Article Marketing is not working Anymore! - I heard it last night. What to do?

I concur. I love it when 80% of the people put out crap. I bought a packet of PLR articles for Farmville and they sounded like a robot wrote them. No matter how hard I tried to spin them into something good, they just sucked. I like my own writing.

I found some good writers in the Philippines who write exactly like I want to sound. I have to make a few adjustments. However, most of the time, I just like my own style and words. I get a lot of traffic from article writing.

Avenuegirl! I laughed my A** off when I saw the blue and bolded part of your post! LOL !!!!!!!!

To the OP, the fact is, NOTHING is going to be too saturated in this world. Nothing! When I first started to get into a niche, I "HEARD" big name gurus saying that this niche is done and that niche is done with too many people going into that niche already.

Yet, I still went into the niche and I was so glad I did, because up until today, I am still making money on it !

Like Avenuegirl mentioned : "Be creative, write fresh content, do research, and learn some SEO in regards to what you need to do after you post an article."

Hope that gives you a clear clarification to justify on what you've heard elsewhere.

There are other things you can write about weight loss. Study the subject by reading the official health sites (not someone's sales stuff or articles in article directories). You can find a ton of material at sites run by the Diabetes Association, Heart and Stroke Foundation, National Institute of Health and others.

For example, go to NIH - Health Information and look for articles on weight loss, weight gain, obesity for more ideas. You could write about certain types of weight loss programs - if they work, why they work... what are the benefits to losing weight, what are the health issues related to being obese, what types of problems can cause people to gain weight, how do emotions cause weight gain...

There is a ton that you can write about without copying what's popular, ie: eat this diet to lose weight.

Educate yourself in your niche first and then you will be better able to help your readers to find a solution, rather than just throwing an affiliate link in their faces.

That is the key to successful article marketing. Build a following. Become the expert. No, of course you can't be the medical expert if you do not have medical training, but you certainly can learn a lot and pass it along. People start seeing your valuable advice and begin to trust you. Next thing you know, they're buying what you recommend.

That's how it works.

People who claim that article marketing does not work do not have a good grasp of how to make it work. They toss crap out there, hope people skim through and click their sales link. They want fast, easy sales, but it doesn't work like that.

You already have a lot of good advice here about using keywords and other considerations. Learn how to research keywords properly. Find those that you can compete on. Too much competition and you will struggle to come out on top. Look for keywords with less competition but still high searches. Make them very specific, rather than general. For example, "weight loss" is too general and competitive. Look for longer keywords, like maybe "how to lose weight" or "how to choose a weight loss diet" and you'll have a better chance.

There is a lot to learn about different aspects of article marketing. Do your research, apply what you discover, and you will soon see that it does, in fact, work very well.

Sylvia

If you have a unique, motivating voice, and can inspire people to take action, you could tell them the same advice, but have completely different results.

Dry, simple, uninspiring articles are a dime a dozen. It only takes one article with energy, passion, and which hits the right emotional hot buttons to blow all the others away in results.

If you have a unique, motivating voice, and can inspire people to take action, you could tell them the same advice, but have completely different results.

Dry, simple, uninspiring articles are a dime a dozen. It only takes one article with energy, passion, and which hits the right emotional hot buttons to blow all the others away in results.

If you have a unique, motivating voice, and can inspire people to take action, you could tell them the same advice, but have completely different results.

Dry, simple, uninspiring articles are a dime a dozen. It only takes one article with energy, passion, and which hits the right emotional hot buttons to blow all the others away in results.

I strongly agree

Most people do nothing to make their article stand out from the crowd. There is certain fundamental knowledge in each niche, but if you only write about the fundamentals your article will drown in a sea of sameness. When you see examples like you cited, remember, they are examples of what NOT to do.

The more junk articles there are, the more uninspiring articles there are, the more copycat articles there are, the easier it is to stand out from the crowd with good articles.

In my opinion, those that complain that article marketing is dead either aren't very good at differentiating their articles from the rest, or they are trying to discourage competition.

Yes, it's not working anymore. You have to join the good ole boy club to make some money internet marketing now. In other words, go to internet marketing events to kiss up to the good ole boys and get on their email lists. That's how it's works now.

The farther into the past you go, the truer that argument is, but Google has came a long way in weeding out junk and they do keep improving. They have many ways to help them determine the quality of content: semantics, links, time spent on the page after a search result is clicked, natural language processing, contextual querying, and many other factors.

That doesn't mean junk doesn't make it to the top, because it still does, but it doesn't usually stay on top for long. The old saying, the cream rises to the top is very appropriate here.

Downloaded your information. Thanks for providing a wider bearth of information and methods for getting traffic. I like to integrate traffic generation methods. Your information was spot on. For individuals who want to expand their marketing strategies, your informatio is good.

As far as article marketing being dead, the niche for losing weight is very much saturated but this is where you find a subniche like Weight loss tactics for children, Diabetic Weight loss formula - Lose Weight with Less Stress Reduce your Weight Increase Your Energy. Article marketing will never die on the Internet. Remember "Content is King"

Just see the high demand for articles on Warriorforum 'Warriors for hire' section, Forum digitalpoint's 'content creation' section, Elance.com, Freelancer.com and Guru.com, you will come to know what is working.

Yes little bit of confuse...Let me see.

People who opposite and support the Article Marketing are not giving their views, reasons, and solutions. Lot of them is saying either it works or completely sucks.

Still i am standing on stick and getting confuse.

And warriors would you rate the article marketing on the scale of 5.