Monday, 2 March 2015
TRAFFIC BOOSTER ONLINE MARKETING ( TO ANY WEBSITE INCLUDING AFFILIATE WEBSITE.)
To start, we'll begin with the traditional article marketing strategy.
While you may think that article marketing is time consuming, I'm
about to show you a simple way of getting your affiliate links out
there with every article you submit, faster and easier.
In order to generate this kind of traffic, we need a system that we
can easily follow. We'll begin with 5-10 articles, although you will
want to repeat this process with new batches of articles as often as
possible.
These articles should be unique, so you will want to outsource a
batch of articles if possible, or write them yourself. You can always
take existing private label article content and spin it, just make
sure that the content is readable and that the quality is retained.
If you are considering outsourcing the articles, the most affordable
method is by going into public forums directly rather than setting
up projects with freelance marketplaces.
It's also a lot faster as you can purchase pre-written article
batches from places like http://forums.digitalpoint.com or
www.WarriorForum.com (see WSO section or Warriors For Hire for
affordable writers).
On Digital Point scroll down until you see the “Buy, Sell or Trade”
category and click on the “Content” sub link to access current
article packages that are available for purchase. You can easily
grab as much unique content as you need at affordable prices just
from Digital Point alone.
If you need articles that are currently not available within the
marketplace, you can post a free thread requesting specific topics.
With the Warrior Forum, you can find pre-written article packages
in the “Warrior Special Offer” section although the majority of the
article packages sold there will be private label content.
If you are interested in only unique content, check out the
“Warriors For Hire” category to find affordable freelance writers who
can create your article packages quicklyYou will need to register for a Warrior Forum account in order to
post in the threads or private message potential freelancers.
Regardless of how or where you outsource your article content,
your articles should always be on par with the type of product
you are selling. You want the article content to be very relevant, so
that you are able to filter in traffic that is interested in purchasing
the products you are promoting.
This is very important and for some reason, a large majority of
people overlook this entirely, believing that just by submitting a lot
of article content regardless of topic, they'll be able to generate
leads and essentially sales.
It won'tonline, high commission affiliate programs, work at home, online
opportunities or affiliate marketing.
There are usually many sub topics that will also fit well with your
products topic, and you can always include additional articles on
any other topic that would tie into your main offer.
Think of articles as a way of warming up potential buyers.
You want your articles to push buttons and to trigger the RIGHT
buyer responses that will instantly funnel readers through your
affiliate link onto the merchant's salespage where you will earn
commissions.
These articles need to PRESELL your readers, to get them so
excited about the product that they can't resist but to click on the
links featured at the end of your article which will lead them from
the article page through your affiliate link to the merchant's
salespage (through your author’s resource box as shown below):
One great thing about article marketing is that you can easily
leverage the content by repurposing it a few different ways.
For example, I always submit my articles into the major article
directories first but then I also use them to create slideshow
presentations, reports, and even videos that can be submitted into
the popular video sites like YouTube.com.
So once you have your first batch of articles, you can literally fill an
entire marketing campaign with the SAME content by using it
multiple ways.
We'll begin with a single collection of articles. Again, even 10-15
articles are enough to get started.
The objective of this guide is to show you how to start making
money quickly by generating targeted traffic through your affiliate
links, so we only need enough articles to jump-start traffic through
your affiliate link.
The easiest way to set up article marketing campaigns that will
pump in traffic is by first submitting your articles to the major
article marketing directories including:
www.EzineArticles.com
www.Buzzle.com
www.SearchWarp.com
www.GoArticles.com
www.ArticleAlley.com
www.Amazines.com
www.SearchWarp.com
www.ArticleBase.com
www.Web-Source.net
Now the thing about ArticleAlley and EzineArticles is that many
autoblogging scripts out there will pull content from both of these
article directories.
This means that your chances of having an article reprinted across
hundreds of blogs and websites is very high if you submit content
to these two directories first. Imagine having your article content
reprinted on thousands of relevant websites!
It wouldn't take a lot of articles to drive in an unstoppable amount
of traffic from very little work. You submit your articles once and
they continue to travel all over the Internet each time a webmaster
publishes your content.
With reprinted content the publisher MUST keep your Author
Resource Box intact.
This means that the links contained within your resource box will
be included with every article that is republished, driving in tons of
back links to your affiliate link!
You should always post your content on Ezine Articles first as they
require that all content be original in order to beNow, the most important aspect to every successful article
marketing campaign is in defining your keywords.
You need to make sure that each article is highly optimized for the
most relevant keywords relating to the product you are promoting,
in this case, our Fast Track Cash product.
Here are a few keywords that fit our product perfectly:
Fast Track Cash
Fast Track Cash Reviews
Fast Track Cash Opportunity
High Commission Payouts
High Commission Affiliate Programs
Fast Cash Affiliate Programs
Make money online with Fast Track Cash
Work At Home with Fast Track Cash
You can optimize your articles a number of different ways,
including:
1) Integrating keywords into the title of the article
2) Integrating keywords into the body of your article content
3) Using anchor text in your external links
When it comes to integrating keywords into the article titles, you
want to make sure that it's readable and makes sense to your
readers but will also attract the major search engines as well.
One easy way to write articles that incorporate keywords is by
using the format of "Top 10 Methods For XXXXX".
Using our product as an example, my article title could be "Top 5
Methods Of Generating Fast Commissions", with "fast commissions"
being the keyword we are trying to optimize our content around.
Just the same, you could create an article that offers a review of
our product, titling it as Fast Track Cash Review" which would
optimize your article for the keyword Fast Track Cash Review,
which not only targets the correct audience BUT you will drive in
potential buyers on the verge of already purchasing the Fast Track
Cash product but needing a bit more information before making
their decision to buy!
You also want to weave keywords into the content itself, again
ensuring that it makes sense to readers and it's stuffed so much
with keywords that it doesn't make sense to anyone but the search
engines.
This is important because essentially, while you want your articles
to rank within the search engines in order to suck in commission
payments from visitors directed to the articles and funnelled
through your links, if a visitor lands on your article and it's so
poorly written and confusing with an overload of keywords, they
aren't going to convert that traffic into sales.
So always integrate keywords into both your article titles and
content but use sparingly.
If you aren't sure what your articles should be about or what titles
to use, a quick and easy way to conduct market research is by
visiting Yahoo! Answers at http://Answers.Yahoo.com
Next, type in your main keyword phrase, for example "How to make
money in affiliate marketing", and what you will discover is that
within all of the Yahoo! Answer categories there are countless
questions that are being asked.
This is a great, fast way of coming up with both article titles and
overall structure, because all you have to do is answer questions
that are already being asked within the community, based on your
niche markets.
When writing an article on affiliate marketing, you could provide
readers with a quick tutorial on how to get started and then
highlight the Fast Track Cash program as being one of the highest
commission offers available.
Then, include your affiliate link and you're good to go!
You can also find topics for your articles by just spending time
going through the different articles already showcased in categories
on the main article directories.
You can browse through the most popular articles in order to see
what kinds of titles they are using that are generating the most
exposure and then model your own articles after those that are
already proven to be successful.
There are a number of other ways to choose the best article titles
that will generate the most exposure, including by visiting
http://www.ehow.com where you can type in your keywords,
search for existing content and create a swipe file of potential titles
that you could use with your own articles.
Another incredibly useful resource is found at
http://www.Digg.com where you can find extremely hot topics and
titles. Just by browsing through their open conversations and
recent threads you will be able to get a good idea of what the
market is currently interested in and willing to buy.
And yet a final resource that I personally use to come up with
compelling article titles as well as the actual content of my articles
is by visiting http://www.About.com a community driven content
network that will help you quickly write articles based on existing
questions being asked within the community.
When you write articles based on questions that are currently being
asked, you are guaranteeing that your articles will be read as they
are addressing the VERY questions that people want to find the
answers to.
The headline of your article is the most critical part in developing
successful article marketing campaigns. You absolutely need a
winning headline (title) that will compel people to click on your
article and read your content.
This means that you need to make sure that your primary
keywords are integrated into your article titles but you also need to
make sure that your articles are going to capture attention, either
by creating curiosity, promise a benefit of some kind, or ask a
question that targets your audience so that they quickly click on
your link and read your article.
When it comes to the actual length of your articles, I recommend
sticking with 300-400 word articles.
You don't want your articles to be too lengthy but detailed enough
to pre-sell your reader and motivate them to click your affiliate link
and make the purchase.
In fact, the shorter the article the faster they will move from the
article through your affiliate link, but you do want to make sure
that you provide enough information, and focus your articles so
that they are highly informative, so that even though they are
short, they do the job of pre-selling your readers!
Cloaking Your Affiliate Links
When it comes to your Author Resource box, this is where the
magic happens and it's important to use both straight links with
anchor text. Anchor text is when you use keywords to create your
link rather than displaying the URL itself.
For example, anchor text for our Fast Track Cash product could
appear like this within your resource box:
Grab your copy of Fast Track Cash!
You can create anchor text within your Author Resource Boxes by
using the following HTML code:
Click here to sign-up for Fast Track
Cash.
The text that appears between the HTML brackets above (Fast
Track Cash) is what will appear as a link within your Authors
Resource Box, and you can change this easily just by editing the
text and the link contained within the first bracket!
Just the same, you can cloak your affiliate link to avoid your links
being removed by readers, and show the entire link within your
author resource box like this:
Grab your copy of Fast Track Cash at http://www.Your-Affiliate-
Link.com
Cloaking your affiliate links is very important for a number of
reasons.
Not only will it eliminate lost profits by people removing your
affiliate ID from the link prior to purchasing (known as affiliate
hijacking), but it also makes your links more user-friendly and
attractive which will increase your overall click through rate
dramatically.
Cloaked links also are better optimized for the search engines as
they don't appear to be promotional links but rather regular
website links.
For example, a regular affiliate link through ClickBank would look
like this:
http://xxxx.fasttrackc.hop.clickbank.net
Once cloaked, you can customize your affiliate link to look however
you like, including showcasing your own domain name, like this:
http://www.Your-Website.com/Recommends/Fast-Track-Cash or
http://www.Your-Website.com/Fast-Track-Cash
Here's how to do it:
Step 1: Determine how you want your affiliate link to look
For example, do you want your link to include a specific keyword
such as http://www.your-site.com/Recommends or
http://www.your-site.com/Reviews and so on.
Step 2: Using your favourite FTP program, connect to your
website’s FTP server. In your base web site directory, you’ll need to
create a new directory to store all of your cloaked affiliate link files.
In my example, the new directory I created was called
“recommends”. This is what enables the cloaked affiliate link
format I decided upon.
Step 3: Create your cloaked affiliate link file in a text editor like
Notepad, cut-and-paste the following code:
Replace YOUR_AFFILIATE_LINK_URL_HERE with the actual
affiliate link for your product.
Save the file using a filename to represent the product you’re
advertising.
Step 4: Upload your cloaked affiliate link file
Again using your FTP program, upload your newly cloaked affiliate
link file into the new folder you just created.
And you’re done!
Another tip worth mentioning is that you should use a customized
link that is different for each article that you are submitting.
That way, it serves as a tracking link and will make it easier for you
to determine what articles are producing the best results.
You can simply set up a variety of sub directories with different
names and include them within each article.
The majority of article directories will provide you with useful stats
as well that will help you keep a pulse on your article marketing
and determine whether any articles need to be tweaked or better
optimized in order to improve results, so use this information to
your advantage and keep on top of every article campaign you set
up.
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