Submitting Your Articles To Article Directories.
Now is the time to start refining your writing skills. No, this is
not like back in high school where an English teacher hovered overhead.
You don't have to pump out masterpieces. It's really about conveying
ideas (ideally without typos!).
Writing articles is one of the oldest and most effective
techniques in getting targeted prospects to sites and
converting them into buyers.
Articles help improve your search engine position. Search engines
love new and changing content. Additionally, every time you list an
article you get a link back to your site. Search engines reward sites
that have many links to their site (of course, they should be from
related sites).
Ezine publishers comb the article directories looking for
articles to put in their ezines. All it takes is one
publisher with a hundred thousand readers to increase your
traffic overnight. So, be sure to write the
articles that publishers want to put in their publications. Hint:
They aren't looking for advertisements. You'll have to pay for that!
There are many tools that people can use to make the
process of distributing their articles easy. But, that's for another
time.
Let us take a look at the common mistakes that people make
before submitting to article directories:
1. Not focusing on informing and entertaining the audience.
Don't write a sales pitch. Instead of trying to persuade
the audience, put them into a state of mind that is induced when they're
entertained and/or informed.
Be sure to think that you are writing to one person, not a
mass of people.
2. Failing to maximize the promotional opportunities of
article marketing.
Mention keywords at strategic places. Just be sure not to
overdo them.
Some people try to attach "anchor text" to their
links. But, the majority of the directories do not support
this.
3. Not proofreading the article.
After you write the article, proofread it. Then sleep on it. The next
day proofread one last time.
Don't forget to do a spell check! In fact, I just did one. I
noticed that I had written "spellcheck" as one word. The
software told me to break it up into two words.
It wouldn't hurt to look for more interesting words as
substitutes. Use a thesaurus. Try to inject at least one word
that is rarely used, like "shimmering". In fact, why not come up with a
list of rarely used words and have it handy.
4. Not following the article directory's guidelines.
The fact is that not all article directories are going to
accept your content automatically. They have some guidelines
and specifications for articles and you'll need to follow
them. Be sure to take a moment and look them over.
Fortunately, most of the article directories have similar
guidelines.
Writing an article seems imposing. But, stop thinking of
as attempt to match the articles you see in magazines. Think instead of
articles of around 500 words, about 1 page.
When you write the article, be sure to post it in article
directories. This strategy takes very little time, costs
nothing, and is a stellar traffic generator. Now, for the
best tip of all: Get started now!
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