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Help Me ! Pathetic Clickthrough rate @ 3 % on my ezine articles !

by Hellopanda
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Ok guys.

I guess someone might have asked this before.

Whats considered a good clickthrough rate?

I am currently having a clickthrough rate of 3% in average for my ezine articles.

Is that considered as a very low clickthrough rate?

any tips on increasing the clickthrough rate of my articles %?

i have only 3 articles on hand though :p .
#articles #clickthrough #ezine #pathetic #rate
  • Profile picture of the author nowk
    make more article

    test new resource box.

    use words like FREE, get it TODAY, and you know. make them want it!

    yeah not every article will get a CTR. most of mine don't even get a click
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    • Profile picture of the author VanessaB
      Does your resource box have a STRONG 'call to action'?

      -Dani

      P.S. If you want to PM some links to a few of your articles, I will take a look at them and tell you where I see room for improvement.
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      • Profile picture of the author Hellopanda
        Originally Posted by DanielleS View Post

        Does your resource box have a STRONG 'call to action'?

        -Dani

        P.S. If you want to PM some links to a few of your articles, I will take a look at them and tell you where I see room for improvement.
        Erm.

        Not really.

        Dosent have a call to action actually.

        Here's the link to one of my articles.

        Top 5 Telltale Signs a Girl Is Attracted to You

        I am using the same resource box for all my articles.
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        • Profile picture of the author dadamson
          Originally Posted by Paul Barrs View Post

          I don't do too much with EZA simple becasue of a time thing, but it would be good to see a few examples of 'good resource boxes' here from those who do get good click throughs.

          Obviously the OP knows they need a better call to action - duh! How about SHOWING samples though.. some real help.

          Many people could benefit from this. Just don't post the URL link so as to keep within forum rules.

          Paul Barrs
          Ok, here are my top converting resource boxes:

          Resource box 1:
          Ok, So you've read the article, you know the basics of SEO, but what now? Click here to find out the 5 BEST SEO tricks that you can implement on your pages today to squash the competition!

          Resource box 2:
          Now Free: Click here to claim your FREE COPY of our very own Farmville Crops Profits Spreadsheet and dominate your neighbors NOW! - Crop profits, Harvest times, Mastery numbers, and much, MUCH more!

          Yes, these are rather bold and annoying sounding, but they do truly work to increase conversions.

          Good luck with it.

          -Dave
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  • Profile picture of the author dadamson
    Ezine Articles is bad for direct linking, they have so many adsense blocks before people even reach your link.

    Great for SEO/Backlinks, bad for direct traffic.

    -Dave
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    • Profile picture of the author Hellopanda
      Originally Posted by dadamson View Post

      Ezine Articles is bad for direct linking, they have so many adsense blocks before people even reach your link.

      Great for SEO/Backlinks, bad for direct traffic.

      -Dave
      I realise this too.

      I believe the typical information seeker will just browse through the article and missed out the resource box at the end of the article in the process.

      However, Ezine is a good SEO Source.

      My article was 1st in google search results !
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      • Profile picture of the author dadamson
        Originally Posted by Hellopanda View Post

        I realise this too.

        I believe the typical information seeker will just browse through the article and missed out the resource box at the end of the article in the process.

        However, Ezine is a good SEO Source.

        My article was 1st in google search results !
        Good job!

        Just browse through some of the other top article directories and see which has the most obvious resource links.

        A few good ones are: GoArticles, Articlesbase, Suite101, ArticleFactory.

        With a bit of offpage SEO to the articles you can have them rank highly from whatever directory they are from.

        Cheers,
        Dave
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  • Profile picture of the author kcom
    Your call to action or lack thereof, is the reason you have low CTR. Write your call to action that grabs you reader's attention and entices them to go to your site. You could easily jump from 3-25%, with five minutes of your time.
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    • Profile picture of the author Hellopanda
      Originally Posted by kcom View Post

      Your call to action or lack thereof, is the reason you have low CTR. Write your call to action that grabs you reader's attention and entices them to go to your site. You could easily jump from 3-25%, with five minutes of your time.
      Ya just did some research on utilizing the resource box and realised my resource box is just so boringgggggggggggg...

      Let me make some tweaks on my disgusting resource box and update you guys on any improvement on my ctr !

      Thanks !
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  • Profile picture of the author mlord10
    Here is one of my "personal gems" that I use to routinely receive an average CTR of 30-35% on my articles...

    You have to essential make the resource box part of your article. Now, this is tricky, but it can be done. Just end the article vaguely, and then have a strong call to action in the resource box.

    Also, I sign my articles (not really sign, but just type my name) in the resource box AFTER my links. Think about it... a lot of people are used to reading letters, and a letter isn't over until you see someone's signature. The articles I have which include my name at the end get a much higher CTR!
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