Here are a bakers’ dozen tips for creating and using an Article Publication Cycle.

1. Write the article. Generally you want it to be 300 to 700 words. You’ll see some of the implications of article length as you read the rest of this list.

2. Post the article on your blog. When you posit it to your site first, you are generally indexed as the first author of the article, giving maximum traffic directly to your blog.

Now it’s time to tell everyone you’ve published the article.

3. Tweet about the article at least once or twice the day you publish it, then again once the next day.

4. Set up a twitter plugin so that your blog also sends out a notification that you’ve published a new article.

5. Send it to your ezine subscribers. You can send them the full article – or just an excerpt and send them to your blog.

6. Wait a day or two, then publish the article on EzineArticles.com This is “the” article directory, with the most traffic, many pages indexed in the search engines, and a large number of publishers watching to see what new articles they can republish on their sites.

EzineArticles.com has a minimum of 250 words for their articles so if you’ve written a longer article, you may be able to split it into two articles for submission there.

7, Be sure you set up the Twitter option in your EzineArticles account so that they automatically send a tweet when your article is published there.

8. Wait another day or two, then put your article into your article distribution service. Some distribution services require a minimum of 400 or 500 words for the articles they distribute. This is where your article length has an impact.

In some cases you will need to combine two shorter articles to make one long enough for distribution.

9. In between print publications, you can repurpose your article into multiple formats. For example, read and record your article into an audio. This gives you an audio to add to your blog, a product, or a podcast.

10. Take the same article and convert it to a video article, complete with the text and audio. You can add this video to your blog, a product or a video podcast.

11. Rinse and repeat! The secret to steady traffic is steady writing. Keep writing articles.

12. Document the processes you use in your publication cycle. You can do this with a written checklist and screen capture videos. Not only will it ensure you complete all of the steps, but you’ll be prepared for the next step.

13. Outsource the publication process! If you like to write articles, that’s great. Keep writing. But there is no reason to keep doing the distribution yourself. And if you prefer not to write at all, hire a writer as well.

The key to consistent traffic with articles is having a standard publication process in place. Without it, you miss some steps. With it, you can move forward faster and more efficiently – which leads to more time and profits for you.

Dr. Jeanette Cates is an Internet strategist who works with Online Business owners who are ready to create their Online Success. She shares more productivity and organization tips at http://OrganizeYourOnlineBusiness.com

You’ll be seeing an increase in your website traffic should happen in a very short space of time. Top sites are also viewed by search engines as authority sites so it is to your benefit in many ways to have your content accepted, do not underestimate the power of trust in the online world.

This process of article marketing by submission to various sites, if carried out routinely, will ensure people read more of your work and actively look for it as your reputation grows. This is why it is so important to show people that you know what you are talking about so they trust the content you provide in the area you write about. In time your website’s ranking with Google and other search engines will increase from the number of incoming links you have. You should find in time that more visitors have found you via the search engines. The more websites that link to yours, the more traffic you will achieve, all of this comes with no charge so you are actually able to market yourself for free.

Article marketing not only allows links in the body text of the article but in the resource box at the foot of the page. Each time your article is placed (with the links) on another site, it just helps boost the ranking of your own website! Sometimes, however, search engines can take some time before they actually list your site, Google can actually take months on occasion. Although you cannot rush the search engines directly, submitting more articles and using the authority sites will help enormously.

This tactic serves a dual purpose by helping to improve site rank and increase the amount of content on your site which also helps with ranking. Remember that visitors do not know that your website is trying to get them to buy something. There is no reason why you cannot be truthful about what you are doing once they reach your website provided they have useful information. It is once they have entered your site where you have the chance to sell to them. Doing it this way ensures the visitor is not mislead and is happy to be shown what you are selling. It is this approach that prevents a good many refunds from taking place.

It is this process of article marketing that ensures you will be in business for a long time. For long term success you should submit articles on a regular basis to constantly grow your presence in your niche. Remember, if you have an interesting site you will also receive links from other website owners who may also use your article as well. Having your article duplicated on other people’s sites can bring a great deal of traffic. There are no charges to article marketing and is still the number one way to get traffic to your site, all you have to do is ensure your content is ‘on topic’ and unique to have constant visitors.

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Obviously the first thing you need to do is decide on a topic to write about. Often the topic can make or break an article. Not only do you want the topic to be interesting but you also want the topic to be broad enough to provide good information but specific enough so that you don’t try to tackle too much information in one article.

Once you have a topic in mind, the next thing you need to do in order to write the article is to decide what you want to say. A good rule of thumb is to always have three things you want to say or teach. This is based on the three prong thesis, which you might remember from your school days. Once you have your topic and your three things you want to say then you’re ready to begin writing your article.

Article writing made easy requires you to have an introduction paragraph, a paragraph for each thing you want to say (three total), and a conclusion paragraph. So your article will usually be 5 paragraphs in all.

In the introduction you will begin with a broad statement about the topic of the article. If possible you want to have a hook – something that will bring the reader in and cause him/her to keep reading. Then you want to follow-up on the first sentence. Next you tell the reader what they’re going to read about. You can include the 3 things you will tell them in the last sentence of the introduction.

The body of your article will include a paragraph for each thing you’re telling them. It’s just that easy to write the main part of the article. Just follow the three pieces of information and write about each of them in 3-6 sentences.

The conclusion will summarize the entire article. Remind the reader about what they’ve just read. And then you’ll be finished writing your article.

Now you see how article writing can be made easy. The most work is deciding on a suitable topic and then choosing three quality pieces of information you want to include. Once you do that – and as long as you do it well – then the article will pretty much write itself.

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Article marketing consists of you posting articles on the Internet that relate to what you are selling or offering. These articles will be written in a specific way and they’ll include a link back to your site (if they aren’t posted on your site already). The key is to make the article informative and interesting and to include the proper keyword(s).

While using article marketing many writers make the mistake of not writing an article that reads well. The flow might be bad or the information may be useless. Either of these things can make the reader click away from the article. Then you’ve lost that person. So make sure any articles you post are well-written and helpful to the reader.

Now, if the readers on the Internet can’t find your articles then the articles are useless to everyone. This is why you need to optimize your articles so that they rank well on search engines. This is known as Search Engine Optimization and it means that you include the keyword or the keyword phrase in the title and a few times throughout the article. That way when someone searches for that keyword or that keyword phrase, your article will be one of the top searches that are returned.

There are many great article directories on the Internet where you can post your articles. The best one is probably ezinearticles.com. Before you post your article you want to include a link back to your site in the signature box. Then when you post an article on this site and it’s approved, it will rank well with the search engines.

Article marketing is a great way to get more visitors and more customers to your site. Article marketing is free and easy to do. All you have to do is write a good article with the proper search engine optimization and you will see positive results.
 
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It’s a good idea to keep a running list of topic ideas for blog entries, articles and tips. You can use a spreadsheet, word processor or text processor document. Just keep it close!