article marketing

[jgbama]

Lynn
When you first started out did you have just one site or a few also did you get an auto responder at first? I have been article marketing to drive traffic to blogspot and also doing a redirect neither is producing sales. I'm trying to look at every thing and find what I'm doing wrong. One thing I don't understand a few of my articles in the top 3 of google and aren't getting clicked on. The keywords have good search volume so I don't understand.

Thanks for any helpful advice

[wade_watson]

I don't have a lot of article marketing under my belt yet, but lately I've been doing an intense study of the subject hoping to see better what distinguishes a successful one. One important factor seems to be that your article must create a compelling reason for the reader to click your resource link. If you provide a complete answer to the reader's needs in your article, they may not have much reason to visit your site.

I've run across a few ways to do this. If discussing a general product type, offer a review of some specific products. Make it seem that you're continuing the article on your website. Some people even label the article "part 1", then have the resource link labeled "part 2". My highest click-through rate so far comes from an article on "how to find ___ on the web", with a link to my online list of what they are seeking.

Another thing is that successful article marketers often do not put a blurb about themselves in the resource box. They simple have a pointed sentence ending with "click here". It's not glamorous, but it seems to work. And, while EZA allows 2 links, more than one can just seem confusing. Keep your article short--250 to 450 words. That's like 3-4 paragraphs. Though it's called an article, you're essentially writing an informative advertisement (but it can't look too much like one).

The best advise I can give would be to study the articles of your most successful-looking competitors. This will be the ones with lots of articles in your niche. Note what they're doing that you're not.

[Lynn Terry]

It's hard to say what's going on without looking at your articles, your search engine listings, your call-to-action, blog posts, etc.

I will say that I never started out or tried a combination of blogger.com and article marketing. I created affiliate sites on my own domains, and when I used blogs I had those on their own domain as well (installing WordPress on my host). I started with one that was a combination static site & wordpress blog, and then grew from there after that one was profitable.

If you want to share links, I'd be happy to take a look.

[jgbama]

Thanks Lynn and Wade
Lynn are you asking for the blog or do you want to see the articles?

[jgbama]

The blog is cheapreliablehosting.blogspot.com

[Lynn Terry]

Thanks Lynn and Wade
Lynn are you asking for the blog or do you want to see the articles?

Both If you can share specific links, that would help.

[jgbama]

That is the link to my blogspot blog. I'll have to give you the names of the articles unless there is another way I don't know of. I'll get the ones on first page of google and post back to you.

[jgbama]

Lynn
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These are a couple of the articles thank you for taking your time with me

[David Jackson]

If you provide a complete answer to the reader's needs in your article, they may not have much reason to visit your site.

I do a tremendous amount of article marketing, and I've found just the opposite to be true. If your article helps the reader solve a specific problem, she is much more likely to visit your website, because you established your credibilty in her eyes.

That's a good thing!

David Jackson

[jgbama]

David I think Wade gave me very helpful information which I appreciated very much. The last time you posted a comment on my post I ask that I had rather you not again. By your post you are so much further advanced than the most of us please don't waste your time post to mind. I feel that some of your post are very condescending to the less enlightened as myself so as nicely as I can ask will you not reply to any more of my post.