Archive for Article Marketing Q & A
Q: I’m so overwhelmed with information I have analysis paralysis. Everyone has his/her opinion on how to start. Straight up–what’s my FIRST step to making money? Articles? Blogging? Teleseminars?
A: I’m going to give you four steps to break out of your “paralysis of analysis” and get you moving.
Step 1 – Pick a specific niche – 70% of the strategy sessions I do with my prospects and listeners invovle people who are struggling to clearly define their niche. Many times beginning marketers are interested in many things and trying to do them all at once.
This is a clear path to frustration and failure.
Pick one specific niche that you are interested in, has a potential audience, and that you will commit to for Read More→
Q: I’ve researched ezine articles and can’t find anyone else doing interior design business and that is my niche, do I find a new niche that I don’t know well? If I go decorative, not business of design, it isn’t my desired audience but DIY consumers.
A: Just because you cannot find anyone else doing your niche on EzineArticles does not mean that there are not articles about your niche there. They might be under a different category than you thought or under different keywords than you thought.
If you have done your keyword research and know there is a market for your services, then my recommendation is you blaze a trail of your own at EzineArticles. Choose the category that your niche most closely fits into. People search more by keywords than by category.
Make it a goal to get 25 articles published as soon as you can. Let your community know each time you have a new article. Make sure you have your account set up to automatically announce new articles on Twitter. Announce each new article on Twitter yourself as well.
Q: Should I put the same articles in my newsletter, blog, article sites, facebook, etc. or should the article marketing articles be different?
A: You can certainly use your article in your newsletter, blog, article sites, and Facebook. I would also create Read More→
