I’m sure that you hear all the time about the benefits of writing articles to drive traffic to your site, but are you really doing it correctly? It’s more than throwing out some plr articles you bought and hoping that it has the desired effect. So I’m going to share with you some tips on how to find topic ideas, what makes a good article, and where to submit them.

The first thing that you should do it to decide what it is that you are going to write about. This is where your keyword research comes into play. You don’t want to write an article that no one will ever read, so find keywords that are getting a large number of searches but that has low competition. I use wordtraker.com which is a great service whether you use their free or paid option. Once you have your keywords, you should do a little research on your topic. Either find a prl article that you own that deals with your keywords that you can rewrite, or head over to ezinearticles.com and do a little reading. You’ll find a ton of articles on pretty much any subject, and once you feel you know enough about your topice you are ready to write.

Now you can open up your favorite word processor and start putting words to paper (or to screen i guess). If you are rewriting an existing plr article you should go line by line and reword each one. You ultimately are using it as a starting point, not a be all end all. This also goes for the articles you read during your researching. Plus if you were to submit an article unchanged, ezinearticles.com will probably just kick it back to you, so save yourself the trouble and make it unique.

One thing you should keep in mind when writing is that you should be sharing some kind of valuable information, not promoting your product or service. You want to provide enough good content that the reader will want to click through to your site. Well written articles would also boost your sites reputation. If they are filled with good information you will be regarded as well informed and an expert on the subjects that you write about.

In connection, you must write articles on subjects that are closely connected with your business. Many articles searched for are tips, guidelines, or how to’s so these would be good content that people would find useful. Don’t forget to include your keywords at least once in each paragraph and in the title. You don’t want to use it more than this or else you run the risk of it be rejecting due to keyword over saturation. Therefore, be mindful of how often they are used as well as if they fit with the flow of the writing.

Once you have your article ready to go, it is time to submit it to an article directory. Your first two stops are ezinearticles.com and goarticle do to the fact that they have a high site ranking. You should download the alexa toolbar so that you can see the page rankings for websites. Don’t waste your time submitting your article to anything over a ranking of about 100,000. They will not get enough traffic and is of no benefit to you. Also, you can take your articles and use them to build hubpages and squidoo lenses as well since these also get high rankings in Google.

Now you can just wash, rinse, and repeat to get a large number of your articles out there helping to drive traffic on autopilot. I hope this helps, and I wish you the best of luck.

Happy Marketing!

There’s a lot of information out there on the web about what you should and shouldn’t do to build an mlm business. Some of it is good but most of it is going to have you completely spinning your wheels, because not all marketing is good marketing. You could easily spend an enormous amount of time, energy, and money using old and tired marketing techniques. It’s a new day in the network marketing world and things are changing fasts with arrival Web 2.0 and the explosion of social media. People are constantly bombarded with money making opportunities and most are simply ignored.

Therefore in order to succeed you need to stand out from the crowd, and the best way to do that is to BRAND yourself! See, people don’t join business, they join people. Are you not more inclined to buy from someone who you feel a connection with or who you feel you know? It’s the same with online marketing. What people are truly looking, for even more than a way to make money, is a leader who can actually show them how to be successful. This means you need to learn how to be that leader, be the one that people look to for answers.

What you need to be marketing is a system that places you as a leader by using personalized capture pages (not your companies replicated site), relationship building email responder series, video posts, your own blog, etc. You should be using these things to build your credibility with your leads so that when you ask them to buy from you, they will feel comfortable with saying yes.

So come out to play with the big boys and put yourself out there. You’ll be amazed how simply marketing yourself can send a flock of people banging at your door. It’s attraction marketing at it’s best, so put it to work for you. If you don’t want to set up your own system, check out my site for a turn-key option that can have you up and running in no time. Good luck and I look forward to seeing you around the net!

Happy Marketing,

I’ve been trying to wade through all of the information online for some time now. I feel like I’ve read everything there is out there on marketing tips and tricks and it can be all very overwhelming. I think ultimately you just have to find something that you feel comfortable promoting and run with.

The real key though is persistence. If you have tried and failed with many different programs I think you should first stop and ask your self: Did I really give it a chance? You know, a lot of people out here in internet land are simply looking for a get rich quick plan, one where you get paid for doing nothing. While there are tons of people who do make money on autopilot, they had to put in the groundwork first.

Plus you have got to look at this as a business and if you were starting a brick and mortar business would you not expect to have to so some work? Well its the same way here so please understand that it won’t happen overnight. If you put in the necessary man hours, and build your foundation, then and only then are you going to make progress. Don’t get discouraged. If you really want to be successful, believe it, own it, and make it
happen. Good luck and happy marketing!

Happy Marketing!