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number 3# 3 of 3 Big article marketing tips to use in your article marketing strategy!

So how frustrated are you that you are not getting traffic from your articles?

Are you constantly checking to see how many views and click thru’s your article has gotten?

Did you think that article marketing would be your end all be all for traffic?

Well, think again!  Sure, articles can be a great source of traffic.  But, you will typically see traffic from your articles the first few weeks that they are published and even then, you are competing for clicks with every other link that the article directories have on the page directly along side your article.  READ MORE >>>

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Over the next few weeks we will be exploring three, often overlooked, article marketing tips that you should be using as a part of your overall article marketing strategy.

Article marketing is cheap, usually free, and seems to be an easy way for a lot of people new to internet marketing to promote their sites and get some traffic.  Yet, so  many people still have so many questions.  So many people struggle to make it work for them.

Let me tell you, I am no different and I bet a lot of internet marketers struggled with article marketing right from the beginning.

Well, I want to help make it a little easier for you to grasp the concepts behind article marketing and to dispel some myths about how easy article marketing can be. READ MORE >>>

iStock_000001454494XSmallIf you have been following this series you have read a ton of valuable information about generating traffic to your website.

In the last few posts we’ve talked about:

Now you have to understand, you are not only going to submit your articles to the two sites mentioned in the previous post, but you are going to submit your articles to dozens of places online.

The best place for you to submit your articles, like we discussed, is ezinearticles.  My second favorite place to submit my articles to is Squidoo.  And, if you remember, I recommended One Week Marketing by Pot Pie Girl if you want to learn more about taking advantage of all the traffic these attract on a daily basis. READ MORE >>>

As if it’s just not enough, after spending all of this time writing great content, now you have to do something with this content!  This is where many great debates can take place and a lot of learning will come with time.  But, for now, the key is to get your article posted to as many sites as possible to create back links and create some traffic for yourself.

Quite frankly, I have not seen one identical list of where you should be posting your articles.  But there are a few commonalities among all of the great books and courses that you’ll read on article marketing.  The no brainers so to speak. READ MORE >>>

Let’s face it, if you have a solid article marketing strategy you are going to have to write A LOT of articles.  The good thing is that it’s free!  The bad thing is that it takes a lot of people a lot of time to write even one article let alone ten articles.

Simply stated, if you have not written any articles yet or you tend to get caught up spending 15-20 minutes or more writing one article, then this is for you. READ MORE >>>

article writingOkay, so you have your targeted keywords, you know how many articles you will need and you have decided to either outsource or to write your articles.

If you are going to outsource, let me give you a few pointers.

1.  Expect to pay anywhere from $3 – $7 per article.  The cheaper the rate, the lesser the quality.  You can get good articles for $5.  You will pay a bit more if you go beyond 500 words.  Rewrites should be a few bucks a piece. READ MORE >>>

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Here’s the scenario.  You need traffic and you probably needed it yesterday.  While article marketing is not going to be the end all be all flood of traffic tomorrow, it is going to begin to lay a concrete foundation for steady traffic in the future.  The good thing is that you can reap some benefits from your article marketing strategy efforts today, tomorrow.  I’ll talk about that in a little bit.

First, you have some decisions to make. READ MORE >>>

Writing in journalSo we are finally on the final two of my Top 5 Traffic Generators.  And since there is such an overlap between the final two, I will be combining article marketing strategy and Web 2.0 network sites into this final set of posts.

Here’s the big problem that I have found with article marketing, everyone does it just a little bit differently.  I swear, I have at least a half a dozen ebooks dedicated to article marketing and each one is very different. Sure, these guys are getting the same results, but how they are getting there is by using different methods. READ MORE >>>

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In case you missed it, a few weeks ago I unveiled my top 5 traffic as they rank right now.  It just so happens that a lot of that traffic is coming from social media.

Now, I am no expert in traffic generation by any means.  But, this stuff is all working for me so I decided to put together a series of posts outlining how I use each of these five traffic sources.  Trust me, there are a lot of goodies in here!  ;-)

Here is a recap of what has been covered so far:

traffic generation I was reading somewhere today that there is one thing that you need above all else to learn how to make money online and that is to learn how to generate traffic. While this is true to an extent, if you are selling dog food and all of your traffic is aquarium owners, you are not doing yourself much good are you??? (This is where keyword research comes into play but that is a whole topic all together.  But if you need a quick refresher on keyword research you can check out: 4 Steps to Keyword research That Will Help You Find the Opportunities You Are Looking For!) READ MORE >>>

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A lot of people are intimidated by article writing and others live and die by it.  Some people have tried and failed while others have resounding success.  Here are a few article writing tips that I have found that have worked for me! READ MORE >>>

computer-squidIt has now been a month since I started using Squidoo for traffic.  So let me give you a little information on how this has all panned out.

Building the lenses was not so difficult after reading up on it for a little bit and checking out some of the better lenses on Squidoo.  You can look out for the video coming soon about putting together a nice lens.  All together, I built fourteen lenses to date. READ MORE >>>

stack-of-magazinesWhy is an article marketing strategy so important to your online business?

Let me lay it out for you.  You have a website and are using it or want to use it as a vehicle to help drive your business.  For some, your website may not be just a marketing tool, it may be your business.  It doesn’t matter if you have a blog, an ecommerce store, you READ MORE >>>

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Let me start by saying that I never even considered article marketing as a part of my overall marketing strategy until I read Josh’s book Article Marketing Domination.  Now, my marketing is mostly comprised of a solid article marketing strategy.

Josh opened my eyes to the power, ease and benefits of article marketing right from the beginning.  If you research Josh Spaulding a little you will learn that he has been an internet marketing entrepreneur since around 2005 and has been READ MORE >>>