Theme: Free Articles to Promote Your Site
Issue 118, November 5, 2002
Dear Friends,
In this issue you'll find three articles on an important web marketing strategy -- writing free articles to promote your site:
- How to Promote Your Website by Writing Free Articles
- 10 Top Sources Where You Can Submit Free Articles and Find Free Content
- Pros and Cons of Accepting Free Articles for Your Own E-Mail Newsletter
With this issue we celebrate the Seventh Anniversary Issue of Web Marketing Today, the largest circulation e-zine devoted to hands on Internet marketing. Thank you all for your support through the years.
I wish you a wonderful month of November.
God bless you,
Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, Editor
How to Promote Your Website by Writing Free Articles
If you're looking for a very low cost way to bring significant targeted traffic to your website, then consider writing articles for free use on websites and in e-zines that link back to your website. This strategy not only boosts your site's link popularity with search engines, it also helps bring targeted traffic from a number of niche sites and establishes you as an expert in the field.
But you'll need to write and target these pieces carefully. My article provides detailed instruction on how to do this, with links to other sites. Read the 1,500-word Article http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/articles_free.htm
10 Top Sources Where You Can Submit Free Articles and Find Free Content
Sidebar: If you're looking for places where you can submit your articles as well as discover sources for free content for websites and e-zines, look no further. I list and annotate 10 top online resources to get you started, with hints on how to find hundreds more. See the 10 Top Sources (500 words) http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/articles_sources.htm
Pros and Cons of Accepting Free Articles for Your Own Newsletter
Free content is tempting, but there's a downside you need to be aware of. This article lists three important reasons why you should think twice before including free content in your website or e-zine -- and a couple of work-arounds. Read the 250-word Article http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/articles_pro_con.htm
New Ecommerce and Web Marketing Articles
Each month our team of link editors scours dozens of online periodicals and resources to find key information on e-commerce and Web marketing. With so much new literature available to you, how do you find what you need quickly and painlessly? Here's a selective and searchable database of article and resource links to help your research and keep you up-to-date in the field. (Links gathered in a given month are usually available during the second week of the following month.)
