Article marketers, pay attention. There seems to be a lot of confusion about what you can and can’t do and what is and isn’t true when it comes to article marketing. So, in an effort to clear up some of that confusion, I’m going to answer three of the most commonly asked questions that I get in regard to this subject. Hopefully, after reading this article, you’ll not be so confused. But I won’t hold my breath.

First question I get asked, and probably the most frequently asked is this. “Can I put my article on my own site and other sites? Isn’t that duplicate content?” Okay, this duplicate content myth has been going on long enough. I don’t know who started it, but whoever did should get the biggest award for fantasy thinking since somebody came up with the idea that Santa Claus is real. So let me put this one to bed right now. Google has officially come out and said that there is no such thing as a duplicate content penalty if you have your article on your site and another site. Think about it. If duplicate content penalties existed, article directories wouldn’t be in business. Okay? End of discussion.

Second question I get asked a lot is this one. “Should I submit my article to my site first or an article directory first?” A lot of people won’t agree with this one (I get plenty of arguments) but there is no evidence that suggests that it matters. Either way, your article is going to get indexed at both places. Some people argue about “ownership.” This is hogwash. YOU wrote the article. YOU own it. It doesn’t matter where you submit it first. Your name is on it…it’s YOURS. I have articles that I’ve submitted to article directories first that get thousands of views a month. Hasn’t hurt me one bit that I didn’t submit it to my site first. Bottom line…it doesn’t matter.

Finally, I get asked this question. “What’s the best way of getting people to read my articles?” There is no best way. It depends on your niche. Some great ways are the following:

Send an email to your list about your article.

Tweet about it at Twitter.

Bookmark it at social bookmarking sites like Digg.

Go to a related forum and have a link in your signature to your articles.

There are plenty of ways to get traffic to your articles. No one way is better than another.

Anyway, those are the three questions I most often get asked. Hopefully, the answers I gave will clear up any confusion that YOU might have had.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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