How to Make Article Marketing Easier Than Changing Your Underwear

Today, I wanted to talk about how to make your article marketing go a lot smoother and easier.

We all know that writing articles and submitting them to directories is an excellent not only to gain yourself some credibility, but to also gain some free traffic to any website that you want.

When you write an article, the key is to relay some very useful content to the reader. This is so that they'll have faith in you that you know what you're talking about when it comes to your niche.

One thing you should also do when you write an article, is place a resource box at the end of the article. This can simply be done by simply leaving a few empty lines after the end of your article, and in one sentence, introduce who you are...and in the next sentence, tell the reader about your website.


Now, I have a cheaper and easier way to publish articles and such...


Whenever you write an article, instead of sitting there trying to submit your article to hundreds of directories, post your article directly to your blog.

If your blog is hosted on blogger.com or wordpress.com, you know that your article will be indexed by Google and other search engines in no time.

But one other thing you want to do, is tell the world that your article exists. If your article is on a blog, simply ping your blog to the blog directories.

Three good sites that I use to ping my blogs is:
* pingomatic.com
* pingoat.com
* feedburner.com

Actually, Feedburner is more than just a ping service; as they do more than just tell the blog directories that your blog exists. They actively promote your RSS feed for your blog to other websites to get you tons more exposure.


After pinging your blog, you'll get some traffic, but it comes with patience. You can easily get some traffic REAL quick to your blog articles by submitting them to Digg.com.

Now, if you've been following my newsletter, you'll know that I highly recommend digg.com. Why? It's free! You know I'm a cheapskate at heart :)

Also, not only can you submit your article to Digg, but you can also comment on other people's submissions. And if you're smart enough to post a 'signature' with your name and website address, you're sure to snag up some instant traffic.

Just make sure that if you do comment on other people's submissions, that you comment only on submissions that are related to your website that you are promoting. The people commenting or reading comments are into that particular niche that the submission is all about. So, give these guys an exit path (your website) to visit.


Now, back to submitting your blog posts and articles to Digg.com...

Your main goal with Digg is to get your articles/posts to the front page of their site, or on the first page of results for your niche. Usual tactics to achieve this is to simply pay for other people to do this for you.

How? Well, there are article submissions that are supposed to guarantee you to be on the first page of Digg. Or, you could easily pay people to 'Digg' your submission.

The more 'diggs' you have, the higher you rank on Digg. It reminds me of Google. The more website you have linking to you, the higher you rank. The same goes on Digg.com, except it's done by people willingly clicking on your submission and 'digging' it.

Now, you know I'd rather you not shell out anywhere in excess of $75 to some shmuck or some dope to get you on the front page of Digg. Digg is only one site, and it's not worth shelling out cash to get on their front page for a day, let alone a few hours.

Although, the benefits of having your submission on the first page can bring you some radical, life-changing results...especially for your articles and submissions.


What I've found for you today, is a cheap little $7 ebook that's all about how to get to the front page of Digg.com, without having to pay a bunch of knuckleheads to do it for you.

I will admit, the site doesn't look all that excellent, but I try not to judge a book by it's cover. Like the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said "judge not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character". In other words, I judge a book by the information and the content that it's supposed to deliver.


Besides, I'd rather pay $7 for an ebook that teaches you what people are paying $75 or more to have done.


It's called 'The Digg Effect', and if you have a free moment on today, I'd like for you to read it. I've been experimenting with Digg the past few months, and it's resulted in tons of traffic for my blogs. That's all I submit to Digg...my blog posts.

Every niche I'm in...when I write an article...I put it on my blog, and submit it to Digg. I don't work hard to try and get on the front page...and I still get anywhere from 30-100 hits to my blog when I use them.

Now, with this cheap little guide, I'm about to get to the first page of Digg for every single blog post I make from here on out.


Here's a link to 'The Digg Effect'





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Tim Harris Jr

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