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VictoriaNTC
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#21 · Posted: 1 Apr 2008 17:53
In the beginning, I was not very excited to write articles..
One day, I just started!
My first article was accepted and I had found it published on other websites..I have a good amount of traffic from this.
Yes, writing one a day even would really add up, and hopefully generate sales for a long time to come.
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BillyPilgrim
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#22 · Posted: 1 Apr 2008 18:33
I use article marketing exclusively. You never have to worry about a Google "slap."
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Rory
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#23 · Posted: 1 Apr 2008 21:58
BillyPilgrim: use article marketing exclusively
Billy, that seems to me an extraordinary achievement!
Congratulations.
Do you use software that produces 100s of articles for you on chosen topics? Or are you doing this longhand?
And
What are the keys for ensuring your articles are picked up by search engines and folks needing your articles for their ezines?
Appreciate the insight.
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BillChechel
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#24 · Posted: 1 Apr 2008 22:52
When you guys submit articles where do you submit them and how many sites do you submit to?
Thanks in advance.
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MyOwnBoss
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#25 · Posted: 1 Apr 2008 23:12
It's not worth the effort of submitting to 500 article directories.
Go with just 5-10 biggest directories and you're good.
If you only want to submit to 1, go with Ezinearticles.com.
With properly researched keywords, good article, headline, and resource box, I get over 50 uniques per month per article from Ezinearticles alone.
BillChechel: When you guys submit articles where do you submit them and how many sites do you submit to? Thanks in advance.
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BillChechel
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#26 · Posted: 1 Apr 2008 23:18
Generally how long does it take for your article to get some real exposure assuming you take all the necessary steps?
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MyOwnBoss
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#27 · Posted: 2 Apr 2008 03:33
It's hard to say. I guess it depends on what you consider real exposure. I've had a popular blog pick up my article and gotten a flood of traffic from it (I define flood as 2000 uniques in a week) a few days after I posted it.
For the majority of them, they are just normal. The thing is, normal depends on both your niche and your personal writing style, so I can't say how many visitors YOU would average in a given niche.
But, it doesn't matter at all what your average response to your articles is (as long as you get SOME traffic from it). Once you've got a baseline, it's easy to just look at things as numbers:
If you get 5 uniques per week per article, and you know you make $50 per 1000 uniques. From there you know you'll need to put out 1000 articles to make $50 per week.
Don't let the numbers above scare you, those are ridiculously low unless you're just a horrible writer. Like I said, I generally 3X that in traffic and more than that in money per M.
What I'm saying is that you have to start a campaign before you can track it. Once you have your baseline numbers as high as you can get them (by improving your writing or your conversion rate on your website), then you've got a map laid out in front of you.
This makes things much simpler - you can say I make X per week per article, I want to make Y per week. then you know you just need to write y/x articles to get to your income goal.
The really good thing about article marketing is that it's long-term traffic. Articles you write today will still be bringing you traffic in 3 years (not as much, there's a shelf-life). As long as you make it a priority to be consistent with your article marketing I would venture to say it's actually impossible not to make pretty good money, and pretty probable that you'll make great money.
BillChechel: Generally how long does it take for your article to get some real exposure assuming you take all the necessary steps?
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CSGWAHM
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#28 · Posted: 2 Apr 2008 11:32
I write alot of articles and press releases. When I submit them, I usually do that to a handful of sites, maybe 8-10 and that's it. Once I submit an article and it goes live, my article make it to the front page of google within 24 hrs and stays there. There's a few things you have to do to get it there, but once I was taught this in my current business, I started implementing this technique and couldn't believe it. It's a GREAT way to drive traffic and it's FREE!
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BillChechel
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#29 · Posted: 2 Apr 2008 12:21
Thanks for all the help on this topic.
Can you also explain in a little detail what a press release is exactly and how you use it to build exposure to your businesses. Thanks again.
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CSGWAHM
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#30 · Posted: 2 Apr 2008 12:53
Bill.....Press releases are used to announce something, whether it be you joining forces with xyz company, or the launch of a new company you're involved with, etc. In press releases you can put your links in the body a few times. With articles you can not do this. You can google any business and find several press releases, look them over, see how they're written. Here are a few sites I use to write press releases.....
free-press-release.com
i-newswire.com
prweb.com
Hope that helps!
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BillChechel
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#31 · Posted: 2 Apr 2008 14:52
Thanks again for the good answers to my questions.
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BillyPilgrim
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#32 · Posted: 2 Apr 2008 15:24
Up until a few months ago, I did Bum Marketing: all the writing and submitting myself. I used ezinearticles exclusively. Now I use a little different method (it's what I shilling in my sig line) for broader submission and outsourcing the writing.
BP
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jschuman
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#33 · Posted: 17 Apr 2008 13:14
I combine SubmitYourArticle.com, blogging and social bookmarking to get all kinds of quality traffic every month. Onlywire.com is a great way to quickly bookmark a blog post.
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