Using Article Marketing To Build Sales & Traffic
We hear a lot about article marketing lately. It is becoming one of the most prevalent strategies for Internet marketing lately. Popularized by the “bum marketing” strategy, it has two very significant characteristics: it’s free, and it works.
There are two important benefits for Internet marketers. First, it generates valuble IBL’s, or Inbound Links. Secondly, it provides greater exposure for the marketer and their website.
Just like the other bum marketing strategies, article marketing is all about numbers. It’s effectiveness relies on consistent and ongoing effort. A single article has limited benefit, however daily submissions have an overall benefit greater than the sum of its parts.
Maximizing your article submission strategy means targeting a single keyword or phrase, one per article. It’s equally important to optimize each article, similar to each page in a website. In fact, each article acts as a one-page mini site.
You optimize an article for the search engines the same way you would for a web page. Put your keyword or phrase in the article title, as the beginning of the first paragraph, the beginning of the last paragraph, and for the anchor text in your link or resource box.
Taking those few simple steps will insure were that you get the maximum return for your effort. While article marketing should be one part of a multipronged approach, it can be extremely effective and extremely inexpensive.