Why Aren't You Getting Traffic From Your Articles?

By Nurashikin Ismail

What is the point of spending a good amount of money for ghostwriters to write articles for you or even painstakingly spending 30-40 minutes writing your own article when people won’t read it anyway?! Well, the fact that you are reading this article means that you are aware of article marketing and just trying to find out why people aren’t reading your articles and not getting the traffic that you thought you would get.

This is actually a common problem. I have come across internet marketers who said that they have tried marketing using article marketing/ ezine publishing, yet there is no significant increase in traffic. It could be something not quite right with their article or their method of submission is not right. The benefit of article marketing is that, the writer has the ability to pre-sell their product to highly targeted traffic. To have a higher assurance that people will stop, look and click on your article, here are a few key points to take note.

1. The article has to have a catchy title. The kind that would make the reader intrigued enough to read the content, yet not give it away that you are promoting something. A title like “Why aren’t you losing weight?” would likely be clicked at more than something that says “10 ways to slim down”.

2. The body is just as important. The opening statement has got to be an impactful and interesting one. Write about something that gives knowledge to the reader, something that people are interested to read. Don’t deviate from the topic and write something irrelevant.

3. Don’t forget your resource box. This is the most integral part of your article. Although it isn’t part of your article, it is a separate body but this is the part that will lead the reader to your website. Ensure your link is there. Do write in third person, as if someone else is writing the resource box for you.

4. Finally, you will have to submit your article to directories. I would recommend that you submit them to at least the top 5 directories; ezinearticles.com and goarticles.com to name a few.

Nurashikin is a 23 year old business major student who is also a netpreneur. She has made US $1000 in her first 3 weeks of business from the strategies that she used in her blog. Find out what strategies that she has found successful by clicking on this link www.nurashikin.com