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Several internet entrepreneurs have discovered that article marketing is a very effective and low cost
marketing strategy. This method requires your time to write and submit the articles, but it costs no money. If
you are short on time or prefer not to write, you can hire article writers to do the work for you.
Online article marketing is the process of writing articles to establish yourself as an expert in your
field. You then publish these articles in article directories, ezines, blogs or other websites to gain
exposure and traffic to your website. Similar to press releases, your articles can be distributed in a
variety of locations and gain you free press.
As you begin to write, focus on having a compelling headline along with
interesting content that readers will actually want to read. The more value your articles
offer, the more likely they are to be posted on other blogs and sites. Essentially, the better
your article is, the more it can make you.
Write about topics that you enjoy and are in your area of expertise. Use a conversational tone, like you are
talking with a friend. Just start writing and then go back and edit later. This will make it easier to get
started and move beyond "writer's block". See Also: How to Write Articles that Get You Tons of Traffic
You can also use the basic outline below to organize your thoughts while you write, whether you are writing
a Step-by-Step "How-to" article, a review article covering a product's features, a story containing several
events, etc...
Headline
Introduction
Step 1 / Feature 1 / Event 1
- explanation or supporting points
Step 2 / Feature 2 / Event 2
- explanation or supporting points
Step 3 / Feature 3 / Event 3
- explanation or supporting points
Conclusion
At the end of each article, you want to include an author's resource box, which explains who you
are as the author and information about your website or other contact information. You can include your
business achievements to demonstrate that you are an expert in your field to encourage readers to visit your
website.
Article directories and websites where you can submit your articles for free:
More Article Marketing Resources
As many of you know, I've been writing and
publishing articles for over 10 years. Not until recently did I start using an article spinner. The first
morning, it litereally already paid for itself. Sometimes I wonder why I wait so long.
Anyway, I was referred to this article spinner program called Content Boss by Traffic-Generating
Expert Keith Baxter, who you've probably heard of. Rather than spinning articles into a bunch of garbage
that don't make much sense, this program reads in clear English.
All you do is cut and paste your article text, click a button and wait 2 seconds. Yes. It works that
fast.
If you are unfamiliar with article spinning, it's simply a system that re-writes articles for you, so that
you don't post duplicate articles and content all over the web and get slapped by Google. It's totally white
hat and increases your exposure tremendously - great for achieving high organic rankings in the search engines
and lots of traffic.
You can try Content Boss for a month to see how
well it works. No long-term contract required
