Tips for writing a better article: Bum Marketing – Part 10
Let other people use your articles on their sites.
An article on your hard disk is worth nothing. An article on a single website is usually worth a bit more, but not that much. An article on hundreds of sites, all pointing to your money site, now that’s worth something.
When you’ve written an article you can submit them to the article sites in the normal way, but you can also allow other people to put them on their sites. You may want to take some time to look around for good quality sites, and then offer to let them use your articles on their site together with your byline. When you add your article to other peoples’ sites you’re getting free advertising on quality sites in your niche. Not every site will take an article, of course, but you’ll never know unless you try and you might be surprised how many webmasters are happy to take quality content.
This will also help get you listed in the search engines because you will have a one-way link and in most cases you can control the ‘anchor text’ used. That means you can use a highly targeted keyword phrase to point to your site. It’s one of the finest ways to get good rankings for a particular search phrase and that’s a powerful way to make money. Just be sure to check out the sites you’re contacting to see if they have a high rank and are listed in the search engines. Plenty of hits don’t hurt, either!
For you and the other site owner this is a win-win situation. They get quality content and you get free 1 way backlinks. If you spend some time every day looking for quality sites to offer your articles to it won’t be long before you’ll get traffic from their site and from the search engines. Your site will rise in the search engine ranks as your links grow. Getting a first page position on Google isn’t impossible, but it does take a little work. The more effort you put into this technique the better you can do.
1 way backlinks are actually a vital part of any good SEO campaign. Unfortunately Google has an annoying habit of constantly changing how they rank websites. So, these days, it’s critical to get high quality, 1-way links to your website. As well as writing articles, blog commenting and social networking there are link services which can make the process easier.
Reciprocal linking used to be a popular – and successful – technique to get rankings, but reciprocal linking isn’t anywhere near as effective as it once was. If you’re like most people the problem is that it’s hard to figure out how to get enough 1 way links without doing a huge amount of work. Jon Leger has introduced a tool that solves the problem.
1WayLinks is an SEO tool that helps you generate up to 750 (yes, 750!) 1 way links to your websites every month. The links can go to inner pages, home pages, subdomains, even directly to affiliate promotion links. Using the links to spread some ‘juice’ around the various pages of your sites is a great way to increase your overall site positioning. There’s even a way to deal with any potential duplicate content issues.
With 1WayLinks you can spin your post by creating a few variations. The system will multiply the variations into dozens of unique posts for you. Depending on how much effort you put into the spinning process you can have 100% unique content on every blog that picks up the post. That’s a great way to maximize the benefits of your efforts.
Does 1WayLinks work? Simple answer, yes. I’ve seen my own linked pages climb the search engine rankings after using 1WayLinks. You just have to be sure to:
- Target the right keywords, such as the long tail keywords. Primary keywords like GOLF are going to be too hard to compete with
- Spin your post and make sure you benefit from lots of unique versions of your post
- Don’t go mad and post all 750 links to 1 site in one go. It looks reall spammy
- Don’t repeat the exact same links 3 times in your post. You’ll just be wasting some of the link juice.
If you’d like more information about the linking system, just visit 1WayLinks
Related posts:
- Tips for writing a better article: Bum Marketing – Part 9
- Tips for writing a better article: Bum Marketing – Part 11
- Tips for Article Marketing Success – Part 2
- Does Article Marketing Really Work?
- Instant Article Wizard Pro 2.0
Eddy,
I know what it's like to keep wanting changes - been there, done that, got the t-shirt :)
Amin 
G'Day Amin, you can call me Edward, Eddy, Ted or just Mr Bearly ;-)
Re handing over the project, I have ...
I am wondering if any of the people who got your instant blog wizard software have any reviews on the ...
Nice writing style. I look forward to reading more in the future.
My site has not been updated for awhile and still the incoming links are helping me hold my position and grow so I agree 100% 1 way links are crucial to SEO success online.
Thanks, Ben and Riley. There’s an email coming to each of you with a download link.
Interesting, isn’t it, that we all probably know of sites that haven’t been updated in a long time, yet stil hold good search engine positions. Fresh content is the mantra and it’s important, that’s for sure, but good links can keep a site up there even without regular new content.
Now, links *plus* content, what a combo!
Amin
Glad I found your blog. Great information for ANY niche!
Now I’m going to head over to your archives for more.
Thanks.
very valuable and helpful points.
I expected some more in future.
Thanks for the tip, Amin.
I write a few articles from time to time and submit them to the regular directories, but never even thought of offering them to other site owners.
Pete
Yeah, i believe as well that getting 1 way link back to your site is the most effective way to market your website. Dont think it will go wrong as long as we create good quality links that link us back.
Thanks for the tips.
I know the biggest challenge with this type of “advertorial” writting is not to get too much “advert” and not enough “torial.” The more valuable the content is to a prospect, the more likelky he/she will click though. A person doesn’t mind being pitched to but remember they are alway tuned into their favorite station: WIIFM
“What’s in for me?” Once they understand the features and benefits and how they can use them…Happy Sales!
Our site is under construction and we are building in a section that writers can add their articles to. This new section is called SharedResourcesGroup.com.
Interesting idea. How does 1WayLinks really work? Does it go to other sites and puts there some content with the link to my site?
Another thing is how to persuade people to use my article not the other thousand on that topic? Is it header that drives the attention?
Hi Amin!
Thanks for (yet) another interesting post. It’s always worth the time to read your posts, so I have been doing just that for a while.
When you talk about 1-way links I guess what you’re really thinking about is the new Jon Leger 3WayLinks system.
I’m using that system, and it’s working as advertised.
And while we’re talking about the Leger 3WayLinks system:
As part of the 3WayLinks instructions there are some videos, and there is a guy called Amin narrating.
I have NEVER been more impressed with the comments to instructions in my life; your voice is clear, you don’t talk (too) fast, and it’s a joy to listen to your voice.
On some other sites the comments to videos run like a run-away express train, but it’s a pleasure to listen to your clear instructions.
Way to go, Amin!
Thanks, both for your blog posts, and for understanding how to talk so that even those of us not born with english as our first language are able to keep up.
Cheers,
Jan
http://www.leaterman-multitool.co.uk
Hey Jan, thanks for the kind words. Yes, that video was mine. I’m trying to put together some more training videos, but the big problem is making the time to do so. Doing them well takes a lot of time. I’ve never liked videos that don’t give me time to think, so I try to build in thinking time in any I create.
Maciej: 1waylinks automatically syndicates content for you, including backlinks to your site. You have to provide the content, but even a 250 word post will do the trick. As for getting your article used, that’s probably as much trial and error as it is skill. Just don’t take the first no as a permanent no. Keep writing and keep asking – somebody will say yes at some point.
Bernie: “A person doesn’t mind being pitched to but remember they are alway tuned into their favorite station: WIIFM”. Very true. Very true indeed. Nobody likes to be thought of as an open pocketbook, but we’re all willing to spend if there’s something in it for us, right?
Pete: you never know until you ask! I did a couple of guest blog posts a while back and got a lot of traffic from them. I figured the blog owner can say no if they don’t want my post. They said yes. Actually one of them now gives me all his products for free, which is very nice and unexpected. So I got traffic, permanent backlinks and some extra benefits. But I had to make the first move!
Hi,
Thanks for giving me free templates, it couldn’t come at a better time.I just can’t wait for the templates…do I need a domain?Forgive me for asking as I am not too sure
Thanks all
Wishing All A Merry Christmas
Jerry aka Max
Hi Amin, This is really good stuff to know, especially when some of the Article Directories have decided that they don’t want to publish the articles that we have slaved over.
Another thing that I have found has helped to get good links AND make some money in the process is to submit my articles to places like Helium.com and Bukisa.com. Some of the web publishers who pick up your articles have high ranking PR sites that get your link some good PR juice and on top of that they acutally PAY you for the right to get to USE your article.
Just FYI,
Cheers, Denise
@ Dense
thanks for the tip about Helium and Bukisa. I’ve never used them, but I’ll look into that – it sounds interesting. Payment and link juice? Got to be worth a look.
@ Jerry
You do need some kind of web hosting and a domain to make use of the templates, yes. Domains can be as low as 99c for the first year and hosting can be bought for a few dollars a month. If you don’t already have a domain and hosting account I’d recommend you get a generic sounding domain name so you can put lots of different stuff on it. If you’ve signed up to this blog you get some software and tools for selling so you’d be almost ready to go with the templates. The finest way to learn – in my opinion – is to have a go and then *learn from the things you do wrong*.
When I started I hadn’t a clue how to upload files, set up domains, use Paypal, create PDFs, protect files, embed audio…it was a long list. And I learned one thing at a time.
These templates may be a bit advanced for you because you need to be able to use Gimp or Photoshop to get the most out of them. If you contact me on my support desk at http://www.sublime-products.com/support and let me know what you’re interested in, I’ll see if I can find some more suitable templates for you.
I just thought I’d throw this in to see who’s actually reading the comments carefully.
In the spirit of this post, if anyone has an interesting article that they think would work well on this blog, please send it to me and if it’s suitable – and not *too* self-promoting – I’ll publish it here and promote the page. I reserve the right to correct spelling and punctuation!
Amin
Hey, grat service, I will check it now.
Hi Amin,
Great article I think the idea of having articles posted on other sites is a great idea . Very good way to advertise your own site. Also like Dense said Article Directories are getting harder to submit a article to at least ones that they will except. The way I look at it most people are not too concerned with proper grammar and sentence structure. They are more interested in getting good quality content that they can use, but hey these are just my thoughts
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PS I wouldnt mind finding out more about the Leger 3WayLinks system that Jan was talking about.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Properous New Year
John
@ John
‘Proper’ grammar should never be allowed to ruin the message. If your article conveys information as intended, then it’s done its job. That said, most people will find that good grammar helps to convey that meaning.
It doesn’t have to be an exercise in academic perfection, but it shouldn’t be so bad that nobody can read it! I’ve sent you some information about Jon’s system.
Amin
freebies are always welcome.
These are among the best.
Tony
Hi , really nice and informative tips. keep up the good work
Hi Tony and Chirag, thanks for stopping by and commenting. Nice to have you here!
Amin
I dont know what to write w/o seeing the templates,but anyway THANKS for the same in advance
Hi Again, Amin!
I just wanted to let you know that I LOVE the Templates.
They are great, and at the price of *FREE* they are really a very nice Christmas Present.
Thanks very much!
Cheers,
Jan
Hey Jan, you’re very welcome! They are stylish, aren’t they?
The only thing I would say to everyone is that you do need to optimize the image size, because it will be waaaay too big if you don’t. I did come across someone who was actually going to use them unoptimized – that web page would have taken an hour to load.
If there’s enough interest I may make a little video showing how to optimize the graphics, just in case anyone’s not sure how to do it.
Amin
Great article, thanx for information
Nice post.Thanks.
I do get more traffic from specific websites who use my articles rather than from article directories. I still think it’s worth submitting to the top ten or twenty directories but I also recommend you submit to individual websites on the topic of your article.
Bonnie
Good point, Bonnie.
I think this is like so many things with web marketing, or promotion. You have a million techniques available for promotion and some will work better than others for you. Those are the ones to concentrate on, but not necessarily to the exclusion of everything else. Sites specifically in the niche of your article have the immediate benefit of (usually) having ‘qualified’ visitors. That’s a big plus.
Amin