Video Killed The Article Marketing!
Some people are saying that article marketing is a thing of the past. However, it is still true that one of the best ways to get free, highly targeted traffic is indeed article marketing. Most important thing to know is that you have to do it right. In this article we will discuss some ideas of what is working now and what you may need to change. As well, I will reveal some cool tools to help you streamline your efforts.
Article marketing is still the best way to have content posted online that you create once and it continues to work for ever. Done properly it can produce highly targeted traffic to your site and will deliver some of the best leads. Articles will pre-qualify and pre-sell prospects for you because generally if someone is engaged enough to read the whole article they are interested in what you have to offer.
Things to understand: Consistency is critical. Make sure to create a plan of action to follow daily. You should be writing up to 5 articles daily or at least get one per day. If you use your time efficiently you should be able to keep your writing to around 20 minutes daily. There are external sources you can use such as Elance.com or Odesk.com which allow you to contract some of the work inexpensively. It is important to make sure that the article distribution software you use is submitting to the most trafficked directories.
I bet you didn’t know that 80% of the article traffic comes from only 30% of the directories! If your article submission tools is sending your content to directories that get no traffic what’s the point when trying to get traffic? Take a look at Articlesubmitterauto.com for an inexpensive, simple, and effective tool works. It uses the Word Press format and submits to all the top trafficked sites!
Once you write the article, get the URL for the article (from your blog, Ezine, or marketing system, etc..) then use OnlyWire.com, which is a social bookmarking tool that will delivery your post/article URL to all the top social bookmark sites instantly. This allows you to get your content out there immediately while waiting on the directories for approval. Integrated as a plug in for Word Press blogs it is a very powerful tool as social bookmarking becomes more and more popular.
Submit your article URL to website directories! If you don’t do this you should check out a free simple tool called Submitexpress.com. This will instantly send your article URL out to website directories thereby giving you backlinks, traffic, and search engine exposure!
Have you been spying on the competition? If not you may want to see what keywords they are using. Keyword research is critical because you need to build your article around what you want to target. You can see what your competition uses for keywords by looking into the source code in their articles. Just right click on any top articles in your niche and select view source code and at the top you have all their keywords!
Well what abut spinning your articles to avoid duplicate content. That is up to you and there is equal support for each side. Depends on how much time you want to spend but I know some serious article marketers that don’t do it and they get insane results. This debate may go on for ever.
These simple tools are very effective and if you implement them into an actual article marketing “strategy”, with consistency, you will get excellent results over time. Remember, this is about building a long lasting content base online that will continue to produce results long into the future
If you want to learn more detailed information on article marketing then visit John Panella’s site where he gives creative, current, and effective strategies. John has developed a network of top internet marketers who are at the cutting edge of online marketing and you can learn everything he learns from these top industry leaders!