subject: Article Marketing Tactics - How to Article Market Effectively [print this page] Article Marketing Tactics - How to Article Market Effectively
Article marketing is a manner of advertising where authors write keyword rich articles and post them to online article directories. These articles are posted to high ranking sites in an effort to drive traffic to the author's site.
The biggest benefit of Article Marketing is that it's esenitally free. Article Submission let's internet marketers on limited budgets to successfully build their businesses with very little or no cost.
A successful article marketing campaign takes at least three months of frequent submissions. The effects of article submission are not instantaneous. Be patient, it takes awhile for your articles to rise in the search rankings.
You should set aside some time each day so that you can create and submit an article a day. Make a schedule. Set a target of 90 to one hundred twenty. The higher the number of articles you make the more advertising yourhome business will get.
There are two main strategies used in article marketing. The first is to only submit your articles to high ranked article directories. The second, is to post to as many directorie as possible. many marketers use article submission software to submit to many websites at the same time. I use both methods. I always submit to the directories with the highest page ranks and when time allows I also submit to many extra directories with my article submission software. By doing so you can produce a large number of backlinks to your site and increase your search engine optimization this way.
The key is too keep your articles, relevant, keyword driven and provide answers to your readers problems. Generally, you should keep your articles in between three and five hundred words. For articles much longer than that, break it down into two or three articles.
To rank your articles higher in the search engines be sure to stick to these guidelines. Be sure that your articles are keyword dense. Cautiously pick your article marketing tactics. Cautiously decide on the the keywords you want your article to rank for. Make sure to use these keywords in the article and the web site you would like to drive your traffic too. Whenever you can, use the keyword two times in the articles title and also in your domain name or url. Additonally, make certain to use the keyword at least 4 to 5 times in your article's body.
Provide your readers with relevant practical content. Compose your articles from a standpoint answering questions they have to help solve some question that they have. Don't try to sell anything in the article, just, give your knowledge freely. Bear in mind, the main idea is to steer highly targeted traffic to your website. Use your author's bio box and your website promote your wares or opportunity.
When used accurately, article marketing tactics are an outstanding way to generate search engine traffic and drive targeted leads and prospective buyers and or opportunity seekers to the designated websites.
