As part of my link building campaign, I’ve been writing articles across the internet applying one of the 7 habits of highly effective one-way link building.
Article Marketing
aka Bum Marketing, it is a wonderful, timeless strategy, and F-R-E-E way to promote your site and affiliate products.
Writing articles remains one of the best ways to drive targeted traffic to your site, and increase more sales.
Not only that, articles can also create powerful back links.
I’ve been using several article directories and Ezine Articles proves to the most effective in terms of ROI and search rankings since Google loves it. Google trust it.
And most importantly, it’s F-R-E-E
In general, article marketing serves two purposes
- To take advantage of the authority sites to rank highly for keywords and bring traffic through search engines and through people searching on the article directory.
- To build back links to your sites as most article directories are dofollow. The links from Ezine Articles are considered to be trustworthy in the eyes of search engines.
While many still struggle to get their feet wet in article marketing,
those who read One Week Marketing has been successfully using it to promote their affiliate products and bring in more sales day after day.
Want to know how?
Read:
100 hubs in 30 days
Applying the same techniques within, I’m crazy enough to take a hub challenge of building 100 hubs in 30 days with the aim of experimenting the feasibility of making money using hubpages.
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Over the course of 24 hours, I’ve created several hubs to challenge myself and build a portfolio of hubs (hopefully 100 in 30 days) for me to drop links later.
Here’s a list of hubs I’ve made so far
- Cheap Disney Vacation Packages
- Disadvantages of Reverse Mortgages
- Walmart Prescriptions
- FICA Credit Score
- TRW Free Credit Report
If you are still sitting on the fence, read One Week Marketing and join the fun here. It could probably be one of the best decision you’ll ever make.
See ya on the other side!
Update: Here’s yet another awesome article on link building – 7 golden rules of link building in 2009. It’s a must-read to keep up with Google ever-changing algorithm.
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Hi Yan, I think I might be first again :) I don’t have the time for 100 hubs in 30 days but I can learn a lot by watching you do it. I hope you keep us up to date and teach what you have learned.
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For being first, I’m going to renew your ads for the next 30 days in the hope that the dollars saved can be well spent on, well, One Week Marketing Plan.
It’s one of the best action plans if you ask me. It will surely cut your learning curve considerably.
Yan
Hello Yan!
You are way ahead of me, I have never done a Hub Page. I had to go look at yours just so I knew what you where talking about. They seem kinda like a Squidoo but, not so broken up (I am not a fan of Squidoo pages).
I hope you get your hundred! Brian and I are counting on you since, neither of us can. LOL!
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Thanks, Sheryl. Oh yeah, I’m not fan of Squidoo. I created a few lens but it just didn’t click with me. Besides, it’s easier to create a hub than a lens for that matter.
And with all due respect to Seth, I’m a hub fan. The only drawback is that you need to earn a certain score (75 and above) before all your links are dofollow so I’m counting the score right now.
Thanks for dropping by, Sheryl. Wish me luck!
Yan
Isn’t a LARGE part of OWM all about lenses?
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Yes, it is. I’m just using the same techniques on hubpages. It isn’t about the platform. It’s how you leverage on them to either drive traffic or sell affiliate products. I just find it easier to create a hub than a lens.
Nice hubs and I wish you luck Yan.
You deserve it.
Now all you need is to get them to score higher.
As well as building 100 of them…… :)
Edit: and by the way, this blog is loading incredibly slowly for me.
Might want to get it fixed before all your visitors get a timeout.
Thanks, Zania. I’ll look into the loading issue. Come to think of it, I found it to be slow too. Damn! Must be the plugins.
Yan, a question about your hubs. Are you just targeting a lot of niches or do you have a plan for them? I would have thought that you would have gone for just one or two different niches.
As for article marketing I’m all with you. Definitely a great way to increase traffic from both the directory itself and from the extra search engine traffic you get when your rankings improve.
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Good question, Mikael. Initially I planned to use Squidoo as a platform to build backlinks for niche sites but somehow I found it much easier to create a hub than a lens (and in less time). I’m pretty impressed with the ease you can create a hub.
Anyway I’m still experimenting the feasibility of using a hub to target micro niches than to build a brand new site. Though we split the income 60/40, I’m cool with it. If it’s worth the split, I could use to drop my links… ;)
Yan
Excellent stuff as always…. I’ve been looking at Real Blogging Tips (my latest venture) and wondering how to build some authority…. I use Bum Marketing for my niche sites and it may be a time to try it for my main site.
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Hi Yan,
What a Challenge, 100 in 30 sounds like real crazy. And did you even will have time to comment in other sites and build more niche sites? If you do, you outta tell us how you do it.
Luis
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Well, building a hub is almost the same as creating a niche site.. is it not?
Besides I don’t comment as often as I used to now… ;)
Yan
really why do you not comment as much as you used to
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Almir
I still do but the most part, I outsource the work of commenting on “authority sites” to someone on the other side of the globe… ;)
Yan
I’m a newbie when it comes to internet marketing. I have however tried several techniques to market my sites. So far, the most effective has been article submissions to directories. I do believe it’s an unbeatable technique when paired with niche sites.
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100 hubs in 30 days? That is rough! You also have to make sure you are writing quality articles only. You don’t want to ruin your reputation over writing crap.
I treat my submissions to Ezinearticles same as my guest posts. I wish you luck Yan!
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Thanks, Kai Lo. Ezine is a fantastic article directory to begin with.
And I’m not known to write craps….too ;)
Thanks for this informations…
I like that…
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If you are good in article marketing, you don’t even need a blog, just put your affiliate links in there :p
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Well, most article directories do not allow you to plug your affiliate link.
You are right and I am agree with you that if you are good article writer than you don’t need a blog. You can earn from your article with in a link your’s like. Are we right about this.
Yan, I know many works on marketing is ongoing process, but what I want to know is how many articles you have to publish on article directories to see a obvious traffic? ,I believe few articles will not make big chance.
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how many articles you have to publish on article directories to see a obvious traffic?
Good question. Here the thing. If you target the right keyword, and your article rank well on Google, one article is enough to bring the traffic to your site.
Forget about what others say about dupe contents. Use the same article and submit it to a few other article directories (goarticles, buzzle, article dashboard, just to name a few), probably each with its own unique titles.
Essentially, what you are doing is to build enough links and as time goes by, you will naturally rank higher on the search results.
Yan
I find Buzzle to be pretty strict about what they accept. Have you ever had articles that you had already submitted to other directories be accepted with Buzzle?
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Yes, they are and no, I never used the same article for Buzzle.
Hey Yan! Yet another great article from you! I’m currently in the process of submitting my articles to article directories to build backlinks. I’m curious about what you mentioned here with regards to ignoring the dup content issue. I’ve read a lot of differing opinions on whether it will affect the search engine rank but I haven’t gotten a conclusive statement on it yet. Can you share more on your take on the topic?
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Sorry for the late reply, Celes. I missed your comment.
As long as you’re not using dupe content within the same domain, they are fine. There is no such thing as dupe content penalty – they just don’t rank higher than the original source.
Google knows which one is unique and which ones are not but in most cases, they will index all of them – they have to. The question is which one ranks higher than the other.
Also, links are still links, whether they are in the #10 or bottom #200. It doesn’t matter. The more links pointing to your site using proper “keyword anchored text”, the higher you’ll rank in search results.
Of course, if you can write unique article for each submission targeting different keywords, though time-consuming, that’s be ideal.
Hope it helps and good to see ya here, Celes. Hope all is well with you.
How’s Singapore?
Yan
Building a link popularity strategy these days has become very difficult and time consuming.
I just did my first article for eHow. I wonder how these two services compare? Either way, I signed up for HubPages. I’m not sure I would get anywhere near 100 done in 30 days, but it certainly is motivation to try.
~ Kristi
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In general, both are the same. eHow is geared towards “how-to” articles while hubpages is pretty much an article directory.
What separates the two is that the latter gives you more freedom to include you links pointing to your sites. Search engines trust inbound links from authority sites like hubpages, squidoo, ezine, etc.
Anyway, good to see ya on hubpages. Look forward to reading your first hub.
Yan
100 hubs is 30 days is quite to time consuming. But after finishing those pages, it can be beneficial for you and for your main or what we call money sites. Imagine if those pages gain PR and started to attract traffic? This pages can be use as a funnel for your targeted traffic and effective link building campaigns.
Yan, Thanks for the One Week Marketing Campaign link. I am reading now the few FREE pages of it and Jennifer (AKA: PotPieGirl) really devoted her time and of course her sincerity on helping out from that book. A good read for me.
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Oh yeah, article submission. I’m suck on that because my grammar but surprisingly my first article about Belajar SEO got accepted on Ezinearticles. Maybe because that was a rare topic. Lol.
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Practice makes perfect, pal. It’s just a mental block. The more you write, the better you are.
English isn’t my first language too. Most importantly, of course, you need to find joy in writing.
Good luck in whatever you do. If you need anything else, I’m just an email away.
Yan
I have done a couple of Hubpages and it does rank quite highly in google search engine. 100 hubs in 30 days.. I don’t think I can do that..not enough time. Good luck for your challenge.
Have personally given up trying to make a squidoo lense. Tried once but it was too complicating. Hubpages are so much easier.
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Thanks, Dominique. Good to see ya around. Hope all is well with you and family.
the site is so slow loading. please consult your hosting company.its not a critism…i love the mateial here …thanks for nice informative stuff
I have made several Hubpages. Like several other people have said, 100 hubpages in 30 days is a challenge. I am not sure I could do that. Good luck with your challenge.
Have you tried Squidoo? I prefer them to Hubpages because they allow more business friendly information. For example, they allow you to add affiliate links. I would love to hear which of the two services you prefer and why.
Hey Bruce,
Basically, they are both the same. The only significant difference between the two (apart from confusing options often associated with creating a lens) is, in my own personal observation, the community.
Hubpages isn’t so much for internet marketers and for this reasons alone, they do click on your ads while those who create lens out of selfish intention don’t even look at your lens, let alone buy from you.
I could be wrong but 4 of my lens earned a shocking $0.08 for a period of 2 months while I’ve already made close to $30 since I created my first hub a week ago. Not too bad, eh?
And yes, HubPages do allow you to add affiliate links.
Yan
i am a me i n seo field and i really want to know about hubpages. thanks for the information i like that.
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Article marketing is the most effective method of increasing traffic without any cost involved. This is an easy process of using the article, which has a back link at the bottom, thanks for information.
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My experience is that hubpages are more strict than squidoo. But hubpages got more value than squidoo lenses.
100 hubs in 30 days is a real challenge. All the best!
Roy Kuruvila
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Thank you for that Yan. I think I will try doing 100 hubs in 30 days. It looks like it is going to be very effective in link building for my blogs.
thanks
See you on the other side, JT and good luck!
Hi Yan,
Yes article marketing is a great way of getting attention to website or blog. Well, I tried it but haven’t had much success with previous blog. I guess I am doing something wrong. But I am not gonna quit, I will keep fighting. Please, check my blog (it is a new one) and give me feedback about it. Maybe you have some suggestions how to make it better.
Regards,
Zoran
Writing articles is a great way to do link building… there are some great article directories out there…
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Link building is very essential for your site because the backlinks would really give your site a very high traffic if you could setup as much links as you can. The more backlinks for your site, the better! It is because search engines are using backlinks to indicate how well is the traffic of your site and thus to know how popular is your link base on link popularity.
There are lots of strategies nowadays on how to boost up your site and rank on Google but for me the best strategy is the “basic, the fundamentals of SEO which is Link Building!”.
Great Post. I will try to follow some of the ways listed above.
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When I learned about Hubpages, I started to create quality hubs for me to get the required profile score so that my links would become dofollow. Then after that, I started to create more quality hubs and at the same time, building quality links for my blogs.
Hi what are your favorite article methods ? We are offering our forum for $1 for one week trial and also a free ebook at the-info-resource.com. I curious to know if there are any online marketers here.
Your seo hubpage is really amazing and I really like it. I think we have lot more ways to express ourselves and to raise our exposure to the rest of the world. I don’t know that how many of us are doing the same but it is very rewarding and fun.
Yan, now you’re about +20 days into this challenge. How are things performing?
/Mikael
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100 for 30 days is really quite a challenge. Good luck!
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Really it is very great way for link building campaign and also for marketing and thanks for sharing such type of tips and ideas.
Yan ~ How’s it coming with the 100 Hubs? That’s awesome you’re doing that … I’ll be interested to see the outcome but I’m almost certain it will produce great results. I’ve followed the OWM plan with some Squidoo lenses and I’ve had great traffic and click through with them (sports niche) but I’ve never built a Hub … but I’d like to. I’ll be following along to see how you do. *huGs* Suzanne
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Suzanne, you should try to create a hubpage. It is SOO much simpler than creating a lens.
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When writing your Hubs and focus on quality content, use your targetted keywords or phrase in your title and body, to increase rankings with the search engines. But then don’t overdo it!
This the best way to write a article. we must mind our keyword. it must be locate in title and body.
Wow this post of your and links attached with this post should go in hall of fame.
Really liked it.
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One thing that makes me lazy to do article marketing is that I prefer to write the article on my blog rather than on an article marketing site :(
I used to copy paste some articles to Ezine but I know now that it’s bad!
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@Michael, and that is why hiring someone to do the articles that are to be distributed can really benefit you. I rarely ever write my own articles for directories.
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So – I am really curious – how did you do? Did you get the 100 done? I have never written a hub page – and some how it feels intimidating…
And thank you – I was getting lots of articles done for ezine articles – they even sent me a mug last year (lol) – but I have slacked off quite a bit. Perhaps I will set up a challenge for myself for this summer…
30 ezine articles in 30 days…
what do you think?
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Thanks for that helpful and timely post. I am about to start on article marketing myself. I will keep in mind these valuable tips. thanks
With article writing, comes the worrying. After a couple of articles you will start to feel that you are overusing certain phrases or have said the same word a lot of times. Mainly ignore this feeling, it is merely psychological. It might be best just to check every now and then that the phrases aren’t unduly repeated, but remember that reader’s want to extract information not faults in your article!
Link building is key and a good way to do that is by submitting relevant articles to trustworthy sites.
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I consider that link building with the help of article marketing is the most effective way to promote your website and direct quality traffic to your resource. Your keyword appears surrounded by a unique content and google will not wait to improve your ranking.
Just reading your old posts as we are not getting any new one from you. What is the matter … everyone of our group is talking about you.
Leave us a message here.
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Yeah! you are right. Ezine articles gives much popularity to ur links and keywords. But your article should be unique and worthy to be approved by Ezine moderators.
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Writing articles remains one of the best ways to drive targeted traffic to your site, and increase more sales.
Not only that, articles can also create powerful back links.
I find it that making hubs on things that you know really well lessens the time it takes. However, 100 in 30 days is around 3 or so a day, which could take around 1-2 hours, which is somewhat time consuming.
Writting a of well-written, keyword-rich articles related to your niche industry is a great key of doing a good link building campaign. A good article can live forever and provide thousands of back links to your site over time!
Nice, article marketing has definitely helped me increase my dofollow links and web traffic. Thanks for the motivation!
Instead of submitting articles to the major article sites like ezinerticles, an alternative way would be to seek niche blogs and ask to post your articles there as a guest author.
Article marketing is the great way to build a link for your site. It’s only way
where you can write fresh content for the the product or services you renders and do it’s marketing!