I have been writing articles for the past 1 years plus and for me, EzineArticles.com (or in short EZA) is always the best article directory out there on the Internet. I think one of the major reason is that EZA is very strict with their authors and they always uphold their standard of quality for their articles.

Personally, I have got very good result and response from EZA. The mission of EZA is to make sure that it is the second highest traffic source behind search engines - for all websites. I seriously think that they are really fulfilling their mission as EZA is now my second highest traffic source behind search engines for most of my websites.

Below are some of the reasons I think why EZA is doing so well on the Internet:

1. Maintaining a high quality of standard for all articles.
2. Having a efficient system behind the scene to review and approve articles.
3. Disallowing affiliate links inside articles - cut down on a lot of spam articles.
4. Owner and management participating in social networking platforms like Forums and Facebook to interact more with their authors.
5. Articles from EZA usually rank high on Google.

These are just some of the reasons that I can think of now that makes EZA so successful online. If you are into online marketing but yet to explore into article marketing, you should really look into it. With EZA around, article marketing can be so efficient that you will be getting tons of consistent traffic to your site everyday with just articles alone.

However, to succeed in article marketing, hard work and effort need to be put in. You must learn how to write fast but yet produce informative articles that your readers will enjoy. At the same time, you will also want to write as many articles as possible in the beginning to market your site as fast as possible.

Article marketing is definitely a potent weapon when it comes to driving traffic. The bottom line is if you do not have time to write, you should always outsource it to freelance writers out there. Do not forgo the idea of article marketing just because you cannot write well and fast.

When done properly, article marketing can help increase your traffic, as well as improving your organic ranking on search engines with the back links generated from your articles.

One last thing to touch on: EZA does not allow affiliate links to be placed within the content of the articles. A lot of new affiliate marketers do not like the idea of not being able to place affiliate link directly in their articles… because this means that they cannot apply bum marketing. However, from my point of view, I think that this is a right move by EZA - for the good sake of affiliate marketers…

In the first place, it is actually not advisable to promote affiliate products by just driving traffic directly to the merchant’s sales page. You are not building assets if you are doing this. You need to build your own websites, lists, and products. Anyone can apply bum marketing by writing keyword-optimized articles and rank well on Google. This means that the level of entry point is very low and you have very little leverage.

Instead, you should build your own site to promote affiliate products. At the same time, use what you have learn in article and bum marketing to drive the traffic to it. In this case, at least you are controlling the traffic over at your site.

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This month, I am finally going to create my first IM niche product which focuses on Getting Maximum Exposure from EzineArticles.com. This report will be very suitable for IM newbies or article marketers who want to create the maximum leverage from EzineArticles.com to boost their online income.

Some of the things that you will learn are:

1. Sure-fire way to entice people to click on your articles and read them..
2. The SECRET to get maximum exposure from EzineArticles.com for your articles…
3. How to write solid articles fast…
4. How to use Squidoo with EzineArticles.com to get tons of ever-lasting traffic to your websites…

and many more valuable information…

I am now working on it and hope to release this report in early July… so stayed tune. If you wish to be the first to know about this product launch, subscribe to my RSS Feeds from the link below now:

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Are you currently making enough money with article marketing (bum marketing)? In this post, I will reveal some of the tips to maximize every dollars that can be earned from every article that you write…

Writing articles is one of the easiest way to make money online. You can use articles to drive tons of traffic to your squeeze page, increase the number of subscribers in your lists, or simply just make direct sales from your articles with BUM marketing techniques.

In this blog post, I will not be talking only about BUM marketing technique, but a general art of article marketing to give you insights of the big picture.

Let me list down what are the things that you need to do when writing articles in order to start making money online:

1. Your article title must be able to entice people to click and read your article. The title is the most important element of an article. If your article title is boring, no one is going to click and read your article… and all your solid content will go down to the waste. You need to compete with so many other writers so it is very important for your article title to stand out from the rest. People like to read articles with titles such as: “How To Lose 5 Pounds of Weight in 2 Weeks?”, “Top 10 Secrets To Drive 1,000 Unique Visitors To Your Site - Guaranteed”, “How to Master Golf In 10 Days”, etc. Your title should give your readers what to expect even before they read the content.
2. Put the most important keywords in your article title. This is BUM marketing 101. You need to specifically choose the right key phrases and keywords, and place them in the title of your article. With the keyword-rich content, your article can rank in 1st page of Google which will bring very targeted readers to read your article. This is important as you need the right people to read your articles if you want a conversion (either a sale or opt-in).
3. Write solid content. Do not sell anything in your articles, or even in your Author’s Resource Box. The people who are reading your articles want solid information and content; they are not looking for a sales pitch. Your articles should provide information that can help solve their immediate problem tentatively. Entice them to find out more information from your site. You should include important key phrases and keywords that you wish to rank well on Google in your content.
4. Do not write a conclusion in your article. Uh? Is it not normal to conclude what you write in your article? NO! (at least not in article marketing). When you conclude your article, your readers might just NOT read your Author Resource Box at the end. Without them reading your resource box, you can’t lead them to your site. So, do not conclude your articles. Your Author Resource Box will act as the necessary conclusion for your article and lead them to your site to find out more.
5. Write a compelling Author Resource Box. Do not just write “Click here to find out more” in your resource box. The best resource box that I have seen is to post a question to your readers and ask them (call to action) to click on your link to find out the answer. An example will be: “Do you know that you can save up to 15% of electrical bill with this one simple energy saving technique? Find out now from the link below…” If you are trying to get more backlinks with article marketing, remember to include the keywords that you wish to optimize in your anchor text.
6. Submit your articles to popular article directories. For me, I only submit my articles to a few article directories such as EzineArticles.com and GoArticles.com. It is NOT how many article directories that you submit to that matters. Submit your articles only to those directories that really matters.
7. Aim to get your articles into “Most Viewed EzineArticles in the Category (90 Days)”. If you scroll down to the bottom of every article in EzineArticles.com, you can get to see the top 15 most viewed articles in that particular category. Articles who get into this list is going to get tons of readers reading them as it usually means they are the best articles around. So when you write every article, make sure that you aim to get it in that list. To get into this list, the title is the most important factor. You need to write titles that will make people to click and read your articles without second thought!

All right, now you have the necessary tips to get started in article marketing. To succeed in article marketing, practice is the key. With consistent writing, it will be become a second nature for you. By then, you will be driving a lot of traffic and making money online.

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Do you write articles and a fan of EzineArticles.com? If you are you should check out the latest change of rules on EzineArticles.com. They are changing the number of self-serving link in the their box from 3 links to 2 links, from June 1st 2008 onwards…

Existing articles or articles submitted before 1st June 2008 will not be asked to stick with the new rule. That means you’ll be able to submit articles with up to (3) self-serving links for the rest of May 2008.

Is this rule affecting you as a bum marketer (article marketer)?

For me, it is completely fine as I usually used 2 self-serving links in my author resource box anyway. I believe the key is in the content of your article. If your articles provide solid information, even if you have a single link in your resource box, your readers will gladly click on the link and visit your website.

But for those authors who submit thin content to EzineArticles.com and still ask for 3 self-serving links, then they will be greatly affected by this change of rule.

Personally, I used EzineArticles.com a lot as I write articles almost every week either for my affiliate marketing business or for my SEO clients. EzineArticles.com has always been the second highest traffic source behind search engines for most of my websites. Therefore, I think this is a great move by Christopher Knight (owner of EzineArticles.com) because this will uphold the credibility and quality of every article submitted to them.

The key to article marketing is not about the number of links placed within your author’s resource box - It is always about good quality content. Articles with 3 self-serving links look spammy anyway, so let’s scrap this old rule and embrace the new rule now.

So for those who are still using 3 self-serving links for your articles, you have 3 more days to do so. =)

P.S. For more information on this rule, check out Chris’s blog from the link below:

Link –> New Rule On EzineArticles.com

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