| If you want to increase your website traffic and | | | | 4. Promote |
| improve your credibility in your niche then you should | | | | Hopefully by this point your reader will be chomping |
| take a look at article marketing. It's a great way to | | | | at the bit to take action so now is the time to use |
| drive traffic as long as you don't break the cardinal | | | | your resource box to promote your offer. Give the |
| rule; you must submit high quality content for this | | | | reader what they want; a way that they can get |
| strategy to work. Here are seven things you need to | | | | the most out of the information you just gave them. |
| consider every time you sit down to write. | | | | 5. Proof |
| 1. Prepare | | | | If you want to encourage your reader to trust you |
| A good article requires some research. Spend a little | | | | enough to take you up on your offer then you need |
| time surfing forums in your niche, reading blog posts | | | | to present high quality information to them. That |
| and comments and reviewing sites like Yahoo | | | | means that spelling mistakes and grammatical errors |
| Answers. Look out for problems that people have | | | | are a no-no. Ask someone else to check the article |
| that you can show them how to solve in your article. | | | | for you, a second pair of eyes is sometimes required |
| 2. Produce | | | | to spot any mistakes. |
| When you have your article idea you are ready to | | | | 6. Publish |
| start writing. Your article needs to be well structured. | | | | Now it's time to publish that article. Send it out to |
| In the introduction to the article you need to outline | | | | your favourite publishers. Submit it to the top article |
| the problem for the reader. Then break the solution | | | | directories. Don't forget to send it onto your own |
| down into a series of short paragraphs; walk them | | | | prospects list too! If you spend hours writing articles |
| through it step-by-step. Finally you need to | | | | but you never put them in front of a reader then |
| summarise the solution. | | | | you've wasted all that time and effort. |
| 3. Polish | | | | 7. Profit |
| When you're finished re-read your article. Does you | | | | If you've covered all the bases that I've mentioned |
| article provide the reader with enough useful | | | | then you should start to profit when your article is |
| information to want them to take action, but lack | | | | published. |
| the final piece of the puzzle. You need to spend time | | | | Now you can just take time to be proud of your |
| polishing your article. Make it shine. It has a specific | | | | accomplishments, before you write another article! |
| purpose so make sure that it will achieve it. | | | | |