With article marketing your articles could possibly make you a residual income if properly optimized, so that's definitely a plus. On the other hand as a freelance article writer, it seems that you can brand yourself through your writing and perhaps transition that into a lucrative copywriting career later on down the line. I'm using article marketing strictly as a means to fund my upcoming PPC campaigns, but I want to know how many WF members have built a solid business and income through the world of articles, whether as a freelance writer or marketer.
Article marketing or article writing?
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I wrote close ~700 articles (200-500 words) for my main money site and I get consistent traffic and earn consistent affiliate income...
I did the same on 2 other sites but have yet been able to duplicate the traffic and earnings.
I did the same on 2 other sites but have yet been able to duplicate the traffic and earnings.
My goal was 10 articles a day... so it took about 3-4 months to complete them all for my first site. I was fairly motivated and jumped the 2nd site quickly and pushed them out about the same time frame. The 3rd site was a bit longer to complete...
Just like anything, the more you write the better you get at it and the faster you get at it... but it never gets to be much fun..
Just like anything, the more you write the better you get at it and the faster you get at it... but it never gets to be much fun..
I don't think many people brand themselves as professional copywriters through article writing for others. Article writing and copywriting are two different things. Most of the demand for articles is for pretty basic stuff and people often don't care much about quality, they just want something on topic with their keywords in it.
I don't want to write articles for other people. If I do that I'm not building anything for myself. I can write an article for someone else and get a few bucks, or write one for myself that makes me a bit of money every day. If you hustle for a while, then you can build up a pretty good income stream. And when you're sick of writing articles you can just choose the keywords and pay someone else to write it.
I would only write for other people if I needed money fast, and I don't.
I don't want to write articles for other people. If I do that I'm not building anything for myself. I can write an article for someone else and get a few bucks, or write one for myself that makes me a bit of money every day. If you hustle for a while, then you can build up a pretty good income stream. And when you're sick of writing articles you can just choose the keywords and pay someone else to write it.
I would only write for other people if I needed money fast, and I don't.
What kinds of numbers are we talking about? I'm curious to the know the ROI of writing 700 articles. Liveable income? Traffic volume?
Yeah, I know they are totally different. I guess I was trying to say that someone with a love of writing could possibly become a decent copywriter. Copywriting is a tough field to break into but some of the top guys(Clayton Makepeace,Michael Masterson,etc.)are making mid seven figures a year doing it.
You must be doing bad keyword research (if you are targeting your main keyword in the article, rather than just using the article for a backlink). I've written a batch of about 30 articles over the past couple of weeks that's bringing in $10 a day from 150 uniques. I can probably double that by building backlinks to the articles to get them all on the first page.
Bombastic,
you hit the nail on the head. I didn't do a lick of keyword research. I just wrote.. imagine if.
I wrote the original 700 articles about 3 or 4 years ago...
you hit the nail on the head. I didn't do a lick of keyword research. I just wrote.. imagine if.
I wrote the original 700 articles about 3 or 4 years ago...
If you really love the business go for it. If you want to be a great copywriter--you should apprentice under someone who has a reputation. If you mess around writing content too long, you'll likely pick up lots of bad habits you aren't aware of.
Like bombastic said, most people don't care much about quality. A professional who looks at your work and keeps you from making/publishing mistakes, would be a much easier method that going self taught--then one day realizing you don't have a clue.
I'm writing for some regular customers to pay for my marketing efforts, so you're not alone. I think you'll soon find that you could be using your creative juices to make more money for yourself though. Don't spend too much time making money for other people.
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if you are going to give article marketing a shot at consistent income you gotta do it the right way.
*good keyword research for each article
pay close attention to the SOC in the top ten of Google look for sites that don't have a ton of back links to them
*volume is key
you want to try to write as many as possible I would say 5 a day is good goal to shoot for to get decent traffic
*backlinking
submit your articles to stumbleupon,digg, and propeller for added traffic and an extra push in the rankings
*list building/CPA redirect
you have to chose one or the other
either direct link or redirect to the vendors sales page or to a squeeze page
and get them to opt in do the latter as soon as possible
if you are going to promote a CPA offer I suggest talking with your AM and asking him which ones converting best with this kind of traffic and then create a redirect via Cpanel to your offer
If however you want to take the list building route more (profitable BTW in the long run) I recommend sending them to a squeeze page and offer them something for free to opt in to your mailing list so you can continue selling to them and the visitor is not lost.
the reason for using squeeze page is it converts much better than web page!
Note the list building method does not work in all niches so you will need to test for yourself.
good luck
if you are going to give article marketing a shot at consistent income you gotta do it the right way.
*good keyword research for each article
pay close attention to the SOC in the top ten of Google look for sites that don't have a ton of back links to them
*volume is key
you want to try to write as many as possible I would say 5 a day is good goal to shoot for to get decent traffic
*backlinking
submit your articles to stumbleupon,digg, and propeller for added traffic and an extra push in the rankings
*list building/CPA redirect
you have to chose one or the other
either direct link or redirect to the vendors sales page or to a squeeze page
and get them to opt in do the latter as soon as possible
if you are going to promote a CPA offer I suggest talking with your AM and asking him which ones converting best with this kind of traffic and then create a redirect via Cpanel to your offer
If however you want to take the list building route more (profitable BTW in the long run) I recommend sending them to a squeeze page and offer them something for free to opt in to your mailing list so you can continue selling to them and the visitor is not lost.
the reason for using squeeze page is it converts much better than web page!
Note the list building method does not work in all niches so you will need to test for yourself.
good luck
Rock Star, that's a solid post.
If done right, it's hands off income once your set up the landing page, list, emails, offers and steady stream of traffic from the articles.
I typically throw out 30-60 articles, an opt in page, 30 sequenced emails and 3-4 offers (I write a landing page for each offers).
Once I see decent conversions, I'll be like "YEAAAA NIGGA" have a swig of my whiskey and move on to the next niche.
If done right, it's hands off income once your set up the landing page, list, emails, offers and steady stream of traffic from the articles.
I typically throw out 30-60 articles, an opt in page, 30 sequenced emails and 3-4 offers (I write a landing page for each offers).
Once I see decent conversions, I'll be like "YEAAAA NIGGA" have a swig of my whiskey and move on to the next niche.
yeah article marketing is a good way to make bank or fund other aspects of your business like PPC. But it surprises me how many people bust there ass with bum marketing and don't take advantage of the opportunity to build a list that could triple they're income. they send all there traffic to the merchant and lose the visitor forever.
so once you feel you have gotten the hang of it and have settled into a good daily routine start building that list!!!!!!!!
so once you feel you have gotten the hang of it and have settled into a good daily routine start building that list!!!!!!!!
About six months ago, I wrote a whole bunch of articles (about 35) as a test campaign on ezine. They've earned about $500 since then, even though I haven't really done much to help them beyond submitting spun versions to other article sites which link back to them. There is another guy in that niche that dominates the #1 position for most competitive keywords.
How would I go about moving an article up the Ezine list? I know that Ezine uses Google for their search, so to knock him out it would just be standard SEO practices? or are there some other tricks / nuances?
How would I go about moving an article up the Ezine list? I know that Ezine uses Google for their search, so to knock him out it would just be standard SEO practices? or are there some other tricks / nuances?