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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 >>>

getting started - article marketing

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 >>>