10 Tips For Getting More Traffic From Your Articles
by: Michael Southon
Hereกs a depressing fact if you sell anything on the web: the #1 reason people go online is not to buy things but to find free information.
But thatกs great news if you write free articles. It means you have a technique you can plug in and use whenever you need more traffic.
Writing articles is still one of the quickest and easiest ways of bringing targeted traffic to your website. Articles will bring you traffic from three sources:
Newsletters very few ezine publishers write their own content. They need free articles from people like you.
Websites webmasters want contentrich websites. They also need your articles.
Search Engines the URL in your resource box increases your link popularity, resulting in higher search engine rankings for your website
Here are some tips for getting more traffic from your articles:
Start your article with a sentence that grabs your readerกs attention. People are bombarded with information on the Internet theyกll decide whether to read your article in the first sentence. If it intrigues them, if it startles them, if it excites them, if it engages them, if it challenges them, theyกll keep reading.
Submit your articles to the article announcement lists. Here are the lists I submit to:
http://www.ezinewriter.com/articlelists.html
Submit your articles to the online article banks. Here are the top 10 article banks:
http://www.ezinewriter.com/top10.html
Create a กNew Articlesก list for people who want to receive your latest articles. Put a signup form on your website and invite your visitors to join. When you submit articles to the article announcement lists, include the email address for joining your กNew Articlesก list.
Don’t put a date in your article copyright articles you wrote 2 years ago may still be relevant but if the copyright says 2001, publishers will assume the information is outofdate.
Create a zip file containing all your previous articles as text files include the download link on your website, in your sig file, in your autoresponders, and in your Ezine กWelcome Messageก.
Check your articles with SpamAssassin by sending your article to this address with ‘tESTก in the subject field: mailto:[email protected] Then include a note that says ‘this article was checked by SpamAssassin and is spamsafeก.
Write your Resource Box in the third person and not in the form an ad Ezine Publishers may like your article but object to your Resource Box.
When you submit your articles to the article lists, include URLs for your article and your photo:
http://www.ezinewriter.com/article62.html
http://www.ezinewriter.com/photoms.jpg
Likewise, include your articleกs autoresponder address:
Well, thatกs it all the info you need to get more traffic from your articles!
About The Author
Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for over 3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters how to use this simple technique to build a successful online business. Free Mini Course: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ezinewriter.com/
This article was posted on July 04, 2003
by Michael Southon