Are You Tracking Your Articles? You Should Be!
November 8, 2008
While testing and tracking is often talked about and is necessity when doing PPC, many new to Internet Marketing don’t realize that they should be tracking everything they put out. Articles, lenses, hubpages, free blogs, you name it. If you aren’t tracking, then you have no way of knowing what is working for you and what is not. Trying to run a campaign in that fashion is very hit or miss. Why waste time churning out more articles on keywords or topics that aren’t converting, when you could be turning out more content on topics and in formats that are.
The Complete Online Money System - Getting Started!
November 8, 2008
The first two videos in the Daily Course of The Complete Online Money System are going to work on getting you organized and laying out your plan for success.
Video One will get you accustomed to the course format, and will cover some basic fundamentals that will be used throughout the course. Think of this a setting your foundation.
Next you will learn to begin to form your plan for success. IM is just like any other business, first you need a plan of action. Some benchmarks to set to measure your progress as you set out on your road to success.
These first two videos are simply aimed to get you organized, get you familiar with the course structure, and get you working towards that plan of action. You will hear this a lot. Without ACTION, the best laid plans are worthless. Take ACTION and you will succeed.
I’ll see you on day three!
90 Articles in 3 Days…Yes You Can!
November 2, 2008
Writing 90 articles can be huge undertaking. However, with the right plan, and the right research, you will see that it is not as hard as one may think. Don’t believe me? Come on, I’ll show you.
First thing to realize no matter how much research you do into a niche, there is only a limited supply of useful information. So in essence, what we are going to be doing is simply an organized “rewriting”. Your first task is to ask yourself “What is the specific questions people have in this niche that they want answers too?”
For this example, we are going to pretend we are in the “dog behavior problems” niche.
So, open up Notepad or get a pad and paper. We are going to drill down the “dog behavior problem” into specific “problems/questions” that this niche has.
So, how many different “problems” exist in this niche? Since you’ve done your research, some of this will come to you very quickly.
Lets drill down,
1. Dog chewing problems
2. Dog biting problems
3. Dog peeing problems
4. Dog barking problems
5. Dog chasing problems
6. Dog aggression problems
7. Dog mating problems
8. Dog licking problems
9. Dog not listening problems
10. Dog hyper problems
Also, you could do this with specific breeds, but for this example, I’m going to stick with these.
(I just came up with these on the top of my head, if I had done the niche research, i would have better ideas as to specific problems people have.)
Now we take our list in hand, and move to the next step.
So you have you list of questions/problems, now we need to identify ways of writing the answers to these questions.
People love tips, suggestions, FAQ’s, and any other quick way of dissecting information, so the first type I call “Tips”.
What is another way? Well, another popular one is the “How-To Guide”. The difference between “tips” and “how-to” is that “how-to” is more wordy and goes more in-depth, but is essentially the exact same information.
What about another? Well, I use this one, the “1 Simple Step!” or the “Single Most Effective Way to Fix Your Problem!” So what is this? It’s basically the “how-to” summed up into “One Simple Step”.
So we have THREE different ways to write this information, with TEN similar problems that we can answer. You starting to see something here?
So what I would do then is start with the top of the list “Dog Chewing Problems” and I would write
1. Ten Effective Ways To Eliminate Your Dog’s Chewing Problem
2. How-To Effectively End Your Dog’s Chewing Problem
3. The Number One Thing You Can Do To Eliminate Your Dog’s Chewing Problem
And I would do this with every single “problem”.
So guess what that means: 10 Problems X 3 Ways of Writing it = 30 Complete Articles!
And do you know the beauty of all this? Since the problems are related to dog behavior, the solution is going to be similar for many of them, meaning that you don’t have to know a ton about dog psychology, AND since your keyword research would include “dog problems”, you will now have thirty articles with those keywords located throughout, meaning that several of your articles will show up on googles first page results!
You want to completely destroy everyone else in your niche?
Then go back to the top and write a fresh new article, three different ways!
What I mean is, after I made it through the ten problems, writing for each, I go back and start again! But you want a fresh approach, so I typically do this…
I write my 30 articles, and I stop for that day. Then the VERY NEXT DAY I start back at the top and write again! But DON’T open your previous articles! Remember, we want FRESH content, and I find that if I look at the other articles, I’ll start to emulate it too much and it won’t be as fresh as I like. Remember, you want unique articles, otherwise the directories will reject your articles. Many times I’ll do stuff like this: “10 Tips to stop…” then the next day “5 Tips to stop…”
Also, if you are further worried that the directories won’t accept your articles, you could always write them under a different pen name.
So, what does this equal? Well, if you do this for 3 days, you get: 10 Problems X 3 Ways= 30 Articles X 3 Days = 90 Articles!
Now, it doesn’t stop there! Read On!
Now, with this final step, you are going to FINISH OFF your competition.
You have 90 unique, fresh articles, all with targeted, late cycle buyer keywords; one final thing to do…Submit!
But you just don’t want to submit to one article directory! No no…you want to submit to as many as you can!
You probably already know about Ezinearticles.com and GoArticles, but there is tons more!
Here are just a few:
http://www.articlesphere.com
http://www.amazines.com
http://www.articlesplanet.com
http://www.freearticalepro.com
http://www.goarticles.com
http://www.thefreelibrary.com
http://www.illustrateddesigns.com
http://www.downthebarrell.com
http://www.bestmontanavacationrental.com
http://www.outdoorarticles.com
http://www.searchwarp.com
http://www.docapi.com
http://www.over50online.co.uk
http://www.articlebiz.com
Let’s say you take those 90 articles, and submit them to only 10 article sites. What would you have then?
900 Articles All Pointing To Your Website, Blog, Or Affiliate Link to Merchant!!!!
Talk about traffic! Even if only 1 percent of your articles get high listing, thats still 9 top positions in google! Of course, the best thing to do would be to space the submissions out over time. But the benefits are huge!
1. Crazy amounts of traffic.
2. Crazy amounts of backlinks, raising your page rank in google.
3. Simply DESTROYING any competition you would have in that niche.
4. Increases your chances getting high ranking results in VERY COMPETITIVE NICHES. (Weight loss, Romance, Make Money, Gambling, etc.)
So, you think this won’t work with your niche because it’s too specific?
WRONG!
Say you have a very specific niche…lets say “weight loss before my wedding”, this is a very specific niche. But don’t think of it as a limiter, think of it as a way to spin your articles. You can write it just like you would if you were talking about weight loss in general.
What are the common question or problems ALL people wanting to lose weight are concerned with?
“the best diet to lose weight fast”
“diet and exercise?”
“no matter what i do I can’t lose weight?”
“side effects if any?”
Boil these down into questions/answers or problems. Remember, with niche research you will have a more specific list. Just write like you are talking to a woman wanting to lose weight for a wedding.
So, for a quick recap.
1. Find several questions/problems that can be answered
2. Write the the answer in three different ways.
3. Write as much as you can until you can think of no other ways to say it.
4. Submit to many different directories
5. Reap the benefits!
O.K., now you know it is possible to write 90 articles in 3 days. DO IT! That’s what will determine your ultimate success. Taking Action.
To your success!