Tactics For Getting Traffic Through Articles

Driving traffic with articles is pretty much dead so if I were you I would just go ahead and create a blog. You can save a few articles to shop around as guest post. Make sure they are original as most blog owners won't accept duplicate content anymore.

You can use the articles from your blog on a few trusted article directories. I wouldn't submit to more than the top five, you don't want it to look like you're just spamming every article directory available. In your resource box I would focus on signing them up to a list. Then you can keep them coming back to your blog and hopefully get a potential customer.

Just putting out some articles on the web won't cut it. By doing this, you are not building trust. If you are into writing, then a blog is the way to go. Drive traffic to your blog and obviously promote your product. Also, if you do plan one solely posting articles on the web, then you would have to write alot of them. But I don't recommend this strategy.

I recommend building a nice looking, quality WordPress blog. If you need any help with building your site, I am a web designer and I would be willing to help

Hope this helps

BN

Not necessarily. It's one possible option (but it's not what I do, myself, and I have absolutely no plans to, and I recommend that you don't, either, for all sorts of reasons).

When you want to use articles to generate traffic, everything depends on where they're published, Tommy.

You need them to be published in places where the traffic you want to attract is already looking (those places are not article directories!!).

The only traffic they're ever likely to attract sitting just on your own site, is a little bit of gradual, eventual, search-engine traffic - and that's dreadful traffic, anyway, if you're an affiliate marketer like me: What are the best Traffic Sources To Make Money From Affiliate Marketing?

Using content to attract traffic is all about who reads it. You have to take your articles to the traffic (after initially publishing them on your own site, of course). It's no good just "building it and waiting for them to come". (Few will, and they won't be the right ones.)

I'm biased, but I'd start here: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post5035794

And if you want more, there's as much of it as you want, beginning here: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post9267905

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Wow that's disappointing. It made perfect sense to get articles out there with links pointing to my site. I'm trying to figure out ways to prove I am an expert in order to drive sales

Hi,

Owning a blog that has tons of fresh new HIGH quality posts being added to it
over time can bring in lots of FREE targeted traffic.

From there you can build your own lists via your blog by adding an opt in
form to it from the side bar.

Then you can build relationships with your subscribers.

And turn them into REPEAT buyers.

Then into raving FANS of yours that go onto maybe buy HIGHER
TICKET items with you?

Just a thought.

Best Regards,
Gavin

As said above article marketng isn't what it's used to be, but that doesn't mean it can still have some value.

But then again it's best you start building an email list, because then you don't have to worry about google updates as you'll have traffic on demand, plus you can build a great sales funnel which promotes your prooduct to increase conversions.

Hmm so what would be the most efficient way to boost my reputation and get my name out there? It sounds like the return on investment for article writing isn't great.

Thanks everyone for your input

Thanks Alexa. What would be good places to try and get an article published?

Thanks, Alexa, for (once again!) giving out such valuable advice. When it comes to article marketing, the misinformation that's floating around out there is downright scary.

Bottom line -- there will ALWAYS be web searchers out there who are looking for answers to their questions and solutions to their problems. If you can provide genuinely helpful information AND get it published on authoritative sites that cater to your specific target audience, you'll have no trouble establishing your expertise.

As with anything else, if you try to cut corners, you'll never see the results you want -- and then you'll be one of those in here shouting from the rooftops that article marketing is dead

You can install Wordpress on your website and post your articles there. There are lots of WP Plugins you can use to boost your Blog ranking in Google. If you write some good consistent
and original articles, your blog will get indexed by Google in no time.

Getting traffic from article directories is slow - but they have proven to be quite lucrative traffic. Most of the traffic from my articles and content comes from my list. I do that intentionally. It's a reliable source, plus it only helps to build credibility for yourself in their eyes. Being that "obvious expert" is important when selling information products.