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Article Marketing as a tool for Internet marketing 
By: Roger Gordon
It is a good idea to set up a spread sheet to record the effectiveness of your article marketing. Try to submit to sites that are considered to be authority sites by the search engines and/or have a high Page Rank, as this will improve the chance of your article ranking high. A good indicator would be to do a search for a particular directory to see how many pages they have listed along with their page rank that can be determined by installing the Goggle tool bar. The scale is from zero to ten with ten being the highest rank. If you can get links from high ranked sites this will benefit the ranking of your own site in the long term.
By including a link to your website or business opportunity in these articles you will receive the benefit of a backline if they decide to use the content provided in your articles on their web sites, along with some valuable free traffic which has cost you nothing. It is possible in some cases for a good quality article to remain high in the search engines for a long time
You may consider submitting your articles to a distribution service that will submit to a large number of different directories, bloggs and groups. Like most things the quality of these services can vary immensely and some can be quite expensive to use. If done properly this can save a lot of time and achieve quick widespread distribution of your articles. This is very useful to establish a body of articles in the search engines and it is a good idea to complement this by submitting individual articles to some of the more popular directories.
A common mistake when writing articles is to include content that does nothing to help the readers. These types of articles are often thinly disguised sales pitches. They tend to be loaded with affiliate and deep links and do not answer any questions or provide any useful information. Their sole purpose is to increase traffic to the spammer's website.
A well written and cleverly thought out resource box can make all the difference in determining the level of website traffic that your article will generate. Your full name should be included in the resource box so it is clear that you are the author of the article and it is your knowledge and expertise on show. The more articles you write, the more well known your name will become. You then need to provide a web link to direct the reader to further content that is directly related to the body of the article.
Readers are constantly searching for solutions to problems they face or needs they want met. They are also becoming more and more savvy when it comes to internet marketing and can be reluctant to part with their hard earned cash. What people want is information so they can try to make an informed decision before making a purchase. Article marketing when done correctly should satisfy that need. Article marketing should target an audience and provide them with the information they require. If you can provide them with the relevant information, they will click through to your web site and hopefully complete the sale.
A certain level of patience is required with article marketing. It takes time for your work to filter through the system and start producing results. There is a common tendency for people to have a go at article marketing only give up after a short period. Many article directories have a backlog of articles to review which can cause delay and it can often take several weeks for the search engines to index and list your articles.
If you want to get a quick return on your article writing efforts you may consider offering your services to webmasters for an agreed fee. If you have knowledge of a particular niche subject search out forums and discussion groups relating to it and offer the members your services to produce content for a fee. You may consider approaching Elance customers with a view to competing for article projects. You will need to create a body of quality work that you can show potential clients to increase your chance of being accepted
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