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brandon123
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# Posted: 28 Jan 2009 23:38
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larslarson123: My new year's resolution is to write at least one article a day to promote my websites.
Hey, this is a good strategy. It will definitely build you some quality backlinks and get a lot of traffic to your website. Good luck and stay determined.
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# Posted: 29 Jan 2009 01:49
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Tons of great info for this chat! I just started writing articles this past week and have been getting many more views to my sites! I too believe that writing 1-2 articles a day to targeted audiences about a niche out there, they will come flocking to my sites! PROGRESS!
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HobbiesMann
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2009 07:29
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Publishing articles on places like EzineArticles can certainly increase your web site traffic. It works for me but I can't seem to find the time to create an article a day.
I have 20 blogs on the go and just getting content on them every day or so keeps me pretty busy.
I am trying to create a few blog posts at a time for each blog so that I can put them in the que to have them posted a couple days a part.
I am hoping that will work better for me. As it is I might get an article published every month or so. Even at that I see an increase in traffic so I am sure that my time would be well spent creating articles to publish.
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larslarson123
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# Posted: 2 Feb 2009 18:13
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I have been submitting to many of the top Google and Alexa rated article directories.
You caught me getagrip! lol i should be at 32 and sadly i've only written 29.. Nice thing is, when I have a day off it's not hard at all to toss in a second one, so I hope I keep up!
Realistically, I'm not too worried about the rules, but by making myself feel guilty about skipping a day, I crank out about 1000 percent of what I would if I didn't have a goal.
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PavelBecker
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# Posted: 2 Feb 2009 18:18
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Article submission is a very good tool to generate traffic to your website, but it's important to understand that your final goal is to dominate the key word and therefore to get eventually to the first page of Google organically.
First of all, to get to the first page of Google you can much faster (my normal results are 1-2 days) with video submission. (I have to disclose that it would be a long tail key word for the niche with about a half of a million search results, but again, isn't it what we all are trying to achieve?)
That's why I use article submission only as a "supplemental" tool for my marketing.
But if you want to focus on article submission I think it's imperative that you use a software to actually submit them. How many submissions per day can you accomplish manually? A hundred? Any kind of submission software can make a few thousand submissions instantly. Google is robot, it's sympathy is based on the statistic, not something else, so you can gain it's love only by having a gazillion of submissions with a gazillion of back-links. (It has a soft spot for the video files and pod casts, apparently, so it takes only a few dozens of those to get to the first page.)
Another problem would be a duplicate content issue.
I think it's proven by now that the same article with the same resource box submitted 100 times is not going to generate 100 back-links for you, for sure not with Google.
For that reason I'm using the software that generates a unique version of each article for each submission, plus the resource box gets altered automatically every time as well. In this case the duplicate content issue is not being triggered and the amount of quality back-links is much higher with the same original article.
You can disregard all this if you just enjoy expressing yourself through your articles, but for me - I am really frightened that this Internet marketing thing will become just another full-time occupation of mine, which I don't need.
That's why I'm trying to automate everything and delegate as much as possible.
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# Posted: 3 Feb 2009 12:27
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It can be pretty easy to write articles once you start and see that it's not difficult. Some will bring more traffic than other, but you want to just keep the flow going some kind of way. One article a day is very nice. But a mixture is good, I would suggest adding video and forum post, with links back to your site, blog, video, what have you.
For the average person to succeed in their online business it takes consistency and dedication. One's retirement account is not built up in a day, don't expect the same with your online business pursuits.
But a guy like me really loves effective free advertising sources to generate free cash online. Who would have thought the internet could manifest such possibilities that it has.
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# Posted: 5 Feb 2009 16:56 · Edited by: newbiz02
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man, its not easy to write 1 article a day. Thats where outsourcing comes in.
There is only so much you can know about a certain product.
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larslarson123
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# Posted: 5 Feb 2009 20:33
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I don't have the capabilities for video at this time, but I do try to mix articles and forums every day.
newbiz02: There is only so much you can know about a certain product.
The thing is, I'm writing about anything and everything that vaguely applies to my website, which is a general work-at-home reviews site. So, I don't need to write about a single product at all; it'll take a long time to run out of things to research.
So, say you make it to the top with video submission. Does anyone know if you make more sales through videos than articles if they get the same exposure? Sometimes I lose patience with videos, maybe just me.
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2009 16:59
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good thread folks. here is my system, maybe it will help. always start with the longtailed keyword search. from there write the article on a wordpad and keywords as well. I submit to ezine first and then use an article submitter to get it out to all the others at about 50 sites a day. from there, i take it and throw it into a cue prompter online and make a quick video and then submit it through aa video submitter wihich puts it on all the major sites. and if you want, throw it on your blog or make a squidoo page. this way you have efficively used your research time and will definitly dominate that keyword. hope this helps, i show people how to do all this and it definitly works. contact me if you want to know which sites we use to distribute
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PavelBecker
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2009 17:14
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larslarson123: I don't have the capabilities for video at this time, but I do try to mix articles and forums every day.
Lars,
I'm not sure what you mean, but I've discovered that not everybody realizes that "video" does not necessarily mean an actual video that was shot with a video camera. It can be a slide show as well. That's why I refer to them as "video files" with my guys. What you do is - you make a PowerPoint presentation using either only text frames or text frames and pictures (you can use your own and you can also find them for free on the net, google "royalty free pictures" or "...photos"). Then you save the slide show as JPEG format and it's going to be saved as a bunch of separate slides. After that you go to MovieMaker and put all your pictures into a movie. You can add music or your own voice-over after that and that would be a movie as well, just without any video equipment.
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2009 19:00
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PavelBecker: not everybody realizes that "video" does not necessarily mean an actual video that was shot with a video camera. It can be a slide show as well.
That's really good to know, thank you. Never would have occurred to me 
mr127500: always start with the longtailed keyword search...
Sounds like a great system. I have used most of those techniques here and there, but now I think I have a little more focus. This thread has taught me to have the mentality of dominating the keyword and really hitting it hard every time.
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# Posted: 9 Feb 2009 10:19
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Im very new to article marketing...pretty much just done forum marketing. I have been thinking about writting articles but not sure of the whole process and where to submit them.
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2009 17:38
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Go to Ezinearticles or Goarticles.com for submission. Very simple
If you have no clue what to write about try generating some ideas by reading others' articles. Make sure you toss your website or affiliate links into the signature, but NOT in the body of the articles.
Do some keyword research for sure, and try to include that in your keyword box, title, and throughout the article if it's possible. Most people will tell you the keywords are the most important step, and you really do have a fair chance at finding your way to the first page of Google if you choose the right keyword phrase.
Articles should be at least 400 words -- it's all about pleasing the search engines. If you can afford it, automated article submitters and spinners are very useful to save time and blast the web with your content, but they're usually pricy...
Tons of people us article marketing to earn free cash without ppc ads or anything
Talk to NewbieShield on this forum if ya get the chance --- very helpful to me!!
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2009 20:37
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larslarson123: Talk to NewbieShield on this forum if ya get the chance --- very helpful to me!!
Is that my:
Or is that just a Star Trek thing?
Write an article that would excite you.
That is all, folks.
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# Posted: 13 Feb 2009 17:29
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Great thread guys. Love the concept of keyword domination. Makes sense that this can get you a lot of traffic. I have been testing different types of marketing but this is one I will get into a lot more.
I have about 7 blogs but I will also now get into the key article sites as per the suggestions above.
And last but not least I liked the idea of an article per day and the concept of persistence and consistency. That is key to success in anything so you have hit the nail on the head there.
Thanks for all the valuable info.
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2009 20:00 · Edited by: newbiz02
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im starting to feel the power of articles, and my first one isn't even live yet. 
I've written alot already. But not an actuall "article."
Im definitely gonna add this to my arsenal.
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2009 21:12
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Resistance is futile lol. The BORG...
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# Posted: 19 Feb 2009 11:07
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I can finally do 4 in a day, but it does take me the whole day. I'm not a fast writer and research takes forever which is the preparation part. A lot of people outsource it and I may do some of that later if I can afford it and the writing is good.
Sonni,
Just wanted to let you know that you eased my mind. Still trying to get article writing down and it takes me hours to do one article. I was beating myself up because people say you should be able to produce an article in about ten minutes. I was no where close and it was starting to wiegh me down. Thanks for sharing that with us because now I realize that practice makes perfect. And thanks to lars on his new year resolution. That lets me know that if I can only get one article out a day, even if it takes hours to do, then I am still doing good. Thanks!
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# Posted: 19 Feb 2009 16:32
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PavelBecker: I'm not sure what you mean, but I've discovered that not everybody realizes that "video" does not necessarily mean an actual video that was shot with a video camera. It can be a slide show as well. That's why I refer to them as "video files" with my guys. What you do is - you make a PowerPoint presentation using either only text frames or text frames and pictures (you can use your own and you can also find them for free on the net, google "royalty free pictures" or "...photos"). Then you save the slide show as JPEG format and it's going to be saved as a bunch of separate slides. After that you go to MovieMaker and put all your pictures into a movie. You can add music or your own voice-over after that and that would be a movie as well, just without any video equipment.
....this is VERY useful information.
Once you do have the video compiled where are you submitting it?
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2009 12:12 · Edited by: PavelBecker
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You can submit it to all the video submission sites, which is about 20 or 30 possible places. I'm using a software that does it automatically and also it converts the video into a pod cast and submits it to all the pod cast sites, plus it submits it to a number of social book marking sites.
But to give it a test drive you can try to submit everything manually.
The idea is - if you just want to express yourself and get your video published, you can do it manually, but if you use a software, you can actually dominate the first page of Google on your keywords literally in a matter of days.
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2009 17:14 · Edited by: opendomain
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So I take it you don't really run into a lot of issues concerning duplicate content then? And let me get this right to see if I understand it.
Step 1. Create a text powerpoint slide show Save as JPEG.
Step 2. Convert it to video with windows movie maker.
Step 3. Submit?
Oh and how does google recognize what's on it? When you're submitting to a video site do you have the option to tag keywords to it?
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2009 22:39 · Edited by: A8ch
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gridellas: I was beating myself up because people say you should be able to produce an article in about ten minutes. I was no where close and it was starting to weigh me down.
Don't do that! Always be kind to yourself. 
I know it's practically impossible not to make comparisons between ourselves and others. We do it subconsciously all the time. But allowing other people's perceptions (or our own) to threaten our value and self worth is not healthy.
"You can only begin from where you are, with what you have!"
If I want to become a doctor and my medical knowledge is limited to administering first aid, it does me no good to feel inferior to, or intimidated by, the surgeon.
However, if I take stock of my situation (start from where I am) and realize that I've got to go to med school, do an internship and all the other things required to become a surgeon, then it could happen for me.
Where writing articles is concerned, time is certainly an important element, but so is quality. Finding the right balance between production and productivity becomes a necessary consideration. Your articles will represent you forever once they are published.
So compete only with yourself. If it takes an entire day to write 4 articles now, challenge yourself to produce the same amount in half a day, and then cut that down to 2 hours. The more often you write, the easier it will be to write. You'll soon spot ways to simplify and expedite the process without sacrificing quality. You'll develop YOUR system.
And when you get it working just the way you want it, that's it. Even if it always takes you more than ten minutes.
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2009 23:12
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I agree with the more you write the faster and better you get. Since I wrote my last comment I can now do 6 articles in a day.
I can remember when I could do only one and it made me a nervous wreck. I would start thinking about who would read it, is it good enough, how stupid will I sound and on and on blah blah blah...
Now I think something like this: I don't know these people, they will most likely never see me, I'm doing the best I can, I got other work to do- blah blah blah lol...
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# Posted: 21 Feb 2009 17:57
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That is so true to what you both said. I look at writing articles in a completely different way. I am going to be concerned with quality first and quantity will come in it's own due time.
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# Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:43 · Edited by: PavelBecker
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opendomain: Oh and how does google recognize what's on it? When you're submitting to a video site do you have the option to tag keywords to it?
I should have been more detailed, apologize.
Each video, when you submit it, has following attributes: the video itself, name, description and tags. That's how Google recognizes it.
You have name, description and tags to place your keywords in.
In my practice, video gets indexed by the search engines immediately and through automatic video submission it's absolutely normal to get to the first page of Google literally overnight. I should specify that it's possible with niches where the amount of search results does not exceed 1,000.000 results. Ideally - within a few hundreds.
I've never had any problems with duplicate content with video submission. The matter of fact, since you brought it up, by slightly adjusting the length of your video or changing the format you will make it unrecognizable for the search engines and therefore you can submit it again with modified name, tags and description and achieve pretty impressive results with populating the first page of Google. I've done a few projects for different businesses so far and in the best cases my videos would get all positions on the first page of Google.
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# Posted: 23 Feb 2009 13:49
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PavelBecker: Ideally - within a few hundreds
I meant few hundred thousand. In order to narrow down your niche to this amount of searches you have to target "long tail keywords" for your promotion. For example not "photographer" but "wedding photographer in Jerk Water".
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# Posted: 23 Feb 2009 14:45
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People make marketing much harder then it has to be. What many people fail to realize is that staying consistent is the key to the game. As long as your doing whatever type marketing you need to do on a consistent basis then you should be fine for the most part. If you have a good product and believe in it and your putting it out there the right way then everything else should just fall into place.
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