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Profiting From Articles - A Step-By-Step Guide

Make money with Ads by Google

By Rudi Ashdown © 2005

"Content is King" - that's a given, there's no debate. But how do you get content? Like most projects, breaking it into bite-size, easily digestible chunks makes the process realistically achievable. By creating articles, you build and develop that content.

So how do you profit from articles?

I, personally, find the best way to approach the 'process' of making mony from articles is to work backwards! That is, to determine what your ultimate goal is and then figure out each preceding step that leads to it.

Example:

  • Ultimate goal - sell an ebook
  • preceding step - subscriber reads recommendation in 5-part mini series
  • preceding step - article reader visits name squeeze page and signs up for mini series
  • preceding step - prospect reads your article on someone else's website/blog/ezine
  • preceding step - publisher picks up your article from directory
  • preceding step - article submitted to directory
  • preceding step - you produce article

And try to keep a single focus for each step. For example, you want people to sign up for the mini series -- then the email capture/name squeeze page should only give them that option! Don't put tons of other links on that webpage which would give the visitor alternatives to signing up for the mini series. Keep it tightly focused -- keep the objective in mind.

So the tasks would be (for the above example), in this order:

1] Create the ebook - research and write - or outsource it through elance.com, guru.com, etc. - your product to make money on. If you're not sure of how to write an ebook, just write it in MSWord or your wp of choice and convert it to a .pdf document with a password protection. Upload that to your web server.

2] Create a single webpage introducing, recommending and soliciting orders for your ebook. Include a PayPal, StormPay or some other shopping cart link to order the book.

3] Write 5 short emails as a mini series (which include a link to your ebook order page) and put them into an autoresponder.

4] Create the single webpage with a compelling copy for why the visitor should sign up for your 5-part mini series and include the webform which links to your autoresponder.

5] Having got those 3 things above in place, now you need to write the article(s) that include a link in the resource box to your name capture webpage.

6] Finally, use ArticleAnnouncer to submit your article to the directories (see resource box for link).

Important note: You do NOT need big, flashy, complex websites to profit from articles! A simple compelling page that directs them to an autoresponder. From the email messages in the autoresponder, you can send them to a simple order page for your own ebook or you can send them to an affiliate product page. Bottom line - Keep it simple!

If you're sending them straight to an affiliate page (I think capturing their email first is better but I include this as an option) from the article resource box, you won't need to do step 1, 2, 3 or 4 above.

If you're sending the reader to an affiliate page after capturing their email, leave out step 1 and 2. Step 3 could be a 5-part mini series, or you might just want to send them to an ezine you publish (which recommends your affiliate product) or send them to another great article (or part 2 of the article) stored in an autoresponder. But you'll need to give them some reason for them to give you their email address!

Articles are a very powerful method of attracting visitors to a webpage and ultimately to generating 'sales.' Readers of your article have already established a 'know, like and trust' relationship with you and are therefore much more predisposed to buying from you. They are the ultimate targeted traffic - and therefore the most profitable visitor! Get your articles out there and let them silently, effortlessly do their work.

About the Author:
Article written by Rudi Ashdown and first posted at http://www.whywebsiteswork.com .
To learn more about profiting from this article, go to http://www.fromthis.com

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