Do you have old free reprint articles gathering dust? Transform and re-submit them to give your business, product or service another boost!As you perhaps already know, article submissions can drive a huge amount of
traffic to your web site for months if not years. The first step is obviously to
get a good article written, with a suitable resource box at the end containing a
link to your site to drive traffic to your site
Here are 7 ways:
1. Transform your article.
You can transform your article in several ways:
- Give it a bullet or number format.
- Give it a Q and A format.
- Give it an anecdote format by adding your own experience.
- Give it a Problem-Solution format.
- Give it a short feature format by interspersing quotes from 2-3 people with information.
Do this and you'll end up with many versions of your original article. Writing free reprint articles is a great way to drive traffic to your sites and
increases your business sales. However, much care must be taken in order to be
sure that your article is actually using keywords that users are looking for in
the search engines. The best thing about having your article on other web sites is that the
article directories will never delete hosted articles. The possibility of your
article getting picked up by editors and webmasters the world over would go on
and on for as long as your article is there in the article directories.
2. Create many titles for your article versions.
List possible titles for the article versions you develop. Mix and match the titles with the article versions. There are some companies that offer deliver bulk traffic for a certain period of
time, say for a month or two if you pay a certain price. Then there are viral
marketing campaigns in which you have a product embedded with your web site link
that gets passed around (usually for free) to other marketers.Additionally, editors of electronic magazines, or eZines, as well as webmasters,
regularly browse through article directories looking for articles they could use
as content for their newsletters or their sites.
3. Give your article a different tone/style.
If your article is too serious, rewrite it and give it a lighter tone. After submitting an article to some of these, I'm often amazed at the amount of
instant traffic and sales it can bring, often because many of the directories
display a 'Recent Articles'-type listing which dramatically improves the profile
of your article for a short period after your submission.
4. Focus your article on a specific audience.
If your article is too generalized, transform it into several articles aimed at specific types of readers.
For example, an article titled "Creative Online Marketing" can have these title variations:
- "Creative Online Marketing for Webmasters"
- "Creative Online Marketing for Small Business Owners"
- "Creative Online Marketing for Affiliates"
- "Creative Online Marketing for Auctioneers"
In the above example, 4 new article versions can be developed simply by being more specific with the target reader. Do this on your article, then simply do a minor edit of your original article by tailoring the content with specific article titles.
5. Expound on a sub-topic.
Go over an article and see if you can expound on a sub-topic, keyword or idea. Then develop that into a bulleted article.Often people ask what they should write articles about. One place to start is by
writing articles about what you are good at. If you work in the Information
Technology world then write articles relating to your field of expertise.
6. Shorten your article.
Transform a 1500-word article into a 500-word one. The shorter, the better. In writing, one rule of thumb is: if you can get your point across in as fewer words as possible, do so.As you perhaps already know, article submissions can drive a huge amount of
traffic to your web site for months if not years. The first step is obviously to
get a good article written, with a suitable resource box at the end containing a
link to your site to drive traffic to your site
7. Update your article.
An article you wrote 5 years ago may still be applicable today. Simply update the article to reflect current trends or new insights you've had on the topic since you wrote it.Additionally, editors of electronic magazines, or eZines, as well as webmasters,
regularly browse through article directories looking for articles they could use
as content for their newsletters or their sites.
And here are some places you can submit your new article versions:
Article lists:
- Article Announce (mailto:article_announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com)
- Article Submission(mailto:articlesubmission-subscribe@yahoogroups.com)
- Free Content (mailto:free-content-subscribe@yahoogroups.com)
- Publisher Network (mailto:publisher_network-subscribe@yahoogroups.com)
Article Directories:
- 1st In Articles (http://1st-in-articles.com/)
- ArticleCity.com (http://articlecity.com/)
- ArticleHub.com (http://articlehub.com/)
There you have it! 7 ways you can get more mileage from your old articles. Don't let your old articles gather dust!
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