Like every other marketing strategy, article marketing needs
considerate attention and dedicated time. Most people write articles and use
software to submit the article to every article marketing directory on the
planet. That's how they think they can gain exposure. Well, people like to read
exclusive stuff and that's the prime reason why they search it on Google. The
best stuff always gets loads of visitors. However, you need to consider
specific strategies to test article marketing. If you just submit the article
to article marketing directories, you won't get appreciation and visitors to
your site.
You might have read a lot of articles online. How many of
them real get your attention? 3 may be 5 articles. The reason is those articles
are written to attract the visitors. Those articles instigate the user to click
on the link which is why you are doing article marketing at the first place.
To attract the visitors, consider the following tips that
are used by expert article marketers:
A good Headline always converts -
headline is the first thing read by a visitor. The subsequent click leads
him/her to the article. So the first click is important. A good
attention-grabbing headline can do wonders. It sets the mind of the person
to read the article fully. First impression is the last impression. A good
headline means good article.
Discuss problems first - Why does
anyone read an article? Everyone has a problem and an article solves a
problem. That's why most of the people think when the click on the link to
the article. In fact, people searching anything on Google have problems
and they want a solution. A good idea is to present the problem in the
headline and give solution in the sub-headline.
Present a solution - Why did you
write the article at the first place? Do you want to highlight a problem
or give a solution to a problem? While highlighting problem is good if you
can give a solution in the end. If you cannot, do not expect the user to
be happy with your endeavor. The ideal situation is to present the problem
in the first two paragraphs and solve in the last two paragraphs. The
solution must be a valid one. For example, you're writing an article on
‘How to make gourmet coffee'. You can tell the problem of making gourmet
coffee and in the last two paragraphs, tell people how to make gourmet
coffee nice and easy
Make it Easy - The solution must
be easy for everyone. You shouldn't make it sound difficult if it is not
difficult; similarly you should make it sound easy if it is difficult.
Give out the solution in steps and remember, the visitor is judging your
character through that article. If you can give them a viable solution,
you will be a winner.
Strong call to action without violating
TOS - Every article marketing directory and article sharing site has
Terms of Service. Most of the directories do not allow you to ask visitor
to visit your site. However, you can do that in the author resource box.
What I have found out is that if you can instruct the visitor to find
solution to other problems related to your subject, they can visit your
site and buy the complete solution. You see most of the people do not like
to solve a problem themselves; they want someone else to do it for them.
If you can give them a solution in the article and give them an option of
buying your product if they do not want to solve the problem themselves,
believe me they will opt-in to buy your product instead of solving it
themselves.
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