A Beginner’s Guide to Article Marketing

As an online marketer, a key part of your traffic generation efforts will be article marketing.  Like search engine optimization, article marketing offers a powerful way to generate organic traffic and direct it back to your website or landing page.  And because article directories will host your articles without a fee, this means that you won’t have to shell out for significant traffic (unlike other methodologies like pay-per-click advertising)!

But like with all traffic generation techniques, the key to making it work for you is to do it well.  And because article directories require content-rich 400 to 500-word articles, you’ll need to flex your writing muscle in order to get the most organic traffic possible.

So when it comes to article marketing, how can you guarantee that your articles will be a smashing success?  Follow these tips below:

• All article directories require their articles to be at least 400 to 500 words.  However, these directories also require that all articles be grammatically correct, and full of great content.  It’s not because these article directories are taking a page out of your high school grammar teacher’s book – it’s because online readers are particularly finicky about what they read.  If an article’s laden with spelling errors and grammar mistakes, readers will find their content somewhere else.

Besides, these careless errors only reflect on the quality of your business.  So brush up on your writing skills, or hire a freelance writer to do it for you!

• You can optimize your articles with your primary and secondary keywords; however, just like with your website, you want to make sure that you don’t stuff too many keywords into the space of a 500-word article.  Keep the keyword density between 2 to 3%, or if you’re submitting to Ezine, below 2%.

• Don’t forget to make use of the author’s resource box!  This is the place where you can insert your website links, which readers can click on once they’ve finished reading your articles.  To make your author’s resource box even more powerful, offer a free report or newsletter and have the link direct the reader to the corresponding landing page.

• Check to see if some article directories allow HTML links within the article body.  Sites like Ezine do not; however, other high PR directories like Article Base and Go Articles do.  The more links your article has, the higher your SEO rankings!

Article marketing is undoubtedly one of the most powerful methods for generating traffic.  Submit five to ten articles per week, and watch your rankings, traffic and profits skyrocket!

To Your Continued Success,

Tkey:)

Do You Have What It Takes To Become An Online Entrepreneur?

A few great online marketing “gurus”, paint a picture whereby you’d assume that with just an internet connection and a computer you’ll start raking in Internet millions. Just follow their system and you’re done. Not so fast Sparky.

While I believe that the Internet has made it possible for anyone to flex their entrepreneurial muscle – and it is a viable, legitimate marketing vehicle, I always look at these kinds of claims with a healthy dose of skepticism (as well should you!). It’s not because I doubt their marketing systems and products – in fact, they could very well have a system that makes earning online money as simple as pushing a button.

But when it comes down to it, its you – the one who’s pushing the button that makes all the difference between a successful online entrepreneur, and just another person who wants to make a quick buck without working hard.

Having your own online business isn’t a walk in the park – and if any internet marketing “guru” is promising you that, then you should run in the opposite direction as quickly as possible. You have to take on some responsibility here as well. Your ability to understand and implement basic marketing and advertising principles means you have to first get the principles and apply them. Online marketing is just one marketing tool. You may be familiar with others like radio, print and TV.

I know…you’ve probably purchased a super, mega, awesome course and downloaded 17 ebooks. You watched 23 hours of video and you want to blame the marketer for your perceived losses. Depending on the quality of the course you may have a solid concern. But if you haven’t processed the knowledge and applied the principles (even those that got your buy the product in the first place) then you have some work to do my friend!

Take a step back. But don’t get all self-righteous about online marketing with the idea that “all those online marketers are fakes” or here is a good one “internet marketing is a scam” – to the contrary Internet Marketing is a multi-million dollar industry. Your new addiction to communication on sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc. speaks volumes about the success of Internet Marketing. If you’ve got an app for anything, or if you know how to go to a search engine to find what you want – then you’ve proved my point.

Online marketing is like running any other business: except for minimal start-up costs, you’ll need a viable business plan, a killer marketing strategy, and an effective method for dealing with any customer service problems. You’ll also need to find a high-quality product to sell (or in some instances give away). Another option is to simply develop your own product. Either way, it’s important to research a specific niche and industry keywords that you’ll use to optimize your marketing efforts.

In short, online entrepreneurship and Internet marketing is  a little more complicated than simply “pushing a button.”

That’s why before you can even start your online business venture, you need to take a look at who you are as a marketer. If you’re uncomfortable at the thought of hard work, plenty of research and making a few mistakes along the way…then becoming an online entrepreneur might not be the best option for you.

I apologize in advance for bumming you out. I realize that many online consumers are hooked on buying courses and learning for the sake of learning. I actually empathize with your quest for knowledge…and as comedian Bob Newhart says in one of my favorite sketches…STOP IT! Here is the sketch on Youtube if you haven’t seen it: ( Mad TV Skit – featuring Bob Newhart & Mo Collins).

Here is the good news. If you find that you:
• Love a challenge;
• Are self-motivated and very disciplined (in other words, you’ll make yourself work, (even when you don’t want to);
• Are willing to make a few mistakes without beating yourself up about it;
• And understand that an online business is exactly that – a business;

Then congratulations: You’ve got what it takes to become a successful internet marketer and online entrepreneur!

To Your Massive Success,

It Makes Good Business Sense To Hire A Meeting Room

Hiring a meeting room can be particularly effective to any enterprise.
Meeting rooms Gloucester might be employed on an hourly, every day or part daily basis delivering versatility and a whole array of uses. They might be helpful for modest or large corporations which are either local or national.

Organizations that perform business enterprise nationally but only have one or a couple of fixed places of work, can profit from hiring a meeting room as and once required. They can choose  meeting rooms Gloucester that is a location that is handy for everybody attending the meeting. If this may differ depending on who is at the meetings after that doing so is no issue, simply choose a meeting room with a different area. This additionally fills in the trouble for travelling salespeople or businesses which don’t have a fixed place.

Little companies or businesses which are increasing typically choose to consider advantage of the versatility of renting office area at a purpose built business enterprise centre. These centres frequently offer meeting rooms that may be hired as and once the businesses need them for conferences, which means they solely pay for which they demand. These places of work additionally supply the benefit of chances to upgrade or downgrade your office area as the organization will increase or decreases in size, all while preserving the same business discuss for small disruption.

Home based mostly companies still want to portray a professional picture while not spending for business enterprise premises that may not receive much use and as a result be an inefficient use of restricted financial resources. Hiring a meeting room as and once required retains a professional atmosphere but at a minimal cost.

But there are typically bigger venues like sports stadiums and hotels which also have suitable meeting suites available for hire. These can supply enticing and different surroundings and all the essential meeting room facilities Gloucester for passing business enterprise presentation.
Hired meeting rooms frequently come with a range of solutions including web access, and all the equipment necessary for a lot more refined multimedia presentations.