I Spend 3 hours On Every Article I Write

Sounds like a good method but only if you have a list that is looking for new information all the time.

Most people here i suspect are just looking for the one time sale in most niches and proving the information to them on their main money site and prior to that just getting traffic in.

However still this can be used in alot of situations so thanks.

Tom Brite

The whole procedure seems to be interesting, but the article needs to be changed or rewritten many a times. Will it be helpful in SEO terms?

I totally agree, Alan. Great post!

Tom's point about people wanting the quick buck is true, too, of course, but I'd rather have articles out there for the long haul that are both solidly SEO'd and written with the reader in mind. To me, this is a two-pronged attack that is more likely to go the distance.

What I mean is that if you do a bit of keyword research first and use that to make a framework for the sections of your article, alternative headings, alternative resource boxes, etc. as well as digging up an LSI report and sprinkling those through the article, and then taking the most trafficked keywords (direct and from your LSI list) and adding them to the tags on your blog and the social sites, etc., you're going to get a fair bit of bang for your SEO buck over time, I reckon. But what would I know? I'm not an SEO dude.

Also, if you write your articles so that they're actually useful and interesting to people, then I'd wager that readers are more likely to bookmark them, pass them around, link to them, etc. And ezine publishers are more likely to pick them up and reprint them in their newsletters, post them on their blogs, etc. Remember, what those publishers republish reflects on them in some way, too! So I wouldn't expect my junky, keyword-stuffed, quasi-gobbledegook, limp lettuce article to be republished by anyone with any kind of targetted list in that niche.

You might get a quick sale or two from something you've thrown up on an article directory or your blog for trending keywords or even evergreen keywords, but that's all you're likely to get (for the most part). [If I'm wrong, I'm all ears!]

How many articles have you read that don't actually have anything of real value or insight to offer, but you find yourself skimming and if the resource box is compelling enough, you click through?

Those kinds of articles are like a plague. And they're the good ones using that "pump out half a dozen a day" approach! The vast majority of articles I see at article directories are insipid and vacuous at best or garbage that boggles the brain as to how it was ever accepted.

Of course, I could well be wrong about the efficacy of the "pump 'em out" approach because I've not gone down that road. If I am wrong, I'd really like for someone to weigh in and tell me how it actually is. [Really. I'm not being sarcastic.]

My take on the matter is that even if I'm writing under a pen name and I'm building up a niche site, I want to build a kind of "mini-reputation" so that people to come back to the site or at the very least click around and read other articles while they're there... and, ultimately, build up a sense that I know what I'm talking about and that I can answer their questions.

Then... when I dangle that opt-in carrot in front of them, they're more likely to give me a shot, to see what more I've got to say and whether I can help with whatever they're looking for.

Then I've turned a casual visitor into someone who, over time, is more likely to buy my recommendations more than once -- as long as I continue to provide useful and interesting information.

Frankly, I think that's worth a little more effort. Like anything else in this game (or, indeed, anything we do in life), a bit more work upfront is (without being silly and needing to have absolutely every duck in a row, with the appropriate colour plumage, and just the right turn of head, etc.), in my opinion, going to pay more dividends over the long term.

But, as I said, I could be wrong. I'm far from any kind of article marketing expert. Just wanted to echo that this approach is the same kind as that which I take and to expand on why.

Best,
TheNightOwl

I have tried writing 4-5 articles a day
and I nearly burned out.

I have decided to post one blog a day which
is the article I submit using an article submission software.

No squidoo, hubpages, etc. Just do not see the point
spending all that time.

Igor

Thanks for sharing this Alan. However, I have a query- you said you don't submit the article to EZA- what's the reason?

Thanks in advance

CopyWarrior - Errrr....Did I really say that?

I corrected the sentence. Thanks for pointing that out. Don't want to give the wrong information to people.

I agree with your article marketing method, especially about posting it to your blog first and then sending it to your list (assuming you have one). I think too often people get hung up on mass submitting.

thanks for the advice, now if only i could write better...haha

i'll give it a try though.

I have been doing the same similar thing - although I have yet to start building a list which is what my next challenge will be.

I start with researching the keywords, then I devote the day to writing a really good article, with a great title, summary, body and bio box (keywords filled appropriately throughout) - and then I will submit it to my own site first, then my blog, social book mark these, then add to a few article directories. All pointing back to my own website.

The only thing I change about the article is the summaries, and occasionally the bio box. Then i will slightly rewrite the article and post to hubpages. Along with also submitting to squidoo.

All in all this takes me about 3 - 4 hours. I find it has worked much better for me rather than writing 5 a day - which I have done before. It gets me bored real quick!

The only thing with this is that it can take a bit of time (I have found) to get on the first page of Google but when you social book mark I have found that I get on the first page with in a few hours.

Just my experience so far

Thank you for the advice - I have done some minor article marketing but did not think to put the article on my blogs first before submitting them to article sites.

Do you find it difficult to write more than two or three articles on the same topic in one day? Although I have been writing ebooks and articles for more than ten years I start to get really edgy by the time I try and come up with the fifth unique way of saying something.

Thanks for the advice though - I will give it a try.
Best wishes
Lisa

I would like to say thanks for posting this useful tips alan i hope i can applied this method to promote my blogs one day.

The notion that you have to write a ton of articles and never stop is far too prevalent... and can be completely wrong. I say "can be" because for those who genuinely enjoy writing, it's not such a chore to crank out several per day. More power to 'em.

But I and I'm sure many of you don't have that kind of patience or love for the act of writing. The OP has a good strategy for getting the most out of fewer articles. Excellent advice!

What I do is spend the bulk of my time on keyword research. Once you learn how to find the "right" keywords to target in your niche, the article marketing playbook changes drastically. It's no longer about quantity.

As an example, I have an EZA account (one of several) in which I have 42 articles that I wrote using the old "quantity" model. Some of them are within the last year, and several are up to 4-5 years old now. The total number of Page Views - or number of times the articles have been read - is about 40,000. These are articles that I wrote mostly without much attention to keywords. They're good articles (well most of them), but they were not written with a clear strategy in mind.

Under that same EZA account, I have one article I wrote 4 months ago using a pen name. The difference is, I did proper keyword research and found a really great one for that niche. In just 4 months, it has gotten about 3,300 Page Views.

The point is, learn how to research keywords, THEN write articles. You'll work smarter, not harder, and get the same (even better) results.

John

Hi Alan,

Great tips and post. I don't submit article everyday.