Article Assistance

Make Your Articles Pull More Traffic

Here's a quick tip that will make a difference for you...

I'm assuming that you're now doing article marketing to pull more targeted traffic to your web site -- if not, you need to look into it because it's a proven method (not a fad) that's easy to get into. The software I recommend that helps is Article Architect -- see it here:

Better Articles

Anyway, so you're driving traffic by publishing simple articles -- make sure you don't sabotage yourself by using a weak resource, or bio box.

People are reading your article because they're interested in what you have to say, so make sure to grab them by the lapels and *make* them want to click on the link in your resource box.

Let me know what you think of it!

Dawn

PS - If you're doing article marketing and aren't using Article Architect, you're working too hard! Find out about it here

Where does it come from? Article Content

Content, where does it come from?

• your own uniquely written content - best choice if you can do it.
• PLR rewritten with your own words, images and links added - 2nd best
• PLR as is
• reprints from article directories that are relevant and on point
• ebooks and blog postings can be a combination of the above as well
• ghostwriter is professional writer who is paid to write content that is credited to another person as the author
  

- a blog cannot survive on plr and reprints alone, you want to add your own style, flair and voice to the site to make it different and gain readership

- sometimes you will find reprint articles that express an idea that you just couldn't get across on your own making them a perfect fit for your site or newsletter

- rewriting a PLR article gives your voice to the details and information, and also gives you a chance to tweak the keywords. This is your best PLR option, make it your own!

- take the PLR that you have and combine it and edit it into an ebook for sale or for free to your readers

- mix up the order, especially if you're blogging these articles, if your readers see reprint after reprint for a long period of time they may stop looking

- if you're building a site within a niche, stick to your topic even though some of the plr and reprint info may be tempting to use be careful of straying off the niche path, and it's very easy to do that when you get into reading and reviewing articles

- be careful of over-repeating yourself, sometimes a reprint and a PLR article may have very similar outlines to them. Yes you want to repeat certain things to your reader/customer to keep their interest on that topic and assure them that it's what they are looking for but you don't want to bore them and send them away

Article Part of Article Marketing

The first step to article marketing is of course the ARTICLE:

Here are some article writing tips to follow and share:

• When Writing articles, write what you know (through research or otherwise).
  
• Write to your target market.
• Don't use jargon, some people reading your article will have no idea what you mean.
• Be direct and specific in what your article topic is about.
• Use Action Words throughout your article.
• Give an example or tell a story (real life relations works well).
• Get your point across without being wordy.
• Use short paragraphs (3 to 4 sentences) or use bullets.
• Lengths vary (average is 4 to 6 hundred) dependent on what you have to say and what you are covering.
• Titles are key, if you don't have a compelling title no one is going to read your articles.
• Without being obvious you want to make your copy very keyword rich.
• Direct your article to your reader, make that person feel you are writing directly to them.