Saturday, May 3, 2008

Article Marketing - Why I Use Article Marketing To Generate Avalanches Of Leads

If you are doing any kind of article marketing now, you might be doing one of the following:

- promoting affiliate products to make commissions

- promoting your own sales page to sell products

- promoting a so-called Made-For-Adsense blog

- posting articles on your own blog to generate content

And I'll probably get 'killed' for saying this, but your articles are getting wasted.

Very few, and I mean very few, use article marketing solely to build a list. And lots of money is being left on the table, I'm afraid to say.

I basically do all the steps in Bum Marketing (the term created by Travis Sago to describe article marketing) but the difference is I promote a squeeze page to collect leads. The only way anyone can get extra information from me is if they enter their name and email address. I figured, if someone is not willing to give me those details, what more actually paying me online? Let's face it: we are running a business here, not a charity.

The reason why this is effective is because someone who likes your article is 'warmed up', he will want to get more information from you, and an email newsletter is the perfect way to do that.

So go and build a list with your articles. Write and submit multiple articles daily to top directories, and you will see floods (and I mean floods) of traffic and leads. Your lead generation will practically receive an instant boost. Your business will be given a positive kick up the rear from the results you get.

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Internet Home Business Idea - Make 100s of Dollars Spreading Articles

Why does article marketing work to drive traffic to your internet home business idea?

Have you ever tried article marketing and have failed? Or worst have you ever heard someone saying that article marketing does not work to drive traffic to your internet home business idea.

If you answered yes then make sure you read this article. The purpose of this article is to show you exactly why people fail and how you can save time doing this article marketing thing and get killer response and traffic.

Here are some benefits of article marketing...
1. Helps to attract free traffic.
2. Boosts up your credibility.
3. Traffic converts extremely well.
4. Gives you top search engine ranking for your website.
5. Gets you hundreds of incoming links to your website.

Here are some reasons why article marketing does not work for some people and how it can work for you...

Reason 1 - Killer Title.

The most important part is to write a killer title. Your title should have a keyword in it, this will take you to the top in the search engines. Stress on benefits in your article that your readers will receive. Also focus on the problems that your readers are facing, this will get their attention.

Reason 2 - Article Opener and Content.

Write an attention grabbing article opener that makes sure that your reader reads more. Write your article in bullets or point format with multiple sub-headlines, as I have done in this article. This will retain the attention of your readers till the end.

Reason 3 - Give a Call to Action.

Tell your readers exactly where to go in your bio. Instead of speaking about yourself in the bio give them a benefit they will receive if they visit your website.

Reason 4 - Build a List.

Instead of selling something in your article make sure you focus on building your list by giving them something for FREE in your bio.

Reason 5 - Focus on Quality and Quantity.

People write 10 articles and get tired and cry that they have not received any traffic. You will see some decent traffic coming into your website only after you have touched minimum 100 articles and it has spread all around. YES, it is hard work. Make a plan of writing 10 quality articles daily and keep spreading them. You will soon see your website going out of control with all the traffic it receives.

Reason 6 - Lack of Time.

Ok so you don't have time writing articles. Hire freelance writers to do it for you. You will get many who will be glad to write articles for you at 'Elance' and 'Rent A Coder'.

Reason 7 - Boring to Submit Articles.

There's a solution. Get an article distribution service like 'Article Marketer' and they will submit your articles to hundreds of article directories with a click of a button. The 7 reasons mentioned above are the main reasons that leads to failure and success of any article marketing campaign.

Focus yourself in applying the above 7 tips in your article marketing campaign and you will easily find success in driving quality traffic to your internet home business idea.

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Amazing Article Marketing - Revealing 4 Advanced Methods to Amplify Your Article Marketing

Article marketing is a simple yet very effective way of conveying your insights and thoughts to either persuade or educate your targeted readers or market. This is the fundamental reason why a lot of businessmen are resorting into article marketing. They see the potential pull of article materials to entice and attract more potential clients where they can advertise and promote their products and services. Below are some of the revealed methods on how one can advance in article marketing:

1. Compelling and robust subject lines are proven effective methods to entice people to open and read an article. Create a highly impacting subject line or title because this is the section of the article that is firstly seen by your potential market. This portion allows you to build rapport and communication with your potential readers at an instant.

2. Any article used for marketing is geared towards making an advertisement and substantially make a promotion. However, given this fact, it should not be taken hardly because the article may no longer look an information conveyor but an advertising mechanism. Subtly incorporate any advertising pick up lines but never bluntly spell it out.

3. Try to make the article easy to scan and read. You can only achieve this if you are able to chop and break the whole generalized idea of your article material into integral components. In this way, any person who attempts to read the article material can say that your material is easy to read and understand.

4. Adding up to clarity of your work, never make use of highly jargonized terms. These types of terms are relatively confusing if not misleading. Remember that as a writer, it is within the scope of our responsibilities to convey your message in an efficient manner - and being efficient means reaching out to more people.

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Article Marketing Brings the Most Traffic to Your Website

Ever wonder how you can bring traffic to your website? People always want to learn ways to drive more traffic to their website. Plant your seed into article marketing. If you write free articles on popular article websites, you can bring in thousands of customers to your website. Targeted customers who already want what you have to offer.

There are tons of free article websites that have millions of readers. These article websites are free to sign up with. All you need is a little time to write some great articles. They are like online magazines of posts real people make. I will give you a list of a few websites you can post your articles for free and get tons of traffic.

What you do is; sign up for an article website. Write an article about your website. Try and make the topic of your article an interesting subject about your product or service. Make sure you show expertise in your area on your article. At the bottom of your article leave a link to your website/s. Some article websites let you have an author Bio, just put your website information and link in there also. Now, whenever someone reads your article they will be referenced to your website/s link. People can even use the article on their own website with the promise that they do not modify it. That means, they can't take your website information out. So your articles will spread like wildfire through the online world. And you will get thousands, if not millions of readers to your articles. Bloggers love to use professional looking articles for their blog.

Just remember, it sounds easy but it takes lots of time and dedication. I would say; you will have to write 3-5 articles a day, everyday, for about 3 months. Then you should be able to drop down to 2-3 articles a day. You keep this up as long as you want to advertise your website. You will start to see real results about 3-4 months into marketing with articles. You are planting a seed that will be potentially spread to millions of people reading your articles. Writing articles is the best way to market and advertise any website.

The best thing about writing articles for your website is; it is totally free. Any marketing and advertising company is doing the same when you pay them to advertise your website. They are writing articles on the same websites I am going to tell you about in this post. I am not saying they are ripping you off. Writing articles is not always easy. Paying someone to advertise your website usually works out great. But, it is very expensive. If you know how to advertise the same way they are advertising; why not do it yourself? Save yourself some money if you have the extra time. Write the articles yourself.

ezinearticles.com is probably the best place to post your free articles. There are millions of people that read articles on ezine everyday. Ezine is probably the most popular article website on the internet. This place is a goldmine of traffic to your website, just waiting to happen. Ezine has an author rating system. When you start writing you are a basic member. As you keep writing your articles, you will move up the ranks to become a basic plus member. Then, when you write 25+ articles they let you become a platinum member. The rank system gives each author recognition. Platinum members get to post an unlimited number of articles. One downfall is; ezine has strict rules on things like keywords.

goarticles.com is another great place to write articles. There are millions of readers on goarticles. You will get tons of traffic by writing articles there. They do not have a ranking system. Goarticles let you post an unlimited amount of articles as soon as you become a member. I like goarticles a little better than ezine. But ezine will bring you more traffic. Goarticles doesn't have strict rules against posts such as keyword spamming. They are very tolerant and very user friendly.

ideamarketers.com is a great place to bring traffic in as well. They have millions of readers that will bring you in traffic. Not only can you write and post articles there; but you can expand your writing hobbies. You can hire ghostwriters to write if you don't want to write yourself. You can even be a ghostwriter for someone elses website or blog. Ideamarketers is a great all around article writing website. There are tons of options to open your writing horizons there.

All three of these websites are totally free to use. Yes, there are other article websites out there. But, in my recommendation, these three will bring you the most targeted traffic. They have the most daily readers than any other article websites out there. Give them a try if you need targeted traffic to your website or blog.

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