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The concept of Article Marketing is not that difficult to understand. In fact it is one of the easiest ways to get started making money online. But you must be sure to read through the instructions carefully, to ensure that you get it right. It is important that you do it correctly and you can virtually start making money from your very first article. The best thing about article marketing is it’s basically free and has proven to be very effective. The idea pretty simple really, and I guess that is why it appeals to so many. Really all you have to do is write articles or have them written for you. You write articles relating to keywords relevant to the website or product you are promoting.

You then need to submit your articles to article directories on the web. For example let’s say you have a site on weightloss products and your keywords are:

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You should write articles based around these keywords and phrases mentioning these keywords usually in every other paragraph, try not to cover too many keywords or phrases with the one article as it is unlikely that they can rate well with more than 1 or 2. Don’t make the mistake of submitting junk articles unrelated to your website or product. Your articles need to be relevant and compelling enough that readers get to the end and follow the links at the end. They also need to solve a problem the reader has and give relevant advice and tips. This allows you to connect with the reader and take in what you are saying and subsequently make them more likely to take up your recommendations.

Ideally your articles need to be somewhere between 300 to 600 words. Some directories have a minimum of 250 words. Be sure to read the guidelines for each directory you submit to as they may not accept your article which can be a problem when you spend considerable time and effort putting them together. Most directories allow you to add a resource box to your article that gives you the opportunity to promote yourself, your website and your products. If a reader likes your article and wishes to find more information on the subject they will invariably be motivated to click on the link to your website and you generate targeted, motivated traffic. In order for your article marketing campaign to be truly effective you need to repeat the process and get into a routine of send 5 to 10 articles a week to the various article directories.

Aim to write compelling and informative articles that grab your readers attention. Invariably these types of articles will help you to grow your traffic to your website. Although it is unlikely that your first article will deliver you instant riches, as part of a consistent and regular article campaign it will deliver you traffic over time. The bonus with article marketing is that with the increase in backlinks and page rank, which will no doubt take some time, you will also see an increase in so called “organic” search engine traffic. This is one of the positive side effects that happens with article marketing.

Below is a list of the top ranking article directories:

http://www.ezinearticles.com http://www.articlesfactory.com http://www.goarticles.com http://www.articledashboard.com http://www.articlebase.com http://www.buzzle.com http://www.articlewheel.com http://www.articlecity.com http://www.planetarticle.com http://www.helium.com

It is probably best to concentrate on submitting your articles regularly to these top directories. With good quality articles on sites such as EzineArticles. Search engines such as Google also like to index relevant articles. If you look through the listings when you search on Google, you’ll quite often see articles listed alongside other websites. That’s because Google will search the top ranking article directories and list relevant articles in the results. You’ll mostly see articles appearing for so called longer tail and less competitive keyword searches.

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