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TOP Notch Article Marketing Service SubmitYourArticle.com Review
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Cory.
Every month a passé of new releases hit the online world marketplace. Many are just ho-hum repeats or rehashes of what is actually already there, however, many distinguish themselves by high user acceptance and so are worth an additional look. Among those there’s a article marketing service called Submit YOUR Article that is definitely attracting attention.
This useful service has been around for awhile now and continues to be developed by Steve Shaw. Submit YOUR Article has rapidly grown its client base to one of the internet’s best article marketing services.
There are actually 3 distinctive features that set Submit YOUR Article apart from the other players in the pack. These features are unlimited monthly article submissions, global syndication of your articles and a fare price for the service. Let’s discuss all of these characteristics, in turn.
First, you get unlimited article submissions where as before you only were allowed 8. That’s quite the step up and all the better because the more articles you put out there the more traffic and sales you’ll receive using this service.
Secondly, you can schedule your articles to be published on certain days of the week to be syndicated globally to your target audience. With this service people from around the globe subscribe to receive fresh new content related to their interests in their inboxes daily for possible publication on their websites or in their newsletters.
How good is that? I’d have to say pretty awesome.
Lastly, you get this service at a great price that isn’t going to break the bank if you know what I mean. We all only have a certain amount of advertising capital to spend so we want to make good use of it and I think $47 a month for this service is a steal. You will find no other service online like this that offers what Submit YOUR Article offers its clients. Belief me I’ve looked and is why I’m one of their clients.
Now, what is the most significant downside to Submit Your Article? Most likely the main disadvantage to the Submit YOUR Article setup is having to write your articles. This can be a very time consuming chore but can be overcome by simply outsourcing your articles to ghost writers who are more then willing to take on what you ask of them. I’ve done this for many of my niche websites that I don’t really have any particular knowledge of. So my word of advice to you is don’t let article writing stop you from perusing a topic you are interested in building a website around. There are always alternatives.
In conclusion, Submit YOUR Article has a very good service with plenty of excellent features which is why I give it my two thumbs up rating. It would be worthwhile for you to invest some time in having a closer look at the service, perhaps even give the service a try because you have nothing to lose if you don‘t.
To find out how Submit YOUR Article can drive tons of free targeted traffic to your website using articles visit SubmitYOURArticle.com today!
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Top 5 Tips For A Successful Article Marketing Campaign
Posted on 28. Aug, 2010 by Cory.
In today’s world, many people face various challenges daily. Some things are easier than others to deal with. One particular challenge is creating a successful article marketing campaign. There are many methods, many tools, methods and techniques used to deal with making a successful article marketing campaign come together. Some are more effective than others. To achieve the best results, just what do you need to do?
Understanding will of course be the response. Doing just about anything looks easy for some people who know how. And to get great results with your article marketing campaign you only need to understand what works and what does not.
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Read the list if tips below to help your understanding.
Here are 5 tips for a successful article marketing campaign:
1. Write a attention grabbing headline with your main keyword or keyword phrase. Just why is this important? That’s just how people work. They need to be drawn in by something that offers a solution to their problems which is why your headline with your main keyword or keyword phrase is so important. And exactly what occurs after you follow these suggestions? People will click through to your website and read your article and the search engines will rank your keyword optimized webpage accordingly.
2. Don’t keyword stuff your articles. This is important because most article directories use special software that calculates the keyword density of your article and if it’s not between 2% – 7% your article will more then likely not get approved. This is also important because the search engines also don’t like this being done so in the end no one wins. Not the article directory or website owner with your article and of course you. So my advice to you is keep within 2% – 7% keyword density.
3. Write in a conversational fashion. The reason for that is most web surfers are skimmers and by having your articles written in a conversational manner they will more then likely read right through to the end of your article. It’s also a good idea because nobody likes reading BIG blocks of text. It’s just to much, so again write your articles in a conversational fashion and I guaranty your articles will be published more often then those nasty block style articles.
4. Make sure your articles are at least 500+ words. Why is this advisable? Well, article directories now a days are getting picky and have certain rules in order for your articles to be approved. I’m not saying publishers won’t pick up your articles if there less then 500 words put if you want the added exposure through articles directories then take the extra time to write a few extra sentences. Any other reason? That about covers it for this section.
5. Make sure your resource box makes your reader take an action. And just why is this important? That’s simple. You want them to click through to your website where you are offering your products or services. What other reasons are there? You could also use your resource box to offer your reader a free report by making them opt-in for it which in turn will start your own personal email list that you could email at any given time with your products or services.
If you just carefully follow the 5 tips above you can expect excellent results in your first of many article marketing campaigns. You’ll then enjoy every one of the fruits, joys and benefits thereof, like free targeted traffic for life. But, if you happen to ignore these 5 tips, ready yourself for much worse results and concurrently lower benefits.
Hope this helps and good luck with your first of many article marketing campaign’s.
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How To Submit Your Articles In 5 Easy Steps
Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by Cory.
The majority of things really worth doing require more than one step to complete. To execute any complex project or achieve most worthwhile goals will demand concentration, dedication and a few steps completed during a period of time. That is also true about anything like deciding to submit your articles. Deciding to submit your articles isn’t any different. Here’s how you can submit your articles in 5 simple steps.
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Step 1. Write your keyword or keyword phrase targeted article. This is very important because this is what you are required to have in order to submit your articles. Should you decide not do that step, you will have no ground to stand on when it comes time for submission. It’s really a ‘No Brainer’.
Step 2. Make sure your target keyword or keyword phrase is in your title of your article. This can be a really important step which will need your full attention and concentration. You have to do it this way for the search engines. The key reason why you need this is so the search engines will rank you for that keyword or keyword phrase in their search results.
Step 3. Make sure you don’t keyword stuff your articles. The real reason for this is to get your articles approved and not banned for keyword stuffing. Likewise, you want to have a keyword density of around 2% to 7% for your article to be approved. Not all articles directories go by this, but why take the chance.
Step 4. Make sure your articles are at least 500+ words. To clarify and explain that somewhat, a lot of major article directories these days will only accept articles that are 500+ words, so try to aim for that when writing your articles.
Step 5. Develop a killer resource box. Additionally, you want to do this right because this is where you want your reader to take action on what they just read by clicking through to your website where you sell your products and/or services.
Finally, if you have kept to the program and followed the tips above well, you’ll have succeeded and can now enjoy the fruits of that success. Pat yourself on the back, be a little proud of yourself. You set out to achieve your main goal and you just succeeded. Now enjoy yourself!
Now all there is left for you to do is submit your articles to all the places you can find online that will accept them.
Some places to get started with are articles announcement lists, article directories, online forums related to your topic, e-zine publishers, related blogs just to name a few.
You can find all these types of websites by simply doing a search using Google, Bing or Yahoo.
Alternatively, you could always use a article submission software application or article submission service to do all of the above for you, but that is up to you to decide.
Well, I hope these few tidbits of information helped and good luck with your article marketing.
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7 Reasons You Ought To Know More About Article Marketing Services
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Cory.
Have you heard about article marketing services? What exactly do you really know about it? This subject is important to a significant segment of the online marketer population. You’ll find very few who really understand it or know anything regarding it. Most that hear of it just think about it briefly, then move on to something else. They generally don’t care because so far as they can see it’s of no concern until they know more about it.
So what exactly is the truth here? Just what exactly are article marketing services and why should it be important to anybody, especially you?
Let’s evaluate seven factors why you need to know a lot more about online article marketing services, just to find out if any of them fit you or anybody you know.
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First and foremost, article marketing services save you time. O.K. I can definitely comprehend your position that article marketing takes a lot of your time but the benefits outweigh the cons by far. And I agree, you have a really valid point. But take a look at it from this perspective, by using article marketing services to promote your articles you’ll have more time to write them. Furthermore, give thought to this’ they submit your articles to a variety of places online like article announcement lists just for starts.
Second, they submit your articles to all the major online article directories. The reason for that might be to give you more exposure to online publishers looking for fresh related content for their websites and/or blogs.
Third, you’ll have your articles submitted to e-zine publishers with email subscription lists in the thousands.
Bingo!
Fourth, you’ll be seen as an expert in your chosen niche. And the more you submit articles related to your niche the more seriously you’ll be taken.
Fifth, your website will get lots of link juice from other websites that post your article which in turn will help you rank higher in the search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo.
Sixth, by using article marketing services it will help your article go VIRAL because of the many places they submit your article that have social sharing tools enabled on them.
Seventh, once your article is submitted and published online it will send you continuous targeted traffic for years to come. That’s the icing on the cake if you know what I mean.
At this point, after you’ve observed all of the reasons above thoroughly and had a chance to evaluate them, it’s up for you to choose whether or not you need to know more about article marketing services and if they are what you are seeking.
Just keep an open mind and think about the reasons. Perhaps you just stumbled on the right reasons to get started with online article marketing services.
I truly hope this article helped you in understanding the importance of article marketing services and what they can offer you because the bottom line is time is valuable by all and the more of it we have the more we can achieve.
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Article Marketing Research? 3 Problematic Errors To Be Avoided
Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Cory.
You can find various reasons why people search for things via the internet. Usually it will be something they want, a problem or need to be resolved and satisfied. Most are motivated by 1 of 2 different goals: Pleasure Seeking (trying to find gain, profit, pleasure, enlightenment, etc.) or Pain Avoidance (looking to avoid loss, illness, pain, liabilities, problems, etc.)
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Searches on article marketing research are going to be made by people with both positive and negative motivations. This short article takes aim at only the negative, “Pain Avoidance” side, looking at the 3 things, actions, points or mistakes one should most strenuously avoid.
For clarity and general background here, there are a few things you might want to know. For instance, you need to understand why article marketing research is a must when writing your articles about whatever your topic is.
You also need to know some of the specifics of this problem or need. Items like understanding why doing your keyword research first is a must.
Now, what do we want to avoid here? And, why avoid that?
It is only logical that when you find yourself having to cope with writing your own articles that the best way will be to know what keywords you want to write your articles around that will grab the interest of the reader.
O.K. then, listed below are those 3 points you need to do your very best in order to avoid:
First of all, is creating your headline without your target keyword or keyword phrase. The key reason why for this is that the search engines rank and index your articles using your headline or title of your article, plus, usually the first 200 to 250 characters of your article body. And this is also what online surfers will see when they scroll through their given search query results that will catch their attention.
How much avoidance is sufficient? I would have to say at all costs simply because that’s how search engines work for the most part when ranking a webpage.
Second, Avoid over stuffing your articles with your main keyword or keyword phrase. And why’s that? Well, first off your articles won’t get approved through the larger article directories because they have special software that figures out the keyword density of your articles and if your articles go over that mark then your articles will be rejected.
How exactly can we understand what is sufficient? As a general guideline, try to aim for anywhere between 2% to 7% keyword density for each of your articles for your chosen key or keyword phrase.
Third, don’t write your articles around keywords online surfers aren’t searching for. The reason behind that is you want your articles to be found in the search engines under the keyword or keyword phrase your potential customer or online surfer is searching for. Why write an article if its not going to be found, right!
And just how will we know when this is being avoided enough?
Eliminate the negatives by avoiding these 3 things above. That should practically solve whatever problems you may have had in regards to doing article marketing research to start with.
Hope this helped and good luck with your article marketing research.
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Advantages and Disadvantages Associated With Article Marketing Strategies
Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Cory.
There are plenty of factors both in support of and against article marketing strategies. It is important that you have knowledge of them prior to taking action. Here some of the key advantages and disadvantages with article marketing are pointed out and explained. You simply must know these in order to be capable of making the proper decision for you.
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Advantages: Points In Support Of Article Marketing Strategies
1. Article marketing is a great way to brand yourself as an expert in your niche.
Furthermore, by doing this your readers will trust you more with what you have to offer them, whether that’s a product or service.
2. Your articles give you leveraging power.
One additional cause for article marketing is your articles will go VIRAL. This offers the added advantage of you getting more traffic to your website for free by others publishing your articles on their websites or by simply sharing a link on a popular social network. All in all, this will eliminate making the mistake of sending lots of money you don’t have on paid advertising that gets you poor conversions.
3. Use your articles to create a free report.
After that there is just one more step and that is creating your free report. That’s obviously critical because it can certainly get you a lot more free traffic, and in some cases loads of highly targeted traffic if you approach the right super affiliates with large email lists. After you take that into consideration, it seems very sensible to article market to your target audience doesn’t it.
The points above show the positive aspects using these article marketing strategies. There is also a negative side. Let us focus on the various drawbacks.
Disadvantages: Points Against Article Marketing Strategies
1. Article writing can be very time consuming.
If you ever written an article before then you know what I mean, and that might produce the negative effect of you procrastinating on even getting started with article marketing. That is undoubtedly not a good thing. It could be a motive to avoid doing it all together.
2. Publishers are getting more and more picky with article submissions.
What you need to do is make sure you format your articles properly so you will at least know you did it right and will have very little problems getting them approved by publishers and article directories.
3. Submitting your articles can be very tedious and time consuming.
A final cause to avoid using these article marketing strategies is that of submitting your articles for syndication. Everyone should consider this point with great care, because it could lead right to your website getting lots of free targeted traffic if you opt to article market anyway. There are alternatives to manual submission available.
So there you have it. There’s the positives and negatives of using these article marketing strategies. It’s not right for just anybody, however it certainly is great for many. So, make sure you carefully review the above information and comparisons. The information and facts presented should certainly assist you to be well prepared to make the best final decision on how to proceed.
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Article Content: 3 Reasons You Should Use Article Promotion to Promote Your Internet Site
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Cory.
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Ever thought about if you really could use article marketing to advertise your internet site ? Many people have thought about doing the same thing with articles. Some went ahead and did so. Most others have gotten bogged down within the negatives somewhere and never started.
Hold up a minute and let’s relax a bit. Let’s look at this. Here’s three reasons for you to use article marketing to advertise your internet site.
First and foremost, on the “Pro” side, I would mention that article submissions are an economical and simple method of building legitimate links for the website. Fine, I acknowledge your objection, for the “Con” side, and I agree you have a legitimate point when you say articles can be time consuming to create , and difficult to outsource if you’d like top quality content. But I want to show that the time you spend writing a piece of writing is well worth the effort, especially if you choose to submit article content into a submitted article directory.
Second, consider that article publication sites happen to be promoted and indexed in several search engines, saving you the trouble of attempting to advertise the articles yourself. In addition to that, submitting articles to said directories is simple so long as you ensure that you submit top quality articles with proper grammar. In addition, these services are without cost to writers and publishers, cutting the overall cost of your internet site marketing strategy.
Third and lastly, you’ll get a great deal of exposure when other website owners choose to use your web articles on their own sites, keeping your links together. Which is going to mean that you can gain a lot of backlinks from your single, well written article. And, moreover, on top of that, you might find a rise in the search engines pagerank due to sheer exposure that the single article offers you!
Once you consider the reasons and evaluate them, I expect you will probably have to admit that a compelling case can be made for thinking about how you can use article marketing to advertise your internet site.
Consider this seriously for a moment. Imagine if you actually could use article marketing to advertise your internet site Think of the money that really could be made. ?
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How To Establish Integrity With Your Customers When Being An Affiliate Marketer
Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Cory.
The integrity you put into your affiliate marketing program first has to be found in you. Remember, institutions never create anything – individuals do. People like you are the visionaries, the thinkers, the planners, and the ones that get the job done. If you can develop a common code of integrity and incorporate it into your business plan, people will sense the difference and reward your insight by coming back repeatedly to make a purchase.
If you make a promise – keep it. Realize more and more than you can do nothing by yourself and that you are far better off working in a team environment. Let your affiliate program convey this message also. You’re there to solve a problem and everyone involved will benefit from the results. Be accountable to yourself and to your customers, as they depend on you for accurate and timely information. When they leave your website or program offer to make a purchase from a merchant, they expect your marketing to live up to its promises. Being accountable to yourself and the program you create is invaluable.
It helps to understand that the affiliate program is an extension of you. It will, in a measure, reflect the dreams that are yours. If you have integrity, your program will have integrity. If you are dishonest, your program will have the same bent, and the customer will sense it and move on to another venue. Be open, leave the customer a way to contact you, and then make sure you return the courtesy. Incorporate security measures that will leave the customer at ease, and if your affiliate program doesn’t require these measures, make sure that the merchant site does. All of these are ways to place visible markers in your affiliate program that will signal its legitimacy.
Your goal should be to build a customer base for life with customers whose needs you can continue to satisfy. Good customers often, by word of mouth, promote businesses in ways unimaginable. Viral marketing is one of the most powerful sales tools available. If you make a point to put integrity first that will resonate with your costumers and they will think of you as a representative of a trustworthy company.
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Cool Twitter Widgets To Dress Up Your Website Or Blog
Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by Cory.
Want another way to show off your Twitter? Well why not do it with a cool Twitter widget.
Widgets are yet just another way of displaying information your visitors can interact with and usually take up very little space on your website or blog and take less than a few minutes to incorporate.
You can put them within your content, in your sidebar or where ever you decide.
So with that said what I have done is scronged up some Twitter widgets resources for you to check out at your leisure if you are wanting to add one to your website or blog to show off your latest tweets to your visitors or loyal readers.
Below is a list of Twitter widget resources. Go check them out and if one stands out that you like then take the time to add it to your website or blog because the more visable your tweets are the more likely your visitors or readers will click on them resulting in more potential Twitter followers to add to your Twitter.
Here’s the list:
www.widgetbox.com/widget/twidget
www.widgetbox.com/widget/tweet-blender
twitter.com/goodies/widget_profile
Yes, I realize there’s only 3, that’s because I found these ones to be the easiest to customize and install on your website or blog.
Feel free to search the web yourself if you don’t find these Twitter widgets acceptable, but I am sure you will.
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REVEALED! The Secret FUEL That POWERS The Net and Why It Should Be Part Of Your Marketing Strategy
Posted on 15. Aug, 2009 by Cory.
What I’m about to reveal to you in this article will literally change the Way you do your online marketing for years to come and will add many Benefits to You and your online promotions ‘Effortlessly’.
This secret(A.K.A. — Secret FUEL) that I’m going to talk about is so Powerful that it will…
— give You and your business ‘Instant Credibility’…
— Boost your websites ‘Link Popularity’ and ‘Search
Engine’ ranking…
— send you FREE ‘Laser Targeted’ traffic with ready to
Buy customers…
— help you build ‘Targeted’ opt-in mailing lists…
…and these are just some of the Benefits you’ll receive, But, in my mind, these are the most important.
Now, before I dive right into it I first want to do a little bit of a history lesson about WHY the Internet was born and more importantly, its Sole purpose so you’ll have a clear picture inside your head about WHY this ‘Secret FUEL’ that I’m about to reveal to you is so important to your online business.
So… lets get started by finding out when the ‘Internet’ was conceived.
The Internet was born on October 29, 1969. This date is significant because it was the 1st time in history that a computer talked to another computer via a router over a network.
So that roughly makes the Internet about 35 years old.
Now that we know when the Internet was born, what we need to know now is what was its Sole purpose?
The World Wide Web(Internet) is simply a… ‘Wide-Area Hypermedia Information Retrieval System’ aiming to give users(You) universal access to a large universe of Documents and/or Information.
So, with that said, basically the Internet is nothing more than a sophisticated communication device that gives us (You) the ability to Exchange and/or search for…
… !!INFORMATION!!
I guess thats a good reason WHY they call it… “The Information Super Highway”.
So… now that we’ve had that little history lesson I’m sure you probably have a good idea about what the ‘Secret FUEL’ is that I’m about to REVEAL to you.
BUT, if you don’t, don’t cheat and skip to the end.
Now, its pretty obvious that the Internet is merely a tool by which we use to locate related information that we query through the use of Search Engines by using related keywords or keyword phrases that we choose.
The question is, where does the ‘Secret FUEL’ fit into this equation?
You’ll be surprised with my answer because the ‘Secret FUEL’ that I’m about to tell you about is everywhere on the Web and people just like you and I are Hunting for IT as we speak.
So, I guess Now would be a good time to reveal to you…
…”The Secret FUEL That POWERS The Internet”.
Are you ready?
The ‘Secret FUEL’ that POWERS the Internet is simply…
… !!CONTENT!!
Just think about it for a minute and ask yourself this question… what’s the Main reason why You go online?
I can guarantee the majority of you answered… to find Information related to and/or about… whatever your query was.
Information is delivered through ‘Content’. Content is what FUEL’s the Internet, which means, You should be contributing by way of writing Informative articles related to your business.
Now, some of you are probably saying to yourself, I don’t know how to write articles let alone have anything to write about and will writing articles really Benefit my business in the long run?
Well, if you don’t know how to write articles… Start. I didn’t either in the beginning, but I learned and so can you.
It’s simply a learning process.
Now, how will writing articles benefit You and your business?
I outlined them earlier in my article, but will list the four main Benefit’s and the Why’s in point form below.
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How does it…
— give You and your business ‘Instant Credibility’?
Answer: By writing about your Product or Service you’re able to convey to your potential customer the Benefits and Solutions your Product and/or Service will solve giving you Instant Credibility and a reason for them to look into what you have to offer further.
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How does it…
— Boost your websites ‘Link Popularity’ and ‘Search
Engine’ ranking?
Answer: When you write your article you are able to leave a ‘Resource Box’(a brief description about You and/or your business with your URL included at the end). Now, when you submit your article to Article Directories or other website’s directories and website’s across the web and they add it to there directories you’ll get a ‘Link’ pointing back to your site.
Major search engines like Google and Yahoo! for example use ‘Link Popularity’ to gauge a website’s Importance and Ranking.
This is also a great strategy to use to get High PR websites to link back to you without even doing a ‘Link Exchange’. This is just what you want.
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How does it…
— send you FREE ‘Laser Targeted’ traffic with ready to
Buy customers?
Answer: When website owners are looking for fresh related content for either their website and/or newsletter and they happen to choose your article, they’ll have to publish your article with your ‘Resource Box’ included with all your website and contact information.
Just think how much ‘Laser Targeted’ traffic you’d get if your article is posted on a HIGH traffic website and/or in a newsletter with a HUGE subscriber base thats related to your niche.
Now, do you see where the ‘Laser Targeted’ traffic will come from.
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How does it…
— help you build ‘Targeted’ opt-in mailing lists?
Answer: Again, when website owners are looking for fresh related content for either their website and/or newsletter they will have to publish your article with your ‘Resource Box’ included with all your website and contact information.
So, when they visit your website through the information within your ‘Resource Box’ you’ll then have a chance to capture there Name and Email Address by offering them something of Value for FREE through either a ‘Pop-Up’ or ‘Exit Pop-Up’ and/or ‘Web Form’ on your website.
By doing this simple step you’ll be able to build your own ‘Targeted’ opt-in mailing list that you can hit up with other back-end offers anytime you wish at absolutely NO COST to You.
Now, do you see Why ‘CONTENT’ is so Powerful and how it FUEL’s the Internet?
Do you honestly think your business could Benefit from what I have revealed to you within this article?
I can almost Guarantee you probably answered… YES.
With that said, writing articles and submitting them to online publications is, in my mind, one of the most Effective ways to get Free Advertising and Publicity for your business for years to come.
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3 Steps To Getting Hundreds Of Backlinks To Your Website Absolutely FREE
Posted on 18. Jul, 2009 by Cory.
Link Popularity as you know plays a BIG part in your websites ranking within the Search Engines.
So, the basic breakdown is, the more links pointing to your website, the higher up the search engines will rank your website.
More importantly though is getting those High PR websites linking back to yours.
The question at hand is… “How can I get those High PR links without having to buy High PR links and/or spend countless hours surfing the web for link partners with the possible potential of being denied?”
And as webmasters, we can not afford to waste time, especially if your starting out on a part time basis.
We must utilize every minute we can to getting the most out of our efforts.
So with that being said, I’m going to reveal to you the ‘Back Door’ strategy I use for getting those High PR links to your website Absolutely FREE and have them begging you to come back.
And the cool thing is this can be done following these 3 steps I’m about to mention so pay attention because if you do just this, you will not only get hundreds of backlinks to your website, you’ll also get hundreds, if not thousands of targeted visitors to your website at the same time…
…all for FREE!
Are you ready?
Good, because I am.
Step #1. First you must write an Article.
The first step is to write an related article about your Product or Service that draws the reader in and gets them to click through to your website once they finish reading it to find out more about you and your Product or Service.
Now, your probably wondering why you have to write an article.
Well, it’s real simple actually because what do you get to put at the end of your article?
Your ‘Resource Box’ with your website information and most important of all… your URL pointing back to your website.
So when someone chooses to publish your article in their newsletter or on their website, blog or article directory, they MUST add your ‘Resource Box’ with your website information and URL.
I know some of you are saying… “I don’t know how to write an article” … well, your not alone.
Here are a few resources I’ve put together for you so you can get the basic idea of How-To structure your articles with ease or get someone else to write them for you.
The first is an article I wrote called… THE 7 Step Formula For Writing POWERFUL Articles In Less Than An Hour.
It will show you How-To structure your articles for easy writing.
www.corythrelfall.com/the-7-step-formula-for-writing-powerful-articles-in-less-than-an-hour
The second resource is Elance.com – www.elance.com – which is basically a place where you can go and submit a project by category and freelance writers, etc. will then bid on your project. You pick the winner and you set the budget.
This will get you started in the right direction.
Remember, your article is the Nuts and Bolts of this ‘Back Linking’ strategy, so make sure you put some effort into it to get it as much exposure as possible.
Step #2. Submit your article to Article Directories.
This is the next step and an important one at that because this is where your article or articles are going to get picked up by website owners and/or ezine publishers who are in constant need of fresh, quality information to feed their audiences hunger for information.
There are literally hundreds of Article Directories out there and thousands of ezine publishers looking for quality content on a daily basis. And if they choose your article for publication, they must include your ‘Resource Box’ with your websites information and URL.
It’s all about the numbers. The more Article Directories and websites you submit your articles to, the more potential Backlinks you’ll get to your website.
And since Article Directories have recently adopted RSS(Real Simple Syndication) technology into the mix your articles will even get More mileage without you lifting a finger, creating even more Backlinks to your website.
More on RSS in a minute.
Are you starting to see the Power behind writing your own articles.
I hope so.
Step #3. Create your own RSS Feed for your articles.
This last step is a very Powerful step as well.
What you need to do is set up your own RSS Feed for your articles.
Now, if you don’t know what RSS is here’s the basic definition…
RSS is by definition – an acronym for ‘Real Simple Syndication’ or ‘Rich Site Summary’, and the .XML extension is the format used for distributing your news headlines via the Web, which is known as ‘Syndication.
‘Syndication’ is where the TRUE power of RSS is unleashed, getting your message or information across the web in an INSTANT to websites, subscribers and/or readers who subscribed to your RSS Feed.
The easiest way for you to do this is to set up your own Blog either through…
WordPress – www.wordpress.org
Or through…
Blogger – www.blogger.com
WordPress is a little more advanced so I recommend if you don’t have alot of experience with Blogs or installing scripts that you go set up a Blogger blog which will only take you less than 5 minutes to do.
I’m just giving you some options, that’s all.
Once you’ve set up your Blog the only thing left for you to do is add you articles.
TIP: Make sure you hyperlink your URL and use Anchor Text with your most targeted keywords. By doing this the Search Engine spiders will rank your website higher under that keyword term you specify in your Anchor Text.
After you’ve added your articles all you have to do now is submit your new RSS Feed to RSS Directories and RSS Search Engines.
Here’s a great resource for you to get started with.
Ping-O-Matic – pingomatic.com
That’s it.
Now I know I dumped alot of information on you within this article so just take it Step-By-Step because once you implement it properly it will benefit you for years to come with Backlinks to your website and FREE targeted traffic via the Search Engines, Website Owners and eZine Publishers.
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10 Powerful Reasons Why Articles Remain The Internets #1 Marketing Strategy
Posted on 14. Jul, 2009 by Cory.
We’ve all heard it… “Content IS King” and for good reason because it IS as far as the Internet is concerned.
And when it comes to web surfers, they come online for two reasons, One is to check there email and reason number Two is to search the web for information.
How do you think the internet received the reputation as the “Information Super-Highway”?
Because thats what its primary purpose was before they decided to commercialize it to what it is today.
And… what do articles contain?
The answer is quite simple… Information.
So, what does this have to do with you?
Be the one who supplies it.
It’s that simple.
Now, for the rest of this article I’m going to give you 10 powerful reasons why you should and/or need to get started using articles as one of your online marketing strategies so you too can reap the benefits.
With that said, lets move on to reason #1.
Reason #1. Search Engines LOVE them.
It’s no secret that Search Engines LOVE content, so if you supply it on a regular basis your giving them a great reason to stop on by to take a look around.
Once there they’ll spider and index your website which is just what you want.
Reason #2. Website and Newsletter owners always need them.
I touched base on this earlier about why web surfers come online.
Website owners need fresh content to keep there visitors and/or subscribers coming back, where as newsletter publishers also need fresh content for there “email” newsletters that they publish and send to there subscriber base.
Remember the two reasons I discussed earlier about WHY web surfers come online. BINGO!
Reason #3. They generate Life Long residual Traffic.
Articles produce Life Long residual traffic because website owners, newsletter publishers and article directories archive them for there visitors to read and search through.
And since you have a ‘Resource Box’ located at the end of every article you produce with your website info and URL you’ll receive traffic.
Reason #4. Great way to get One-Way HIGH PR links.
This is probably one of the best reasons because when you offer your free information with ‘Reprint Rights’ and the website owner decides to archive your article within there article directory and their website happens to have a High PR(popularity ranking) ranking, guess what?
You’ll be able to ‘Piggy Back’ off there PR giving your website a PR boost because at the end of every article you produce your able to leave your ‘Resource Box’ with all your websites info and most important of all, your URL.
Reason #5. They’re VIRAL.
This is yet another great reason to start using articles as one of your online marketing strategies simple because your going to offer ‘Reprint Rights’ with all the articles you produce giving Website and Newsletter owners permission to publish them causing a VIRAL explosion and Traffic surge to your website.
Reason #6. You can syndicate them via RSS.
If your up to speed on the latest marketing technology called RSS(Real Simple Syndication) and you write ‘Articles’ on a regular basis you can set-up an RSS feed that web surfers and/or website owners can ‘Opt-In’ to and syndicate your ‘Articles’ via RSS to them, plus, you can also submit your RSS feed(s) to RSS search engines and directories.
Depending on how many ‘Opt-In’ this is yet another great reason to get started with ‘Articles’ and another way to generate LOTS of Free targeted traffic.
Reason #7. Bloggers with Blogs need information to.
Bloggers with BLOGS or Web-Logs need information to.
If you provide quality information related to a specific Blog that blog owner just might post your article on his/her blog for their audiences/readership to read giving you again more FREE exposure for your business.
It gets better. Blogs also use RSS(Real Simple Syndication) to syndicate there content to various search engines, RSS search engines and directories giving you again more FREE exposure through there feed.
Reason #8. Info-Product developers need it to.
Ever receive a free ebook of some sort in your Inbox with related articles inside it from other authors?
When you offer your articles with reprint rights and someone decides to include your article in there ebook for a viral marketing campaign they’re working on, guess what?
More FREE targeted traffic for you as that particular ebook circulates across the internet.
Reason #9. Post them to related Forums and Newsgroups.
Remember, the Internet is all about numbers and Forums and Newsgroups contain numbers to and are yet another avenue for you to gain some extra exposure for FREE for your online business through your articles.
Just make sure you read there terms before you start posting because you don’t want to receive any flames in your Inbox.(They can be Nasty.)
Reason #10. You gain INSTANT credibility as an Expert.
The best way to gain the trust of your potential customers online is to supply them with quality information.
By doing this your stepping up and telling them that you know what your talking about within the industry your in giving them a reason to look into what you have to offer further by following the link you provided within your ‘Resource Box’ at the end of your article.
WoW! Are those 10 POWERFUL reasons to get started with article marketing or what?
You get all those benefits by just producing ONE article.
The more you produce the more you’ll benefit.
Do you see how powerful articles are now and how they can take your online business to the next level?
I certainly hope so.
In conclusion: “Content IS King” online and will remain King for as long as the internet exists.
It’s now up to you to step up to the plate and decide whether or not You want to tap into this proven internet marketing strategy yourself and reap all the benefits I just finished explaining above.
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The 7 Step Formula For Writing POWERFUL Articles In Less Than An Hour
Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by Cory.
What I’m about to Reveal to you in this article is a easy to follow, Step-By-Step formula for writing Powerful articles in less than a hour.
It might take you a few times to get the hang of it the first time around, But, once you’ve gotten through the learning curve, your articles will flow out of you without stressing your brain out to much.
I say this from experience because I used to be terrified about the thought of writing an article, but, once I got this formula down to an art, they seem to come together quite easily now.
The benefits of writing articles alone out weight the fear of having to write them, so read this article with an open mind and if you have to read through it twice, do so.
Writing articles are very powerful and in my mind, the best way to build trust and credibility with your online business.
So, without further delay, let’s go to Step #1.
Step #1. Targeting your audience.
The first thing you have to figure out is which audience (target market) are you trying to reach.
This is critical to your overall outcome of your article and what you want your potential reader/customer to do next after they’ve read your article.
So, make sure you know ahead of time who you want to target.
Step #2. Put together a attention grabbing Headline.
This is probably the single Most important step when it comes to writing your articles because this is what’s used to bait your potential reader/customer to read your article.
Let’s use my headline for this article as an example:
The 7 Step Formula For Writing POWERFUL Articles In Less Than An Hour
Notice how I’ve stated the main benefit you’ll receive from reading my article, this is KEY, and this is what you want to convey to your potential reader/customer.
Step #3. Clearly explain your position on the issue.
This next step is where you introduce your article with a sentence or two that Clearly and Completely explains your position on the issue inwhich you promised in the headline of your article.
You don’t want to leave people hanging, but, at the same time, you don’t want to hand them the store either.
Take a look at how I started out this article as an example.
Step #4. List off your main points you want to cover.
This is where you list off your main points you want to cover in point form.
You don’t have to come up with alot… 3,4,5,7,10 , it really depends on what you plan on covering.
Step #5. Elaborate on each point you wrote down.
After you’ve finished writing down your main points you want to cover your next step is to elaborate on each of them with a sentence or two.
Step #6. Finish up with a Conclusion.
You’ve now figured out who your target audience is going to be.
You’ve put together a attention grabbing headline to pull readers in.
You’ve listed off and elaborated on 3,4,5,7,10 points with a sentence or two.
Now… it’s time for the conclusion.
And, your conclusion is simply where you have your chance to tell your readers why this article was important and to get them to take action.
Step #7. Put together a compelling Resource Box.
Your resource box is where you put your copyright info and website contact information.
There are many styles of how your resource box could look, so, my suggestion to you is visit some article directories to see how others are putting there resource boxes together or you can take a look at mine at the end of this article.
Your choice.
Well, there you have it, The 7 Step Formula For Writing POWERFUL Articles In Less Than An Hour.
The best way to get this formula down is to have a nice size notepad to write on and go through the steps listed above to brainstorm your article topics.
Make sure you spend some time with your headline, this is probably the most important part of the article because its job is to bait your readers.
Don’t let fear stop you from writing because you think you don’t have any wisdom to share.
I used to think that way, but as you can see, I no longer fear writing and have no problem sharing that with you.
So, with that said, I truly hope this article inspired you to get writing and got your creative juices flowing for your first article and the one’s that follow.
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Article Marketers! Article Submission Service SubmitYourArticle.com Reviewed
Posted on 20. Jun, 2009 by Cory.
Want to get more exposure to your articles without doing all the tedious work of submitting your articles manually? If you answered ‘YES’ then keep on reading.
The internet offers plenty of great information about article marketing. I have found there to be numerous benefits from the use of article marketing and for those of you that need your products or services related to your niche some instant exposure and credibility then this is an service you don’t want to pass up.
The article marketing service in question is called Submit Your Article and is a service I use monthly to get exposure and highly targeted traffic to my websites in several niche markets.
Submit Your Article is a service that offers consumers an excellent service at an affordable price(Only $37 a month for 8 article submissions). This is great news during such difficult economic times.
Time is a precious commodity most of us don’t have time for, especially if your busy taking care of all the other stuff your business demands.
If you enjoy article writing but don’t have time to manually submit them yourself, this will all change with the use of Submit Your Article.
Don’t let the various advertisements for other related services confuse you. When you focus on the real aspects of them, Submit Your Article wins hands down. I don’t want to waste my time talking trash about other products and services in this category, but they are simply a waste of your time and money because I have tried most of them.
Even though Submit Your Article is a great service, it is simpler than I had thought to use. A bit more substance would be nice but overall I am happy with the service because of what it has done for my business and that is send my websites targeted traffic.
Submit Your Article definitely has plenty of great value to offer consumers looking to get more exposure for their articles. It has one of the best ratings you will find out there on the internet. Don’t settle for any service that doesn’t meet the same high standards.
Don’t allow this valuable service escape you. It only takes a few minutes to complete your order and you can be submitting your articles to targeted publishers and article directories within 24 hours.
Links are very important and by clicking on this one below you are shaping up for a successful future for yourself and your business, no matter what it is, this service will make it work .
Click here to go to Submit Your Article for more details
One more thing, if saving money and gaining value appeals to you, then article marketing is definitely one you should explore and now that you have read my review though you should be able to achieve success with both of those factors.
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TOP Article Directories Article Marketers Should Focus On First
Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by Cory.
With article marketing being one of the most popular and leveragable online marketing practices today one often asks themselves how they can maximize there articles exposure once written and ready for publishing.
Article directories are always an article publishers first resort but today the internet is so saturated with article directories one often wonders which article directories they should submit their articles to first to get the most exposure to them so they can start receiving Traffic and Sales from their hard work.
I’ve been publishing articles online for a few years now and religiously submit them to the article directories I have listed below simply because they are considered the TOP article directories on the web today and is where I receive most of my traffic from.
From my experience I recommend anyone just starting out online with article marketing to submit your ready to publish article to the article directories listed below first before searching the web for all the other hundreds of article directories that only get a fraction of the traffic these ones get.
So with that said here’s the list I’ve put together with the article directories Alexa Ranking and Popularity Rank.
And just so you know these numbers may change but as of this writing this is what they are.
TOP Article Directories:
www.EzineArticles.com (Alexa Ranking – 327 | PR 6)
www.A1Articles.com (Alexa Ranking – 78,153 | PR 4)
www.ArticleAlley.com (Alexa Ranking – 23,377 | PR 5)
www.Amazines.com (Alexa Ranking – 29,699 | PR 4)
www.ArticlesBase.com (Alexa Ranking – 4,007 | PR 5)
www.GoArticles.com (Alexa Ranking – 21,680 | PR 6)
www.IdeaMarketers.com (Alexa Ranking – 42,871 | PR 3)
www.SearchWarp.com (Alexa Ranking – 7,094 | PR 4)
www.ArticleCity.com (Alexa Ranking – 43,159 | PR 5)
These article directories should give you a good start and as you can see from the numbers above these article directories get great amounts of traffic and have good page rank which will also help you out with your Search Engine Ranking.
I have a few quick tips for you before I wrap this up and that is make sure your articles are at least 500 words or more. Article directories are starting to decline articles that are less then that number. I know this because it happened to me on a few occasions.
My next tip is try to write your articles around some keywords that are actually being search for. I recommend keyword phrases with three or more words in them. The reason being is these keywords have less competition which means your article will have a greater chance if ranking higher in the search engines for that given keyword phrase.
The last one I have for you is about Anchor Text. Most of the above article directories will allow you to use Anchor Text within your resource box so make sure you do your keyword research and find some good low competiton keywords that you can rank for and link to within your resource box.
Hoped this helped and good luck with your article publishing.
