4 Ways To Get More Traffic From Your Articles

Are you looking for a no cost method of developing a steadynflow of traffic to your site?

Dumb question, isn't it?

Have you ever thought about how many ways you can useninformative articles to increase your traffic? A goodnarticle can get you a lot of mileage.

Put together a collection of articles and you've got anmethod to draw traffic to your site for months, even years.

Most marketers think of using articles as content on theirnsite and for submission to ezines.

That is truly only the tip of the iceberg. Although you'llndraw traffic if you stopped there, you're using less thannhalf the power of good content.

Submitting articles to ezines will bring a short rapidnboost in your traffic, but that's just a short termnsolution. Stop submitting new articles and your trafficnslowly begins to decline.

So how to you take advantage of the long term pulling powe
of your articles?

There are four simple steps you can take that will havenyour articles driving new visitors to your site for months,neven years.

1. Submit your articles to the announcement lists. Not onlynwill many ezines pick up your article, but there are manynwebmasters looking at these lists to bulk up their sitesncontent.

2. Submit your articles to all the sites that specialize inncontent for publishers and webmasters. I've had articles onnthese sites that I'd forgotte
I'd even written until anwebmaster or publisher notifies me they are using them.

3. Offer webmasters in your niche market the free use ofnyour articles to beef up their content.

4. Once you've got 10 - 15 articles compile an ebook ofnyour article archives. Give it a catchy title, allow it tonbe freely transmittable and your articles will startnspreading all over the web.

Just by adding these four simple steps you've gone from anone time spike in traffic, to a method of driving trafficnto your site for years to come.

Remember an article that's run two or three years ago isnstill new to someone who's never read it. I've hadnpublishers contact me about articles that are two years old.

Take the time to develop a steady campaign of articlensubmission and you'll have your link on hundreds, evennthousands of sites.

What are you waiting for? Start developing your campaignnnow! You'll be glad you did.

Wishing You Success,

John Colanzinn