• Starting Point:  You
• Your message goes to 3 people
• Each of those 3 people share your message with another 3 people
• Those 9 each share your message with 3 people.  Etc. etc. etc.
• End result:  Your message shared with millions of people

O.K., so most people when they see something like this think words like:  scam, business opportunity, pyramid, etc.  But then there is another portion of the population that thinks words like:  wealth, prosperity, smart, multiply your efforts, etc.  If you are the type of person thinking of the more positive aspects of this scenario, then you and article marketing where made for each other, especially with the technologies available to us today. 

You see, every time I write an article, I make sure that I follow the correct steps that I need to take so that my article can be shared on hundreds of different websites across the web.  Also, a majority of these websites that I submit to will share my same article with other publications if I have gained the trust of that article directory site and if I have submitted an exceptional article. 

Now, here is how you can mess up:  Some people think that they can write a bunch of simple articles and send out an “article blitz” to these many article directory sites in order to get massive exposure for their business.  This generally will not work because the good article directory sites will actually review your article before accepting it into their system.  Don’t try this!  Instead, focus on creating a couple of exceptional articles to submit each week.

After your have gotten your feet wet with article marketing, you are going to either want to use a type of software that will submit your articles to multiple sites,  or use a service in which you pay a monthly fee that will allow you to do so.  Or, I guess if you really wanted to you could submit each article one by one to multiple sites.  For example,  you can head over to a couple of well-known sites like EzineArticles.com and GoArticles.com.  If they like your articles, then they will automatically share it with other sites for you.  The whole point is that you are going to want to multiply your efforts.  Work hard to make each article a good one and then share it with as many sites as you can.  If you follow the steps that I teach, then you can make sure that you don’t commit a lot of the mistakes that newbie article marketers make.

Daniel Pereira

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You see, each time you submit an article to most of the article directories across the web, it actually gets reviewed for content. Now, don’t get me wrong, there are some article directories that accept just about every single article that is submitted to them. Unfortunately, your article on one of these sites is going to get you little to zero exposure. What you really want is to write good content, get it seen by some of the more prestigious article directory sites, and then hope that they promote that article to other sites as great content.

Now, here’s where even the best of article writers will mess up. They will get the false idea in their heads that if they are always writing great content, then they will always have their articles accepted by the article directory sites. The truth is that if an article directory site has noticed that you are sending them 5, 10, or 20 articles per week, they will then recognize you as the author and start to simply discard your “article blitz.” But if you limit your article writing to just maybe a few articles per week, and make each one of those articles your best work, then these article directory sites will then start to really notice you as an expert author. And as long as your content continues to perform, then you will grow as a valuable asset to them and they will start to look forward to your content. It will get easier and easier for them to accept each one of your articles into their directory, and your best work (in their eyes) will be shared with more and more sites, bringing you the exposure that you deserve.

So, don’t make the mistake of planning on an “article blitz.” Do things right. Make a couple of great articles each week and get those couple of articles actually read and accepted by the article directories. Then, all will be well with your article marketing.

Daniel Pereira

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One of the best free advertising options that are available to you is writing articles. Now, for some businesses, you may think that this will be hard for you to do. I want to give you an example of what I have done for one of my retail websites. I own a website where I sell belts, purses, wallets, etc. If you had a website just like this, what kind of articles could you write in order to get free traffic? At first, some people may think there would be nothing that you could write in order to generate free traffic to a retail site such as this. But the real answer is that you can easily take each one of your products and write a simple “review” of each product. For example: maybe you have a new novelty alarm clock that you sell on your website. Maybe it’s one of those clocks that help you get out of bed easier. You can easily write a review about how this alarm clock works and how it has helped people. When people read your article, they will learn about the product and then be left with an option to where they should buy that product (you will include your website at the end of the article in the “About the Author” box). Once you have done this with one of your products, then you do it with the rest of your products. Even if you don’t think that some of your reviews are “that great,” if you are selling a product, then a lot of the time people want to read what other people have to say about that product.

Now, if your website is an informational website, then of course, writing “how to” articles and informative articles relevant to your website will be the easiest thing possible. I just gave the example of a retail website because many people don’t know that it is possible to generate a good amount of free traffic to retail websites.

Another great method of generating traffic for free to any website is buy creating videos. If you are doing articles and making videos, why not just take all of your articles and turn each one into a few short videos? If you haven’t noticed, video sharing sites are becoming more popular every day. Now, when it comes to creating articles and videos for free website traffic, there are many people that don’t know how to maximize their exposure with each article and video. My friend Dan Dimit and I have put together tons of free materials that allow you to learn the correct ways of getting free traffic using aticle marketing, videos, and tons of other effective techniques. If you haven’t signed up for your free info, then you can do so now to the left of this blog post.

Daniel Pereira

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Believe it or not, many article directory sites are almost always going to reject your article if it looks like you are trying to sell something. Now, since I mentioned selling, you probably know that since I took the time to write this article that I probably have a few things that I could sell you. Well, let’s just say that you are probably right. The good thing for me is that you are now deep into the second paragraph of this article and you have no idea what my product may be IF I did have something to offer you. That’s a good sign! In the majority of cases the article directory sites are going to applaud me for not making my article a “sales pitch.” As long as the next few paragraphs that I share with you are good content, then there is a high chance that this article will be accepted by the highest number of article directory sites. (Psssst. I know your reading this on my blog, I post all of my articles to my blog as well)

What you want to do is craft your article so that you hit hard on the topic without using any “fluff.” These sites aren’t necessarily looking for a 3 page article that tells an irrelevant 2 page story and then spends 1 page discussing the article topic. What the sites are looking for is that you discuss the topic of your article title without filing the article with links to your web pages. There is a box for the authors that is especially designed for creating an offer for your readers. That box is the “About the Author” or the “Resource” box. Limit your “advertising” to this box and the article directory sites will thank you for it.

So, what exactly is the best length for your article submission? Well, to be honest with you, in my experience if you DO create a short half-page article (around 600 words), and you make it interesting and hit hard on the article title, then the article directory sites aren’t going to care if your article hasn’t reached the 2 page mark. Keeping this in mind, if you are limiting your own personal advertising to the “About the Author” box like you should, and if you do write a killer half page articles then they will: 1. Take less time to write (40 minutes max for many authors) 2. Still get accepted by many of the article directory sites 3. Get read faster (since it’s shorter) which means that people will see your “offer” in the “About the Author” box even faster. This means that you have greater chances of accomplishing your goal of writing your article so that it gets free traffic to your websites.

Good luck with your articles and just do everyone a favor and don’t waste your time writing a bunch of articles that are actually just sales pitches. Here is an example of my “About the Author” box for the article directory site:

Daniel Pereira is an expert at driving free traffic to your website. For 2 free eBooks, free weekly conference calls, and a free mini course, just head on over to http://www.TheFreeTrafficFormula.com . You can also visit “The Free Traffic Blog” at http://www.TheFreeTrafficFormula.com/blog

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