There are numerous way you can build links and drive traffic to your blog or website. One of the most effective and one that anybody can do with ease is article marketing. There are lots of article websites that accept submissions on all manner of different topics. You write a unique article, submit it and if it meets the website’s requirements it will be accepted.
Some article directories allow you to include links in the body of the text, but most will only allow links in the resource or bio box. This is where you write a little snippet of text with a link or two to pages on your website or blog.
Deciding what to write your articles on is simple enough. Look at which keywords you’re targeting and turn them into articles. Be sure to include your keywords in the title and body of your articles. Depending on the keywords and niche you are targeting, you could see your article rank well in search engines.
Keep building articles and you’ll be building up relevant links. The traffic will come if you’re articles rank well and contain information that people find useful. If you write something that people want to read, they will be inclined to click on any links you provide to find out more. I have numerous travel articles about Phuket dotted around the Internet.
When you submit your article to a directory, you’re offering it for people to use on their own websites. The bonus for you is that when someone uses one of your articles, they must include the author bio or resource box. Thus, you get even more links and possible traffic. Write good articles and people will pick them up.
You may have seen people offering services to submit your articles to hundreds of directories at a time. Use these services with caution as search engines will not index hundreds of pages containing exactly the same content. However, some people claim that submission to multiple websites has helped their SERPs. It’s really just a matter of experimenting and trying various tactics.
Keep tabs on your articles and watch where they end up in search results. Write different articles targeting the same words and submit them to different article directories – there’s no point in limiting yourself to Ezine Articles.
Though it takes work, it’s not difficult to write a 400-word article about a subject you know well. You could probably write such an article in about 10 minutes. Of course, you should be putting most of your time into writing content for your own website or blog, but once you have an end product that you’re confident people will want to see, you can start hitting the article directories for all they’re worth.
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