Three Things You Must Do Before You Submit To Article Directories
You probably already know a few of the benefits of submitting your articles to directories. However I bet you don't realize how powerful article marketing can be:
* Helps Build Trust.
Your articles show you as an expert to your visitors and pre-sells them. That makes them more likely to check out your offerings when they go to your site.
* Enables You To Get More Out Of Content You Already Posses.
Your current website content can be easily rewritten numerous times for submissions to article directories.
* Increases The Credibility of Both You and Your Business.
For one for the simple reason that you're the writer of an article, and secondly because submitting regularly to several article directories will cause your articles to be often shown in the search results.
* Gives You A Free Source Of Traffic For Many Years.
This is both through your article being listed in the directory itself and also from the sites of webmasters who republish it.
* Channels Targeted Traffic to Your Site.
People who read your article and click on the link(s) in your About The Author Box at the foot are highly-targeted prospects by the very nature of how they found your site. You get traffic both from article directories themselves, and from the subscribers of newsletters and visitors to sites that reproduce your article.
* Assists in Increasing Brand Recognition.
It makes a connection between you and the topic of your article in the reader's mind.
* Leads To Higher PageRank And A Greater Number Of BackLinks.
Search engines rank web pages by the number and quality of inbound links, together with the relevance of the anchor (link) text. Obviously the more websites your article is found on, the more links you will have. This is both from websites using your articles as well as from the directories themselves.
* Attracts Prospects That Wouldn't Have Heard Of You Otherwise.
With each article you submit, you are casting your net wider, reaching new customers and traffic that would have never found your website otherwise.
* Leads To Higher Alexa Rankings For Your Website.
Alexa ranks sites based upon how many visitors they receive. People clicking on the links in the Resource Box brings more traffic to your site
* Totally Free Targeted Newsletter Ads.
Your About The Author Box at the foot of your articles is an advertisement for your website or business. You are basically enjoying a free ad in their newsletter whenever newsletter publishers reprint your articles.
* Offers You Free Advertising That Really Works.
You are seen as an expert from your article. Before they even visit your site, visitors have warmed to you and let their guard down. Article marketing enables you to pre-sell your visitors effectively.
* Increases Profits.
Naturally, the quality traffic and leads from the links in your About The Author Box generates more sales. Article visitors frequently become purchasers. And it's very probable that if they don't find what they are looking for, they'll click on your Adsense ads.
After a decade online, Azam Corry knows a thing or two about Internet marketing and was writing articles for marketing and promotion before article directories even existed. Get actionable free article marketing advice or drop by his Internet marketing blog. 2007 Azam Corry. Avoid duplicate content penalties and get your own totally unique re-spun copy of this article to use on your website FREE.
