You need people to come and see your site, ezine or affiliate program before you get any sales.A lot of people decide to try and get a good position on Google. Others pay for pay-per-click advertising or some other form of promotion. But there's a better way and what's more it's FREE!
A lot of people decide to try and get a good position on Google. Others pay for pay-per-click advertising or some other form of promotion. But there's a better way and what's more it's FREE!It's at least 100 times more effective.
You post an article on the web in article directory sites and you'll quickly find thousands of people will be aware of your site or whatever. How is this so?When your article appears on one of these sites it automatically gets top ranking on the search engines.
One of my articles achieved position 1, 4 and 10 on Google out of over 2 millions results. The last time I looked it was in position 2. My site is nowhere near this position. But my article links to my site.
The other thing is that other site owners snap up your article and put in on their site. Bingo! Before long, if your article is good enough, it'll be all over the place in no time.
You need the article to be of interest to the right audience.
This means if your site is about fishing then your article must interest fishermen.
If your affiliate program is software that will speed up your internet connection. Then, the article needs to interest web surfers.
Your selling beauty products. So your article is about beauty. Perhaps you've written a bunch of tips for beauty using household items. Get the picture?But how do you write an article?My belief is that if you can write a letter then you can write an article. Here's a method someone I know uses...
He simply sits down and types a letter to his best friend including name and all. When he's finished he simply edits out the name and replaces it with the word you.
Personally, I use a simple template which makes it very easy to write an article and does it in minutes. Without figuring out how I'll write enough content the article just seems to type itself. Plus the structure of the article is automatic. If you wish to get the template for yourself it's available at http://newua.tripod.com/
What about the structure of the article?A good way is to go on the web to article sites and see what other people write. Study how they structure the article. Usually they have an interesting article following by points and explanations. Also, they often include examples to demonstrate the point they're making.
So you've written your article. Where do you post it?There are literally thousands of sites all crying out for articles. The reason is that the site owner wants to have lots of content to attract visitors to his site. So you're doing him or her a favour giving them your article. This also is good for you because if their site gets lots of traffic then lots of people will read your article.
To find these sites simple go to Google and type your subject followed by 'articles'. Here's some examples...
"trout fishing" articles"beauty tips" articles"work from home" articlesYou'll find you literally be faced with a plethora of article sites where you can post your article.
How do you get people to your site?You do this by including an 'author bio'. When you start posting articles you'll often find a space where you can put your author bio. An author bio is simply your name, website or affiliate program link and enticing text which will get someone to visit your site. Here's a fictional example...
John Sayers owns the website http:www.autosecrets.com which teaches unknown methods that save fuel and gives any car an instant facelift.
What if you're saying I don't know anything that I could write about?Well, that's easy! You simply go on the web and search for information on your subject. Then you write an article about what you've learned yourself. But be careful...
Don't simply copy someone elses words. You would be breaking the law. Copyright law. And you could end up in a heap of trouble. Having said words are copyrighted. Ideas are not.
So you simply learn other peoples ideas and write them up in your own words.
So to summarise: Write an article which would interest your ideal customer and include a bio at the end enticing visitors to your site etc.
Kind regards Ian Stables
