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Article Marketing: Getting Paid For Your Hard Work
If you are like me and you write articles for a living, then youknow that you must get paid for all of your hard work. Paymentcan come through customers who have hired you to write, throughpay per click advertising, or through banner or text ads youplace on your site next to your articles. Regardless of yourapproach, a consistent and methodical plan is neces...
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...sary to havein place in order to make a living for all of your hard work.Please continue reading for some helpful tips to help yousurvive in this highly competitive business.Submit Freely. Much of the work posted online bearing myname is freely shared. I do not get paid for what I write. Ilook at article marketing as a joint partnership between me andthe article directory. They get my articles forredistribution and I get healthy back links to my site.In addition, the article ...
...directory can make money off of adsthat show up next to my articles such as Google AdSense orYahoo! Publishing Network type ads. Furthermore, I get my nameout there and can point potential customers to the articledirectories to show them how prolific a writer that I am.Submit Jointly. Some of the articles I have posted onlineare for clients. They have my name on them as my name is morevisible than their name. I write as a "contributing writer"but I am a freelancer, not an employer. I get paid for my workand they get some decent links.Do Ghostwriting. The overwhelming number of articles Iwrite are ghostwritten. In 2005, I submitted 450 articles toarticle directories, but another 1200 or so went directly to myclients. When I submit articles jointly, I retain the rights tohaving my name on the articles. When I ghost write, my customersget what I write and retain full rights to the articles. Guesswho pays me more? Bring 'em on!Bill Immediately. You can write like crazy for payingcustomers but still end up broke. How? By not billing customersimmediately. Whether you use direct billing, Paypal, or an"agent" such as Guru, you are penniless until the first invoiceis paid. Come up with a plan to get your money as soon aspossible too. You don't want to have to wait for weeks unlessyou like being in the credit business!Keep Marketing. I have busy times I have slow times.During the slow times, I catch up on my paperwork and I write.During slow times I submit many articles to the articledirectories to keep my name out there. Regular submissions keepme "front and center" and help build up SEO for my site. Yes, Ihave my own site at www.thearticlewriter.com where most of mybest work is featured. Not every article, but thosearticles where I have full rights to them and ones I want mycustomers to look at when they review my portfolio.So, that's it. Five simple tips to help you make a living fromarticle marketing. If you are good at it, you will make a decentliving writing for others. I doubt you will get rich unlessarticle marketing ends up being a stepping stone to somethingelse -- such as, writing your own Harry Potter style series ofbooks!
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