Article Marketing
How to Market your Business Online
Online marketing is challenging. It is difficult to keep up with what each major search engine looks for and what the latest online marketing strategies are. However, one way that you can market your websites and products is to write and publish online articles.
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Marketing Articles
The articles that you write to promote your website will need at least 250 words (this is the general industry minimum). This is the minimum word count that search engines need to "see" your published article. The article needs to provide information about something related to your website. For example, if you are a CPA firm then you can write and publish articles online about taxes, tax season, accounting, bookkeeping and auditing. While providing quality information to your readers is important, you don't want to over do it either, so keep your article lengths under 600 words. Finally, you will want to include links to your website's money pages. The money pages are the pages on your website where people can order something or schedule an appointment.
Blogging
In order for your articles to work as a marketing tool, you need to get people to read them. One way that you can get people to read them is to link to the article from a blog. You have a couple of different blogging options. Your first option is to host your own blog. You can post a blog once a week, once a month or once a day. In each of these blogs you will need to include an in-text link to the article that you are trying to promote.
Your second blogging option is to leave a comment on someone else's blog that directs the reader to go to your article. For the best results you will need to find blogs that are related to the topic of your blog. Technorati, Reddit, StumbleUpon, and BlogCatalog are great sources for finding blogs based on topics.
Link Exchanges
Another way that you can generate traffic to your articles is to exchange links with other websites. This option works by you hosting a link to another person's website on your website, and then they host a link to your article on their website. While the rules have changed somewhat on how valuable link exchanges can be for page rank purposes, they remain a great way to increase traffic to your article site.
Article Marketing Success
In order for article marketing to be effective, your articles have to have value. They cannot be a direct advertisement for your website or product, nor can they be a simple news release for your company. They need to include facts, information, instructions and other pieces of information that people want to know. Finally, your articles need to be well written. People are not going to make their way down to your links if the article is full of spelling and grammar errors. So invest the time required to produce good articles. If necessary, hire a copywriter or engage the services of a freelance article writer. Creating good, relevant content for your business and website is essential to the overall success and professional image you are trying to develop and maintain for your company!
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