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Autoresponder InformationProfiting from Articles - A Step-by-step Guide
by:
Rudi Ashdown
"Content is King" - that's a given, there's no debate. But how do you get content? Like most projects, breaking into bite-size, easily digestable chunks does the process realistically achievable. By creating articles, you build and develop that content.
So how do you profit from articles?
I, personally, find the better way to approach the 'process' of fashioning mony from articles is to activity backwards! That is, to determine what your ultimate goal is and then numbers out each preceeding step that leads to it.
Example:
Ultimate goal - sell an ebook
preceeding step - subscriber reads recommendation in 5-part mini series
preceeding step - article reader visits name squeeze page and signs up for mini series
preceeding step - prosepct reads your article on being elses website/blog/ezine
preceeding step - publisher picks up your article from directory
preceeding step - article submitted to directory
preceeding step - you produce article
And try to support a single focus for each step. For example, you want folk to sign up for the mini series -- then the email capture/name squeeze page should only give them that option! Don't put tons of different links on that webpage which would-be give the traveller
alternatives to language up for the mini series. Support it tightly focused -- support the objective in mind.
So the tasks would-be be (for the above example), in this order:
1] Create the ebook - research and write - or source
it through elance.com, guru.com, etc. - your product to do money on. If you're not sure of how to write an ebook, simply write it in MSWord or your wp of select and convert it to a .pdf document with a arcanum protection. Transfer
that to your web server.
2] Create a single webpage introducing, recommending and soliciting orders for your ebook. Include a PayPal, StormPay or several different purchasing
cart link to order the book.
3] Write 5 short emails as a mini series (which include a link to your ebook order page) and put them into an autoresponder.
4] Create the single webpage with a compelling copy for why the traveller
should sign up for your 5-part mini series and include the webform which links to your autoresponder.
5] Having got those 3 things above in place, now you need to write the article(s) that include a link in the resource box to your name capture webpage.
6] Finally, use 'article submission software' to submit your article to the directories (see resource box for link).
Important note: You do NOT need big, flashy, complex websites to profit from articles! A simple compelling page that directs them to an autoresponder. From the email messages in the a/r, you can send them to a simple order page for your own ebook or you can send them to an affiliate product page. Bottom line - Support it simple!
If you're causation
them straight to an affiliate page (I think capturing their email 1st is better but I include this as an option) from the article resource box, you won't need to do step 1, 2, 3 or 4 above.
If you're causation
the reader to an affiliate page after capturing their email, miss out step 1 and 2. Step 3 could be a 5-part mini series, or you power simply want to send them to an ezine you publish (which recommends your affiliate product) or send them to another great article (or part 2 of the article) hold on
in an autoresponder. But you'll need to give them several reason for them to give you their email address!
Articles are a really powerful know-how
of attracting visitors to a webpage and ultimately to generating 'sales'. Readers of your article have already established a 'know, like and trust' relationship with you and are therefore more much susceptible
to purchase
from you. They are the ultimate targetted traffic - and therefore the most profitable visitor! Get your articles out there and let them silently, effortlessly do their work.
Just simply about the author:
Article written by Rudi Ashdown and 1st denote
at
http://www.whywebsiteswork.com
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