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If you know how to find keywords using free keyword software, then you can save a lot of money on purchasing expensive keyword tools. There are several good free techniques that you can use, and they are accurate and provide you with good information. The paid tools might go deeper into the search and analysis, but the free tools are good enough, especially for beginners who want a quick start without too much cost.

If you have a website and are involved in internet marketing, you need keywords for a variety of reasons. First of all let’s discuss exactly what a keyword is and why they are needed. When somebody uses a search engine to find information they type some words into their browser that they think describes what they are looking for and press enter. It’s just like walking into a store and asking an assistant if they can help you.

Everybody uses their own words, but there are only a limited number of questions you ask to find out certain information, and so some of these will be popular, and used a lot, and others will be less so, and used less often. The words these people are using for their search are keywords. Keywords can comprise of a single word or a whole sentence – a keyword is the search term somebody uses to find what they are searching for.

‘Internet marketing’ is a keyword, and so is ‘where is internet marketing information’. Two different keywords used find out about internet marketing. The search engine looks at these words and looks in their index of spidered sites for these words. If you site has the exact search term, it has a good chance of appearing near the top of the results list. However, that position is determined by a large number of other factors, and the keyword is only one of them, but a very, very important one.

What you are looking for to use on your website, then, are keywords that a lot of people use, but that don’t have many other sites giving results for. The fewer the results, the less your competition. That’s the information that keyword tools give you: the number of results for a keyword and the amount of competition using that keyword on a web page – it is individual web pages that are listed, not whole sites.

You can carry out that analysis perfectly competently without paying for expensive software. First the demand. A good tool is the Google Adwords Keyword tool. Just type ‘Keyword Tool External’ into your browser and you will get it. Enter your keyword and you get an analogue representation of the demand in terms of monthly search volume, and supply. You can also find the amount Google Adwords advertisers are paying for position one in Adwords which is a rough indication of importance.

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Article marketing is one of the basic strategies for internet marketing. Not only does marketing an article allow you to make a sales pitch on affiliate products in your niche sites, but writing power and quality articles also increase your traffic which will eventually give you a higher page rank in Google, a higher chance at being indexed, and therefore, higher income. For some seasoned article marketer and content copywriters, writing and article marketing can come as easy as a, b, c and increasing that traffic and commissions on affiliate, just as easy as well. However, for the neophyte article marketer and copywriter, researching and writing about a topic that you previously know nothing about can be a very daunting task: as daunting perhaps as being thrown into an ocean of information without knowing how to swim and sift through all the data to write a unique and relevant article for your targeted reading market.

For one, a seasoned article marketer would know what his or her article must contain to draw traffic and to generate sales. A neophyte creative literary writer might think along the lines of a literary work instead of pitching a sale. A writer with journalism background now on the field of internet marketing might be chronicling events instead of advertising or marketing through the article.

Bottom line, different writers have different styles, different tones and different goals for writing. All these are irrelevant when writing for advertising or when writing for internet marketing. Notwithstanding their individual writing backgrounds, what each and every writer considering a career in internet marketing or niche site content copywriting should be thinking about is being able to write an article that would be unique, interesting and informative enough for the readers to lead them to buying your affiliate’s products or to visit your niche site. Each article must be written and targeted for a particular and specific reader in mind. Each article must provide a unique information that the reader does not know about yet.

When venturing into online business opportunities such as internet advertising, articles are not just words compounded into paragraphs. They become the lifeline and bloodline of unique content and information which your niche site should be sought for.

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Professional copywriters are well-familiar with what’s commonly referred to as “the voice.” What is this exactly, and why do you need to master it in your writing?

If writing is icecream, then “the voice″ is the flavor in your scoop. You may be slurping on mellow vanilla, while I′m over here crunching Rocky Road. Sure, we′re bothing having a cold and creamy treat, but our waffle cones are packing two entirely different tastes. So it is with the “voice″ that carries your message in writing.

Another way to say this: the voice is the personality that comes across by way of your written message. When you set pen to paper or get those keys clicking, what comes out is your own voice or chosen style of expression.

The words and intonation you choose may be very different than what I′d use. That’s the variance in the voice. You must nab this for your copywriting clientele if you want to impress people!

Questions to Ask When Writing Web Copy:

1. Who am I speaking to?”

By identifying your target audience, you′ll be able to adopt the correct voice, or tone and style of the copy to create a message that will resonate in the mind of the consumer. To properly convey the message, you must first Learn the Language.

2. “How can I insert a bit of the client’s personality into my web copy?”

Why is this important? Because the project is not your copy; it will belong to and be representative of, someone else’s business. That someone else is doing the “speaking” on the site. You′re simply the “copy cosmetician” - here to make them look good!

Therefore, your copy should:

- Touch the target audience and make them instantly respond
- Speak through the seller in a way that reflects their brand and philosophy

How will you learn to “hear the voice” of your client’s personality?

1. Study his emails closely.

Memorize the way he arranges his words. Do the words meander languidly, with transitions bridging thoughts? Or does each short sentence stand staunchly alone?

What tone comes across? Are you picking up matter-of-fact, or are you hearing light and breezy? Is this person bubbly like a teenager, or serene as a shaman? If your client’s natural inflection is in alignment with the brand creation, then by all mean lift the best parts to use in the final presentation. By this I’m not suggesting you plagiarize; I’m simply saying, “carry the essence of them with you as you create.”

Would your client say, “Try it and see for yourself…” or is she more of a “Gotta Get It Now!” kind of gal? This is HER site, so try imitate her as best as you can while still preserving the continuity of the theme. You should be able to hear it in your mind. If you still can′t nab “the voice,” then…

2. Literally listen to her speak.

If your client has an existing site, is there audio on it? If so… take a listen every now and again so that you can get a sense of how she expresses herself. Memorize the intonation she uses when addresses her audience. Once you can “hear it” - can you translate that voice into sizzling copy? Can you slip in a signature saying of hers that’s in line with the project’s mission?

Of course, maybe your client really isn’t a strong communicator at all, which is often the case when someone’s hired a copywriter. If so… instead of looking to the client for brand identity, you’ll rely heavily on the tone of the typical customer and base the branding message around that.

How does the key customer communicate? Maybe the tone is serious and formal maybe it’s light and casual. Practice “warm and friendly” versus cool and informative. Try your hand at ’soft and easy,’ then switch it up to “Exciting and urgent!” (Did you notice what a difference the exclam made there?)

Read your copy draft aloud, using the exact tone that you imagine your customer would want to hear. Try to envision this copy being read in a television commercial. How’s it sound?

Even in something as simple as a greeting hello, just a few variations on punctuation and word choice can convey a certain feeling or personality. What ‘voice’ do you hear coming across in these simple salutations?

Hello.
Hello?
Hi there!
Hey there…
Hey, you.
Hello, everyone!
“YO.”
G’day, mate!
Oh, hello, dahhling…
Hi, dear.
Hello and welcome.
Hola!
Hey sweet thang…
Oh, HI.
Hieeeeee…
Whuddup.
Wassup?
WAZZZAAAP!!
Greetings!
Hiya.
Hi, bubby!!
Ummm.. hellooooo…?

For a fun copywriting exercise, try “recreating the voice” of an existing website. If it’s one that sells walking shoes to old folks, rewrite the copy… only this time, pretend you’re selling athletic shoes to teens. What would you say differently? How does the ‘voice’ change according to the shift in audience?

“Nabbing the voice″ is just one of the many ways that a professional copywriter can amuse himself while producing quality work for the client. Pretend you’re an actor; how will you improv this character to be totally believable? Keep practicing… and above all, have FUN.

Copyright 2005 Dina Giolitto. All rights reserved.

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Writing articles is definitely a very solid method of building
a client base for your online business. There is no doubt about
that. The writers I speak with who use free-reprint articles
for the promotion of their businesses all proudly talk about
the success articles have brought to them.

Articles will generate substantial traffic to those who write
well. Even better, a considerable amount of the traffic will
convert to sales.

The Internet is a rocky super highway. Thousands upon thousands
of people have had their dreams shattered by the realities of
marketing online.

Less than 5% of all online businesses will survive, so it is
important to try to do the things that the 95% do not do. I
will tell you one thing now — more than 95% of all online
marketers do not even attempt to use articles for the promotion
of their businesses.

I have written a number of articles telling people about the
promotional power of free-reprint articles. In fact, I have
built my business on free-reprint articles, by helping others
tap into the promotional powerhouse for themselves.

I have often said that one should investigate writing their
own articles. I have even said that ideas of inspiration can
be found in reading the works of others.

I wish to re-emphasize my original direction to find inspiration
by reading the words of others. I said that reading around
should only be used for inspiration. One will discover that
as they read someone else’s point of view, they will suddenly
see an idea for an article on what may be a similar, but very
different tact.

One should NEVER take the words of the original author and make
them their own!!! Nearly every article you read will contain a
copyright notice. The copyright notice is legally binding,
supported by federal law.

Helpful Link:

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Overview

gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm

If you are writing your own articles but borrowing a few
sentences from someone else, YOU ARE STEALING! Copyright
violation is a criminal offense that can find you in court
and defending your bank account!

Words that I write and put into a free-reprint article do carry
clearly stated “terms of reprint”. Let us review those real
quick:

This is a Free-Reprint article. The only requirements for publishing this article are:

· You must leave the resource box unedited.

· Minor editing to the article is permitted.

· You may not use this article in UCE (Unsolicited
Commercial Email).

· Email distribution of this article must be opt-in email
only.

· You must forward a copy of the ezine or newsletter that
contains the article inside to the author at:
mailto:bplatt@thephantomwriters.com

· If you post this article on a website, you must set the
links up as hyperlinks, and you must send us a copy of
the URL where the article is posted.

Where in these “terms of reprint” do I give permission to
borrow a few sentences or paragraphs from one of my articles
to form the basis of your article with your name in the
resource box?

I have read these “terms of reprint” again, and I still do not
see the permission to use my words in this way! What am I
missing here?

Let us writers be aware, there are those in the our Internet
writers community who deliberately disregard our “terms of
reprint” to take our words as their own.

Folks, if you are just getting started in using free-reprint
articles to promote your business, please realize that it is
completely unnecessary to steal the words of others! Inspiration
resides in all of us, and we can find it in the most bizarre of
places.

In my original article on this topic, which was written for
Max Shifrin (one of my ghost writing clients by the way),
this is what was said:

When in doubt, I always turn to the search engines to find
inspiration. I might have a general subject in mind, but I
might not know how I want to address it. That is until I am
reading someone else’s view of this subject, and Boom!,
inspiration strikes.

A spark goes off in the old brain and I know exactly where
I am going tonight. I know exactly how I will proceed with
my new issue and article.

When I am done, you could look at the original source and
never understand how I decided my slant on the article.
That is because the source being read only serves to spark
the inspiration from which the article will be written.

The actual article this segment came from was an article
titled “Online Publishing: Where Do You Want to Go Today?”

Copyright Bill Platt - All Rights Reserved

Bill Platt is the owner of

Internet article marketing is a great marketing strategy provided your efforts follow proven marketing and writing tactics. This action marries well with accepted and proven marketing strategies and presumes that you know what those strategies are. Additionally, I have taken two specific actions that many others may ignore, but more about these later. Note: If you are curious now, read numbers six and seven.

First, if you use Internet article marketing as a strategy to increase sales, then follow the proven AIDA model. Internet marketing is still marketing with the Internet as the delivery vehicle. Your articles must:

ATTRACT the attention of both readers and search engines’ robots through key words

INTEREST through the content from both the readers and the search engines

DESIRE for the reader to search for more of your articles because you have convinced them

ACTION from forwarding the article to someone else, leaving a rating, visiting your website, dropping you an email or giving you a call must happen

Second, do you incorporate the 7-P’s of marketing. The first 4 – P’s are fairly well known:

Product
Price
Place
Promotion

However in article marketing, there are 3 additional P’s:

Position – Are you placing your article in the correct position including keywords and the article submission site or portal.

Preference – Have you done the research to determine the reader’s preference. What are readers looking to find in these types of articles?

People – Do you write to engage people? Some writers are so busy trying to sell themselves that they fail to recognize the needs of their audience. A wise man once told me “If you are telling, you ain’t selling.” Are your words tell more about you than telling more about how your insight can help others?

Third, do you infuse the 3-Q’s?

Quality – Do you provide quality content? In the Internet, quality content reigns supreme.

Quantity – Do you have enough quantity as far as submitted articles to a specific site? When I first started using article submission as an Internet marketing strategy, I had the opportunity to speak with Chris Knight, founder of Ezine Articles. At that time, he indicated that 100 articles was the absolute minimum and hundreds of articles were necessary. This goes along with direct mail statistics that requires mailings of 1,000 to determine the effectiveness of your actions.

Qualify – Do your articles help to qualify prospects as well as your own subject matter expertise? If you are submitting articles in 10 to 15 different topics areas, you are diluting your ability to qualify your prospects. Pick 5 to 7 categories and focus all of your efforts within those topics.

Fourth do you infuse solid writing techniques specific to Internet readers? Remember the last P – people? People have less time to read than ever before. Your article must recognize this limitation.

Fifth, are you a good writer? Writing is a skill set that many learn, but good writers are truly hard to find. You may have exceptional qualifications as a national top speaker, consultant or coach, but these skills may not transfer to being a good writer.

Sixth, do you measure your results? This is all about marketing with the goal to increase sales. Are you measuring your results through number of reads, traffic to your site and Google page ranking, etc.?

Seventh, do you leverage the power of the process? Internet article marketing is a process. After measuring the results, what actions are you taking to improve the process? If you don’t have a strategic plan, this might be part of the problem.

As a business coach, I can attest that Internet article marketing is a proven strategy to EzineArticles.com/?id=307309 increase website traffic and number of clients. After 2 years of using this strategy, I am securing at least 1 executive coaching client per month from my site, at least 1 new monthly speaking engagement and my website traffic is increasing on a monthly average of 15-20%.

Some authors may continue to write articles that suggest Internet article marketing is an ineffective use of EzineArticles.com/?id=308152 time and energy. After reading their articles, I believe that these individuals have failed to recognize that Internet article marketing is a multi-dimensional process that supports the attitude of slow and steady wins the race.

Leanne Hoagland-Smith, M.S. is a business coach and executive coach with offices in Indianapolis and near Chicago. She writes, speaks and coaches people in businesses to quickly double or triple results through the creation of an executable strategic plan along with the necessary leadership skills “to pull it off.”

One quick question, if you could secure one new client or breakthrough that one roadblock holding you back from success, what would that mean to you? Then, take a risk and give me, Leanne, a call at 219.759.5601 to experience incredible results.

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“Freelancing” sounds romantic and adventure riddled. An Engineer for example evokes pictures of dirty hands and a sweat covered brow, a dentist of a man grimacing as the patient opens their mouth and an insurance salesman as boring. A freelancer though enjoys the image of residing in a country setting, sitting at a table in the garden with a glass of wine and a typewriter sitting idly to hand. Or of a wanderer, a heavy booted, lost to this world walker who every so often jots down notes in a well thumbed notebook.

Reality though states otherwise. The Engineer is a highly skilled expert who may spend most of his time in an office; the dentist is well paid and most likely takes pride and enjoyment in his work whilst the Insurance salesman is well - an Insurance Salesman.

Writing articles without a steady wage is an extremely hard if not impossible way to earn money. Often the ability to obtain a decent return is not through the skill or level of writing produced but through contacts or good will. Today, where thousands of excellent writers working for newspapers and magazines earn suitable wages there are equally thousands more who struggle onwards, faithful in their ability and ever hopeful of becoming noticed.

To be under-the-eye of the powers above is harder than the actual writing process itself. An article can be written, edited and presented within a morning of frenzy and brain emptying activity. From waking up and scrubbing the teeth to opening the empty fridge in the search for lunch a 5000 word essay or article can be produced - as suitable for immediate printing in some magazine or newspaper.

The next step though is where the light hearted turn to other occupations and give up, all thoughts of ever getting noticed wiped away: the semi strong take a job and try to write freelance in their spare time and where the strong willed just keep on going whilst living on baked beans and water. This last grouping of writers keep on attempting to market the article that only took a morning to write but it may be months if not years before it gets to publication. They become desperate souls searching for an outlet thus ignoring their prime purpose - that of writing.

The Internet

The Internet has been pushed in recent years as a means of allowing unknown writers to have their works published. And yes, the Internet is now filled with gazillions of articles, essays and stories written by as yet unknown persons and previously unpublished authors and they are all freely available for anybody to read. The Internet has given to the freelancer an opportunity to see his/her work published albeit only on a token, one horse outfit Web-Blogger whose site may shut down within a week from lack of interest. It may be that the work is published on a good and informative site but typically the return on the article will be zero.

Owners and Webmasters of sites love to have articles available that are relative to the goods that they offer. There are though so many writers around that these websites can find articles to upload for free from a variety of sources. And should an article be submitted by some desperate and searching writer they will typically respond with “Thanks, we would love to publish you article but as we are a non-profit site we cannot afford to pay you for it”.

Traditional methods of submitting works are still common and preferred by some of the larger and paying print media. These though are extremely hard to get into and even harder to establish a relationship with. They may accept the one article and pay accordingly but for the desperate and financially stricken freelancer this is not enough.

The Internet is progressing and changing rapidly and it is without doubt that the traditional outlets will turn to the Web for the means to receive all submissions. This leaves the budding freelancer with only one option - the Internet. The World Wide Web will become the only place to look, to market, to search, to submit and to hope on. Whether articles accepted will be paid for or published in the print media will still be a massive task to accomplish that is not for the light hearted.

The situation then is this: After a mornings high activity of writing and editing an article, days and weeks if not months will be spent on marketing it - trying to find a paying outlet. Thousands of budding and potential authors are following this path eagerly and with desperation and most will fall along the way.

The Solution

With the rapid growth of the WWW and the prospect of all submissions and marketing being made through this medium a method has to be found to use it rather than giving up on it. To get past the momentous challenge and scope that the system presents, to use it to help and to better a writers work and to market a writers material is the challenge ahead.

One method that is gaining ground is for authors to have and to set up their own websites. In this way all their material is presented on their own site and in what ever manner they see fit. The setting up of these sites is not difficult and is getting easier with time. The end principle here is that any writer can write a piece, upload it to their own site thus making it readily available for anybody to read. Should a piece be accepted by a publisher it can easily be removed from the site should it be required so for copyright reasons

One of many stumbling blocks that exist with this mode of presentation is the fact that editors and publishers do not like it. They most certainly do not want to trawl and search the Internet and through hundreds of sites to find articles - they want articles to come to them. They want to sit in their offices and have submissions sent directly to their doorstep from whence they can pick and choose, they want to be the hunted not the hunters.

Looking at the traditional path that writers follow: that of writing an article and then spending months on trying to market it the prospects are not very good. Then looking at the idea of having ones own site: with all material presented and then progressing from this base then life does seem rosier.

The future and prospects available to writers will all stem from the Internet and whether we like it or not it will become (in short order) the only means to market and to promote ones own work. It is then here and now that writers should be looking towards this medium for their own promotion, not to be caught up as the searcher but to become the searched, to have a site that is known and listed in the correct places and to spend more time on writing than on marketing.

The future is uncertain as the Internet changes faster than most can keep up with, but the idea is to have something worthwhile for others to see. In basic form to have a site worth viewing is the start. If many likeminded authors and freelance writers could group together to present many sites under one name, or used the combined power of many to draw publishers and editors out then the road to success is clear. Do not confuse this grouping of like minded people as becoming a member of a large website where hundreds of writers showcase their works as this is something else. Many sites exists where authors and writers showcase works and list their skills, in return for hundreds of adverts, mass competition with thousands of others, a cluttered up email box and no response from Editors.

A grouping of four or five similar budding authors and freelance writers, each with their own website and a link to the others would suffice. Sites without adverts, newsletters and promotional features: without gimmicks, annoyances, guest books and counters and without lengthy links to endless sites that only serve to confuse. Sites that simply portray in uncluttered and basic style an authors work, easy to read and easy to see what the author is made of. And in turn these four or five sites can be linked to each other to form a grouping of either diversified topics or similar ones so that editors have no choice but to visit these sites in search of material.

Editors it is time to be the hunted.

Ieuan Dolby is the Author and Webmaster of

As you are reading this article, I take it you want your website to get noticed online and you want to drive some traffic to it. Of all the marketing strategies, article writing is one of the best, and my particular favorite, and best of all, it’s virtually free. It definitely helps your site to get a better ranking and a better placement in the major search engine results.

Article writing is also a good way to gain some sort of credibility in the internet marketing world. Writing articles for content websites is quite a bit different than writing say, magazines articles. Don’t forget that the reason every one is banging on about article writing, is that there is no better way to obtain a one way link and generate traffic to your website.

If you are having trouble getting started, have a look at published articles on the same subject as you intend to write about. As with any subject these days, there is plenty of good advice on article writing flying around the net, you just have to go and look for it. Article writing is not that difficult and is enjoyable for some, while others find it hard work. Me, I am somewhere in between, and find the trickiest bit is coming up with a subject that will be of interest to people.

The resource box which you put at the end of your article should have a short bio and definitely your website address, because this is the link through which you can generate traffic from your articles. You may well be pleasantly surprised at the targeted traffic it will bring to you. If you ask any successful internet marketer of a good way to drive targeted traffic to your website, I’d wager that article writing would get a strong mention.

The good news is that there are loads of article submission sites on the internet. By submitting your articles to these sites, you are almost guaranteed to gain some traffic for your website. Just ensure you read the submission guidelines on these sites, as they can vary quite a bit. The article submission sites usually stipulate a minimum and maximum amount of words for each article most of them want at least 250-300 words. I usually aim for 350-600, but it’s your call. Well that’s, all, go and get writing. If I can do it, anybody can.

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Marketing articles is one of the best ways to promote your business and get more prospects, publicity and profits. One of the best places to market your articles is in your own blog.

How to use articles on your blog

A blog is a great place for very short articles. Here are just a few of the ways you can use articles on your own blog.

You can just write a few sentences and make it a blog post.

You can post an entire article.

You can also collect a few or several small posts and turn them into a longer article.

Another great idea using articles on your blog comes from Patsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman of The Blog Squad. They give a teleseminar on “From Blog to Book” how to write your book or e-book by posting short and/or longer articles on your blog.

Still another way you can use articles on your blog is to post a portion of an article on your blog, and then provide a link for your reader to click on to read the rest of your article on your web site. This is a great way to get more visitors to your blog, which turn into more prospects, publicity and profits.

Visit theinternetarticleguy.com TheInternetArticleGuy.com for more leading edge tips and tools for writing articles that bring you prospects, publicity and profits. You can also subscribe to our monthly theinternetarticleguy.com Article Writing & Marketing Tips Newsletter. You are also invited to visit my

The first is for direct and immediate profit. In other words, you write the article and someone pays you for it. At this pint, you lose all rights to what you have written, so don’t imagine that you can regurgitate even one sentence and re-use it. Of course, you still have the knowledge and are free to continue writing and publishing on the same subject. Just make sure that the content isn’t recognisable and that you don’t inadvertently use an identical complex sentence to one which was in the article that you sold.

The second reason for writing articles is to attract visitors to your website and/or to purchase your product for longer term profit. In this instance, you can’t sell your article because to need it to carry your name and your business details and web address, not somebody else’s. You retain the rights and can do what you like with your masterpiece, but you will probably choose one or several of the following.

- Publish on your own website but use your blog or newsletter to tell people where to find your article. If you “ping” your blog, certain search engines will be updated and others will detect of their own accord that your site has new, original content and will send their spiders along to index it.

- Publish in an ezine. Many ezine owners are looking for content and may agree to a swap, otherwise you may have to pay for your article to appear. However, if you choose the ezine carefully, it can be well worth the expenditure.

- Publish in an article directory. This may well lead to other websites using your work for content or distribution via RSS feeds. Each time your article appears, so will your link, attracting even more visitors to your site or product.

If you join MPAM and follow the 20 Steps course, you will learn about all of the above. The course lays out a detailed plan for the successful creation and population of a content-rich, search engine friendly website. In addition, there is the opportunity to at least cover the cost of your membership by writing articles for sale to MPAM as well as many other income streams and extensive training.

Whatever your reasons for writing articles and wherever they end up, before you start to scribble or tap away at the keyboard, there are a few basic things that you will need to know.

A good standard of English grammar and spelling is required. Without that, your articles will remain unread and other than on your own website, where you can do what you like, unpublished. The major article directories check spelling and grammar quite carefully and will reject out of hand, articles which are not of a sufficiently high quality.

Original, informative content is a must. It’s worth doing some research to find out what the internet population are interested in before you even start.

A well-structured, cohesive piece of writing is necessary. There’s nothing more likely to lose your readers’ attention than muddled or contradictory ramblings.

If you would like detailed tips about the dos and don′ts of article writing, then watch this space, there will be more coming soon.

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Article marketing is still one of the most widely used forms of promotion by website owners. There is no doubt that it holds many benefits, but it is important that we understand the right way to approach article marketing and don’t fall for the same mistakes that many seem to make.

The basic concept of article marketing is to submit an article on a chosen topic and to receive exposure and promotion for our business in return for syndicating to article directories. The amount of exposure and promotional benefit our business can receive depends on how well we use article marketing.

In order to benefit from article marketing as much as possible there are a number of things that we should consider. In this article I will touch on several of them.

Spelling and Grammar

For some authors this isn’t a problem. However, for many others it could be one of the reasons why article marketing is a method that they try to avoid. This shouldn’t be the case as a simple spell checker can solve most errors.

Article Title

This is arguably the most important part of the article. The title is what grabs the readers initial attention, and in conjunction with correct keywords holds the key to the amount of traffic that articles can receive.

Keywords

Following on from the point I’ve just made about the title, the correct use of keywords is what influences that amount of constant traffic that we can possibly receive from our article ranking in the search engines. Related keywords are also important with recent search engine algorithm updates.

Knowledge

In order to make the most of the readers that choose to read our article it is important to show our knowledge. By demonstrating how much we know about a certain topic we can gain the trust of the reader before they have even visited our website link. This is highly important as it can affect how the visitor reacts to our website (reading more content, opting in to a newsletter, buying a product).

Resource Box

Having successfully managed to get the reader to read our article it is now time to create a “call to action” in our resource box. This is where we ask the reader to do something by following the website link that we provide. This could be to go and sign up for an eCourse, download an eBook, buy a product, or to simply visit a website to read more articles on the topic.

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