I completed the first HAHD challenge by EzineArticles and recently received a package from them which contains a limited edition HAHD mug, a packet of premium coffee powder, a mousepad, a pen, a ezinearticle expert author sticker and a thank-you note from EzineArticles founder Christopher Knight. And not fogetting getting an increased number of traffic to my website

The second HAHD challenge has began on 1st August and it is going to be BIGGER and BETTER than ever! It starts on 12:00AM CDT  (Saturday, August 1st) till 12:00PM CDT Sunday, November 8th.

I feel that HAHD challenge is a very good way to help newbies in article marketing to write consistently. If you break it down, it is only 1 article per day for 100 days. You can definitely do it. The free gifts are nice but the most valuable part of all is the amount of traffic, opt-ins and sales you will get to your website or blog.

So if you are into article marketing and needs some challenge, go for HAHD. Nothing is impossible.

For more information on the second HAHD challenge, visit Ezinearticles blog below:

http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2009/07/second-hahd-challenge-begins.html

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Did you successfully completed the 100 Articles in 100 Days Marathon Challenge (#HAHD )? I have successfully completed the challenge under the author name: Cheow Yu Yuan.

If you have successfully done so, do remember to send an email to EzineArticles.com to claim your limited edition EzineArticles #HAHD mug.

For more information on the details to submit to EzineArticles, check out their blog post here.

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Article marketing is one of the best methods to drive traffic and promote affiliate products. I have relied heavily on articles to drive traffic to my websites for the past 2 years and I must say it has been working very well for me.

Till now, I have 1002 articles live on Ezinearticles.com, under a few different pen names. Those 1002 articles generated a total of 1,494,393 page views with 229,469 URL clicks.

If you are into affiliate marketing but have not been using articles to drive traffic, I strongly urged you to start doing so.

EzineArticles recently has a article writing marathon challenge: 100 Articles in 100 Days Marathon Challenge (HAHD). If you submit 100 articles under one pen name by 1st July, you can win yourself a special limited-edition EzineArticles #HAHD mug.

Personally, I feel that this serves as a very good motivation for us to write more articles and drive more traffic to our sites.

And I am sure that if you complete the challenge, you will see a significant increase in traffic to your websites.

If you do not have a website, do not worry. In my previous post here, I mentioned how you can use Squidoo and EzineArticles together to make money in affiliate marketing.

Create some content on the product that you want to promote on the Squidoo lens and point all your articles to your lens. Other than driving more direct traffic to your lens, you are also building your len’s link popularity which will help it to rank higher on search engine listings.

For more information on the marathon challenge, read the blog post from Ezinearticles below:

http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2009/04/100-articles-in-100-days-marathon-challenge.html

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If you do not have a website and wish to make money online in affiliate marketing, I have a solution for you.

The solution will involve using EzineArticles and Squidoo.

First of all, you need to create a free account at EzineArticles and Squidoo. Afterwhich, put up your first Squidoo lens. Next, you will write articles and link them to your lens. EzineArticles allow you to link your articles to a Squidoo lens and I think you should take maximum advantage on this.

If you are good at SEO copywriting, you can make even more sales from this technique. Put your lens up using various long tail keywords and get them listed on search engine listings. You can also create multiple Squidoo lens and link them together.

Long tail keywords are very targeted key phrases that are related to the product you are promoting. It is easier to rank for long tail keywords as competition is much lower. Moreover, people searching for long tail keywords are usually serious buyers.

To open your free accounts, go here:

1) EzineArticles.com

2) Squidoo.com

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EzineArticles.com is the most popular article directory online. The reason why it is so popular is because they bring lots of traffic to their authors’ websites.

Every day, there are millions of visitors to EzineArticles - reading articles in different categories or industries. One of the reasons why EzineArticles can manage to get so many visitors every day is because their articles usually rank very high on Google organic listings, for several popular keywords and key phrases.

This is why so many affiliate marketers wish to leverage on EzineArticles to bring targeted traffic to their websites.

With EzineArticles so popular, this can only mean one thing - it is ultra competitive.

If you look at some of the popular niches like weight loss and dating, you can see a lot of new articles got approved every day. If you are a new player in an industry, it is very hard for you to compete with those experienced players.

But, there are some ways for you to get maximum exposure from EzineArticles. It doesn’t matter whether you are a new player in an industry or not… Here’s how to do it:

1. Become a premium member. This is the easiest way to get maximum exposure from EzineArticles. Although the yearly membership is expensive ($582.00 USD), I think it is worth it. As a premium member, you can schedule when do you want your articles to go live (this is very important, later I will tell you why) and you will be given priority over the other non-premium level members. So what priority do you get? Nope - there is no leeway on the quality of your articles. You still need to write good articles to get them published. The priority you will get is that your articles will go the front of the line to be reviewed before non-premium level member article submissions (faster approval time). This means that your articles will always get more exposure than the rest of the authors. And also, you will get to access up to the top 30 keyword/keyphrase traffic search terms used to find your articles. This makes your Bum Marketing research much easier.
2. Submit your articles later in the day. I must say this is only effective to premium members. You see, one of the best ways to get lots of eyeballs for your articles is to get them listed at the top of the EzineArticles Category page. The newest articles will always be listed at the top, which means more exposure. When you submit your articles later in the day (an hour or so before their staffs knock off), your articles will be approved later and this allows you to nail top spots on the Category page. Your articles will be left there overnight which again brings you more exposure. That is why being a premium member has its advantage as you can schedule exactly when do you want your articles to go live.
3. Submit your articles just before weekend. This is applicable to both premium and non-premium members. Let say that you are a non-premium member and you found out that it usually takes 2-3 days to get your articles approved. You can try to submit your articles on a Thursday morning. So if you manage to time it correctly, your articles will be approved just before weekend. Your articles will then be left on top spots of the Category page over the weekend, which guarantee to get you more readers and visitors.
4. Write a good title for your article. An article with a good title is usually what separates the winners from the losers. The title is the first thing that catches people attention. With an attractive title, you can be sure to get a lot of eyeballs for your article. Look at the Most Viewed Articles in the category that you are in. Observe how they write their titles. Pick a few of them and rewrite into your own words.

EzineArticles.com is something that all affiliate marketers should leverage on. With the right techniques and effort, you can bring lots of traffic to your site and increase your affiliate commission.

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