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 Posted: Tue Apr 29th, 2008 02:38 pm

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Looking through the universe of online affiliate marketing, you’ll notice that most sites fall into two categories. There are sites that simply have a list of links to other sites that sell products. You’ll notice that these sites come up often in web searches on Google or Yahoo, but they don’t seem very useful since all they have is other links and no actual content of their own.

The other kind of affiliate site is the kind that you want. It is a site that has all the same links that the others do, but it also has content. Now, what does “content” mean, anyway? Content is simply an internet term that means articles or information on a web page. Why do affiliate sites that use content work better than those that don’t? It’s simple.

If you click on a site, say, a site about growing roses, which would you rather find? A list of links that you have no idea if they are any good or not or if they even link to a reputable company? Or an informative, well-written article about growing roses that has a link at the bottom for a company that, while you still don’t know if they are trustworthy or not, the person who wrote this content thinks so and they sure sound like they know what they are talking about. Which one do you think does better sales every month? Exactly. The site that uses articles.

This is the number one reason why you should be knowledgeable about the products you wish to sell. It will be a million times easier to write content that sounds like it was written by an expert if you know your way around your product. If a web surfer stumbles upon your site, finds your articles well-written, informative and fun and then sees a link to buy a product related to the article, your chances of making money off of that customer go up 100 times. The big secret to affiliate marketing isn’t a magic formula or miracle catchphrase. It’s well-written content.

There are even companies out there that will write content for you, for a small fee. It may seem like a silly thing to invest in on the surface, but once you see the hard numbers that show how much better affiliate sites do with content then without, you’ll be on board in no time flat.



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 Posted: Wed Apr 30th, 2008 03:33 am

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I always use the phrase Content is King.  It is so true.  Provide value.  Provide solutions. Build relationships.  You can monetize your marketing efforts along the way.  But you must make sure you are providing solutions first. 

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 Posted: Wed Apr 30th, 2008 09:17 pm

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Pre-selling is the key to affiliate marketing. Writing good content about a product certainly gives you a leg up on every other affiliate just using the replicated website that comes with the product.



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 Posted: Tue Aug 12th, 2008 03:22 pm

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The last article that I submitted to Ezine Articles was picked up by a site and posted there without my resource box.  Therefore, Ezine Articles is rejecting it because they say it is posted elsewhere by another author.  Actually, the site doesn't give anyone credit for writing the article.  They just posted it on their site.  I tried finding the site owner's contact info thru Who Is, but the contact info is not there.  Does anyone have any suggestions?



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 Posted: Tue Aug 12th, 2008 11:18 pm

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Hey there! Just wanted to add, make extra sure that if you post to Ezine Articles, that you make sure to spell check and have perfect punctuation or they WILL Reject your article.  I know, they rejected one of mine!   :P

They have a superior quality control system.

Hope that helps!

 



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Hmmm...where did the other site get the article from? Ezinearticles, as do some others, always want to be the first in line when you submit an article. If they find it posted anywhere else it will get rejected for that reason alone.

Do you mean that it was already posted on EA and later rejected?


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 Posted: Sun Jan 18th, 2009 03:05 am

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Hey. I do believe content is king because the more content you have out there, the more visitors you will eventually get.

But also, remember that creating a KEYWORD FOCUSED ARTICLE will bring you even mass amounts of traffic that are targeted towards what ever niche you desire.


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 Posted: Sun Jan 18th, 2009 01:56 pm

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Agreed. However, I would take it a step further and say that "QUALITY" content is king. LOL. Way too much crap out there being passed off as content ya know?

I would also say that the article should be focused on the LONG TALE KEYWORD. You're right it can bring in some great, targeted traffic if you write your article correctly.

OmarNegron wrote: Hey. I do believe content is king because the more content you have out there, the more visitors you will eventually get.

But also, remember that creating a KEYWORD FOCUSED ARTICLE will bring you even mass amounts of traffic that are targeted towards what ever niche you desire.


Take care

Omar!

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 Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2009 03:02 pm

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I agree Article marketing is a great way to drive traffic and Ezine is a good vehicle to use.  I hardly discuss my product or business in my articles.  I focus on offering value to readers in the form of tips, advice and information on internet marketing and self development.  My belief is that once they will feel more inclined to visit my site if I do not try to direct them to it or sell.  I believe in free will and it seems to be working for me.



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Content is always king.  People online are looking solely for good content.  I personally can sniff the b.s. content from the good content.  I'm sure millions of others can also.  People always come back to good content. 



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 Posted: Sat Aug 29th, 2009 06:27 am

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Agreed Content is King. But a lot of people recycle adding value along the way, so the newer articles have better subject matter.
So not only is it necessary that you post the article, but after a suitable amount of time when you examine other sites you need to upgrade your own content.



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 Posted: Sun Aug 30th, 2009 06:31 pm

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I totally agree with you.  If you provide content you will build a list of followers, as opposed to just providing links to another website.  Providing value is very important.  You will be seen as someone who cares, and an expert in that field.



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 Posted: Mon Jan 25th, 2010 09:00 pm

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That phrase, Content Is King is very important.  I never like to see and article, site, video, post or anything that is just a puff piece of content.  I find that I loose respect and do not care about what they are talking about.  If it is about a product, I know that I do not buy from them.  I would rather go else where.

I also know I am not the only one that thinks like this.  So put out quality content.  People will respect you for it and will more likly take action and buy the product that you are promoting in the end. 



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The main thing with article marketing is to ensure that you don't get over-focussed on the SEO elements and under-focussed on your customers.

Articles do need to be optimized but this needs to be done subtly and should not detract from you creating high quality articles that are of benefit in their own right.

Google have it spon on in their quality control guidelines when they state the following:

Avoid tricks intended to improve search engine rankings. A good rule of thumb is whether you'd feel comfortable explaining what you've done to a website that competes with you. Another useful test is to ask, "Does this help my users? Would I do this if search engines didn't exist?"

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 Posted: Thu Apr 29th, 2010 11:06 am

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Hi,
You could use your articles to create a website. If you create a website that consists of informative articles on a specific topic you can sell advertising on your website to correlated businesses. If you decide to create a website using your articles, you could also place Google Adsense ads on your website and get paid every time a visitor clicks on one of your Adsense ads.
 
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 Posted: Wed May 12th, 2010 06:43 pm

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I have written some articles and also have had some written for me. The cost is reasonable, but how about UAW? Does anyone have a success history with them, they seem to be worth the investmen, what do you think?



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I always advise to KISS the copy. That is, keep it short and simple. All too often, writers try to prove how smart they are with the number of words, not the strength of the short sentence.

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Can anyone tell me how long it takes to create meaningful traffic to you site by writing articles?  Is this the only value or is the SEO affect on your site also significant because of your signature links?  Trying to get my arms around the concept.  Thanks.



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The short answer is both Dan. 

You get immediate traffic fro those publishing your article on their website/blog or in their newsletters.  This may be within hours to a few days ..... and depends mostly on the quality of your article and the target niche that would be interested inthe information contained therein.

The SEO affect is from the links of course .... both from the directories you submit to (target those with PR of 4 or greater) and the back links from the sites publishing your articles.  he higher PR those sites have the greater the link juice you get for your sites PR.  Meaning your PR goes up and your page placement goes up for your targeted search words.

I hope that helps.  Read through the articles in this discussion board (Article Marketing) and you'll find more threads specificly on the topic.  There's a few in the SEO discussion board too.

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A little article I wrote on .... well, writing articles.  Let me know what you think:

"Generating free, high quality leads for your network marketing business is one of the fundamental basics of any successful business.  It is not hard to do if you understand a key principle to attraction marketing - a strong personal brand.  One of the best ways to build your brand organically is through article marketing.

Article marketing to create network marketing leads is powerful to brand building in three distinct ways.  First, writing an article on a particular topic forces the writer to learn and know the subject matter.  There is no better way to learn anything than to have to teach it.  As a marketer trying to build a brand, displaying knowledge of various subject matters relating to your business is very important.  As the public reads your articles it should be clear that you are an expert in your field and someone who should be followed.  This will naturally lead to more click thru’s to your website link in your signature line at the end of the article.

The second way articles help build your brand and create network marketing leads is through the SEO value of your site link in your signature line.  The more external links you have to your website the higher your site will rank in related keyword searches.  Additionally, if you run any Google AdSense campaigns, your keyword quality score is likely to be higher as Google will see all of the related external links and determine your site to be highly relevant to the search query.  This will lead to more impressions, more clicks, and naturally more leads.

The third way that articles help to generate network marketing leads and build your personal brand is through the raw material they become for other forms of content marketing.  Articles can easily be modified and redistributed as blog posts, video’s, audio’s, forum posts, social media messages, etc.  They can even be used as the basis for a front end information product you may generate such as an e-book or instructional video."

Articles are the very foundation of a smart, well planned marketing effort.  They don’t take very long to create and can be used in so many ways to promote your personal brand.  And since they reside in the public domain they often generate quality leads for years.  Not bad for an hour’s worth of work.  



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