To all writers and non-writers out there, now is the time to start digging up those creative writing skills.With modern communication technology comes the popularity of information-based marketing, which is one of the oldest and most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to sites and converting them into buyers. This is

Do not let your worry that you are not a professional writer prevent you from using article marketing, one of the most reliable ways of increasing web site traffic.

You are not writing articles to be graded on like a college exam, you are looking to learn to implement an article submission strategy to start creating profits online.

Here are 7 steps to get you started article marketing:

1. Select your target market category, choose a topic, create your title, and write your article content, and an effective resource box with anchor or text links to your website
2. Provide good quality, highly relevant content and you'll be helping the search engines, and in turn, you'll gain legitimate back links, your readers will be able to easily find you, and you'll be able to maintain a long term presence online.
3. Create a call to action in your article that will encourage article readers to click on the link in your bio or resource box that will take them to your desired web page
4. Create separate web pages for each key word phrase and optimize that page for that specific keyword - use a content or squeeze page with an autoresponder opt in form.
5. Submit all your articles to a short list (5-6) of high ranked (PR 5-7) article directory sites to get immediate indexing by search engines. I recommend doing this step daily, or at least weekly. Remember search engines like to see regular updating.
6. Submit selected articles to a long list of 100 -150 (PR 2-5) article directory sites to generate back links over a period of time. I recommend doing this at least monthly
7. Test various approaches and directories and carefully document what you do and the results you get. Learn to use your autoresponder to track your results by creating separate web forms for each of your traffic sources or article directories.

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Leo Hanes is full time internet marketer, writing and publishing over 100 articles and four books primarily focused on the core principles of creating profits online.