10 Tips For Getting More Traffic From Your Articles

Here's a depressing fact if you sell anything on the web:the #1 reason people go online is not to buy things but tofind free information.

But that's great news - if you write free articles. Itmeans you have a technique you can plug in and use wheneveryou need more traffic.

Writing articles is still one of the quickest and easiest ways of bringing targeted traffic to your website. Articleswill bring you traffic from three sources:

=> Newsletters - very few ezine publishers write their owncontent. They need free articles from people like you.

=> Websites - webmasters want content-rich websites. Theyalso need your articles.

=> Search Engines - the URL in your resource box increasesyour link popularity, resulting in higher search enginerankings for your website

Here are some tips for getting more traffic from yourarticles:

1. Start your article with a sentence that grabs yourreader's attention. People are bombarded with informationon the Internet - they'll decide whether to read yourarticle in the first sentence. If it intrigues them, if itstartles them, if it excites them, if it engages them, ifit challenges them, they'll keep reading.

2. Submit your articles to the article announcement lists.Here are the lists I submit to:http://www.ezine-writer.com/article-lists.html

3. Submit your articles to the online article banks. Hereare the top 10 article banks:http://www.ezine-writer.com/top10.html

4. Create a 'New Articles' list for people who want toreceive your latest articles. Put a sign-up form on yourwebsite and invite your visitors to join. When you submitarticles to the article announcement lists, include theemail address for joining your 'New Articles' list.

5. Don't put a date in your article copyright - articlesyou wrote 2 years ago may still be relevant but if thecopyright says 2001, publishers will assume theinformation is out-of-date.

6. Create a zip file containing all your previous articlesas text files - include the download link on your website,in your sig file, in your autoresponders, and in yourEzine 'Welcome Message'.

7. Check your articles with SpamAssassin by sendingyour article to this address with 'TEST' in the subject field:mailto:spamcheck-flash1@sitesell.netThen include a note that says "this article was checked bySpamAssassin and is spam-safe".

8. Write your Resource Box in the third person and not inthe form an ad - Ezine Publishers may like your article butobject to your Resource Box.

9. When you submit your articles to the article lists,include URLs for your article and your photo:http://www.ezine-writer.com/article62.htmlhttp://www.ezine-writer.com/photo-ms.jpg

10. Likewise, include your article's autoresponder address:article62@ezine-writer.com

Well, that's it - all the information you need to get moretraffic from your articles!

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Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for over 3
years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters how to use this
simple technique to build a successful online business. Click
here to find out more: http://ezine-writer.com/
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