Article marketers probably have more tunnel vision than anybody else I know. They’re told to submit their articles to directories and that’s all they do. Do you have any idea how much money you’re leaving on the table by just submitting your articles to directories? Well, enough is enough. This article is going to go over just a few things you can do to increase your article readership.

For starters, how about creating your own VRE, or virtual real estate for those of you who don’t know what VRE means? In other words, put up your own site with your own articles. It can be something as simple as a blog. I have more blogs than I can even count. Each one of them gets a decent amount of traffic each day. And many of my visitors turn into customers because of the content on the site. A blog, especially a WordPress blog, won’t cost you anything more than hosting each month ($4.95) and a domain ($8.95 per year.) It’s a cheap price to pay for getting your content online.

Another thing you can do is contact some blog owners in your niche. Many of them are looking for original content simply because they don’t have the time to write articles themselves. Make a deal with them. Tell them that you’ll write for their blog in exchange for a link back to your site in the resource box of each article. Trust me, they’ll be more than willing to do it. And if not, just move onto the next blog. I guest author at a number of blogs and it too brings me additional visitors to my sites.

Finally, build yourself a list in your chosen niche and send THEM the articles you write in the form of a newsletter series. This way, you’re not restricted by any rules of directories as far as affiliate links or anything like that. As long as the article is relevant to the niche you’re targeting, you can include any links that you like. Naturally, you want to inform more than you want to sell, but your options are unlimited with your own list.

Point is, there is no reason to just rely on article directories for getting your content out there. The above methods will work very well with just a little bit of effort.

To YOUR Success

Steven Wagenheim
Want to discover the secrets of article marketing, pay per click, forum participation and a lot more? Check out My Secret Articles at http://www.mysecretarticles.com/ and turn yourself into a marketing expert.