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I don't know if I can hold in the excitement of the new article forum

by petelta
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If you don't frequent the WF, then you probably didn't know about the new article forum that was opened up by Allen Says. I have always been a huge believer in article marketing. So, needless to say, I am super excited about it.

There are times in your business career that opportunities arise. The new best thing is always around the corner. At one time involving article marketing, EZA was this great opportunity. You could kill it if you knew only a little bit about the right way to article market. Today, that place is saturated and the effects are very minimal compared to the good old days. This is especially the case with markets like IM, weight loss, etc.

Now, Allen has done something amazing and opened his link juice to the article marketing public...at least for a small price. I'm very excited about this forum because there is some great potential there. The sponsor forum had this great purpose of link juice too....It's too bad it closed down do to not enough activity, but now we are given another chance.

I hope Allen keeps the article forum open for the next 30 days. I am doing a little experiment to show all of you it's power before you actually commit to spending the $60. I very much believe that by the end of the 30 days, $60 will be chump change compared to the results you can get. We will just have to see in 30 days though

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  • Profile picture of the author glassextreme
    Hi Travis, yes the article marketing forum shows great promise. I've covered my membership already from my articles.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Howard
    Yup - I'm joining today or tomorrow as well!

    This is a great IM tool for the IM niche - given time I bet it will become even more powerful.

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    Link please?
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    • Profile picture of the author J Bold
      Originally Posted by brendan1 View Post

      Link please?
      Go to the main page of the forum. Scroll down and you should find the article forum.

      $60, I think, for one year's subscription. Less money than Ezinearticles' paid service and I think probably a whole lot more beneficial in terms of SEO. I would bet it's a lot easier to rank here than on Ezine.

      I wonder though, what's the difference between the article forum and just writing such articles on your Warrior Forum blog? I suppose you would get a lot more natural visitors just browsing the forum in the article section as opposed to the blog section, but I wonder if the SEO benefit is the same?
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      • Profile picture of the author petelta
        Originally Posted by redicelander View Post

        Go to the main page of the forum. Scroll down and you should find the article forum.

        $60, I think, for one year's subscription. Less money than Ezinearticles' paid service and I think probably a whole lot more beneficial in terms of SEO. I would bet it's a lot easier to rank here than on Ezine.

        I wonder though, what's the difference between the article forum and just writing such articles on your Warrior Forum blog? I suppose you would get a lot more natural visitors just browsing the forum in the article section as opposed to the blog section, but I wonder if the SEO benefit is the same?
        I feel the activity of your posts will play a part in it too.
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        • Profile picture of the author J Bold
          Originally Posted by petelta View Post

          I feel the activity of your posts will play a part in it too.
          Ya, I think I'd lump that in with my comment of "natural traffic" from forum users. Whether getting to your articles from your profile, rep or whatever, as opposed to just getting to your article from searching Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author Peggy Baron
    I just posted my first article in the new WF article directory and it was indexed in less than 11 minutes.

    The article is ranking #4 for my primary keyword phrase (out of 542,000)
    and #22 for a secondary keyword phrase I put in the body of the article, and only once! (out of 842,000)

    Of course, I can't report about the traffic yet... I posted the article less than an hour ago.

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    • Profile picture of the author Sardent
      Perhaps I'm missing the point.
      I just checked one thread and it looks like nothing more than a Classified Ad to drive traffic to their sales page.

      Since this person has at least 5 threads there already (haven't checked the others yet), am I missing the purpose of this particular forum?
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  • Profile picture of the author Peggy Baron
    Hi Sardent,
    Did you read this post? The Value of Using the Warrior Forum’s New Article Marketing Section
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    • Profile picture of the author Sardent
      Originally Posted by Peggy Baron View Post

      I did indeed read it. And I believe I understand the stated purpose.

      I guess that it just seems to me that if your article's subject happens to involve anything IM related, what you end up with besides the stated purpose of the forum, is a second IM classified ad section which allows any number of ads you desire as long as they are in article format, by paying the single yearly fee instead of a per ad fee in the classified section.
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      • Profile picture of the author petelta
        Originally Posted by Sardent View Post

        I did indeed read it. And I believe I understand the stated purpose.

        I guess that it just seems to me that if your article's subject happens to involve anything IM related, what you end up with besides the stated purpose of the forum, is a second IM classified ad section which allows any number of ads you desire as long as they are in article format, by paying the single yearly fee instead of a per ad fee in the classified section.
        Don't use it as a classified ad...use it as an article directory. For the time being, it's a great traffic source. I have already made my investment back and it's been 10 hours since I purchased my membership.

        I started a 30 day experiment to show everyone the benefits and reason to use it. I will post my results in 30 days.
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        • Profile picture of the author Sardent
          Originally Posted by petelta View Post

          Don't use it as a classified ad...use it as an article directory. For the time being, it's a great traffic source. I have already made my investment back and it's been 10 hours since I purchased my membership.

          I started a 30 day experiment to show everyone the benefits and reason to use it. I will post my results in 30 days.
          I understand that.
          It's just my background as an operations manager and policy maker to spot unintended outcomes.
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          • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
            We are allowed and encouraged to report spammy articles so if you find some that are nothing more than blatant ads, report them. If enough people agree with you, then it's likely to disappear. The writers will get the hint soon enough.

            There is also a rating button for each article.

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        • Profile picture of the author glassextreme
          Originally Posted by petelta View Post

          Don't use it as a classified ad...use it as an article directory. For the time being, it's a great traffic source. I have already made my investment back and it's been 10 hours since I purchased my membership.

          I started a 30 day experiment to show everyone the benefits and reason to use it. I will post my results in 30 days.
          I see you have also made your money back within a few hours. Cheers to many more.
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          • Profile picture of the author aandersen
            I have never promoted in the IM niche... perhaps it is time that I start.
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        Originally Posted by Sardent View Post

        I did indeed read it. And I believe I understand the stated purpose.

        I guess that it just seems to me that if your article's subject happens to involve anything IM related, what you end up with besides the stated purpose of the forum, is a second IM classified ad section which allows any number of ads you desire as long as they are in article format, by paying the single yearly fee instead of a per ad fee in the classified section.

        Did you read more than one or a couple of the articles in the section?

        Perhaps you might find that some authors understand article marketing better than others...

        Just maybe...
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  • Profile picture of the author thatgirlJ
    I'm really excited about it too. The ability to rank with these articles is insane Well worth the small amount of $$.
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  • Profile picture of the author Peggy Baron
    I do think there should be a miminum word count. I just saw an article in the article forum with 246 words.
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      Originally Posted by Peggy Baron View Post

      I do think there should be a miminum word count. I just saw an article in the article forum with 246 words.

      We just updated the rules. There will always be a few who try to just advertise. It never fails.
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      • Profile picture of the author sal64
        Having had a quick look, I can see Sardent's point of view.

        Here's how I see it...

        If you're simply looking for link juice, then I guess it won't come much better than this place.

        Let's be honest, the great majority of articles are for pre-selling purposes. And they have a resource box with a call to action. So why should this be any different on here?

        If you go to the forum wanting to find quality info, then perhaps the war room is better for you.

        Quality of content aside, as well as link juice..can some one please explain if the main purpose is to get link juice. have the articles ranked for the public to see... or both?

        And if the latter, do we really need a resource box? Or is our sig file sufficient?

        Many thx.

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        • Profile picture of the author tpw
          Originally Posted by sal64 View Post

          Quality of content aside, as well as link juice..can some one please explain if the main purpose is to get link juice. have the articles ranked for the public to see... or both?

          And if the latter, do we really need a resource box? Or is our sig file sufficient?

          Link Juice is only for the search engines, to help the article rank better in Google.

          When I write articles, my primary goal is to reach an audience, regardless of how those people find my article... People will find my article because users at the website will discover it when browsing the website where the article is posted, OR people will find my article via a link in the search engines...

          For some people the sig file will be sufficient for the article.

          In my case, the sig file will never be sufficient for my article, because I customize the resource box for every single article I write these days.

          I try to build my resource boxes as an extension of the actual article, so that it appears as a natural part of the conclusion of the article.
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    Tina, I don't see a rating button, is there one?? Or is it the 'thanks' button?
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  • Profile picture of the author aandersen
    Originally Posted by sal64 View Post

    If you go to the forum wanting to find quality info, then perhaps the war room is better for you.
    The war room isn't publicly accessible, and therefore cannot be indexed by the SEs.

    Originally Posted by sal64 View Post

    Quality of content aside, as well as link juice..can some one please explain if the main purpose is to get link juice. have the articles ranked for the public to see... or both?
    I don't think anyone cares about link juice. If all you want is link juice, you can stick your site in your signature, post about it, put up a classified/wso/wfh, or whatever.

    The point is having an article that will rank high in the serps quickly, is exposed to a very large and very targeted audience, that has less restrictions than article directories (e.g., can embed links, can be slightly promotional), and does not go through editors.

    Originally Posted by sal64 View Post

    And if the latter, do we really need a resource box? Or is our sig file sufficient?
    Depends on the style of the article. If you're trying to build authority and have the reader say, "wow, that was a really good read. that guy sure knows his stuff" then maybe you don't need a call to action. Instead, just subtly drop some links in your text (or maybe not, let the find your sig on their own.)

    If your trying to drive clicks and make them some do something, I think you defiantly want to wrap it up with a strong call to action.

    not really any different than you would do in an article directory.
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    • Profile picture of the author sal64
      Originally Posted by aandersen View Post

      The war room isn't publicly accessible, and therefore cannot be indexed by the SEs.



      I don't think anyone cares about link juice. If all you want is link juice, you can stick your site in your signature, post about it, put up a classified/wso/wfh, or whatever.

      The point is having an article that will rank high in the serps quickly, is exposed to a very large and very targeted audience, that has less restrictions than article directories (e.g., can embed links, can be slightly promotional), and does not go through editors.



      Depends on the style of the article. If you're trying to build authority and have the reader say, "wow, that was a really good read. that guy sure knows his stuff" then maybe you don't need a call to action. Instead, just subtly drop some links in your text (or maybe not, let the find your sig on their own.)

      If your trying to drive clicks and make them some do something, I think you defiantly want to wrap it up with a strong call to action.

      not really any different than you would do in an article directory.
      Thx for the clarification.

      Given that you can have these read by the public, then yes, people are stupid if they simply throw up glorified sales pitches.

      As for the war room, i was referring to anyone who might be seeking to find useful (not the right word) information for their own use.

      Cheers.
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