Are you writing articles for free e-zine sites yet? If not, you should! Not only can you use these articles to make money via article marketing  promoting affiliate products but you can also build up your site’s off page search engine optimization. This is a great tool for self promotion and it’s free!  All online marketers should be using this form of free advertising.

These articles don’t earn you direct income but can indirectly pay you in a big way.  Not only will the article have the potential of going viral if it gets picked up by other webmasters who will publish on their site and point back to your site as well but people may buy your wares as a result of reading a good, convincing article.

Here are some tips for writing a great free article

-Catchy title! Grab a reader’s attention. The article isn’t likely to sit on the home page for long with a busy, high ranking article directory so grab the reader’s attention when they arrive on the site.

-Write with SEO in mind.  Search for target keywords and include them in your title and your bio box.  Anchor the keyword in the bio box and point it back to your site.  The landing page and a deep link can be great for your SEO and the article will likely rank in search engines as well.

-Follow the rules of the site to get your articles approved quickly.  Note the terms of service and editorial guidelines so you can get the article approved without much of a lag and without rework required.

-Don’t forget a call to action! Even though these articles are written mainly for search engines you can attract buyers with them so do use your bio box as a chance to grab human readers as well as search engine robots, too.

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
www.SeanSEO.com © 2009

Article marketing is a great way to do many things for your online business. It is like killing three birds with one stone because it can bring you people and it can help you with search engine traffic as well as help you encourage others to spread your message in a viral way.

Article directories like E-zine Articles will let you join for free and write an interesting article for submission to their site. This article has a resource box that will let you link the article back to your site.  This helps humans and search engines.

Human Visitors:

You can generate website traffic. People will read your well-written article that’s written with a slant to encourage them to visit your site. They could buy what you’re selling after visiting you.

Search Engines:

Search engines will see the sprinkling of relevant keywords in the article that point to your site and this will help you with your search engine optimization. The keywords you optimize for should be anchored text with html in your resource box and point to your site.

Guest Posting:

When you submit to these types of article websites you’re giving others free use of your article with the rule that they need to keep your article original and include your links. By writing an interesting article, you’ll get increased exposure because others will publish your article on their site.

There are many article submission sites available to choose from. Some have varying rules about links and content so read the terms of service and consider posting a few articles a week as part of your self promotion and SEO efforts.

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
www.SeanSEO.com © 2009