Do I have a style? I have no bloody idea, you tell me.
I have recently been working closely with an editor friend to refine my limited talents.
Not another one of these? Yes, I know there are more than few article marketing pieces out there, I am taking a slightly different angle.
‘Competitive? I thought it was about getting Back Links’ you say? That’s where it starts to go wrong.
This is what I often find short-sighted.
Above and beyond all else a well written article and marketed article will bring you traffic in the short and long term.
If you write a well thought out article that has lasting value, it will live out on the internet for quite some time.
Link Profile development; This while not a primary focus for me, is a great additional benefit.
This gives Article Marketing it’s second value.
For full effectiveness be sure to learn about building your Link Profile ( methinks I should write a ‘Building your Link Profile’ article FIRST and then link to it.
This is also invaluable to any enterprise or undertaking.
Do it right or don’t do it at all.
Don’t just write and article, publish it onto the Dub-Dub-Dub a leave her to float away.
Watch the progress of the article.
Search Google for the Article Title in quotation marks, ( eg; “My Article Title”) to see how many times it was syndicated by other sites.
Tracking will also allow you to see which articles do the best.
Soon you can start to choose topics and styles that will get you the most coverage with each successive article.
), but it does hold true.
A well written article does so much more and you can even expect MORE back links as the eventual distribution/syndication of the article should be wider due to the lack of quality competitors.
My number one ‘editor in chief’ Mark, certainly laments the vast number of pure drivel that arrives on his virtual doorstep every day.
To that end I would also consider getting professional help.
seek help!.
I let them so what they do best and then my SEO guys do what they do best, optimize the article.
The main point is to not look at article marketing as simply another Link Drop.
Make sure you leverage it for all it’s worth.
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