Effective Backlink Building

A lot of marketers will tell you that in order to succeed with article marketing you need to submit articles to as many directories as possible. The only problem with that is it's a very time consuming process and you will need to write multiple unique articles right off the bat. On top of that, many article directories will not publish your content if it has already been published in another directory. This means that you will have to write a brand new article for each of those directories.

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I have learned that it can be just as effective to submit a new article every couple of days to 4 or 5 of the top directories. This way you are still creating a good amount of backlinks, but you are giving yourself more time to write quality articles. Plus, you are able to build a reputation within these directories and eventually establish yourself as an expert in your niche. This means that subscribers of that directory will actually start to look for new articles from you because they know that they can trust the information you are providing.

All of that leads to more views of your articles, which leads to more clicks through to your website, which obviously means more traffic. Remember, sometimes quality can take you much farther than quantity.

I like using Ezinearticles.com (the #1 article directory on Alexa), Articlepool.com, Goarticles.com, Affsphere.com, Rysite.com (automatically tweets your article on their Twitter page), Articlealley.com, and Infobarrel.com.

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Check out this website. http://www.bookmarket.com/onlinearticles.htm. It lists all of the free article directories and their Alexa page ranks; plus a lot of great information about writing and promoting articles.

Affiliate Marketing Methods: Blogging

So, what’s your ideal plan for affiliate success?

Well, to tell you the absolute truth there is no single answer for this question simply because everyone is different...

Your tastes, skills, interests, and overall goals will affect how you decide to promote your product or website. The important thing is to find a method that works for you and stick with it.

Did you know that most “affiliate marketers” almost never make more than one sale? That’s crazy. They get frustrated because they are not making money fast enough, so they give up. It is important to be patient and give the method you choose some time to work. Even if you just put in an hour or so a week, you will be so much better off than you are right now.

I would say that the easiest way to get started with affiliate marketing is blogging. This method is very easy to implement and maintain. Wordpress is a great choice for a new blogger, but even if you can’t afford to get hosting or domain names yet, you can still get started blogging. Blogger.com is a good choice because it is free and has some pretty cool customizable features for its templates.

The best part about using blogs is that you can ping your blog to the different search engines and blog directories to tell them that you have added new content. Many of those places will then syndicate your content which creates backlinks to your site and plenty of public awareness. Now, blogging is not for everyone, but it is free and it's a good way to get some exposure for your product or website. If you are able to continually update your blog with quality content, you will attract and keep more readers which in turn will help to drive more traffic to your website.

Here are a few pinging websites you can try:

pingomatic.com

feedshark.brainbliss.com

bpinger.com

pingoat.com