Friday, October 30, 2009

Using Article Marketing Effectively

By Winson Yeung

Article marketing is advertising by writing short articles on specific areas that you wish to promote in your industry. Some content based articles are even released free to help attract clients and build credibility. Article marketing became popular with the advent of mass printing making article production affordable and easy to produce.

The internet has made article marketing explode and there are numerous article directories where you can post your articles. Your short articles can be accessed by anyone around the world and will be included in internet searches as well as website searches. You can even create links from product and service pages to your articles.

There is a whole freelance industry based around content and article marketing keeping many writers employed. Article marketing has many benefits including increased site traffic, improved search engine ranking, lead generation and the ability to establish yourself as an expert.

Articles for marketing all follow a basic outline of title, body, resource box and brief summary. Specific article databases may have certain guidelines and formats that you need to follow. It is worth while to check this out before you join a site. The title is the most important part of your article and needs to grab the reader's attention so that they actually read your article. The best types of article are focused, easy to understand and most important helpful to the reader.

When writing the body or your article you need to put the most important information towards the beginning. That way if the reader doesn't read the entire article they will have received the most important information. You should keep your paragraphs and sentences short and use subheadings if appropriate. It has been found that the most popular articles contain between 400 to 600 words.

Your contact information will be found in the resource box. It is important to make sure that this information is correct and clear. You may also add a line or two about your product or service. The resource box is also where you may provide a link to your website or to an area with further information.

You will also need to produce a short summary of your article. Think of this as like writing an abstract for lab reports when you were in school. Like the title the summary you grab the readers attention and make them want to read your entire article. It should be between two and five sentences long and clearly display what your article is offering or detailing.

You are now ready to submit your article to an article directory. There are large article directories that cater to every industry and others that are more specific. You don't need a lot of marketing or computer knowledge to be a successful article marketer. By spending a little bit of time each day writing and posting articles you can successfully provide information and promote your services.

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