When I started article writing years ago, it literally kept me in business. I probably wrote my first online article about 5 years ago. In fact, I usually tell people that if I hadn’t discovered how to write articles, I probably would not be in business today. As of this moment, I’ve written thousands of articles for myself and my clients.
In the early days, I really had no idea how I was going to send traffic to the sites that I was creating. I was doomed to failure, not because there was anything wrong with my websites, but because no one was ever going to see them.
But enough about me. What about you? What can you use article writing for? When I write and article, I’m not just writing an article, I’m creating content for multiple sources.
1. The article directories: Of course almost all of my articles get submitted to EzineArticles.com but not absolutely all of them. There are other article directories, there are other sites that you can submit your articles to. This will benefit you in two ways: First, you can get direct traffic to your site from your articles; two, you build high-quality back links to your site.
2. Blog Entries: Writing a blog entry is the same as writing an article. The best part about it is that if you own your own blog, you can write anything you please. What I mean by owning your own blog is using your own domain rather than using Blogger or some kind of public blogging site.
3. Autoresponder sequence: Many people who are building lists really struggle to think of content for their sequences. We do not want to purchase content, and run the risk of using content that has been used many times over. Your list members who happen to notice this will not be your list members for very long. (more…)
