How To Start An Internet Business: Article Marketing

Have you ever thought of starting your own business? A lot of people want to but don’t know how to start an internet business. It is extremely easy, and you can begin working on it today.

I have started a number of businesses and even had the privilege of coaching others, and for each of these, I have used article marketing. The reason why is because you can easily and quickly get high search engine rankings from your articles, and these rankings will propel your business into the spotlight on the internet. So let’s talk about why articles work.

Articles can be submitted to an authority site such as Ezine Articles. Because this site requires original content, Google ranks these submissions higher than others. Often within a few weeks after I submit an article, I see it ranked high. My articles are usually 300 to 700 words with a resource box pointing directly to my website. The authority of these sites build my reputation as an expert on webinars.

Articles can also generate direct traffic to your website. Lots of people with blogs and websites pick up articles from these directories and post them. For example, pretend you have a website about dogs. Other people with related sites like puppies.com, dogs and more dogs.com, or a dog blog will come and get your article. They post it on their site with your resource box, and then when people read their blog, you get free advertising. Their readers click on the link to your site, and voila! You just got free and easy traffic.

Speaking of links, articles provide great backward links. You can think of a backward link as a vote. Every time someone clicks on one of these links, your page gets a vote. The more votes, the higher your rank. The higher your rank, the more traffic you get and thereby the more business.

Getting on the first page of the search results for your keyword and staying there are two different things. There are lots of other people competing to be on the first two pages, and the competition is fierce. Article marketing can be the best tool to keep you on top.

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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2010

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