Article Marketing – The Deadliest Sin Of Them All!

If you have done any research online you have probably heard how powerful Article Marketing can be at getting traffic to your promotions.

Experts agree article marketing is by far one of the best sources of free traffic. But the experts also have been lying to you.   I was visiting Ezine Articles the other day doing some keyword research. Ya, I regularly scope out my competition its part of the business.  What I found was that a good majority of people are wasting valuable marketing space.  If I was a betting man I would say that their up line or “guru” told them to set their profiles up they way that they have.  In either case it’s wrong and it’s wrong in a big way.

First, understand that the internet is active 24 hours a day 7 days a week all year round.  What that means is you are open for business every day of the year.  When you start writing articles to submit to article directories what you are essentially doing is staking your claim online.  Think of article marketing as expanding your virtual real estate.

When you write an article each directory allows you to have a resource box, in that box you are  given the opportunity to put whatever link inside that resource box you want.  This is where it seems like 80% of the people that submit articles get it all wrong. The reason is because they were told to do it that way.

This is an example of a resource box in one of the most popular Article Directories Ezine Articles

The deadliest sin of them all is using that precious space to advertise an affiliate link. Sure you may make some sales, but all you are really doing is helping someone else climb the search engine rankings.  In the long run you are shooting your own foot.

The only links you should add to your resource box are links going to your personal website or blog. Article marketing is long term marketing strategy, the more articles you write the more back links and traffic you will get. Don’t waste it on marketing someone else.  The best thing to do with your resource box is market you. Make sure to watch this weeks YouTube video on the top right hand side its a good one.

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