I'm in a write mess!
I am hoping that I can get some advice here, or maybe a correction of my thinking. Either way I could do with some answers.
I became involved with affiliate marketing about 2 months ago and I keep reading about how important it is to write articles in order to attract visitors to my sites. If this is so, how long does it take to see any results from article submissions?
How many articles should be written about any particular product? Should I just write about any topic and hope that people will click the link/s in my bios, anyway?
The thing is that I really haven't seen any results worth noting from writing articles.
I believe that most of the visitors I've had so far, have arrived because of the ads I placed in USfreeads.com.
Also, I find writing a real chore and the more I think about having to write about the same thing over and over again, the more disheartened I become.
I have read about software that makes the process easier and can practically do away with having to do research. There is software for massive article submissions to hundreds (thousands?) of article directories and even forums, so I hear.
But is this what it's all about? Do I have to become a sort of writing machine and turn out thousands of articles each year in order to get visitors? The thought of it is really quite depressing.
What about "identical content" (or something)? You submit the same article to loads of directories and immediately you've shot yourself in the foot because you have deliberately produced tons of identical content. I don't get it.
Is there a better way - an easier way of getting traffic, without having to risk losing money I don't have, experimenting with Adwords?
Would my time be better spent on producing loads more web pages that sell loads of separate affiliated products. The more the better, eh?
That way I am at least putting up some virtual real estate.
Any nous you can offer will be very gratefully received because, at the moment I'm drowning in confusion and frustration.
Cheers
PS. What's this stuff below the WYSIWYG frame that says, Tags and below that - Trackback?
I became involved with affiliate marketing about 2 months ago and I keep reading about how important it is to write articles in order to attract visitors to my sites. If this is so, how long does it take to see any results from article submissions?
How many articles should be written about any particular product? Should I just write about any topic and hope that people will click the link/s in my bios, anyway?
The thing is that I really haven't seen any results worth noting from writing articles.
I believe that most of the visitors I've had so far, have arrived because of the ads I placed in USfreeads.com.
Also, I find writing a real chore and the more I think about having to write about the same thing over and over again, the more disheartened I become.
I have read about software that makes the process easier and can practically do away with having to do research. There is software for massive article submissions to hundreds (thousands?) of article directories and even forums, so I hear.
But is this what it's all about? Do I have to become a sort of writing machine and turn out thousands of articles each year in order to get visitors? The thought of it is really quite depressing.
What about "identical content" (or something)? You submit the same article to loads of directories and immediately you've shot yourself in the foot because you have deliberately produced tons of identical content. I don't get it.
Is there a better way - an easier way of getting traffic, without having to risk losing money I don't have, experimenting with Adwords?
Would my time be better spent on producing loads more web pages that sell loads of separate affiliated products. The more the better, eh?
That way I am at least putting up some virtual real estate.
Any nous you can offer will be very gratefully received because, at the moment I'm drowning in confusion and frustration.
Cheers
PS. What's this stuff below the WYSIWYG frame that says, Tags and below that - Trackback?
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