Experimenting With Article Marketing - Hmm That's Not Much Traffic

Hey,

I have noticed a HUGE drop off in the "rush" of traffic ezine articles used to send. I would def like to hear some more results of other article marketers.

Oh yeah... I learned that strategy from Tim Gorman last year. Forgot about it. Thanks for the refresher

Thanks. Do you have any concrete results to share?

Thanks. I appreciate the honest feedback...

Nah. I think I'm probably going to throw in the towel on articles.

"1. You are in a niche that doesn't get a lot of direct EZA traffic"

IM's the niche I know most about.

Competitive markets have their advantages and disadvantages. I guess this is one of those disadvantages.

This is one of the most honest posts I've seen in a long time.

Thanks Sylvia.

Yeah, it was funny how I was so gung ho about it yesterday haha...

I give up on things too fast when they don't work fast.

Guess I'll keep going for at least 6 more days and try to implement the new things. I'm still on track.

Hi Jason,

I agree with Sylvia...I think you need to give it some time. It may take some time to build some ranking in search engines especially if you are in a competitive market. I mean have you noticed how many articles have been posted in the Internet Market category?

What's interesting is you article on 'Memberships' did very well...something to think about. Maybe an area you can elaborate on for the purpose of driving people to your site.

I think have a little patience and keep working on it and in a months time evaluate what's working and what's not. Look at tweaking your articles to be keyword friendly while not overdoing it to turn off your readers.

I noticed someone remarked on your bio...have you seen this video put out by ezinearticles? Do a search on 'how to create the perfect resource box' by ezinearticles on youtube. I found it to be very useful.

Happy Writing!

Interesting info there guys.

I'm in the same boat as Jason with the only difference being that I have like 3 articles with a CTR of 1.2%...

I've just entered article marketing tho, so I'm going to give some of the suggestions here a shot.

Tim, what he hell? You have such a low CTR. Seriously I thought you were exceptional at it?

No offence.... But the Ctr is very low

You're absolutely right. Article marketing is a fad, just like books, magazines, websites...the written word is never going to stick, it is such a waste of time. We all know that no one reads to learn, to evaluate products, or to find solutions to problems..

Instead of writing I think I'll just go and...............................oops, what else is there? Even the best video marketers start by writing down a script. Damn, maybe this written word stuff has traction after all.

Article directories may not maintain their status forever, but I cannot picture the written word and articles being replaced in my lifetime, or yours.

Article marketing is a great tool if used in the right hands, but it's all about consistency.

100% in agreement with u on this point.

Jason,

If you have the money it's time to jump on to Adwords. I started out article marketing but I quickly moved to Adwords once I had a little extra money. I now do both and it makes a healthy income (depending on where you live of course). Once I started doing paid traffic I doubled my income.

Just wait until I expand to the content network, ppv, media buys, facebook........


P.S.

Make sure you get affiliate prophet if you do ppc traffic.

To be blunt, article marketing isn't easy, nor quick, and most of the AMers in this forum have written as such. It's a long-term traffic strategy, just ask Steve W. or Tim G. In all honesty, I prefer paid advertising over any other form of traffic source because it's fast, easily tracked, and I can test more variables a lot faster. I can buy a few hundred dollars worth of traffic, fine tune it, and if it's profitable I can really scale it up....quickly. If not, there are dozens of other networks to test.

This is how some marketers are making wads of cash in just a few short months. The flipside is, people also lose their shirts but they generally don't know what they're doing or get too greedy. Article marketing accounts for less than 2% of our overall traffic, but we deal in high volume, so it's still quite a bit of traffic. We still build content sites too because along with building a list, companies still pay top dollar for them and these sites will get traffic for years, if not decades.

Your articles were posted a few days ago, there's still time needed for people to grab them and publish them, to build back links to them, etc. So that's why you're not seeing any substantial traffic.

Another thing to consider, no two people have the same content strategy. I'd venture to even say that article marketing isn't for most people, then again there are others who purchase articles and pay others to submit it for them or use a service like SubmitYourArticles.com where the submission gets done for them. They never lift a finger. It really depends on budget, time, and your overall business plan and what floats your boat. I happen to like writing a lot so even though we have a staff of writers, I'm cranking content too.

Yes, it's a lot of hard work so it's definitely not for everybody. But once you have enough articles working hard for you, you'll have free traffic for years to come. I'm still getting traffic, good traffic, from articles I posted years ago. Article marketing is not a fast way of getting traffic, generally, but in the long run it can really kick some a$$.

RoD "Scribbling-While-Downing-Some-French-Roast!" Cortez

Awesome! Thanks for sharing Sylvia.

Got to love it when people actually share some real proof.

243 clicks per article on average. I'd definitely take that any day.

Do you get these kind of results in huge markets like Internet Marketing, Weight Loss, and Wealth Building? Or do you find you have more success in smaller markets?

One reason you should submit content to EZA is because you can leverage their status to aquire more virtual real estate when other webmasters use your EZA article on their website.

As an example, you submit an article to EZA and it ends up on the first page of Google for your keyword phrase. Next, 5 webmasters see your article on EZA and use it on thier website making sure to keep your backlinks intact.

Soon you see that 2 more versions of your article appear on the first page of Google (2 of the 5 webmasters got on the first page with your article).

Now, you have 3 of the top 10 spots on Google occupied with your content, for your keyword phrase. Granted this content is on other websites but you still have a presence which is more then you could obtain with the article only on your website.

Hopefully that made sense -

Respectfully,
Tim

Thanks Don. Got any numbers to share?

Taking on advice without the numbers to back it up... is how you waste A LOT of time, I find at least.

I've seen some good CTRs in my time but those are pretty darn impressive. If you can find a way to generate more traffic to the articles you have some fantastic lead generators on your hands.

Respectfully,
Tim

Where you send the traffic depends on the niche and your monetization method.

If you're using adsense then sending them straight to the site seems to work best.

If you're using CPA again, it most cases it seems to work best if you send them directly to the offer.

When selling ebooks you really need to understand your niche in order to know where to send them. For example, acne ebooks and get your ex back ebooks seem to require additional exposure via an autoresponder series before buying so they need to be added to a list.

Niches like preventing bed bugs, termites, roaches, spiders, lice and other critters do well for me having the reader sent directly to a page on my site that has an affiliate offer.

Naturally, as you would expect if you are dabbling in the IM niche then building a list is almost critical to obtaining the sale although I have seen some marketers that have their articles on EZA go straight to their product.

If you're looking for real concrete prrof then conduct some research on EZA. Take a look at the articles that are submitted for various niches and by various authors and see where they send the people that click on the links in their resource box.

Take good notes so you can develop a dossier for each author and each niche you investigate/research. I think you may be surprised by what you find -

Respectfully,
Tim