How To Use Articles On Your Own Web Site

Hi Reed, great job!!!!!!

I’ve been on your list for some time now, and as I usually use email search to find information rapidly, I am happy to announce that I often come across your content. Keep up the good work.

I myself have a rather ugly website, yours is gorgeous. I love its simplicity. Don’t get me wrong, mine is ugly for a reason. It might even interest you.

Congrats on the PR4 front page. Believe me people, he knows what he’s talking about.

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One thing I might want to pipe in about. I love the suggestion that it costs nothing to get into blogging using wordpress.com or blogger. The problem with turning to wordpress.com is that affiliate link traffic is forbidden and if you have no money, then affiliate marketing is most likely going to be the backbone of your campaign. If you do use wordpress.com to host your blog, then it is at the whim of WP to decide on whether you are trying “to make money” with your blog. If they deem that this is so, they will remove it.

Blogger is better, but they also have the right to delete your blog, as it is in the TOS.

I use blogger, and have had no problems, but WP.com is not the place to start off in Internet Marketing in any way. Time wasted.

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I used Dream Weaver to create my 1 page site but I may have to change it to a blog or learn how to add pages so I can add articles about affiliate products

There is one big issue about blog software as opposed to static pages, and that is that the complexity of blog software and the frequency or (required for security) updates make that whole proposition difficult for the truly green greenhorn. A static page with a good article followed by a solid call-to-action is more secure just because of the reduction of components that could be vulnerable.

I have tried several blog applications and my favorites are WordPress, for its simplicity of delivery and Drupal for its huge capability. Self-hosted in both cases.

WordPress with CommentLuv plug-in lets your comments on other blogs with CommentLuv be much more useful. – It shows the most recent, or your choice of blog post from your blog at the comment on your friend’s blog.

I agree with the consensus here that WordPress is the way to go. It is so much nicer looking that a simple blogger blog. And there is such a large community of support sites and forums out there that can help you with the learning curve.

Not to mention the fact there are so many different cool WordPress themes and templates that you can choose from. So a search for free WordPress templates and you will see the vast amount of support that WordPress has built.

Choosing WordPress is really a no brainer if you are looking for a professional appearance on the internet.

My first version of HypnosisOnline.com.au was built with SiteSpinner – an excellent WYSIWIG that also comes in two versions.

(With all the scripts that are on it I have moved to membership site software.)

An example of a very simple site I made with SiteSpinner is: http://sleeptalksingapore.com/

The SiteSpinner people also have a free single page site builder called web dwarf, which is a great place to start and see if you like how they do it.
http://www.virtualmechanics.com/products/dwarf/

WordPress is Excellent as a website (not just a blog) and you can get it complete;y free from http://wordpress.com/ and the redirect it to your own URL, as I did for a friend of mine:
http://completehypnosis.com/

The main problem with this system is templates are limited, but a little customiszing can make all the difference

Big advantages.. It’s Free! and Backups of your site are taken care of automatically. (You did consider the need to back up your site, didn’t you???!)

Regardless, there is NO EXCUSE for NOT having a website!

(PS None of these links are affiliate links.)

Hi Reed, Some really good solid information, Very nice site by-the-way, Take Care and GOD Bless!

I would say take a look at SBI or www. site build it.com they have the full monty.

I’ve worked a lot with Blogger and lately started with WordPress. I love my template at free WordPress site but I don’t have enough control over the widget placement and I have no control over my html template, so I’m not pleased with the free version. I read that I have control when I pay their hosting fees but I don’t think I’m going to stay with wordpress for blogging… I’ve put my template into Dream Weaver and I’ll tweak it there before setting it up as a website.

As what most people agree on, starting a online business only involves a very low cost. However, even so, we have to make sure that all money are spent cleverly.

Reed mentioned about having a good website. I will agree with him that having a good website with a good layout is right important to attract readers and loyal customers.

Still is not necessary to design your website yourself. A self hosted wordpress blog is a very attractive alternative. The first is very easy set up. Second, there already greats were wordpress themes around. All you need to do is to plug it in to have a good-looking, attractive and functioning website.

Here is one place where you can get very attractive press themes: http://www.ElegantThemes.com/ just for a nominal fee.

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Thanks for another good post Reed. I have found that the most important thing is to just get started. If that means having a free blog with the WordPress default template, just do it.

You can change things one at a time, as you have the ability, money, and/or time. WordPress makes it simple to export your entire blog into another blog once you’ve got the theme you want on your own hosting account.

Thanks for the tip on Ben Cope, you’re the second person to recommend him to me this week.

Yes making income from article writing is challenging and also your SEO on search engine will naturally work just fine, but it will need some time to get results and need more patience.It can work and posting articles to your blog on daily basis posting one article, or posting 3 times a week.

Reed and Readers!
Just picking up on a couple of points that may help some people.
(1) A business (product) which we have been working on for the last 6 months will launch in Jan 09. So that we could get some good links built whilst the site was in progress, we got the site builder to stick up a catch page and then set out linking other sites and pages every day. We did an Alexa report and have jumped past our main rival, who has been trading since 05 from their main website.
(2) We used blogger to start, it is easy to set up and you can import headers to match the site you want linking with, so you do end up looking sensible without too much cost involved.
(3) The Essential Ticket Guide is a digital product we have developed, and it is our first. We have never considered this market (selling info) but can see that it is worth the visit. From initiating the “guide” to building the site has not cost any more than $500. If we only get our money back, then it was worth the trip and experience so that we know where improvements need to be made, and how to do them.
To Everyones Success!
Big “D”

Hi there cyber freaks! I thank you Reed for your point of vieu! You said almost the same as a teacher I had, when I was going to be a web designer i could not turn on the pc,(so what! I thought)We where there to learn (yeah to learn “web design” not the course “let the pc be your friend “) i realized after 1 or 2 years days i ment .you can´t become a web designer if your knowledgde is so low as mine was.
But the teacher said as reed also said you can geta website in two wayes build or buy it.
And there is one more way . you can be given one i think do you know if it´s common ? I mean you have to change a few things i beliv? .The real Web design Gurus where /is ?(do anyone know ?) those who work with sex,porno buisnes they are the real champs , the teacher told us ,you see when you get into those special porno site´s it cost money/min
the taxmetern is tickin, when you in you pay And you have huge problem to get out from those porno sites. Maby You are satisfied but its a gap in your economy if you get addicted.
I know who´s satisfied any way ?yeah the web designer. I don´t know how it works in other countries but in Sweden it´s now not legal to do money like that .I am a newbie and i am going to build a web site ,I need 3-5 woman who is not afraied to show there bodys and…… sorry ,hahahaha take care thebeast

Your Topic is How To Use Articles On Your Own Web Site
But i needed to make things clearer:What are the ways to make money by writing Articles?
You said ;writing Articles to promote your own Affiliate Program-o.k.You make a web site,post an Article and affiliate link.
There is second one:Choose a Theme/Subject to write about/books,sport,art,traffic,list building…./,now you have Articles,but what about Money?Do i need to use Google Adsense and wait for someone clicks ?Or someone’s banners in the same way?
I don’t see so easy way to make money.

My thinking goes this direct:If you feel to be good in writing on some Theme you like,then it is possible your site/blog has been attracted by people,who would come to see and read your content.That is i did,and then i put a link to my sale page of e-book i created.Potential customers have opportunity to learn a little more on your blog post and then go to sales copy,if they still interested in your product.

I’m using free WordPress.com Blog for now/not able to host it with my domain/.i am contended,of course i don’t get what i have imagined,/for example can’t choose fonts i like,widgets are not allowed/I like my Site to get very nice look.

One site related to my field of interest:Searching for Secret Grail i created on my own ,i did it in Word/Microsoft Office Word/where i had in my disposition more fonts and colors.

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Reed, great post (obviously, since you are getting a lot of comments on it!). I LOVE article marketing. Not only on my own site, but in article directories. Some comments on other posts:

normz2 — This isn’t a get rich quick method. If you are going to post a single article and see how it goes, it’s unlikely you’ll succeed. I would shoot for an article a day (or at least 2 or 3 a week). It will likely take a few months before you really start seeing the viral nature of articles. You can’t just “try” network marketing. As Yoda said, “There is no try. There is only do or not do.”

Frankie Teo — I agree that paying someone to develop a website can be difficult if you’re just starting out. Most of us start out on a shoe-string budget. If you can at least afford a website of your own and install WordPress, that’s what I would recommend. That way, you are immediately building a customer base to your own website. Also, article directories don’t let you use affiliate links, so you will need your own domain to send them to.

Slavica — This is an easy way to make money but, again, it isn’t an overnight method to riches. But, what you will slowly build a steady stream of leads through article marketing which will help you build a strong and solid business.

Again, great article Reed, thanks!

Hi Reed,

Great post again. I think the best part of articles is that they can bring traffic forever.

Ideally what we all want is financial freedom which allows us to do whatever we want with our time.

With articles, once the work is done they can bring you traffic and therefore money forever.

Do the work once and continue to get paid for it.

It doesn’t get any better than that eh?

Regards,
Chris
http://www.affiliateincomeroadmap.com

The one thing i would recommend when you have submitted your articles is that you don not go back and edit any part of it as i have found to my cost.
I had a series of articles that were doing very very well and bringing in good sales from the web site, however, i decided to change the anchor text in the bio field and the articles all died.
I contacted customer support and was told “If an article is edited post-acceptance, it is no longer eligible for inclusion in the ‘most viewed’ lists.
So be warned, don’t edit your articles after submission, cos they will die a horrible death.
I have used WordPress, Blogger, and sitebuilder from my own hosting and found the options in WordPress very good.

Thanks, Really good and informative.

Great post thanks Reed,

Article marketing is One great advertising method that though it seem old fashioned but it still delivers as always and is a great way to increase your site traffic,

For me i have written several articles on various blogs and i love using blogger as i can do whatever i want with it. I design my blogger blogs at times with microsoft frontpage and it really looks nice. also i was able to create like a sales letter using my blog and it looks so professional.

Article marketing with blogging can really do a lot for anyone.

here are samples of the blogs i designed myself
hope Reed appreciates the links and leave it up.
http://startyouraffiliatebusiness.blogspot.com/
this is a 4 column blog good for any affiliate marketer.
http://easytradingmethods.blogspot.com/
i Even added an auto responder on this

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It sure is difficult to create your own site as I found out after spending the whole of sunday creating my Learn How To site. But hiring others are more expensive.

What do you think about content builder site builder software? I have started using http://www.contentwebsitebuilder.com. Is using adsense in them accepted and legal?

Can you write something on this.

Sri

Hi Reed,

Great points. You are giving great information here.

Thanks,
^PV Reymond

http://www.startup-internetbusiness.com

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Article writing not only promotes your business…it also promotes you.

Branding you is the most important thing you can do for your business.

Articles are a permanent brand for you and your ideas!

Yeah, this is a vital need of mine , I see how others have sites where they combine other links to make profits, this is a need that I already needed yesterday, last week.

The most difficult part about building your own website is in getting others to participate and be involved in it. Do visit my website http://www.one1.com.sg and give me some comments

Hi,i have a question regarding the article submission. Is it better to post the article to our own website or submit it to the article submission site? Which one is more effective?

I just create my new website and start writing article .

thanks you..

I agree Lynne,
Wordpress is the way to go. Blogger is easy to start but if you’re planning to be in this for the long run self hosted WordPress is the way to go. I’ve learned a lot by playng with it and it’s easy to update with new articles. You should also learn some HTML as it will come in handy too

Congratulation on your success and hard work.

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