Article Marketing is it good for ClickBank ?

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Yes, I think this is right. They mean "article directory marketing", in other words.

The irony of it all is that article marketing (as opposed to article directory marketing), done correctly, can actually be hugely beneficial for SEO, as a side-benefit. But obviously not by mass-submission and/or spinning!

Yes, agreed. They were never very good anyway, to be honest. Even a year before the Panda updates devalued article directories (and similar sites) so much, the standard, authority SEO textbook authors were explaining that in link-juice terms, something between 50,000 and 100,000 of "those backlinks" were roughly equivalent to one backlink from a relevant authority site. (And of course those backlinks have deteriorated even further, since then.)

Many people imagine (completely wrongly) that "article marketing" refers to using websites of the article directory/web 2.0 kind in an attempt to benefit from those sites' own backlinks and/or own traffic. Of course, that was never true at all, never worked very well, and is now more or less completely useless.

The reality is that many people who use article directories, and even some people who write what they call article marketing "guidebooks" don't actually understand what an article directory is, and why they exist in the first place, let alone how to use them profitably as a marketer.

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I can understand why you might think that, Artse, but the reality is that all this information, all these explanations, have already been well covered in hundreds of other threads. One of the problems is that people keep starting off a new thread all the time, rather than looking around for it.

There aren't any "best common article websites".

The one that matters most is always your own site.

After that, it's any decent, relevant sites in your niche.

All of your article marketing questions are answered at length and in detail in the posts to which I (and others) have referred you in this thread and in the thread you started yesterday. This post alone, and the links inside it, explain everything you're asking: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5068872

You're correct. They're Web 2.0 sites, not article directories.

They have no intrinsic connection with article marketing at all. It's possible, however (but in my view very inadvisable and completely unnecessary) to try to use them as "article submission sites", but not using articles already published and indexed on your own site. They offer an article marketer no benefits that s/he can't more easily, more safely and more productively get elsewhere. There are, it's true, some people who have used them way and made some money from it, but it's also true that they could more safely, more easily and more productively have done that without them (but they typically don't appreciate that).

Artse, you don't want "common article websites" for marketing to a specific niche. You want sites that are relevant to that niche which will republish outside content.

Even though you want to promote gaming products, you have to add a layer in between the syndicated article and the promotion. What you really want to promote on outside sites is you - in whatever persona or pen name you might choose to use - not a product.

Most legitimate publishers aren't interested in publishing glorified ads for affiliate products - they are interested in content that will entertain, amuse, educate or advance their readers. Doing anything else diminishes them and, if taken to extreme, turns them from 'trusted source' to shill.

What I've found to be very effective over the years is to send people to a landing page where they get the opportunity to extend the experience you just gave them. Most of the time, this is going to be an informative page with a very prominent opt-in.

As for the "main sites", you'll have to dig those up on your own.

HubPages and Squidoo are neither article directories or "article marketing websites" - they are set up to be somewhat self-contained communities or groups of communities. People brought together to share a common interest. It just so happens that you can do that and make money at the same time.

You can use them to advance your promotional interests by not promoting directly. Use them to get the people already there to trust you and your knowledge, then send them to a landing page where they have the opportunity to join your list and get more of what you give them 'straight from the horse's mouth'.

Just be very transparent about some of the recommendations you make coming with price tags, and that if someone buys, you get a cut of the action. Don't make a big deal out of it, but don't try to hide it, either.

If you read some of the list building threads, you'll find a common complaint. 'I give and give and give all this great free stuff, but the first time I ask them to buy something, they get mad and unsubscribe/complain/say mean things about me.' That's a result of positioning yourself as a buddy.

Think about it. What if your dear old granny offered to let you have all the cherished secret family recipes after showing you a few of them. You're all excited, but granny says, "wait a second, I'll give you the recipes but you have to pay me $27 first."

Sorry about taking off like that. Once I get started talking about this stuff, it's hard to stop...