Article Marketing for Small Business

by Noobpreneur on November 27, 2008

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Article MarketingSmall businesses have to step up their game - they have to utilise every proven methods to establish their presence on the Internet. This, in return, will enhance their branding in the off line business world.

Along with the becoming-boundless offline and on line business world, small business owners need to co-op with others to make every single branding attempt a success.

Small business, online: Search engine marketing

Search engine marketing is crucial, as the search engines are your window to opportunities. Position your business site on the top 100 search results for a particular keyword - even better, on the first or second page - will drive visitors and prospects to your business.

There are several search engine marketing methods commonly used by small business owners: article marketing, directory submission, social bookmarking, press releases, site review, etc.

One of the most important methods is article marketing.

How to do article marketing for small business

Online, one of the strongest factors to drive traffic and rank high in search engines is content - content IS king.

Article marketing is basically the writing of articles related to your small business’ industry for the purpose of driving relevant traffic to your website and, eventually, your business.

Furthermore, article marketing allows your small business site to enhance its importance in the eyes of the search engines, which almost always results in a higher placement in search engine result pages.

You can do article marketing for small business by joining an article submission network.

You can also publish small business articles to a multi-authored blog, such as EduBook.com, that is relevant to the industry or market you are aiming to.

Consider outsourcing

Outsourcing is one of the wonders of the world :)

Sure, your personal voice in your written articles are great, but I think you wouldn’t want to spend all of your days to write articles, instead of managing your small business, would you?

The solution - you can outsource your article writing, even the article marketing itself to freelancers or professional writers.

Essentially, you have to know when to hire what - freelancers’ service costs less than that of professional writers’, but beware of the quality. You can control this to find the best combination for your need - ultimately, of course, you’ll want high quality, low cost.

Ivan Widjaya
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  • { 6 comments… read them below or add one }

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    Article Marketing 11.27.08 at 5:50 am

    Clearly article marketing is the best way to gain relevant back links. Additionally these back links are gained slowly, not explosively; a characteristic search engines look for. In a very short period of time, your site becomes an authority site, and organic listings develop. It is vital to include appropriate anchor text, and links in the author resource box.

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    Shontavia Griffin - Internet Entrepreneur 11.27.08 at 7:14 am

    Ivan,

    I really enjoyed your post. I agree … Article Marketing is a great tip for all Small Business Owners, It’s a great way of Branding yourself.

    I have a similar article on my website called, “Article Marketing Builds Credibility” … I would love for you to check it out.

    Also, Kudos to you on your Thanksgiving Contest … Very Smart!

    Best Regards,

    Shontavia G.

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    Noobpreneur 11.27.08 at 9:37 am

    Shontavia,

    Thanks - I’ll check your site out :)

    4

    Monitize Blog 11.27.08 at 11:05 am

    Nice posting, I like it.
    I have online business articles on my blog, traffic and adssense article.

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    Steve 12.16.08 at 12:29 am

    Seems like an issue with trying to get the business “out there”. If so, perfect place to comment!

    I’ve been using a program “Noobing” for about a month now. You can earn money there as well as an affiliate. There are three different levels you can sign up for, Entrepreneur level, Business Builder level and the Advertising Executive level. You’re required to view a certain amount of websites each day. The amount you have to view depends on your participation level. Just add your website and it puts it inside a “rotator” so everyone who’s registered to it, can see your site. Search for it on Google if you’re interested and check out the About section for more details.

    Steve

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    Noobpreneur 12.16.08 at 2:16 pm

    Monitize Blog,

    Cheers!

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