When it comes to making money online one word should be on your mind: traffic. If you don’t get traffic to your sites you are going to find it difficult to make money. This is particularly true for those who focus mainly on affiliate marketing.
Over the past few months I have experimented with several methods of generating traffic. You may remember this post on Facebook advertising. While buying traffic is a great idea, there is no denying that you are taking a risk. For this reason, I also dabble in article marketing from time to time. In fact, I have spent countless hours on this marketing strategy over the past month.
Before you get started with article marketing you need to do a couple things. First off, sign up for accounts with the major article directories. My two favorites are EzineArticles.com and GoArticles.com.
From there, your goal is simple: to write high quality content which includes a link back to your website. With most directories, your link will be included in the resource box at the bottom of the text.
Sticking with my Facebook example, I am still trying to push large numbers of people to my site which offers affordable auto insurance quotes. I had good success with Facebook advertising, but again, I was taking a risk by spending money to make money.
With article marketing you are not guaranteed traffic, but at the same time you are not spending any money. Here are three of the biggest benefits of article marketing:
1. You are allowed to include one or more link in your resource box. Not only does this make it simple for readers to click through, but it helps in terms of search engine optimization.
2. SEO benefits. When I first started my article marketing campaign I decided to focus a lot of attention on the keyword phrase “Fort Collins auto insurance quotes.” By posting roughly 15 articles to the two directories listed above, I was able to go from unranked to the first page for this phrase. While the completion isn’t too fierce, it was a big win nonetheless.
3. Other webmasters will pick up your articles. Many of my articles have been published by others – with the resource box in place. Again, this helps to increase traffic while gaining another link from a unique site.
Although I have only been focusing on article marketing for six weeks or so, I can already attribute several hundred dollars in profit to this strategy.
Why should I get started with article marketing? In addition to the benefits above, this is a simple method of increasing traffic and profits. You don’t need any money to get started – just the ability to create high quality content.
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July 26, 2010 at 2:52 pm #
Great post and strategy jim,
my question is..how important is it to make another unique article to post on after posting to your blog first?
I find that i dont have much time to write up another high quality 600 unique word article after putting that time into my blog
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July 31, 2010 at 6:19 pm #
Johnny, I’d say that content is pretty crucial to running a successful operation. It’s definitely tough to get yourself mentally set to be writing content all the time… but if you can’t do it you will not succeed.
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That is awesome to hear about your personal results, and already attaining the first page as a result of your article marketing. Article marketing is something I’ve always wanted to jump into but have not yet begun to dive into it. By the looks of your results, it’s really something I should try my best to tap into.
Till then,
Jean
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That is awesome to hear about your personal results, and already attaining the first page as a result of your article marketing.
Great strategy
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