Bringing in lots of quality traffic to your website
is the key to success for your online business.
But it also happens to be the hardest and most
expensive part.
Fortunately, there's still ONE easy way to bring in floods of quality traffic without spending a cent...
Just write simple articles and submit them for publication in relevant ezines.
It's not new and it's not revolutionary but it DOES work!
There are several benefits to using articles to promote your product or service:
You can generate huge amounts of quality targeted traffic by having your articles published in ezines related to your market.
By having your articles published on other websites (and ezine archives), you'll increase your link popularity as well as directly bring in extra traffic.
By including the articles on your site, you'll have some good keyword-rich content for the search engines to pick up on.
Once you've written a few articles centered around the same topic, compile them into a free ebook and, hey presto, you've got yet another traffic-generating tool!
You can make your articles available to your affiliates as a tool to promote your product.
You instantly enhance your reputation in the eyes of potential customers.
In short, articles are an EXCELLENT promotion and sales tool.
And, despite what you might think, writing quality articles that Ezine publishers WILL use is much easier than you might think.
Consider these titles and see how many articles related to your product/service you could write...
7 Ways To...
10 Tips For First-Time...
6 Things You Never Knew About...
8 Useful Resources for...
10 Websites That...
These kind of titles ALWAYS work well at attracting the attention of the target audience AND they're quick and easy to write -- all you need is an introduction, the list of points and a concluding paragraph. Heck, just find a few useful websites or free tools related to your subject and you're probably half way there!
Once you've written your article, wait a few days and then read it again. This will give you a fresh perspective to make some improvements and clean up errors. (Don't ignore this step -- it's important).
Now, start submitting your article to article announcement lists and article directories. Here are a few to get you started:
Announcement Lists
(Note: Sending an email will subscribe you to the list. It's best to avoid using your main email address if you don't want to have loads of articles arriving to your inbox every day).
- article_announce-subscribe@egroups.com
- free-content-subscribe@onelist.com
- publishinyours-subscribe@onelist.com
- articles_archives-subscribe@egroups.com
Article Directories:
- GoArticles.com
- EzineArticles.com
- IdeaMarketers.com
- Amazines.com
- NetterWeb.com
- Article Central
Once you've done submitting your article there, it's time to get specific...
Start submitting to relevant ezines and websites inviting them to publish it. You'll find tons of ezines that are crying out for content in Ezine Directories like Zinos.com or Amazines.com.
Make sure the ezines you're submitting to accept articles and, if so, find out if they have specific guidelines for submission. It's a good idea to find out the name of the publisher so that you can personalize your submission.
This is a copy of the message I use when submitting articles. Feel free to copy it and adapt it to your own needs:
Hi,
My name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm the owner of
[YOUR SITE AND URL].
I've included my latest article for you to consider publishing
in your ezine [EZINE NAME].
The title is "[ARTICLE TITLE]"
I'm certain your readers will find value in it.
Please feel free to publish the article (below) along with the short
bio at the end. I'd greatly appreciate a courtesy copy if you decide
to use it.
Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to your ezine.
Wishing you continued success!
[YOUR NAME]
[YOUR EMAIL]
[YOUR URL]
Article: "[ARTICLE TITLE]"
Article size: xxx words (body)
=======================================================
Article Begins Here...
=======================================================
[ARTICLE TEXT]
=======================================================
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
[YOUR BIO]
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And there you have it, a quick and easy (yes, easy!) approach to generating quality targeted traffic in the short and long term.
Believe me, if you want to do just one thing this week towards developing your online business, then don't put it off...
Write that article today!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Michael Hopkins is owner of BizzyDays Ebook Publications.
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