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Submit Your Articles For Free

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Free Articles


Submit Your Articles For Free

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Free Articles

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How To Get Articles Without Writing

There are several ways to producing articles without having to
write them yourself. Using a ghostwriter is one way, using
private label rights articles you have bought is another option
and doing an expert interview is yet a third way to compile
article information.

Borrowing another writer's article for
use is yet another way to provide content for readers. Give the
original author credit within the body of your article and fill
in the rest with quotes from that author's article.

This is a
can't lose situation for everyone. You don't need to do the
writing of your article, the writer who wrote the original
article gets free publicity, and the reader gets the information
that they want or need. Everybody wins.

Using public domain
articles that are related to your subject is yet another way.
Permission from the author to use their work isn't necessary,
but letting your reader know where the content originated will
keep their trust. Don't try to pass the words off as your
own.

Use survey results from a self-conducted survey as an
article. This does mean you'll have to write a little, but
compiling the results and turning it into a fast article isn't
very hard or time-consuming. You can create surveys through
Survey Monkey at www.surveymonkey.com .

Use government provided
information. Articles written by United States Government
Authors are automatically in the public domain. The government
is a prolific writer - on a wide variety of topics. Visit any
United States Government website, and you will be greatly
surprised with the amount of information that is free for the
taking.

As you have seen, providing quality articles without
writing a single word, or with just a bit of writing is
possible. The information and means is there, use them.

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Article Marketing Benefits

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 'Articles' 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.




Paul Kellum has a new article directory,The Article Shopper. You
can submit your articles for free, and also get free content for your
website,ezine or newsletter. http://www.thearticleshopper.biz

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Is Article Submission Better Than Ezine Ads?

You may have heard advice from Internet marketing gurus that
ezine ads are one of the best forms of advertising. You may
also have heard that Google AdWords and other pay per click
search engines are one of the best advertising methods. But
when it comes to marketing your web site, article submission
trumps ezine ads and Google AdWords anytime.

The advantage of
article submission is trust. Suppose you subscribe to an ezine
in the form of an email newsletter. You've just sat down at
your PC, coffee in hand, to read your email. There in your
inbox is a copy of one of your favorite ezines, the one you read
every time.

Clicking on the newsletter, you see that this
edition starts with a sponsor ad and then has a couple of great
sounding articles and a couple more ezine ads. Sipping your
coffee, one of the articles catches your attention. You read
the article, and you were right. It's a great article.

At the
bottom of the article, there is a link to the author's web site
and a short biography. You notice the author has a link to pick
up a free report with more information about the article's
topic. Then you notice that right below that there's a
sponsor's link in an ezine ad. The sponsor's link is for a
different web site, but it also offers a free report about the
same topic.

Now you might click both links. But if you could
only click one, which would you choose: the one by the author of
the great article you just read or the one in the ezine ad?

If
you would click on the one from the author of the article you
just read, you're not alone. Most people would, wouldn't
they?

Now suppose you're surfing around on the web. You do a
Google search on a topic you're interested in, and you follow a
link to a great article with some excellent advice on the topic.
Again, there is a link to the author's web site and a link to a
free report with more information on the topic. Right beside it
are five Google AdWords ads on the same topic. As luck would
have it, they are also each offering a free report on the same
topic.

You would still be most likely to click on the author's
link at the bottom of the article, though, wouldn't
you?

Article submission trumps ezine ads and Google AdWords
because you establish a relationship and build trust with your
reader. You are obviously the expert. After all, you wrote the
article. And the webmaster or ezine publisher wouldn't have
published the article if they didn't think you knew what you
were talking about, right?

Years ago, I used to do direct sales
in people's homes. I learned that one of the first things you
need to do is the "warm up." You've just entered someone's
home, they don't know who you are as a person, and they know
you're going to be trying to get money from them before you
leave.

If you don't establish rapport quickly, it's difficult
to overcome people's natural sales resistance. In direct sales
in the home, you do that by talking a little with people before
you begin your sales presentation. They get to know you as a
person, and their resistance is lowered.

Most people can't do
sales because they remain the "enemy," the horrible sales person
who wants to sell them something. Let's face it, people hate
sales people!

But imagine if you could warm up to people easily
- and not just one or two people, but thousands of people.
Imagine if instead of selling them something, you could educate
them about something that will solve a problem and be of great
benefit to them. That's entirely different, isn't it?

Article
submission allows you to do exactly this, and on a massive
scale. If you submit many articles to article submission sites
and article directories, many will be published on web sites and
in ezines around the Internet. People will read your articles
and warm up to you. Solve their problems and they'll want
more.

It's hard to accomplish that with Google AdWords. You
only have three lines and a few words to build interest and
trust and to get the click. It's also hard to achieve that with
ezine ads. Even with solo ezine ads, everyone knows they are
advertisements.

Article submission is the secret. Writing and
submitting articles is relatively easy. Just write very helpful
articles on your topic and link to your web site. Through
article submission you will build your reputation. Through
article submission you will gain trust. And through article
submission you will get visitors to your web site that already
like you, value your advice, and want to know more about what
you can do to help them.

That's already an incredible benefit,
but it gets even better. Article submission is usually free, or
low cost if you use an article submission service. Ezine ads
and Google AdWords can be very expensive, and it is unlikely you
could ever get traffic coming to your site as open to listening
to you and trusting you as they will be from an article
submission.

This is why article submission trumps ezine ads and
Google AdWords.


Paul Kellum has a new article directory,The Article Shopper. You
can submit your articles for free, and also get free content for your
website,ezine or newsletter. http://www.thearticleshopper.biz

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Keeping Your Articles Fresh

I admit that the internet is definitely for the “here and now.”
Always changing, what may be popular one day may be irrelevant
the next. A den of “fast track fads” is what the internet has
become. Still, if you are an article writer, you know that the
web content you provide for your customers today must have an
extended shelf life with it, otherwise your customers lose out
and your reputation sinks. You can write relevant and persuasive
content that doesn’t lose its sheen with time; read on and I
will show you how.

It is a given that if you write seasonal
articles these very same articles will quickly lose their appeal
once the season is over. Few people are interested in
Valentine’s Day pitches outside of January and February, but you
can keep their interest strong year round by not directly
focusing on products, but on the history of the holiday.
I have discovered that my seasonal articles are likely to get
read “out of season” if they deal more with something beyond an
overt sales pitch. Give readers something to digest other than
talking about chocolates and flowers; you can discuss “love” a
timeless subject with universal appeal!

In addition, stay away
from explicit dates. If you mention something to the effect,
“here in December 2005…” you will quickly age your article in no
time. This can be difficult to do if you are mentioning
something like current mortgage trends or recent world events.
All of those hurricane articles you read just a few months ago
seem distant and certain to be ignored by readers who are
focusing on current events [however, they may become valuable
again when the next hurricane season rolls around]. It is okay
to write current event articles, but expect them to quickly fade
into oblivion once the event has passed.

Typically, the subject
of “shelf life” does not come up with my customers. If I am
asked, I mention that each article should have at least one
year’s appeal before an update might be necessary. This is
reasonable length of time given the fast paced changes on the
web. Naturally, if the customer wants me to do the update, they
will be charged the same rate as a fresh article: in reality I
provide to my customers a new article, not some cut and
paste update.

Finally, I never give explicit guarantees for an
article’s effectiveness because once it leaves my hands, I
seldom know exactly what a customer will do with it [i.e., place
it in a newsletter, turn around and sell it, put it on their web
site, etc.]. My customers know that what I write for them can be
effective, but its ultimate impact is only as good as what they
choose to do with it.


Paul Kellum has a new article directory,The Article Shopper. You
can submit your articles for free, and also get free content for your
website,ezine or newsletter. http://www.thearticleshopper.biz

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Tips For Writing Articles

This article on the 10 (no, 11... yes, 11) tips for newbies is not written from the catbird seat point of view of the article host or database manager. Rather it is by and from the perspective of an author who remembers the early misgivings. It is written especially for the beginning article writer. The Tennessee Mountain Man has written and submitted hundreds of articles for publication to thousands of article hosts and database managers and still finds article writing his nemesis.

1. Necessity vs Desire:

Articles and Blogs are necessary in today's scheme of search engine indexing. Not what the newbie wants to hear. Just remember what the Bible says, "there has nothing over taken you that is not common to man". That's right! All of us hate article and Blog writing at times, and some of us dread the journey to pen and paper (or keyboard as the case may be) all the time. Many a webmaster would call them "a necessary evil" as they are not generally anyone's best liked house keeping chores.

2. Just Start, It Gets Easier:

First it is sometimes difficult to get a subject or theme and to get the first couple of lines scribbled down. The Tennessee Mountain Man knows authors who literally get sick thinking about the process. Lighten up. Once an author has a starting point and gets passed the initial thoughts, article and Blog writing usually goes fairly smoothly.

The main thing is that you get started. Pick a subject you know something about and just start. You will be pleasantly surprised at just how easily ideasflow. Don't assume everyone knows what you know. They don't. Will Rogers once said, "all men are ignorant, just on different subjects". And, so it is!
3. Good vs Perfection:

Your old English comp professor is not looking over your shoulder. This paper does not have to be perfect. That is not to say it does not have to be on point or to say that it does not have to be correct. It does or at least it should be. But, perfection is not the goal and is, in fact, seldom possible. Too much detail and you run the risk of losing your reader on several levels. Too long and
most readers simply don't have the time or interest to wade through the material regardless of how important it is.

4. Blog Length vs Article Length:

Most publishers want a minimum of six hundred (600) words per article - some will let you slide with four hundred (400) words. Blogs can be much smaller. Blogs can and maybe should support appropriate pictures and embedded links.

Just don't over do it. Too gaudy or too slow to load and you have wasted your time, ticked off a potential reader, and probably upset a host who can ban you from their publications. Articles, on the other hand, typically cannot carry these extra touches according to the requirements of most publishers.

5. Format:

Prepare your article in American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format. There are many tools from which to choose to get the job done. A search for 'free ASCII editor' or for 'free plain text editors' will provide one with a multitude of free options. Word Press is a popular choice. If all else fails simply use notepad to turn out your masterpiece.

6. Spelling and Grammar:

Once you have your article or Blog run it through a good spell checker and a good grammar checker. Microsoft Word works well for these purposes. Just don't use the MS Word copy for publication of your article. Rather use it's suggestions to make any necessary corrections to your plain text copy. The MS Word copy will work for Blogs although the Computerman prefers other editors.

Just like the days when you were pushed by Profs, you will find Article and Blog writing skills become easier with time and practice.

7. Publish and Announce:

Once your Blog is ready you may want to use some automatic tools to publish and announce it. First do a search for Blog hosts and select those which best suit your needs. Join one or more and publish your Blog there. Then search for Blog announcers and rss announcers and use them to get your Blog noticed.

Now that you have that out of the way find an article wizard that will post your Articles to free publishers. You can post them one at a time by hand if you are really bored and have absolutely nothing else in life to do. Using an automatic poster you can publish to hundreds of hosts in an hour or so. The only way to go.

8. Patience:

Now, have some patience. Here is where you lose control. Many of the men and women who host articles are timely and your articles will be reviewed within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours. But, many others will be days and weeks down the road therefore never date an article - a sure way to get rejected.

9. Rejection - "sorry your article has been declined":

Be prepared for most hosts to reject your articles. Do not take it personally. It usually has little to do with you or your article.

Some databases routinely reject articles for spelling errors when there are none or where there is more than way to spell a word. And, just as in any other endeavor some hosts are simply too lazy and get so far behind, the easiest and fastest thing to do (and perhaps the only alternative) is to reject everything. You will learn who these are over time.

Then there are those who run your articles through the sausage grinder and if they find certain words, irrespective of how they are used, your article gets no farther. These are the people who can't publish the Holy Bible because it contains words that offend them or their readers. Don't worry about these folks who are so heavenly minded they are of no earthly use.

Remember, just as in everything else in life, for every rule there is an exception

10. Keep the faith, and keep cranking out articles:

Since most authors, especially newbies, prepare only one copy of an article against the advice of most seasoned authors it is important that the newbie keep his chin up - keep the faith. That will be easier as more and more of your articles are accepted and published driving visitors to your website while creating those all important back links.

It is not necessary that every host to accept everything submitted to them. After one or two hosts publish your article on any given subject, the search engines tend to penalize you anyway by ignoring additional postings. This is close to spamming and while it could help someone find you, it probably won't. It is not necessarily, the more the merrier. The additional listings will not increase your page rankings or links reported by the search engines. It is more important to get published by hosts with the highest Google page rank possible.

Now, one BONUS TIP for you: Along with "the rejection slip" will usually come a suggestion on how to "fix" your article and a request that you resubmit it. Don't waste your time. While trying comply with one database manager's request you could have written a new article from which you get much more punch. Enough publishers will pick your article up so move on and save yourself some time and heartburn.

Everybody has a thought or idea at least once a day usually at the most inopportune time. How many good ideas have you lost because of waiting? Don't procrastinate! Go! Capture that thought before it is gone forever.


Paul Kellum has a new article directory,The Article Shopper. You
can submit your articles for free, and also get free content for your
website,ezine or newsletter. http://www.thearticleshopper.biz

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Make Your Articles Unique

1 Remove your limits

Reduce your subject to a single core
word and then brainstorm around it. For example, if you're
trying to write about "Study Skills", expand your thinking to
"School". Now jot down everything that comes to mind when you
think about School, and when you run out of ideas start asking
yourself open questions around the subject and noting your
answers.

Examples:

What did I enjoy about school?
What
scared me?
What did I wish I'd known from Day 1?

This will
help you get back into the mindset of someone struggling with
school issues of all kinds and you'll start to get a feel for
their concerns and worries.

2 Restore your focus

Once you've
started to understand the general feelings of your readers,
allow your mind to focus back on your original topic of Study
Skills. From your new perspective, what questions would you ask?
What would you want to know? Is this really a "Studying" issue
or is it more about Time Management or being able to work
without distractions or being paralyzed by the fear of not doing
well?

3 Be your audience

Write each question on a separate
sheet of paper; don't stop until you have at least ten and
preferably more. Stay in the mindset of your readers until you
feel you've asked every major question that concerns them.

4
Take a step back

Put your pile of question aside for a few
hours, overnight if possible. Don't consciously think about
them; just go about your day as usual. Give your subconscious
time to process them without any further prompting from you. If
new questions come to mind jot them down somewhere safe and then
forget about them.

5 Get out your pen and write

When you're
ready, sit down with your pages of questions and simply start to
answer them. Writing your answers by hand can give you access to
ideas that might be missed if you type them. Don't edit yourself
at this stage. Using Speech to Text software or a digital
recorder can also be helpful in bypassing the internal editor.


Imagine someone sitting in front of you asking for advice and
just talk to them. Keep your tone natural and conversational and
stay with the question-and-answer format.

6 Edit lightly


Trust your first instincts. Proof-read and correct any obvious
errors, but don't do any major editing until your piece has had
time to "sit" for a while. Again, leaving it overnight will give
you a fresh perspective the next time you look at it, but even
if your deadline doesn't allow for that it's important to give
yourself a break from it.

When you're pushed for time, writing
several articles at one sitting can create enough change of
focus to make you "forget" the one you've just written.

7
Polish it up

Short articles are unlikely to need major editing
if you've written them as described here. They will flow easily
and naturally already and having each Q & A on a separate sheet
makes it easier to select only the ones you want. Your job now
is to put them in a reasonably logical sequence and make sure
they're understandable and that the reader is led smoothly from
one question and answer to the next.

8 Top and tail it

Write
a brief introductory paragraph as a "teaser" for the main
article. Many article directories now put the first paragraph of
each piece into RSS feeds which are picked up by other websites,
so you'll want to make sure that your two or three major
keywords appear at least once in that first paragraph.

Write
another short paragraph to summarize the major points of the
article and provide some ideas for the reader to explore the
subject further. Don't of course forget your own resource box:
use the format href="http://www.SubmitYourNewArticle.com">SubmitYourNewArticle.com for your link, so when your article is converted to html your link will automatically be live.

9 Submit it!


Paul Kellum has a new article directory,The Article Shopper. You
can submit your articles for free, and also get free content for your
website,ezine or newsletter. http://www.thearticleshopper.biz

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Techniques In Article Writing

Article writing does not need to be difficult. The information
about writing articles presented here will do one of two things:
either it will reinforce what you know about article marketing
or it will teach you something new. Both are good outcomes.


When writing articles, make sure to keep your readers in mind.
Studies have shown that most Internet readers tend to scan a
page to find the information they are looking for, rather than
reading the entire page. This means having good titles, a lot of
subtitles, and making use of bullet points to help your readers
easily scan your page. Readers prefer a site like this that is
easy to use and will be more willing to come back to your site
time and time again. The more that your readers return, the more
opportunities you will have to get them to click on each one of
your affiliate links. Failing to write your articles in this
manner, or to have them written this way, could turn your site
visitors away before they even have a chance to see what you
have to say or to learn what your affiliate links are all about.
Keeping your articles organized as recommended will keep your
visitors returning and enable your site to continue making money
for you.

Making money with articles can be fairly easy for
anyone. If you are a quick learner and great reader, then you
can learn everything you need to know right from the Internet
without any previous training needed. This is probably the best
fact about niche website Internet marketing.

Hopefully the
information presented so far has been applicable. You might also
want to consider the following:

If you are new to the
business, your best bet is to ease into it. If you jump in
before you know what you are doing, you have a good chance of
losing money and having nothing to show for it. There are
several things that you need to make sure you know how to do
before you begin creating your first site.

• Create your own
great articles or hire someone to do it for you
• Optimize your
website for search engines
• Find reliable web hosting
• Pick a
catchy URL
• Create a small site that is easy to navigate, have
one created for you, or pay to use a What You See Is What You
Get (WYSIWYG) website builder.

It never hurts to be
well-informed with the latest on article marketing. Compare what
you've learned here to future articles so that you can stay
alert to changes in the area of article marketing.

The day
will come when you can use something you read about here to have
a beneficial impact. Then you'll be glad you took the time to
learn more about article marketing.




Paul Kellum has a new article directory,The Article Shopper. You
can submit your articles for free, and also get free content for your
website,ezine or newsletter. http://www.thearticleshopper.biz


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Making Money With Articles

Would you like to know a winning formula on how to make money on
the Web from writing articles? Here's how I do it: I write an
article, create 4-5 versions of it, and sell it for use by
others in my same profession. In fact, just that one part of my
business generates enough income to fully support myself
comfortably. Just about anyone in any profession or business can
copy this formula.

I write articles for executive coaches and
business consultants. They use different versions of my articles
in their own newsletters, with their own names in the byline.
When they purchase an article, they get reprint rights, but not
exclusivity. But since they are in all parts of the country, and
the world, they don't bump into others using the same article.
They are also free to change the article.

This formula can be
used in any industry. Let's say you are a veterinarian. You know
a lot about pets, and about your vet clinic clients. You can
easily write articles that appeal to your customers who are pet
owners. You may already write and publish a regular newsletter
with articles that appeal to your clients and potential
clients.

What's to stop you from writing your article to suit
the needs of other vets who need to send out a newsletter? You
post a brief synopsis of this article on your website for vets,
offering it to them for a fee. They buy the reprint rights, and
it gets used by hundreds of other vets who want to save
themselves time and energy on their own newsletters.

That is
one way of making money by writing articles on the Web, but here
are four more ways, all from the same article.

This same
article is revised several times in several lengths. It can be
sold in three different lengths, for example, 2000 words to form
a 4-page newsletter, 1000 words for a 2-page newsletter, and
600-700 words for electronic email ezines. That makes three more
ways to sell the same article.

You also take that same article,
change the title, make it more personal adding your own
experiences, including your personal details and website links.
You submit it to article directories on the web.

This version
of your article with your name on it gets picked up - this time
for free - by other websites looking for content. Each time
another website publishes your article on their site, they link
back to your site. The more incoming links you have to your
website, the higher value the search engines give you.

This
means you will start coming up higher in the search engine
rankings when people type in key words in Google or one of the
other search directories. That is a fifth way to make money from
the same article. This technique is more indirect. Your article
is being used for free, but the linking power will drive new
customers to your site.

Finally, you can use this same article,
or another altered version of it on your own website and blogs,
to attract new clients to you. Having quality content on your
site and on your blogs will ensure that readers appreciate your
expertise and use your services, or buy your products.

Here's a
bonus idea for making money from your articles: compile a group
of articles about the same topic, format them into a PDF e-book,
and sell it on your site.

You probably have knowledge and
expertise in your own field that others would pay for, in order
to have quality content for their own newsletters. This method
requires good writing skills, or you can hire a professional
editor to help you. It also requires you master the art of
marketing on the web in order to reach potential buyers of your
articles. To market successfully, you can submit your articles
to the many article directories on the Web, and quickly build
traffic to your websites and blogs.




Paul Kellum has a new article directory,The Article Shopper. You
can submit your articles for free, and also get free content for your
website,ezine or newsletter. http://www.thearticleshopper.biz


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What To Do Before Submitting To Article Directories

One of the oldest yet still more effective techniques in driving targeted prospects to sites and converting them into buyers is information-based marketing. This is why article writing, submissions and publications are at an all-time high.

There are many tools that you can use to make the process of distributing your articles easier. However, although this is invaluable in getting your article exposed to more sites, there are common mistakes that some people make before submitting their articles to directories.

Let us take a look at the more common mistakes made in 3 key areas:

1) Confusing the reason to promote articles with the reason to write them.

In article writing, the main benefits of you promoting them is branding, lead generation and promotion, which are all part of your optimization efforts.

However, there is one reason why you write articles, and that is to inform your audience about a subject. It is greatly important that your article is based upon this fact, or else you stand to fail in the promotional benefits as outlined above.

Of course, it is also highly important that you figure out how to get people to read you article, and then to click on your site link in the resource box. I have produced a couple of articles that cover these areas so please check them out :-).

2) Failing to realize and maximize the promotional opportunities of article marketing.

You will more than likely already know that your article can generate links back to your site from the article directories themselves, and also from any sites who publish your article from these directories. However, did you know that you can attract more visitors and better search engine results from the same article?

The first step to achieving this is to provide relevant keywords at strategic places in the article. However, do not overdo this. A good benchmark is to aim for between a ten to fifteen percent keyword density. I won't go further into this here as I've discussed this in other articles but if you would like to find out more, look out for more of my article marketing articles.

You shouldn't just aim for your article to be accepted by article directories, but should ultimately aim for it to be used by publishers who scour the directories for website content. You should not underestimate the potential that this can have on your promotional efforts, as many of these publishers may have hundreds or thousands of regular visitors who could then view your article.

Start out by having a plan of what you want achieved and make sure that you reach your targets. It is important to do this so that you can reap the maximum benefits of every article that you write.

3) Creating articles with content that does not help your readers.

Maybe your only plan is to create an article and get links back from article directories, and that any visitor that you may get from this is fine.

Well you may need to think again. Many article directories clamp down on the amount of articles that they accept that are simply not up to standard. And even if a poorly written, uninformative article does make it into the article sites, then the potential of being picked up by webmasters seeking quality content is certainly lost.

The benefits of one publisher with a hundred thousand website visitors picking up your article should be enough incentive for you to write an informative article. This is by no means impossible, and you may find that this value is conservative in what you may achieve from a number of publishers running your article on their site.

Researching into a topic that is sought after is important. There may be many readers of this article who will feel that this information is all well and good but feel that they cannot write an article well, or may not know enough about a certain subject to write an article. This is by no means a dead-end. There are many places where you can research into a topic, or hiring a writer might be an option worth considering.

The choice really is yours on how dedicated you are in increasing the exposure of your article, and consequently your website. On a basic level you can choose to gain a few backlinks from article directories, or with a little more effort you can enjoy massive exposure from providing quality content.


Paul Kellum has a new article directory,The Article Shopper. You
can submit your articles for free, and also get free content for your
website,ezine or newsletter. http://www.thearticleshopper.biz


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Write Articles-Get Traffic

One of the single most powerful and free ways to
grab targeted traffic is definitely writing articles. Articles
like this that you are currently reading serve many purposes.


Firstly, it establishes your position as an “authority” of the
subject and also increases your brand name (or your name for the
matter). Secondly, the link that is attached at the author
resources box is intimately related to this content you are
reading. People are more likely to buy after they are “warmed
up” to the idea. This is called “pre-selling”. Thirdly, it
builds up many one way links thus pushing up traffic and
increasing your status amongst search engines. Now tell me why
this isn’t a great tool?

How do you go about it? Well say you
are promoting an article submission software. Naturally you
should write an article on article submission and offer some
useful and insightful tips. Churn out at least 2 articles a day
submitting it to at least 5 article directories for a month
everyday. This is such a powerful method of getting
sales.

Which article directories to submit to?
There are
thousands out there! For starters you can take down the address
of this article directory. Hey I submitted my article here so it
must have worked!

Remember this is a totally free medium to get
high quality traffic. There are many software out there that
instantly submit your articles to hundreds of directory saving
you the hassle of doing it yourself if you find it too
tedious.

Another method is to participate actively in forums.
Again the benefits are quite obvious. You gain tons of back
links and you also gain credibility in your niche within the
community. This is again, a great way to brand yourself.
Remember to genuinely contribute and make intelligent discussion
- people will tend to look at your signature more.

Next is to
develop a powerful signature with a link to your website in it.
Many people overlook this point; your signature is the ‘link’
between the forums’ traffic and your site. That having said,
these are not the only ways which you can get free targeted
traffic. There are many more ways! Do your research and start
exploding your sales.

Paul Kellum has a new article directory,The Article Shopper. You
can submit your articles for free, and also get free content for your
website,ezine or newsletter. http://www.thearticleshopper.biz


Submit Your Articles For Free

Lose The Weight You Deserve