One of the most effective internet marketing strategies to generating free traffic on the internet is by the writing and marketing of articles. It isn’t a secret that the internet has an insatiable appetite for words.

Content really is king on the internet and there is a constant search by those who own websites and those who publish E-zines for material… new material to put on their websites or in the E-zines. It is true that the internet is made up of more than words but words are in the greatest demand.

Articles that are to be submitted to article banks should meet certain standards, of course, and you will not make any money at all from the articles that you submit to these article banks. You will get advertising…free advertising but you will not be paid.

Very, very briefly articles which are to be submitted to article banks need to:

1. Be no longer than 300 to 400 words long.
2. Need to be key word rich.
3. Need to have an attention getting title that includes key words.
4. Need to have an attention getting first sentence that includes key words.
5. Need to contain a resource box that has your full name and the address to your website.

You can write the articles yourself. You can hire ghost writers to write them for you or you can purchase PLR (Private Label Rights) articles and rewrite them.

You can either do the submissions to the article banks yourself by hand, so to speak, or you can use submission software that can help you cut down on the time involved or you can hire an article submission company to do article submissions for you.

Whatever course you choose for getting articles written and submitted will be fine. You just need to do it because this is one of the most effective free advertising methods ever devised.

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Watch out for something very exciting coming…

It’s probably going to change the face of the internet, if not the internet marketing industry.

Project EM

I can’t give to many away on this yet (although I want to) due to legal reasons.

I’ll be posting more details on this in the coming weeks

For those who sell their own products online, as you know, running your own affiliate program is probably one of the best internet marketing strategies to make money online. But the biggest problem is getting those affiliates to actually promote your products.

Here are 5 ways to motivate your affiliates to sell more:

1. Make it easy to promote

Make it as easy as you can for the affiliates. Provide them the emails, ads, and tools which they can use, so all they have to do is copy and paste. Make it so easy to promote that even a 10 year old can do it. Don’t expect them to promote if you only just give them an affiliate link.

2. Give higher commission

Especially for digital products, these days 50% is just the normal commission now. Offer them 60%, 70%, or even 100% commission. And make your money in the backend.

3. Run contests and competitions

That way, your affiliates will get motivated and excited about promoting your product. Perhaps you can offer prizes like, the affiliate who sells the most will get a free laptop.

4. Stay in constant communication

Constantly email them with good promotional tools, and most importantly, good content so that you’re educating your affiliates. Remember, the more you educate them, the better they’ll get at promoting, the more sales they’ll make for you, and ultimately, the more money you’ll make!

5. Give surprise bonuses and prizes

Perhaps you can send them a Christmas card, or a $20 Amazon coupon. That way, you’re building up your affiliate loyalty. The next time you ask them to promote, subconsiously, they’ll say yes.

Post your comments and let me know what you think