Free Traffic Method #9 :: Article Marketing

Article Marketing is back “in” again. The truth is, it was never out. If you want visitors to your site virtually overnight, there are few faster ways than to write an article and achieve mass distribution.

Many people, when talking about article marketing, praise the method for its ability to get you links back to your site, if you continue with your article marketing efforts over a period of time. Sure, this is a great way to continue to get exposure, but its a very limited view of what article marketing can do for you.

Others will have you focused on how quickly you can get an article published at another site to show up for your favorite keyword. That can be great when it happens, but it’s also a short-term resolution. Worse, it exposes your target keywords to competitors.

But what if you can use the articles you putlish at other sites as leverage to get you:

• Better Keyword Positions at Your Own Site
• Links that Help Your Keywords without using anchor text (which most directories don’t allow)
• Expert Status in Your Industry
• The Ability to Leverage Other Brands

– in short, what if you can use Article Marketing to get you better all-around results that add up to twice the traffic you’d get from less ambitious methods?

When I realized how many people go about article marketing in such a short-sighted way, first I put together an article series about it here at the site. Then I put together a mini-seminar series for some friends that evolved into a full-blown crash course in how to use article promotion as part of a long-term search engine strategy, to solidify branding, and help you achieve expert status.

How to Make Article Marketing Work for You

How to Make Article Marketing Work for You Part Two

LSI and Article Marketing

Using Article Marketing to Get On Google News

Article Marketing Basics

Resources : | The New Traffic Collection

Thats pretty much a wrap for today. I’ll probably incorporate my tip about text-link exchanges in an Extra later on today or tomorrow, depending on how this flu is treating me.

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You probably noticed today that I didn’t number todays tips. I’ve decided to go back through to the beginning of the tip series and number all the ones that weren’t part of a special series. That way when you come to the forums you can ask me a question, and I’ll know exactly what you’re talking about, because you can ask me about Tip #77, instead of, “you know that one where you talk about…”.

RIght now there are four series running, and I’ll consolidate those and turn them into quick guides for you – there the one about doorway pages, one regarding Traffic Exchanges that I just completed, a Traffic Seeker Toolbox series, and a Free Traffic Methods series. The latter two are an on-going study that isn’t quite done… I plan on scheduling the conclusion with the release of the Free Traffic Primer this month.

Well, I’m sleepy again. It doesn’t take much with my current weakened immune state. If you see me on the street, I’m telling ya, cross… this is the nastiest virus I’ve had in a minute….

Ta!