Friday, August 26, 2011

Article Marketing - A Few Hints For Success

By Peter Mainhoffer


If you have been marketing on the Internet for some time, you will to be sure know that article writing is one of the most used methods of driving traffic to your websites. The overall idea is that you publish content in various directories on the internet and normally at the end of your article there will be a link back to your own website. The goal is, hence, that people feel very motivated enough to click any link to check out your site. In the rest of this article, there are a few points to make sure your article marketing endeavors are successful.

Before you start, you will need to know what the topic of your writing is to be. If we assume that you have a website that you want to drive traffic to, then clearly you will already know what your market is. The details on your website are separate to what you disclose in your articles submitted elsewhere. One easy way to look at this is that when writing articles, you are really providing information and showing that you know what you are talking about. The aim is that at the end of your article, a person is hungry for more details. To get everything they need, readers will want to visit your website. An article will normally have an ideal format, which is explained below.

A person will first view your headline, so you need to get this right. For your market, there will be plenty of other writers submitting their content. So, you need to give people a reason to read yours and you can do this with a compelling headline. If you can tease a little or give the feeling that an answer will be found inside, that is ideal. The main thing is that there is a feeling that people must read beyond the headline. Magazines and street advertisements are sometimes good examples of what works. See how certain adverts appeal to you.

In terms of the content of your article, as stated before, it needs to be informational and to establish you as an authority in your market. If you just write anything with the hope of someone clicking through to your site then you are destined to fail. Bear in mind that your writing needs to sufficiently engage the interest of the reader. They will then want to see other examples of your content, which can lead them to take a look at your website. They may even refer your article to others. Another site owner may use your article as information for his readers. As such, you will be seen across the internet.

After you have completed your article, you will create an author bio. When a person is done reading, the aim is that they will want to find more from your web site. Thus, if your article is well-written, this signifies to them how they can actually find what they want from your web site. You can supply clear directions on how they get whatever you may be offering on your web sites such as an ezine or more facts. Thus, at the beginning of your article, you want your reader to continue reading and at the end you send them to your web site.

Article marketing is a great way of driving more traffic to your own website, so take action and begin writing.




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