Dan’s Writing Blog

Once your website is up and running, you need a valid plan of action to get the site on the radar.  It does not matter if its a personal blog, a niche blog, e-commerce, or even an affiliate marketing site.  All of them go nowhere without traffic, whether you are looking to make money or not.  While there are many tools that “claim” to help you do just this, the simple fact is search engines are the largest single source of free traffic.  One of the best ways to move up your ranking in the seach engines is through writing articles and posting them to many types of an article directory.

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To get the maximum benefit from any web marketing effort, you need to pay attention to both the advertising side AND natural search engine traffic. The first is easier to do, as there are tons of great marketing firms out there that can knock it out of the park with web advertising. However, an often overlooked area is natural search engine traffic. The reason is its harder to build up for each desired keyword and takes a lot of effort. Once done properly, you have built in traffic without spending a dime on marketing costs, and this traffic is permanent. Using an article directory can be an important part of this endeavor and should be utilized for maximum impact.

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Article directories not only help you distribute your marketing message, it helps you get ranked faster on new keywords. While you can write tons of articles about generic related content to your site, you can also write articles that are a review of your services, or are a promotional piece that links to your site. Article directories usually do not discriminate against such content unless the quality is poor or it appears overly spammy.

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