Affiliate marketing works incredibly well with article marketing. The trouble is where do you get good, reliable information about how to do it properly? Relax: here are three incredibly simple tips to get you going in article marketing. Make affiliate marketing work through publishing articles— the right way!
1. It takes two to tango
The first thing you have to do is write an article. (Duh.) No seriously, this is the hard part, at least for some of you. But trust me, the more you do it, the easier it gets.
In the beginning, your articles might be… well, let’s just say not so great. But don’t worry: the best article writers started out poorly, but they persisted.
Now what you have to do is write another version of the same article. You’re going to need two versions to do what I am about to tell you. It’s not as hard as you think. Just go through your first article paragraph by paragraph and do a nice re-write, ensuring to preserve all your keywords and key phrases.
You’re going to need two versions for publication. Search engines don’t like to see the same thing over and over, so make them happy with this simple strategy.
That may seem like too much to do. Well, do you want to make affiliate marketing work for you, or not? It’s up to you. Think of this way: it’s a completely free traffic strategy!
2. Now start at the top
Start off by publishing only in the top article directories. The reason you do this is for visibility. The five or six top article directories are high traffic sites. They are where your article will get noticed… and read. An affiliate reseller has to live with plenty of competition. If you are not committed to getting your article read, believe me, your competitor is.
Who are in this elite group? Depends whom you ask– their traffic ranking fluctuates. Just join the top ten and keep track of who is best ranked at any given time.
3. Now maximize your exposure
Now, to maximize your exposure, publish the other article. Remember you wrote two versions? This second version goes to the next twenty highest ranked article directories, not to be read (because it probably won’t get easily seen) but to get backlinks.
The search engines love two things: keywords and backlinks.
Your keywords are what will get your articles noticed in the top ranked article directories. Your backlinks from the lesser ranked directories get your website a boost in the search engines because now you have multiple links from all those article sites. Trust me: you want both.
Affiliate marketing works really well when you use articles in the right way. First write an article, then write a second version. Make your articles as good as you can, and be persistent. (An affiliate reseller must be nothing if not persistent!) Publish version one in the five or six top ranked article directories. Then, publish version two in the next twenty lesser ranked directories. Rinse and repeat. Simple, no?
