2. The following article is one of a series of articles which
focus on Article Marketing, Affiliate Marketing and
Internet Marketing. All of the articles are based on real
experiences and research done over twenty years as a
personal and business coach. They are also written in
response to questions which I have been asked as well as
address common challenges that people have with
affiliate marketing, article marketing, internet marketing
or running an online business in general. I sincerely hope
that you find the following information of value. One idea,
one tip, one clue can make all the difference.
4. Article marketing is probably the most effective list
building and link building strategy in existence. Article
directories allow you to include a resource box for every
article you will submit. Inside this resource box, you could
include a link to your website and specifically to your
newsletter subscription form. If you submit just one article
to 100 article directories, you'd immediately receive 100
back links to your website. There are thousands of article
directories on the 'net today!
5. Now, let’s say you submit, for example, 5 articles
to a hundred directories, you'll get 500 back links easily!
The best part about this strategy is that quite a number of
article directories have high page ranks. We're talking
about PR4, PR5, and on occasion, PR7 websites! Having a
link to your own website in a website which has a high
page rank would give a significant boost to your own
pages' search engine standing!
6. All seems terrific with article marketing, but as with
everything else, there are growing concerns as to its real
value.
7. Let's take a look at five of the most common questions
which are asked about article marketing...
8. If I submit the same article to many article directories,
won't it violate a search engine's policy against duplicate
content?
9. No, it won't. Since we're dealing with high ranking
websites, the search engines would assume that the
submitted content is their original work. This is the reason
why a lot of article directories are pretty confident about
the articles they display. The problem that they encounter,
really, is with regards to the credibility of their services.
10. They don't want to be known as a repository of junk
content, that's why they have outlawed the posting of PLR
articles as well as articles full of affiliate links.
11. If you always submit quality, informative content that
readers are looking for, you’ll never have a cause
for concern.
12. Does this mean that I could submit articles which I have
already posted in my own web pages?
13. You need to take care here. The search engines will
assume that the higher ranking websites are the
originators of the content, your web pages would be
distinguished as duplicates, and this could possibly lead to
the de-indexing of your website or, at least, that particular
article page. You wouldn't want this to happen.
15. Affiliate, Article and Internet Marketing in general isn't as
easy as many would have us believe. I fully understand
(through my own experiences) that it is a lot easier said
than done. However, you are here, right now, because you
have a desire to improve your business, grow your
business, and be more successful. These articles are here
with the sole intention of helping you to make the whole
process a lot easier.
17. Can I submit as many articles as possible to as many article
directories as possible?
18. Yes, you could! In fact, this is very much advised, to build
up your link popularity and secure for your website a great
page rank.
19. However, please bear in mind that search engines, and
Google in particular, become quite wary about a website
that suddenly experiences a great increase in the number
of its back links. It is advised that from the outset, you
decide how many articles you can submit and at what
intervals, then stick to it. Consistency is the key here.
21. Yes, definitely, article marketing does work! If your
article's page views remain in low levels, ask yourself
22. Is your article title compelling or intriguing enough to
want to read the whole article?
23. Is the actual content of your article interesting enough?
Does it cater to a wide audience?
24. Is your article informative enough to consider
recommendation?
25. Is your article readable enough to give your audience an
easy time in digesting the information you want to share?
26. These are the factors that contribute to low page views.
Doing some necessary editing to correct these problems
will dramatically increase the number of times your article
will be viewed.
27. Additionally, some article directories really attract a few
visitors only. But the popular ones like
www.ezinearticles.com
, www.goarticles.com, www.articledashboard and
www.isnare.com should give you hundreds of readers in a
month's time.
28. How sure can I be that my article and resource box will be
kept intact by people who will use it in their own websites
or Ezines?
29. Unfortunately, you can never be sure. This is why you have
to run your own check from time to time. Search for
unique phrases in your article, and click on the results.
Determine if the webmaster honored your resource box. If
he or she did not, you could ask them to include the
resource box, or you could file a complaint with the article
directory so that they themselves could act on the matter.
As always, Persistence and Vigilance are the k