really exhaust me since the key is outsourcing
Check here on the forum, on DP or at BHW....

Lots of services which do HQ work + submission for ridiculous low prices. I just ordered 6 articles and i paid $50, this includes massive submission. $50 well spent, IMHO.

[Marhelper]

That is a great accomplishment but as it has been said - build a list! Also, you will continue to have sales trickle in over time as well. Keep up the great work.

[JWB]

Great Job !!!

I was doing one article a day and thought that was good....I gotta get to your level....again great determination and fortitude!!!!

[rdmorrow]

Great job, I hope my articles will do as good as yours, Thanks.

[Rick67]

Originally Posted by Mike Hill

As a matter of fact I do... Mine

I'll pm you...

Mike Hill

PM me too! Thank you!
Rick

[lordgalex]

200 articles...!! That awesome..!!!

[Rick67]

I ran across this guy by accident.

Go to EzineArticles and search for author Ian Pennington. Look at his profile. He's gone from 500 articles to 652 articles since I looked a couple of weeks ago.

He writes about a large variety of subjects, many unrelated. Go to one of his artlcles and click on his links to go to his Adsense website.

All his websites look the same and are formatted the same except for the graphic header as far as I can tell.

I think he has some RSS feeds into his wordpress blogs also.

I find what he does very interesting and somewhat of a model to study. I wonder how he's doing money wise!

It seems like he has a Wordpress template setup with Adsense that he just copies from one domain to another then fills it with content.

Has anyone heard of him or know what 'guru' he is probably following?

Hopefully we can learn something by observation!

Thanks,
Rick

[lpstoops]

Originally Posted by Ernie Lonardo

Well done on taking action!

Have you considered using an article mixer or whatever theyre called. You could double the amount of articles with a click of the mouse

Article spinners don't really work that well. Many use synonyms for word to replace, but the meaning of the article is lost. Even most don't deal well with the spiders.

If anyone has a different experience, I'd love to know about it. I hate writing articles, but it's super profitable in this market.

[mbealmear]

Originally Posted by Mike Hill

As a matter of fact I do... Mine

I'll pm you...

Mike Hill

I would like to have that info too please.
I have a list and squeeze page for one niche but I need them for my other niche's.
I paid to have the first one done and I would like to do this one myself.

Thank you for your help and expertise!

Amanda

[Shane Bryan]

This thread has definitely been an inspiration to me! I just finished reading all the way through it. Learned quite a bit.

I'm just getting started with articles. In fact I just signed up for an EzineArticles account 3 days ago.

I have a question that I didn't see covered in the thread. Obviously, EzineArticles is the premier place to post your article. A lot of stuff I've read says to post your article to as many article directories as possible.

1. Is this really necessary?
2. Can you post the same article to more than one directory without being penalized for duplicate content?
3. If I do need to post a unique article to each directory, should I just stick with EzineArticles since Google is so fond of them?

Maybe some of the more experienced members here could share some of their posting techniques with us.

Thanks,

Shane

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Shane Bryan

I have a question that I didn't see covered in the thread. Obviously, EzineArticles is the premier place to post your article. A lot of stuff I've read says to post your article to as many article directories as possible.

1. Is this really necessary?
2. Can you post the same article to more than one directory without being penalized for duplicate content?
3. If I do need to post a unique article to each directory, should I just stick with EzineArticles since Google is so fond of them?

1. Not neccessary, it just adds an extra punch.
2. Yes, no duplicate content penalty for that. The duplicate content pentalty applies ONLY if you submit the same content under the same domain.
3. Yes, EZA first always, not because of duplicate content, but because EZA only allows unique articles.

For more information visit this thread: Article Marketing 101 - Everything You Need To Know About Article Marketing In One Place!

[cullenpowell]

Look into other methods of generating traffic and get the hell out of article marketing! (that's my advice) Complete waste of time if you ask me *flame suit on*

[Jack.SEO.Specialist]

there are software's out there that spins articles but don't seem it works. whats best are the original articles written from deep thinkers. Its the best one

[Mike Hill]

Originally Posted by sree94

No, I have not.

I know I should, although my niches are not really geared toward list building

Every niche is geared towards list building... Think outside the box.

Mike Hill

[bhuff85]

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

1. Not neccessary, it just adds an extra punch.
2. Yes, no duplicate content penalty for that. The duplicate content pentalty applies ONLY if you submit the same content under the same domain.
3. Yes, EZA first always, not because of duplicate content, but because EZA only allows unique articles.

Your second statement is true, but wherever you posted that article first will really be the only one that shows up in the search engine rankings.

[sree94]

Originally Posted by Mike Hill

Every niche is geared towards list building... Think outside the box.

Mike Hill

This thread is SO old, since I posted it I have built a list for ALL my websites.

Only one sale has resulted from them though, but I know it's still a good idea

[Merlinthecat]

Hello

Has anyone tried Constant Contact for list building and marketing?

Nigel

[bhuff85]

Originally Posted by sree94

This thread is SO old, since I posted it I have built a list for ALL my websites.

Only one sale has resulted from them though, but I know it's still a good idea

Just keep testing and tweaking....

Also, make sure you pack your list with tons of value. I ALWAYS give out tons of free tips or free ebooks, etc. It's all about building a relationship with your list.

The better the relationship, the more they will return to buy from you. It's that simple.

[Nato Guajardo]

Originally Posted by sree94

This thread is SO old, since I posted it I have built a list for ALL my websites.

Only one sale has resulted from them though, but I know it's still a good idea

Great Job! Keep it up. Are you selling your own products?

[WinsonYeung]

Great work, 10 articles a day is really tiring for me....
But anyway, hard works paid off in the eventually

[MuayThaiGuy]

What's nice about that is the fact that the payoff for those 200 articles you wrote doesn't stop at $855 ..

Perhaps they'll make you around $850 a month .. every month ..
And you can keep writing more and more and build that up even further

[sree94]

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

I had kind of gotten away from the article marketing, and my sales dropped as a result

Today I have submitted a bunch of articles, and had my third $100 day so far.

Keep submitting articles folks. Article traffic is so good that I'm not even that concerned with SEO anymore

[tiger325]

keep cranking them out..just do whatever you are doing now x 10

[Scott Million]

Originally Posted by sree94

I really want to expand this business to be in the thousands per month. Any ideas?

Train a writer from Elance.com to do what you do and have them do 80 articles for $10 ($800)...then you'll be doing 280 articles a month...keep doing that and in 2-4 months you won't be writing a word.

Eventually you'll have 1000s of articles each month without writing any of them. At that point, train someone to do the keyword research and manage your article writer's work.

In a year or two you'll be hands-free and able to pursue whatever you wish.

Scott

[AlexKaplo]

Wow, some really great content in this thread amazing,

Mike and Tim you guy's should work on a article marketing eBook together seriously you guy's have massive amounts of knowledge, I'll be the first to purchase! It would be a real winner as I and many others barely know the secret formula to article marketing and I think guy's pretty much mastered it.

Best Regards,
-Alex Kaplo

[tanya7zhou]

Alright, My own two cents too.

What I am about to say, is what everyone has been saying more or less

KEEP ON WRITING ARTICLES, THEN
KEEP ON WRITING MORE ARTICLES, THEN
KEEP ON WRITING EVEN MORE ARTICLES, THEN
KEEP ON WRITING EVEN MORE MORE ARTICLES,

UNTIL.................

YOU KEEP ON WRITING EVEN MORE ARTICLES

It's Article writing non stop! Make sure, your articles are of GREAT QUALITY.......this is important. With IM, don't be worried about short term income.....focus on long term income and building a list of loyal clients who understand your language so to speak.

Also, with decent money you have, outsource your activities to article writers, then you can free your time to focus on strategising your business.

There are people out there waiting to read your material and get the help they need from you, so go out there and look for them.......virtually of coz

Good luck

[EdwardMoore]

Yes I agree with Cali16 and I am quick to unsubscribe from someone that sends at least 1 or more e-mails every day. That is just way too much. Now I do understand once in awhile even 2 or 3 days in a row with good interesting info that I need or as long as all emails aren't trying to get into my pocket.

Some of the big, so called, "Guru's", hammer you everyday (sometimes more than one aday) and all they want is to line their pockets with OUR money. I have no problem buying things from time to time, but at least give us some value for it.

Also, you catch more flys with honey than you do with vinegar. So, give your list GOOD and FREE info all the time and from time to time give them a FREE report, ebook, program or whatever, instead of all the time wanting them to buy every thing. In the end you will make way more money this way.

LOL, well ok enough for my rant on this. Continued good luck on your success!!!

To your health,
Edward Moore

[bhuff85]

Originally Posted by EdwardMoore

Yes I agree with Cali16 and I am quick to unsubscribe from someone that sends at least 1 or more e-mails every day. That is just way too much. Now I do understand once in awhile even 2 or 3 days in a row with good interesting info that I need or as long as all emails aren't trying to get into my pocket.

Some of the big, so called, "Guru's", hammer you everyday (sometimes more than one aday) and all they want is to line their pockets with OUR money. I have no problem buying things from time to time, but at least give us some value for it.

Also, you catch more flys with honey than you do with vinegar. So, give your list GOOD and FREE info all the time and from time to time give them a FREE report, ebook, program or whatever, instead of all the time wanting them to buy every thing. In the end you will make way more money this way.

LOL, well ok enough for my rant on this. Continued good luck on your success!!!

To your health,
Edward Moore

Good post Edward. I'm right there with you.

As long as you provide your list with tons of valuable content and cool it on the e-mails, you can slowly build a relationship that will last.

[Khalil Bashir]

Great job! I know your fingers must be hurting you, but at least you got to fill your pockets up with cash. I'm looking to increase my article marketing as well. Hopefully I can do as well as you have!

[MatthewBass]

Originally Posted by sree94

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

I had kind of gotten away from the article marketing, and my sales dropped as a result

Today I have submitted a bunch of articles, and had my third $100 day so far.

Keep submitting articles folks. Article traffic is so good that I'm not even that concerned with SEO anymore

So how many of your original 200 articles are still providing traffic, how many are providing back links and how many have dropped off the face of the earth?

[adpablo]

Wow! You just wrote 200 articles in one month! That´s really outstanding!....Keep the good work and you should be reaching the $3000/mth very soon....

[Warren Tattersall]

Remember that what you put up today could be there for 30 years!. $800 this month + effective money in the bank from income in future months on the same articles

[vikingtwin]

Great Job!!!!! I'm very impressed, you HAVE to be quite focused, and that's what matters most. Just keep on going, and it will build upon itself.

[dsanchez]

Yeah, writing articles is a must, not only for the money but especially for the links that you get which brings you traffic for life.

My friend, keep doing what you're doing and keep us posted on your progress. Congratulations, not everybody makes that kind of money online so soon.

Dagmar

[modikai]

are there any updates of your sales so far?

Are the original 200 articles are STILL bringing in sales?

I am about to attempt this myself...

Been putting it off for a long time now...

[Gregg Hall]

I can some it up in three words. Article Marketing Works.

I am in the top 10 at Ezine Articles and that is just for the articles written under my real name, not pen names. Hint - If you want to keep certain niches secret use a pen name!

Keep it up and BY ALL MEANS - Build a list

Gregg

[Ben_Curtis]

It's 1:30 am, and I just came over to the forum after submitting five articles to EzineArticles and Go Articles. It took me two hours to flesh them out (three were already done) and edit and load those babies up. You know, you hope you've done some good when you get finished! This thread has been immensely encouraging; thanks, all. I have only about 40 articles done this month, but I am gonna keep pluggin' at it, since so many of you have had such good success.
Anybody got an opinion on GoArticles? Am I wasting time there?

[Gregg Hall]

Ben,

GoArticles.com is a good place to submit to. Treat them like Ezine Articles, don't rely on autoposting software. Submit to them solo. They are a PR7 last I checked.

Gregg

Originally Posted by Ben_Curtis

It's 1:30 am, and I just came over to the forum after submitting five articles to EzineArticles and Go Articles. It took me two hours to flesh them out (three were already done) and edit and load those babies up. You know, you hope you've done some good when you get finished! This thread has been immensely encouraging; thanks, all. I have only about 40 articles done this month, but I am gonna keep pluggin' at it, since so many of you have had such good success.
Anybody got an opinion on GoArticles? Am I wasting time there?

[Adam Kenzington]

Originally Posted by Dana_W

And all right, I'll hang my head in shame and confess..I haven't built a list. I don't know, I have a site that tells people how to get into nursing school. Do what with a list?

Hey Dana,
Here's what I'd do with that list. Create a few articles/ebooks about how to study for/pass the exams more easily. What to expect once in nursing school and how to make the experience easier. How to find employment as a nurse once school is finished.

Make alliliate deals with nursing supply companies and then email the list with the best/economical place to purchase Nursing Uniforms, Comfortable Shoes, Supplies, etc...all through your affiliate links.

If you want to go "Black Hat" you could sell your list to Nursing related magazines, and industry journals, etc...

There alot of ways for you to benefit from your list. They bought/dealt with you once before, they will be inclined to do it again if you offer them something of value.

You may want to consider a nursing newsletter. The beauty of this is that you can get many contributors/writers by giving them a bi line. You could gather articles from other magazines and reference the source with a link back to the original article/magazine. Or you could use ezine article directories for content, too.

Sell advertising in your newsletter. The list goes on.

You are leaving lots of money on the table, here. Pick it up, darlin'! It's yours for the taking.

Adam

[Mark Coverdale]

Originally Posted by trippmarxx

Your second statement is true, but wherever you posted that article first will really be the only one that shows up in the search engine rankings.

I have submitted articles to Ezine and then submitted to other directories, linking back to the Ezine article, and had the others have shown up higher in google.

[DavidO]

First, congratulations! $855 in your first month is great andit will only get better. The great thing about articles is that they continue to pay off - they don't suddenly stop after the first month. Not every article will hit paydirt but I have articles that are still bringing me traffic and sales two years later.

However, I do have some criticism of one aspect of your method: 10 articles a day??? I know you read it in a WSO, which is supposedly expert advice, but I think quantity like that is absurd. It's not quantity that will bring you success but quality.

I commend you for even being able to produce 200 articles in one month but I don't agree with it. Assuming your writing on a single niche - nursing schools? - I take it for granted that you're repeating a lot of the same concepts over and over again. Not even the most original thinker can produce such a volume of original content.

Aside from the sheer impracticality of it, what kind of quality are you able to produce at that rate? If you produced consistently high quality I really admire you. In fact, you should become a professional writer!

The reality is more likely that you've got a few gems among a lot of mediocrity and/or repetition. Why not cut back the work load and concentrate on the few gems? You could polish them up even better.

There's another reason behind my criticism of this method: quality sells, not quantity. I achieve 4 primary things with my articles:

1. Search engine credit for original content by publishing my articles on my website first, then only on other sites after the page is indexed and I get the credit.

2. Backlinks.

3. Traffic from visitors clicking through to my site from my articles.

4. Preselling. A good article primes the reader and makes them easier to convert at your site.

Quantity may get you the first two benefits but it does not produce sales. Potential customers will not read mediocre articles and click through to your site. The few who do will not be presold.

Quality, on the other hand, produces all 4 benefits and leads directly to sales.

So I question the wisdom of this method but I still admire your accomplishment. Now you can back off a little and focus on high quality work that will bring you even more sales!

My second criticism only involves the advice from others: list building is just one tool among many forms of marketing. It's not the "be all and end all" that will doom you to failure if you don't do it. If you don't feel like it's your thing don't feel forced to do it. Maybe you will sometime down the road. Maybe never.

Just having a list will do nothing for you. You have to market correctly to that list and it's a very specific skill. I've tried it and it didn't work for me. I concentrate in other areas and I'm happy with the results.

[innocent07]

Originally Posted by sree94

Or at least I think it's intense. 200 articles was pretty intense for me

I recently bought a WSO that said to write 10 articles a day for a month. The author said after that time, he made $3000

I was unable to write that many. My article count stands at 200. I made $855.

I am happy about that, since it is double what I have made in any other month since I began IM back in February.

I must say, writing that many articles was exhausting! And it seems as if I need to be cranking them out everyday. Plus, this gives me little time to do anything else with IM (link building, social bookmarking, expanding on niches)

I really want to expand this business to be in the thousands per month. Any ideas?

How did you market with articles? wrote the articles and submitted to directories?

How many directories did you submit to in total + How many articles did you submit to each directory?