Article Advise

submitted: May 18th 2008 | by: RobertBillings | Total views: 3 | Word Count: 423 | |

Article marketing works fantastic for increasing the traffic coming to your website. For anyone who isn't familiar with it, it's the process of writing articles about the topic of your website and submitting them to "article directories" on the internet.

You're probably aware that fresh content is important to getting search engine traffic to your website or blog. A lot of webmasters and bloggers frequent these article directory websites, looking for new articles for their own sites.

When you submit your articles to the various directories, you give permission for other webmasters to use them on their websites or blogs, with the condition that they include an "about the author" section that you include at the end of your article.

This section lets you include more information about your website, as well as links back to it where people can get more information.

When the webmaster uses your article on their site, they need to include that information and the links which will be in front of everyone who sees the article on their site. If you write a good article, it can end up on hundreds of websites with thousands of people reading it. Naturally, many of them will click the link to your website for more information.

There are plenty of article directories to choose from on the web. All you need to do is search Google for 'free article directories' and you'll find a bunch. Some of them will be topic-specific (say, health or finance related articles for example) while other are more general. You can submit the same article to multiple directories to get the best exposure. In fact, you can even get software that will automate the process for you.

Coming up with ideas for article topics is really not hard. Just take the topic of your website and think of a question your visitors would have, then write an article answering it. For example, if you have a gardening website, you could write about how to care for your indoor plants or when to start planting seeds.

If you do not like to write, don't worry. You can hire a ghostwriter to write your article for you. You can ask other Internet Marketers for referrals on reputable ghostwriters. The prices for an article will vary, but an average rate is about $10 to $12 for a 500 word article. Once you discuss with the ghostwriter what you are looking for, they will write the article and send it back to you. Some ghostwriters may also include submit the article to reprint directories for you.

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