Simple And Effective Article Marketing Rules

I hate to burst your bubble but there is no fast, cheap and easy way for bringing in website traffic... the methods that do are shady at best and the results never last for the long term anyway. By far the number one best method that has stood the test of time and continues to be a great source of easy, low cost traffic is article marketing.

Here are the three golden rules that will ensure your article marketing campaign is firing on all cylinders and effectively working to bring in awesome results:

1. Ditch the Directories

The major article directories are old, tired and thoroughly worn out repositories of information. The reality today is that aside from other authors nobody really reads them, people don't find them when looking in the search engines and the articles on them are scraped to make junk content sites. The good news is that there are thousands of legitimate online publications in every topic imaginable with readers who want good quality articles.

Fire up your favorite search engine and start hunting down those ezines, newsletters and topical sites in your market and submit your articles to them. Each one of these publishers found this way and added to your list is a golden nugget and can potentially reach a huge audience of readers.

2. Ditch the Ghostwriter

Ghostwriters certainly have their place, but the problem is that it can be very hard to find a ghostwriter than can convey the same amount of passion or firsthand knowledge on a subject as someone who lives and breathes it... this results in a very plain high school sounding essay that is going to detract anyone from reading it. So when first starting, if your market is something you have a lot of passion for you will be much better off writing the articles yourself then sourcing them out.

3. Duplicate Content Kills

In the not so distant past you could get away with publishing the same exact article all over the 'net. Today the major search engines are cracking down on this practice by penalizing the search results for sites that have duplicate content. But whatever you do, shy away from buying private label rights articles or using other software programs that transform your article and spit out unreadable, worthless garbage. Instead the best method is to write a unique version of the article and submit it to each publisher you have tracked down.

Launching a winning article marketing campaign really is that simple! If you adhere to these three tips for creating and distributing your articles you can't fail and will be enjoying the rewards for a long time to come.

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