Article Marketing is nothing new to the world of marketing, it has been around for centuries. However, the internet has injected a new life to it with the speed and ease with which articles can be written and read. It has always been a productive way to sell a product or idea, now it is just an even better tool for the savvy marketer.

So how does it work? It is as simple as writing an article on a subject that relates strongly with a product, service or idea you want to promote. This is the key part; it has to be relevant in order to elicit high quality response from your readers. Let us illustrate this with an example. Imagine a client is desperately looking for a way to fight her last minute humongous spot on her wedding day.

It all generally starts in a search engine. The client types in a series of keywords in the hope of finding the article or information they need. The search engine then looks throughout all the pages on the internet it has access to in search of the best match. If your article is among the top 20 it will generally appear in the first page of the search engine. The client might then read your article and hopefully click on your link.

The bloodline of article marketing are links. If you do not have links on your article you are losing a lot of traffic to your website, which for businesses means losing potential sales. This is how it works: Your client searches for a subject, problem or interest online. Your article was well written, with the right percentage of keywords, correct length and positioned in the best article databases, so it got noticed by the search engines and eventually the client. Once the client reads your article, he likes it; it was a good one remember. He, of course, wants to know more so he clicks on the source box, a section at the bottom of your article where you are allowed to include links, and presto, you have a new visitor.

Once you have grabbed your readers attention half the battle is won. If the reader likes what he reads he will want to know more about your product or service. If he wants to read more he might just hit on your link and either visit your site or the site of the company you are promoting.

You can sell your own product on your own website or link directly to another seller for a piece of the action, or in this case, a percentage of the sale.

Another bonus of using this method, and it is a big one, is that posting articles on high traffic websites will automatically create high quality back links to your site. If you do not believe me talk to your webmaster, but links are a very important part of increasing your business and product’s visibility. If you write well and often, you will both create a lot links and keep your clients happy.

Outsourcing article marketing is a good idea if you are serious about article marketing. The reason is time and quality. Unless you are a writer at heart it is difficult to write 1000 words a day, which is what two articles generally involve. However, if you are willing to spend some cash there are thousands of writers, and people that call themselves writers that would be very happy to write them for you.

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