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10 Quick Tips To Writing Profitable Articles
One of the best ways to promote your business for free is to write articles for publication in ezines. To help you get started, I've compiled a list of ten tips that will not only help you successfully write your own articles, but also help you...

Permanent Traffic From Writing Articles
Writing articles is possibly the best way to generated free traffic to your site. A short article, submitted to a few places, creates permanent streams of traffic. Here are some of the ways articles bring traffic to your website: 1....

Think You Can't Write Articles? Think Again!
Writing articles and putting them out on the web for everyone to see can be a little intimidating though at first, especially if you don't consider yourself a writer. Remember that you have a lot of knowledge in your area of expertise that your...

Use Exclusive Content - When Reprint Articles Don't Do Enough
There is no doubt that reprint articles can serve lots of search engine traffic to your site... All you have to do is to check your traffic logs and you will see how much traffic finds your site via one of the major search engines, as a result of...

Use Free Articles To Create High Quality Backlinks Part II
The first part has dealt with introductory elements which could provide quality to an article. Yet, there are more to follow with a view to reach the wanted standard quality of the syndication of an article. 3) Writing an attractive title Articles...

USING FREE ARTICLES ON YOUR WEB SITE
If you are trying to drive traffic to your web site and have researched your options, you have probably reached one conclusion. Content is essential. They say content is king and that mantra is oft-repeated for a reason. It’s true. Content...

Using Free Reprint Articles - Some Questions Answered
Recently I wrote an article discussing the merits of using free reprint articles on your website to increase your search engine ranking. (The article explained how Google loves lots of content on your site, how it loves that content to be...

Write Your Own Success Story: Using Articles to Promote Your Business
Most likely, you've tried marketing with classified ads, sales letters, compelling web copy, or even press releases. These methods can be extremely effective ways to get the word out and drum up some business, but if you're looking for the...

Writing articles for Ezines – The Greatest Little Known Secret
Well maybe it’s not that “little known” but some people do find it a little “scary” and “daunting” to have to write out a pile of articles and submit them. I will be honest, at first it scared to begoalie (yes I know that isn’t such word but it...

Writing Articles to Improve Link Popularity
There are many different ways to improve link popularity for your Website. One of the most effective ways to improve your site's link popularity is by writing articles for publication on other related Web sites and in other related newsletters...

 
 
 
Writing Articles - Avoid These Mistakes

Not writing articles yet? You really should try it, if you want a lot of free traffic to your web site. A simple "Top Ten..." Or "Six Mistakes" type of article can be written by anyone. When you're ready to start writing, avoid the following common mistakes people make when writing and submitting articles.

1. Too short. If it won't fill a page, webmasters won't want it. Write articles of at least 200 words.

2. Too long. Articles that are too long won't be picked up by newsletters or most web sites. Keep it under 700 words.

3. Poor Title. "Air Safety Information," could be the best article on air-safety ever written, and "I Survived A Plane Crash" the worst, but the latter would still get more readers. Get their attention with the title, or they'll never know how good your article is.

4. No keywords in the title. If you call your story about Barrow, Alaska, "Ten Days In Hell," people looking for information on Alaska won't find it in the search engines, and

 


won't know from the title that they may want to read it.

5. Too many links. If you have several links in the article, webmasters and newsletter publishers won't want to use it. Who wants a their website visiters to have more non-paying ways to leave? Two links may be okay at times, but I find it's best to have just one link to your website, and keep it in the author's resource box.

6. No "hook". The point of writing articles is to get traffic to your web site, so you have to invite the reader to visit. At least precede the link in your resource box with "To learn more, visit..." It's even better if you leave them hanging, like I do here by mentioning that there are more mistakes covered in my newsletter.

About the Author

Steve Gillman writes on many money-related topics. To learn more, and to subscribe for FREE to "Web Site Optimization Secrets," go to: http://www.TheMoneyMakerSite.com