Learn to Write Articles to Promote Your Website

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Posted by admin | Posted in article marketing | Posted on 01-01-2010

I was forced to learn to write articles to promote my website. When I first started writing articles, I had no idea where to start or even how to tie in my website without feeling like a used car salesman. I dreaded the feeling of being ridiculed for writing a silly article to advertise my first shopping website. My first website was a mess. I started out with good intentions wanting to make a huge coupon site with all kinds of products in the mix. Little did I know that this was a really huge task for which I could never have enough hours in the day.

The thing was, I was working a full time job, looking after my family, and had little time to develop the site. I tried to maintain it, and the whole traffic thing just kind of fell apart. This was back in 2003. The website was great to look at with a lot of cute graphics, and a few coupons that I was able to update once or twice every few months, and I made a few sales. My big problem was that I was not getting any traffic because I didn’t understand the importance of how to create backlinks, and how to start an article marketing plan.

I thought, wrongly for years that I would have to pay money to drive any real traffic to my site. I just didn’t have it. I was barely getting by on my paycheck, as my significant other is an artistic type, and refuses to be tied down to a traditional 9 to 5, or any job that would otherwise interfere with their tv or nap time. So, I learned quickly that if I wanted to keep the lights on, and food in the refrigerator, I would have to work full time, and learn to get traffic to my website in my spare time.

I started to educate myself about article marketing, and I ran across a blog, Potpiegirl.com (Read her blog, she is fabulous, and she can teach you how to get started making money online using all free methods with her One Week Marketing Plan). It changed the game for me. I signed up with Wealthy Affiliate, and this was like opening up a private online oasis with other internet marketers who would take me by the hand and show me the ropes. Not only have I learned how to write articles for website promotion, I have learned Pay Per Click strategies, forum marketing, and a host of easy ways to make money online.

For the past year, I have made quite an impact in keeping my family’s finances stable. The extra money each money from my article marketing efforts keeps pouring in, and I am happy to say that I really love those surprise sales that keep coming from old articles I have long forgotten about.

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