If you don’t know by now one the best ways to attract free
traffic to your site is with articles. You find them in your
email. You find them on any website that provides useful
content. Take a look and you will see they are all formatted
the same way.
Attention-getting headline
Body of article ( usually offers tips or how to
information)
Resource box – That is at the end and involves a blurb to
plug your site or product and your link(s)
I’m sure if you think about it you can come up with some
ideas of your own for great articles. A good place to start:
What is it that you would really like to know? Find the
answer online with Google or go to your local library and
write away!
Aside from creating helpful content your purpose is to
promote yourself. Thus, the resource box. Do not include
affiliate links, leave your selling for when the reader
clicks through to your site.
Okay, you’ve written an article- what now?
Submit your article to the article banks. Article banks are
depositories for articles. Like a real bank you can make a
deposit or a withdrawal. There are several articles on my
site that I did not write. I made several “withdrawals” from
some of the banks. It’s a great way to get free content for
your site.
When you are re-publishing another author’s
article you must remember one very important thing: Never
ever cut-off the resource box! They worked hard to create
something useful for you. Repay their generosity by keeping
the links intact.
And guess what? if you take your article and make a
“deposit” it’s free for others to download and post on their
site or newsletter! You could find it scattered all over the
net in no time.
Why is that good? Because of your link in the resource box.
That link is going to bring you curious visitors which means
more traffic for you!
I know from personal experience when I find some useful info
in an article I want to find more useful stuff from the same
author so I follow the link.
And because you wrote so well about your topic I will
get the impression you are an expert. We both know
that may not be the case, but if people see you as an
authority in some area they will seek you out for tips,
advice and product recommendations. That means
more traffic and ultimately more money in your pocket.
There are dozens of article banks you can submit your
writing to for free. Just do a search on the net. And
submit, submit, submit! If you write it – the traffic will
come.
-David Parton
Copyright 2005
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NOTE: Feel free to reprint this article online as
long as it remains complete and unaltered (including my
“resource box” at the end). Please send me a copy of
your reprint to david@expandingmind.com
About the author:
David Parton:
Helping others and myself Improve their income and boost
their health and energy levels with Tahitian Noni Juice.
http://www.tahitiannoni.com/2036981
http://the_noni_blog.typepad.com/noni/
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NOTE: Feel free to reprint this article online as
long as it remains complete and unaltered (including my
“resource box” at the end). Please send me a copy of
your reprint to d_parton@telus.net