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By ., March 11, 2010 6:54 am

“What would you say is the most important element of writing articles to get more web traffic ?” was the left of field question thrown at me at the end of a seminar. It’s a great question, so here are some proven pointers.

First, enjoy doing some research. Think about properly researched keywords so that the people looking for a solution to their problem will actually find your article. (Remember, I said ‘enjoy’ – don’t let article writing be a heavy chore!

Second, generate a killer title to make them want to read the article. I consider it close to being the most important part of the whole article marketing equation because you need the right keyword phrase in your title for it to generate interest. Do your long-tail keyword research and use the keyword in the title and as backlink to improve your organic rankings over time.

Third, spend time writing a well constructed article (intro, meat of article, summary) that keeps people engaged. Try to have your keyword phrase in the first sentence, maybe in the middle and definitely at the end of your article.

Now, this may sound obvious, but have decent content within your article body – there should be natural flowing text using paragraphs/sub headings, or bullets. You want to lead your reader from the start of your article to the bottom right into your resource box.

Some people say that proper grammar and punctuation isn’t necessary, but I think it is. If you can’t even take the time to go over everything once or twice, then why should I take the time to read your article?

Make sure that your articles are easy on the eyes. Trying to read a wall of text is one of the most annoying things in the world, and will turn off a lot of your potential readers. Most people will read your article on-screen, and probably skim rather than read intently.

You could find that you have little success when you start out but as you build your reputation as a writer your web traffic will increase exponentially. (This will happen when people start seeing your name more often and become familiar with your writing style.) The more people see a name, the more they trust it. After all, that’s part of the reason why companies like to put up lots of billboards.

The reason I say that is because one big ingredient of article marketing success is quantity. And while – rightly – most article “how-to’s” focus on quality (which is vital), the quantity of articles that you generate will not only increase the occurrences of your backlinks but it will also increase your reputation.

And remember, write an article, not a sales pitch. Write something that’s fun to read and that’s useful. Someone used the phrase ‘Useful but Incomplete’ which I think sums it up. Don’t waste people’s time and attention with articles that tell you nothing. Solve a small problem and hint at the way to solve a bigger one. Don’t pad an article to get to an arbitary length. but don’t cut it down so much that it’s useless either. Make your point and get out.

Next, spend time developing a well constructed resource box to get people to go to your site. Your resource box needs to be a call to action. Write an enticing author resource box that gives the reader a reason to click on the link. Offer something where it is hard to say no, for example the answer to his problem or a freebie.

Then submit to the directories where the traffic is and where Google is showing some love – you can easily determine that by running a keyword search with Google using your selected keyword phrase. If you write decent articles that are of interest to your market, and you do it consistently, you will attract more web traffic. And they will be warm prospects since they’re already interested enough to click through after reading your article.

Finally, I would add that an absolutely key element to successful article marketing is to keep doing it! Posting 5 articles and expecting a lot of web traffic isn’t realistic. You need to be posting new articles to the top dozen or so article directories – in the proper categories – every week. Do that, and you will enjoy the real thrill of increased web traffic and aa rapidly growing list. Good luck!

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By ., March 10, 2010 12:59 pm

Discover easy strategies to increase the traffic to your website. Ernesto Verdugo shares easy strategies to bring traffic to your website

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By ., March 9, 2010 6:51 pm

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Knowledge of a wide range of traffic building techniques is what distinguishes an internet expert, or guru, from those of us who would love to be able to make our online business pay not just now and again, but sufficient to allow us to wave the boss goodbye without fear of having to crawl back, cap in hand for alms, a few months later.

If you do not know what I mean by alms then you are either too young or have a bad memory! Without traffic we are nothing because pretty websites with no visitors do not make money: they cost us it. Luckily, those of us in the 21st century, whether aged eighteen or eighty have the benefit of the experience of those that went before us. They sweated the sweat and discovered what we know now, and accept as normal. So thanks folks!

You must not confuse traffic building with list building. That is a confusion that many people new to online marketing have, yet a bit of thought should be enough to enable you to tell the difference. List building is the compilation of an email list of people interested in your product or niche. In order to build up that list, each member of which you can regularly contact with new information and new offers, you must have an opt-in form on your website. OK, there are other places to put the form, but generally it is on a page in your website.

Before they see the form, therefore, they have to visit your website. For that you need traffic, ergo before you can build a list you must first have the traffic. Your list is hence a result of your traffic, not synonymous with it. To phrase it more simply, you need traffic to build a list, so list building is not the same as traffic building.

Forget the list until you have visitors. For visitors you have to attract people to your website and there are many ways in which you can achieve that. One is through writing articles on your subject and submitting them to article directories. Everybody who reads it will be shown a resource box that displays your URL, plus a bit about you and your website (written by you). They can then click through to your website: in fact, your URL can lead them to any page on your site you want them to visit, though for maximum impact it should be a page that is relevant to the topic of the article. The most successful articles are those with a title exactly the same as the title of the web page readers are directed to.

You can also build traffic through advertising. Ezine advertising is popular, where you pay for banner or text adverts on ezines, though keep in mind that banner ads have lost their impact lately, though are not the complete turn-offs that many claim them to be. Probably the most effective adverts for traffic are those provided by others in their emails, but you have to be in the right crowd to get these. They are generally referred to as joint ventures, and can be extremely effective if you are able to secure them.

For joint ventures you have to have something to offer to another in order to get what is basically free advertising to your website. That could be a good deal on your product, or a reciprocal advertising agreement from a non-competitive site. If you sell a novel way to lose weight by eating fresh farm eggs, and somebody has a site offering fresh farm eggs, then you could agree on a joint venture: they promote your ebook and you promote their eggs. The same with guitar lessons and guitar strings, and so on. As long as you are not competing, but share potential customers, you can agree on a joint venture.

Traffic is critical to your business, and any way you can use to attract it can be critical to the degree of your success. Take portal websites. These are sites that consist of lots of websites, each covering one aspect of your niche, in the same way for which you would normally use several pages in one website. The thing is, it has been proved that home pages generally get listed higher than internal pages, so why not have a website consisting only of home pages?

A portal site provides the portal (gateway) to every other website in your network. Since each is a different website, their home pages are liable to be listed higher on Google than any internal pages would. Hence, you get more exposure on the search engines. You could pay for PPC adverts and get fewer clicks, but with portal sites, you spend your money on more websites that give you exactly the results that you need.

Portal websites is the answer to anybody who is finding traffic building difficult. They work, but the work can be long and tedious. Portal Feeder can make it easy and provide you with more traffic that you could have dreamt of.

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By ., March 8, 2010 7:00 am

Here are 12 inner tips that I believe are key to remaining focused – and relaxed about – your quest for increased web traffic.

1. You CAN do it: Successful web traffic entrepreneurs aren’t born with the skills they need. They are shaped by all the influences that count – ambition, role models, the support they are given. And online success can be achieved by anyone, provided they have the motivation and drive and can visualise the end goal – high quality visitor traffic – clearly enough. Sally is a full time Mom who had, let’s say, a seriously deprived upbringing. Yet against all odds she has built a thriving niche online business that has transformed her and her childrens’ lives.

2. The vision thing: You need a vision. That vision of visitor traffic is what you cling to, for dear life, when a particular project or program is proving particularly difficult. Your vision describes the landscape you navigate. It’s bold, it’s optimistic, it may even – in a small way – be pioneering. Daydreams of those Clickbank sales, or PayPal receipts – bring them on!

3. Really understand your visitors: Unless you can inspire others to buy into your vision you can’t succeed. You won’t inspire visitors to visit your website if you shout at them. You have to understand their needs and aspirations. “Sell the sizzle, not the steak” is the old saying, and it’s true. After a seminar Bill told me, “I’ve learned that I have to LOVE my customers, just love ‘em!”

4. The “Why” question: It’s impossible to decide how to do something effectively unless you can get to the heart of why you’re doing it. WHY do you want those visitor numbers? Become fully alive to the income that you can spend, that you can share, that you can enjoy. I’ve never forgotten the impact of being told by a towering figure in the web traffic industry, “You’ve got to develop a completely different approach to money if you’re committed to success on the web. There is SO MUCH to be made.”

5. Set Realistic Goals: A consistent and single-minded approach to reaching short-term goals is often a more reliable way of achieving long term success than aiming for a one-off “big hit”. In other words, make your goal to just do everything a little better every time. The improvement is the goal. The visitor traffic (and subsequent sales) is simply the reward for achieving that goal.

6. Listen To What Is Being Said: on forums, in emails, on message boards. That’s where the buzz is. That’s where you can gain further insights into where your potential visitors are.

7. Don’t Be Afraid To Switch Off: You NEED periods of rest to allow new information to bed down, and fresh ideas and perspectives to surface. There are numerous examples of people making new discoveries when they were relaxing or taking a break from the very thing they had been focussing on.

8. Live A Balanced Life: You know, focusing on one thing at the expense of all others will result in a loss of balance. It’s possible to become so absorbed in a task that the overall life balance is forfeit. Web marketing, if taken to extremes, can have a detrimental effect on personal well being and relationships as well. Your marriage matters. Your children matter. YOU matter.

9. Expect The Unexpected: In every scenario it is wise to assume that the unexpected will happen. Human error tends to be the norm. Successful web entrepreneurs try to anticipate crises in advance of them occurring. Everyone thought Shayla was obsessive with her company’s double fall back data security. Come the last ice storm in the north east, she was the only supplier doing business the next day.

10. Losing Is Not The Same As Failing: Losing once does not mean you haven’t enough talent to succeed in future – it’s simply an opportunity to learn, to expand your understanding of the task and find out what improvements have to be made in order to win next time. In the beginning, growing a list can seem so daunting, visitor traffic so elusive. There will be wrong turns and false starts. You get up, dust yourself down, and move on.

11. Never Say Never: Use other people’s disbelief as a motivating challenge when faced with tough challenges. The hardest thing, perhaps, is when your spouse or close partner doubts your ability to make a serious income via web marketing. Jenni found Mike’s pessimistic put downs almost unbearable as she strove to build her online business. “I was determined that I would be able to show him a check,” she told me. Well, Bill lost his job at the car plant. Jenni’s visitor traffic provides their income now!

12. Yes You Can: Success is not some kind of exclusive club where you can simply pay your membership dues, sit back and let life’s rewards come to you. The nature of success is entirely determined by the individual. Once you’ve decided what you want to achieve, commit yourself fully. There are no half measures. As the advertisement said, “Just Do It!”

Good luck!