Article Marketing 101

Free Traffic System vs Article Marketing

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:57:00 +0000

Free Traffic System vs Article Marketing

Free Traffic System is the new age of article marketing: it has its advantages and does not have its disadvantages.

The advantages of both article marketing and Free Traffic System are obvious - Google and other search engines welcome and will always welcome the creation of new, useful, non-duplicate content and that is why search engines look favorably upon the backlinks generated this way.

Due to this "benevolent attitude" from search engines towards links built via article marketing thousands of people are successfully using article marketing for years to improve their positions in search engines for the necessary keywords.

BUT, unfortunately article marketing has some serious disadvantages - let's have a look at them:

- when others republish your article they can delete your backlinks from article

This is a real problem. After you have submitted your article to one of the major article directories - you lose control over this article. Today lots of people are using different automatic tools to "harvest" these directories for content and republish its articles on their sites.

The problem is that more and more people started to steal your content from article directories and automatically DELETE your backlinks from the resource box. OR they steal just a tiny portion of your content (1st paragraph of your article, for example) and give a backlink to the article directory. This is great for article directory, but not for you!

With Free Traffic System you are guaranteed that pages where your content is republished will remain with YOUR backlinks. Those blogs who break this rule and touch your links (modify them/make them invisible/delete them) will be deleted from the Free Traffic System and lose access to quality content.

- duplicate content problems

You see, when one and the same article is republished Google quickly "understands" this is a duplicate content and "sees" that a big portion of your backlinks is built from duplicate content pages. This is not dangerous and Google will not punish you for doing that, but it is rumored that Google seriously lowers the SEO value of backlinks built from duplicate content pages.

With Free Traffic System you have all tools necessary to make each of your articles be non-duplicate, even if the article is republished on 20, 40, 100 or even more blogs. With the help of simple procedures - that will take extra 5 minutes per article - you will create dozens or even hundreds of READABLE and CONCISE versions of article title and body. It is all in your hands: if you decide to spend 5 minutes and use the diversification tools provided by Free Traffic System, then each of the articles republished will be unique for Google and other search engines. And this will instantly increase the value of your backlinks.

Looks at the comparison table to see Free Traffic System compared vs traditional article marketing.

Free Traffic System vs Article Marketing
Feature	Free Traffic System	Traditional Article Marketing
Quick distribution of content	Yes	Yes
Tools to avoid duplicate content problem	Yes (if you take an effort to diversify it with FTS tools)	No
Control over backlinks	Yes (those who touch your backlinsk get out of FTS)	No
Diversification of anchor texts of your backlinks	Yes	No
Control over relevancy of sites that republish your articles	Yes	No

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New Free Article Spinner: Articleapps.com

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:17:00 +0000

New Free Article Spinner: Articleapps.com

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ARTICLE MARKETING ON STEROID
30-60 Instant and Unique Backlinks per article

Free Traffic System Works!

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If you've ever been penalized for duplicate content, you know that it really sucks. In one of my earlier posts, I talk about how you can avoid duplicate penalty using a free article spinner called Jetspinner. Well, I've found a new and even better free article spinner that kicks butt: Articleapps.com.

Articleapps.com was created by Matt and Brad Callen who are well known in the internet marketing community for such softwares as: SEO elite, Keyword elite and Affiliate elite. Now they've launched their own version of article spinning and it's really top notch.

Advantages of using articleapps.com to spin your articles:

1.Easy to use and user friendly. Their interface makes it much easier to add word variation than other spinners

2.Automatic word variation. They've added the option to automatically change words in your articles by using a thesaurus script, but they also give you complete control over which words are used so you can remove the ones that don't make sense.

3.Keyword density counter. With a simple click of the button, you can check what your primary keyword density is. Pretty nifty.

4.Spin vs original comparison. Once you're done spinning your article, you can easily check how original your new versions are. The results are in percent difference and you can easily filter out spin versions that are too similar to your original text.

Disadvantage of Articleapps.com

The main disadvantage of the free version of articleapps.com is that they've put some restrictions on how many times you can spin an article in a day and the thesaurus function is restricted to it's lowest level (which only changes a few word in your article)

To remove the restrictions, you must upgrade to the gold version which will then give you complete access to all the function of this powerful. If you are serious about article marketing, I would suggest that you upgrade now since Brad is offering a one time payment option instead of the regular 30$/month that the system costs.

Personally, I've already made the switch because it fits much better with the type of marketing that I do. I suggest that you at least check out articleapps.com and try out the free version to compare it with the other article spinning services out there.

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No.1 Pick for Automatic Article Submitter: Article Post Robot

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:18:00 +0000

No.1 Pick for Automatic Article Submitter: Article Post Robot

I've tested many so-called automatic article submitters and none of them come even close to Article Post Robot. Article Post Robot really does it all for you... on autopilot! I haven't seen another automatic article submitter that has as many useful features as this one

PROS

-Post to over 400 article directories with a single click

-Spinning algorithms in the software to avoid duplicate content. You don't have to spin your articles and then submit them, it does it all for you.

-Sort the list of directories by PR and automatically logs you in to those that require it.

-Lifetime upgrades and updates on the list of directories

-One time fee as opposed to other submitters that require monthly payments

CONS

The only problem I have with this software is that it doesn't automatically create accounts for you at the directories. You have to do that manually. I don't know about you, but creating 400 plus account is too much work for me. Since I'm lazy, I just create accounts with the high PR sites and have the software post to those sites and all the sites that don't require login.

At 147$, it may seem pricey...but when you compare it to other services and you take into consideration that the software really works better than all the other ones, it's well worth the money. In my opinion, Article Post Robot is the best automatic article submission software that I've tried so far

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Article Marketing Tips 101: The Importance of Good Keyword Selection

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:07:00 +0000

Article Marketing Tips 101: The Importance of Good Keyword Selection

If you are using article marketing to generate traffic for your site, it's important to use the right keyword selection to get the most out of it. It's also crucial that the article be structured with search engine optimization in mind.

To find the right keyword selection to use when writing your articles, you should use a keyword tool.

There are three tool that I recommend:

1. Google Sanbox Tool: Google offers a free tool and this can be a great place to start. The one drawback about using Google's free tool is that it doesn't give exact numbers. You'll get search volumes and competition for a particular keyword as a ratio based on the other keywords in that category.

2. Wordtracker: Wordtracker is a great keyword tool because not only does it quickly generate key term lists, but it also gives you the amount of searches performed for each term and the amount of competition you will have. They use the "KEI" index which stand for Keyword Effectiveness Index so you can easily know which keywords are worth it and which aren't. You can actually try it for free.

3. Keyword Elite: This tool is not only a valuable keyword finding tool, it's also a versatile tool for finding hidden niches and google adsense campaigns. When you use it to find search terms, it gives you much more information that the other tools. You will know how many people search for that term, how many results are found on the web, how many ad campaigns exist for google, miva (yahoo) and enhance (msn), and how much advertisers are paying for each keyword with google adwords. Not only that, but you also get to see exactly what each ads look like which is great if you are running PPC campaigns.

In order to properly optimize your articles for search engines, be sure to include the selected key term numerous times in the text. Using special text such as bold, underline and italics on the keyword also makes it stand out. Be careful not to overdo it because if you do, your article may be discounted by the search engines as spam. If you keep the density at or below 3%, you will be fine.

Using the appropriate keyword selection will ensure that your article marketing efforts are not wasted on highly competitive niches. It will also give a chance for your articles to rank high on the search engines which will result in more natural traffic to your site.

Our Favorite Tool is: Keyword Elite

Product Padlock by Armand Morin

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:25:00 +0000

Product Padlock by Armand Morin

If you are selling a digital product online and haven't considered a way to protect your product from theft, then maybe it's high time you did. You are most likely losing sales by people downloading your product directly from your thank you page or simply by people sharing your product.

It's a fact! Millions and millions of dollars are lost each year due to piracy. As many as 56% of internet users think it's ok to share. That's a lot of people willing to steal your product.

You've worked hard creating your products and I think that you should get all the money you can from the sale of them. There is hope.

Armand Morin recently released a new product called "Product Padlock" which, in my opinion, is the most advance product protection software to date. Product padlock is a service that allows you to protect as many product as you want.

It can protect all kinds of files like: pdf, ebooks, word files, .exe files, videos and audios. It's extremely easy to use and it was designed that way. No prior experience required. If you know how to save a file, you can use this product.

It also prevents the abuse of your refund policies by locking out buyers that have refunded your product. Stop compulsive refunders right in their tracks.

You can try Product Padlock for only 1$ and it costs less than 1$/day after the free trial. Think about it, 1$/day could increase your sales by 30-50%.

Don't let digital thieves get away with it. You know have a way to protect your digital product and increase your sales. Get Product Padlock today!

An Obvious Truth - A Free Report

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:02:00 +0000

Article Marketing Tips 101: Using Articles to Generate Free Traffic

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:22:00 +0000

Article Marketing Tips 101: Using Articles to Generate Free Traffic

Whether you run a website or a blog, traffic generation will be one of your primary goals. How do you go about increasing traffic to your site? If you search online, you will find countless gurus that have the magical solution and promise to bring 10,000 hits to your site. I say "hog wash".

It's clear that these gurus are not interested in you and only want to sell their ebook or software using as much hype as they can. Traffic building is done by preparing a marketing plan and putting it into action.

If you want instant mass traffic, then look into pay-per-click advertising. If you want to create a residual (and sometimes viral) network of backlinks that will generate free traffic for as long as you want, then you should seriously consider: Article Marketing.

Why is article marketing a great solution? Because it works and it's free traffic

Every article that you create can be submitted to many different article directories. Each submission results in a backlink to your site which will bring in free traffic immediately. This means that, not only will you benefit in other ways from submitting your article, but you will receive incoming traffic quickly. I personally use automated submission to submit my articles to hundreds of sites to maximize on this effect. Remember that not all automatic submitters are created equally and some are much better than others. To find out which ones are better, click on the link in the bio box below.

Another benefit of doing article marketing is better search engine positioning. Google uses a form of internet democracy to determine how relevant your site is. Each link that points to you site counts as one vote towards your site. The votes are not equal though and are based on the origin of the link. A link coming from a higher PR website will be worth more than one coming from a lower one. Also consider that a unique backlink is worth more than a reciprocal link. For a list of the best sites to submit to, check out the resource box below.

Article marketing also has a viral aspect to it. When you submit your article to directories, they become available to other publishers. If a publisher chooses to use your article, they must keep all backlinks intact. This results in many more backlinks, all from a single article. If a major publisher picks your article to run, then your in luck and your site will benefit from a huge increase in traffic that will trickle down.

Best of all, once you submit your article to a directory, it is there forever. You don't need to repost it like you would a classified ad, you just publish it and forget it.

You don't even need to be a great writer to use article marketing successfully to generate free traffic. If you can write at a 9th grade level, you can use article marketing effectively. If you really don't want to write, you can hire someone else to do it for you and it's not very expensive.

Article marketing can even be used for offline business and will help build your business' brand and credibility. It actually works very well for offline businesses since so few business owners use this type of marketing.

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Article Marketing Tips 101: The Art of Article Submission

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:19:00 +0000

Article Marketing Tips 101: The Art of Article Submission

Article marketing is an excellent way to create one-way backlinks to your site. By submitting your articles to article directories your site will benefit in two ways. First, you will get an immediate backlink to your site which will drive targeted traffic to your offers/products. Second, by generating one-way backlinks to your site, you site will be ranked higher in the search results.

The best strategy to adopt is to submit your articles to as many article sites as possible, but this can be time consuming. That is why I use ways to automate this process and save myself hours of cutting and pasting. You could do it manually and save yourself a few bucks, but I found that spending a little saved me a lot and was more effective.

If you search for article submission software, you are likely to find many. Some are even available for free. The problem with most of these software is that they are only semi-automatic and still require you to do a lot of the work. Refer to the author bio below for a link to the best article submitters.

Another pitfall to take into account is the duplicate content penalty. This only affects the value of each backlink when it come to search engine ranking. For example, if you were to submit 1 article to 500 sites, the search engines would quickly recognize this as automated submission and discount the backlinks down to just a few. The exact number is kept secret, but you can be sure that it is nowhere close to 500.

To avoid this situation, you should consider making each copy of the article unique. Doing this manually is much too time consuming and there are other options. The easiest way to do this is to use article spinning. There are many article spinners out there and honestly most of them are garbage and generate unreadable text. For a free article spinner that really works, click on the link in the bio.

Writing and publishing articles can be a very cost-effective way to generate huge amounts of traffic for you site. This is compounded by the viral aspect of article directories. Webmasters and ezine publishers can use your articles for free and this can replicate your articles all over the internet. Each time creating a new backlink to your site.

Publishing articles in your area of expertise will also increase your brand and credibility. The net result will be more customers and more sales. You will be viewed as an expert in your field and people will trust you more.

If you are promoting an offline business, you can easily use article marketing to generate leads which you can later turn into customers. To do this is simple enough. Set up a simple site with information about your company and an autoresponder. Offer something free like a free report or consultation to those who subscribe using your autoresponder.

You should advertise your free giveaway in the author's box of each article you write. That way anyone who read your article will know about your free offer. You will get very targeted traffic straight to your site.

HTML for Article Marketing

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:32:00 +0000

HTML for Article Marketing

In order to do article marketing effectively, you will need to know these simple HTML commands.

You should use clickable text links in your resource box and sometimes in your article. Some article directories do not allow self-serving links in the body of the article so read the guidelines carefully.

9 Best Article Directories by Google PR

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:41:00 +0000

9 Best Article Directories by Google PR

Here are the 9 best article directories ranked by descending Google PR rank

PR 6

1-ezinearticles.com
2-buzzle.com
3-articledashboard.com
4-articlecity.com

PR5

5-articlealley.com
6-ideamarketers.com
7-site-reference.com

PR4

8-articlebase.com
9-free-article-zone.com

Get the Links Here

Submit your articles to the following 9 best article directories to ensure strong backlinks to your site. This will improve your Google PR and will allow you to rank higher in search results.

Jet Spinner: The Free Content Spinner

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:36:00 +0000

Jet Spinner: The Free Content Spinner

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ARTICLE MARKETING ON STEROID
30-60 Instant and Unique Backlinks per article
Spin articles as you submit them

Free Traffic System Works!

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After trying many content spinners that only resulted in junk articles, I finally discover a spinning blessing: Jetspinner. Jetspinner is a great free content spinner. It allows you to write an article with variable word and then spins it up to 999 times.

The quality of the articles produced by this free content spinner depends only on your choice of the words to use. No longer will you have to deal with content spinners that generate horrible articles using randomly chosen synonyms.

Jetspinner is remarkably sophisticated, while still being easy to use. You can use advanced functions like random orders and data merging which makes it very customizable. It also offer video demonstration of the basic and more advanced functions.

A remarkable feature Jetspinner offers is the ability to allow publishers to use a unique version of the article with just a click. This continues to spread unique versions of your article all the meanwhile building your inbound links.

In my opinion, it is the best free content spinner and the most white hat method of creating unique content. When used in combination with Jetsubmitter, it can prove to be a formidable article marketing link generation technique.

Try out the Free Article Spinner today --> Jetspinner

Free Article Checker

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:34:00 +0000

Free Article Checker

Automatic Article Submission: Good

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:24:00 +0000

A Good Option: Jetsubmitter

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ARTICLE MARKETING ON STEROID
30-60 Instant and Unique Backlinks per article
Spin articles as you submit them

Free Traffic System Works!

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Working alongside with the free article spinner, Jetsubmitter allows you to quickly and effectively distribute your articles to 100s of article directories "spun" as new original content every time.

This results in 100s of unique backlinks for each article you write, free of the duplicate content penalty. Using Jetsubmitter is the most cost/time effective way to do article marketing.

Another great benefit of using Jetsubmitter is that it submits the article progressively to the directories. This avoids the search engines from knowing that it was submitted automatically and they consider every link as a unique link. This will result in many more valid links pointing back to your site.

Go to the site --> Jetsubmitter

Edit: I've discovered an even better way to automatically submit your articles to hundreds of article directories...Check it out: Article Post Robot

Automatic Article Submission: Cheap

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:18:00 +0000

A Good Second choice: Articlemarketer.com(TM)

Articlemarketer.com(TM) is a the most functional and effective way to distribute your articles to various article directories and email article announces for its price. It also offer the most extra services all included in the standard membership

Articlemarketer.com(TM) submits each article you choose to distribute to over 150 email article announces which reaches over 40,000 subscribed publishers and also submits your article to hundreds of article directories.

The only drawback of using articlemarketer.com(TM) for distribution is the duplicate content penalty that will result from submitting the same article hundreds of time. If you want to avoid this penalty, check out Jetsubmitter.

Visit their site --> articlemarketer.com(TM)

Automatic Article Submission: Free

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:13:00 +0000

The Free automatic article submitter: articlemarketer.com(TM)

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ARTICLE MARKETING ON STEROID
30-60 Instant and Unique Backlinks per article
Spin articles as you submit them

Free Traffic System Works!

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This website is the best free automatic article submitter. It offers submission to many article sites and article announce list, an automatic account creator and pen name creator.

The only real drawback of using this free automatic article submitter is that it has seriously reduced functionality and restricted distribution list. They also restrict the amount of articles you can distributed at any one time and have many features blocked out for paying account only.

My suggestion is, if you are working with a very tight budget, then use this free automatic article submitter, it is functional and powerful and their website has great information about article marketing. If you can afford it, become a paying subscriber and unlock the full potential that this service has to offer.

To avoid this huge time consuming endeavor and if you are serious about article marketing as a link building tool, you may want to consider using paid services like Jetsubmitter.

Their site --> www.articlemarketer.com(TM)

Article Writing Mistakes - 7 To Avoid

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:22:00 +0000

Article Writing Mistakes - 7 To Avoid

By Christopher Knight

Making your articles available for reprints by other ezine publishers and webmasters is the cornerstone strategy in building an avalanche of pre-qualified visitors to your website.

If you want your articles to be picked up and massively distributed by others, here are 7 common mistakes to avoid:

Article Mistake #1 Too many grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.

In addition to having your article proofed by others, you may also want to be sure that you have clearly defined paragraphs. Nothing is worse than a big blob of text with 20 run-on sentences.

Readers no longer read articles in depth and often only 'scan' your article. They want small bites of information that can be easily digested… also known as "info-snacking."

Keep your "voice" in the same person throughout the entire article. If you are using the first person voice (I, me) or the second person (you, we, us) or the third person (they, them, he, she)…be consistent by staying in one voice for the entire article.

Article Mistake #2 Too much hype, bragging and self-promotion.

If you are as good as you know you are, there is no reason to fill the body of the article with hype, gratuitous links to your site or blatant self-promotion. Readers are smart and will see right through your "hype-veil."

Better to only sell or pitch your company in the RESOURCE BOX below the body of the article. Research I've done indicates that the resource box often gets a 3% CTR (Click Through Rate). Be sure you take advantage of that by not selling hard in the body of the article.

Article Mistake #3 Content based on what you need to learn, not what your reader needs.

Put yourself in your reader's shoes and ask yourself, "What does this article offer me?" Research what your reader wants to read by doing survey's with your own audience or do keyword search engine research to find what people are looking for.

Article Mistake #4 Making your article broad or superficial in content.

It's better to go in-depth on a narrow topic. Define it. Explain it. Relate to it. Use bullet points or numbered lists. Offer a secret or expertise that you have around the topic. Be original in covering your topic as narrowly as possible in a way that has not been done by others. Brevity is golden.

Article Mistake #5 Headline and article summary does not grab readers' attention.

The headline is often ~95% of the initial reason why someone might read your article or pass it over for another article. Don't bore your audience out of the gate with a dull headline or worse, a boring introduction to the article.

If you have to use two sentences to make your headline, you're thinking too hard. Keep it simple and make it brief. Use keyword research tools to optimize your article title.

Article Mistake #6 Plagiarizing or 'buying articles'...

It's ok to research the Internet for article ideas, but it's not ok to copy word-for-word of any article. Paraphrasing can also be classified as plagiarism. Be original. Let the words flow from your mind into your article. You will sleep better at night and your articles will have a higher value in the marketplace.

Buying articles is not a great idea…especially if you do not get an exclusive license to use them. What good is the same article if thousands of people call it their own? If you do outsource your article writing to ghost writers, make sure you have an exclusive right or license to the works.

Article Mistake #7 Don't burn out the RESOURCE BOX by overloading it.

The RESOURCE BOX is your pay-off for giving your article up for free reprints, but don't abuse the welcome mat by including a dozen website addresses. Stick with one website URL or two at the most and you'll find your article may find a higher distribution rate.

If you want to be really tacky, include an affiliate link in the RESOURCE BOX. A better strategy is to have a domain name registered for every affiliate program that you pitch and include the domain name that rewrites or refreshes to your affiliate link. This is much less tacky and looks more professional.

About The Author:

Christopher M. Knight invites you to submit your best quality original articles for massive exposure to the high-traffic http://EzineArticles.com/ expert author community. When you submit your articles to EzineArticles.com, your articles will be picked up by ezine publishers who will reprint your articles with your content and links intact giving you traffic surges to help you increase your sales. To submit your article, setup a membership account today: http://EzineArticles.com/submit/

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Christopher_Knight
http://EzineArticles.com/?Article-Writing-Mistakes---7-To-Avoid&id=7709

Article Marketing 101: The Perfect Author Resource Box

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:11:00 +0000

Article Marketing 101: The Perfect Author Resource Box

By Christopher Knight

If you want to really make your article "SELL" then you've got to craft the perfect RESOURCE BOX. This is the "author bio" that is below your article body and it's also known as your "SIG" (short for SIGnature).

Here are the essential items that should be in your RESOURCE BOX:

Your Name: You'd be amazed at how many folks forget to include their name in the RESOURCE BOX. Your name and optional title should be the first thing in your resource box.

Your Website Address: in valid URL form. Example: http://Your-Company-Name.com/

Your Elevator Pitch: This is 1 to 3 sentences that encapsulates the essence of what makes you and your offering unique. Also known as your USP (Unique Selling Proposition).

Your Call To Action: You've got them warmed up and now it's time to lead them to BUY from you or visit your website. This is where you "Ask For The Sale." Best to only give (1) specific call to action.

Here are some optional items you could include in your RESOURCE BOX:

Your Ezine Subscription Address: While getting your interested visitor to surf your website is nice, capturing their email address can help you begin the confidence/trust process. If you're going to do this strategy, include a URL for your ezine subscription address and do not use an email address for the "join" address.

Your Contact Information: Such as your business phone number or how to reach you for interviews or your press/media kit. Keep in mind that article marketing is a timeless strategy and you may not have an easy ability to retract what you put in your article once it hits major distribution.

A Free Report: This could also be part of your call to action or your free bonus report that further enhances your credibility as the expert on the topic of your article.

Your email autoresponder: I'm not a big fan of this strategy due to the fact that spammers will text-extract your autoresponder address and add it to their spam list. Perhaps this strategy was best for the 1990's and has now run its course.

An anchor URL that is related to one keyword or keyword phrase that you want to build SEO strength for. Example: if I wanted to build search engine relevance/strength for the term "Article Marketing," I'd link up that term in my resource box to my website. This is an intermediate to advanced level strategy and should not be abused by over-doing it. Keep it simple.

What NOT to include in your RESOURCE BOX:

A listing of every website you own. There is no faster way to dilute your credibility than by posting a half dozen irrelevant URLs that have nothing to do with each other. Best to only post ONE URL that is related to the topic of your article.

A listing of every accomplishment you've achieved to date. No one cares. Keep your resource box brief and to the point. Yes, your resource box should be benefit oriented so that the reader finds value in reading it rather than your ego being justified.

Advertisements or pitches for products that are not relevant to the topic of your article.

Keep the size of your resource box so that it's no larger than 20% of your total article size. Too often I see resource boxes that are 50% of the size of the total article and this is abusive.

Your Perfect Resource Box Conclusion:

The BODY of your article is where you "GIVE" and the RESOURCE BOX is where you get to "TAKE" for your article marketing gift of information. The resource box is the "currency of payment" you receive for giving away your article. Be sure to include your name, website address, your unique selling proposition as briefly as possible and a simple call to action.

About The Author:

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Christopher_Knight
http://EzineArticles.com/?Article-Marketing-101:-The-Perfect-Author-Resource-Box&id=17172

Article Marketing 101

Free Traffic System vs Article Marketing

Free Traffic System vs Article Marketing

New Free Article Spinner: Articleapps.com

New Free Article Spinner: Articleapps.com

No.1 Pick for Automatic Article Submitter: Article Post Robot

No.1 Pick for Automatic Article Submitter: Article Post Robot

Article Marketing Tips 101: The Importance of Good Keyword Selection

Article Marketing Tips 101: The Importance of Good Keyword Selection

Product Padlock by Armand Morin

Product Padlock by Armand Morin

An Obvious Truth - A Free Report

Article Marketing Tips 101: Using Articles to Generate Free Traffic

Article Marketing Tips 101: Using Articles to Generate Free Traffic

Article Marketing Tips 101: The Art of Article Submission

Article Marketing Tips 101: The Art of Article Submission

HTML for Article Marketing

HTML for Article Marketing

Top 10 Article Directories by Alexa Rating

Top 10 Article Directories by Alexa Rating

9 Best Article Directories by Google PR

9 Best Article Directories by Google PR

Jet Spinner: The Free Content Spinner

Jet Spinner: The Free Content Spinner

Free Article Checker

Free Article Checker

Automatic Article Submission: Good

A Good Option: Jetsubmitter

Automatic Article Submission: Cheap

A Good Second choice: Articlemarketer.com(TM)

Automatic Article Submission: Free

The Free automatic article submitter: articlemarketer.com(TM)

Article Writing Mistakes - 7 To Avoid

Article Writing Mistakes - 7 To Avoid

Article Marketing 101: The Perfect Author Resource Box

Article Marketing 101: The Perfect Author Resource Box