Why You Should Write An Article, Today!

Why You Should Write An Article, Today!

Copyright 2005 Jim Boere



Do you own an online business? A web site? Are you

promoting affiliate programs? Then you should be writing

articles.



Why? Let me ask you, what is the main purpose of your web

site?



Of course it's this: to make sales. And to make sales you

first need traffic. You somehow need to get visitors to

your web site if you want to be successful.



And here's the thing...writing articles and publishing them

on the Internet is a very effective way of achieving just

that!



Instead of spending your time and money on ineffective

means of advertising, write a short article every now and

then.



Write about recent developments and trends in your niche or

area of expertise, about the product or service you're

selling. Teach people how to do something, or give them

practical tips. Predictions work well, too. The list of

possibilities is almost endless.



There are numerous article directories out there, and they

will be happy to add your article to their online

directories.



Where people like yourself look for good content to reprint

on their web sites or in their newsletters. So your article

gets read and the readers learn about you, your business,

your web site, your product.



But that's not all.



It gets distributed and reprinted over and over again,

constantly reaching new readers! Without any effort from

your part, besides submitting your article to a few

directories!



The positive effects could last for literally years.



People who enjoyed reading your article and found your

information useful, will be tempted to (re-)visit your web

site. And tell their friends and business relations about

it.



The result is free, targeted visitors over a long period of

time. These visitors are hot prospects, because they are

already interested in your business or offer...



Now that's the kind of traffic you want!

That's the kind of traffic that will result in sales!



And that's still not all you will gain from writing and

publishing articles. Did you realize it will considerably

improve your web sites' search engine rankings as well?



See, the search engines constantly scan (they call it

"spider") the Internet looking for new content to keep

their listings updated. They scan the high-traffic, very

popular web sites more often than sites with little

traffic. As article directory sites are such high-traffic

and popular sites, the search engines will pick up the

links to YOUR web site so much faster. Because at the

bottom of each article you add a "resource box", which of

course contains a link back to your web site!



Let me ask you one more question...



How many times have you been told that you need to buy some

expensive software product or hire a specialized company to

get your web site even submitted to those same search

engines? Plenty of times, I'll bet!



Write a new article regularly, get it published online (in

as many article directories as you can), and let the search

engines find YOU instead. It will happen, automatically.



By now I hope you begin to realize the huge benefits

publishing online has, and what it could mean for your

business.



Give it a try, you won't regret it.







About the Author:



Jim Boere is the founder and owner of

OnlineBizPromotion.com and publisher of the weekly online

publication: "Home Business Tips Newsletter". For more

articles, the newsletter archives and contact details,

please visit

http://www.onlinebizpromotion.com