September 12, 2008

Website Promotion - A Proven Free Method

by Jack Sinclair

Search engine marketing and website promotion can be done with no cost, and just a little bit of time, using this free method. Use it, and your web site traffic will increase, as well as your search engine rankings. It is called article marketing.

Content really is the king on the internet and words are still the top choice for website owners to create content. even those sites that are now full multimedia still need to surround the videos with solid content, and they are looking for new material all the time.

E-zine publishers (electronic online magazines) also send content via email, and they need new material all the time to pad out the advertisements they use to make their income. Your words can be in the hottest e- zines and websites, just by writing an article.

The best way to leverage an article is by submitting it to hundreds of article banks, where website owners go to find new content.

To get your article accepted, you need to meet the minimum requirements of each article bank, or else your article will not get listed.

It is important to note that the main purpose of writing an article is not get to paid for it. You want to use your article to get people to your site, where you are making money.

Here are the key elements of a successful article that can get your website promoted and submitted everywhere:

1. Each article should range between 300 and 700 individual words.

2. Make your article keyword rich.

3. Create a title that is attention getting and includes your keyword.

4. The first line of your article is very important, and should draw the reader into reading your article.

5. Include content that is useful, entertaining, or informative, but never advertise.

6. Include a “resource box” (or “bio box”) that includes your name and website url. Hyperlink your website address.

You can write the article on your own, or hire a ghost writer to write it for you. You may also buy “private label right” articles and rewrite them.

You can either do the website submissions to the article directories manually yourself, or you can use submission software that semi-automated the process. The easiest way to submit your article is by outsourcing - getting an article submission company to submit your article for you. The best outsource companies do a great job, and they make sure your article gets accepted.

It does not matter how your article gets done, or submitted - it just needs to get done, and the sooner the better. Article marketing is among the very best of the online advertising and promotion methods ever created.

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