Create More Traffic with Articles
Article Marketing is the best free way to drive traffic to your web sites and blogs. And when you use the five steps below, you will know what topics to write more about to drive even more traffic.
Step 1: Log into your EzineArticles.com account
In your EzineArticles account you can use the feedback on your articles to let you know what your readers want more of. Once you know this you can write more articles on those topics to drive more traffic.
Step 2: Click on “Author Tools”
It’s in between Profile Manager and Author Resources. Click on “Author Tools”. You’re going to get a drop-down menu.
Step 3: Click on “View My Article Reports”
When you click on “View My Article Reports”, you can see the Article ID, Article Title, Views, URL Clicks, EzinePublisher, Comments, Votes, Rating, and Publication Date. What you want to pay attention to – the things that turn into money – are the Views and the URL Clicks.
Step 4: “Read the street”
“Read the street” means pay attention to what’s going on. Pay attention to these numbers. When you “read the street” and look at the numbers there, you’ll be able to see the most viewed articles and the articles with the most click thrus.
Step 5: Write more articles about most viewed/clicked thru articles
Pay attention, folks, because your market is telling you. They are voting every time they view and click-through an article. They are voting and telling you what they want to know about what they’re interested in. Pay attention to the ones that get the most traffic. Write more articles around that topic, and there you go. You’re going to get more traffic.
And to get you started writing more articles in less time to create more traffic, you can claim your Free Instant Access to my 7 Tips Instant Article Creation Template when you visit www.7TipsArticleTemplate.com
Tags: alex mandossian, article marketing, articles, ezine articles, jeff herring
I really like the way Jeff writes blog posts. They’re typically numbered, which makes them considerably easier to repurpose.
Thanks, Jeff…
~ Alex
Thanks for the great tips Jeff!
I’d like to add “pay attention to your website analytics”. In addition to your click throughs, you can get some great insight by watching your visitor’s paths through your pages. What else are visitors looking for on your site? This becomes great topics for future articles to post on Ezine Articles.
This is a great tip to figure out what my target market wants and give more of that to them! Exactly the kind of thing Alex is always teaching us…
Great (and super easy) practical advice…
Thanks Alex & Jeff!
Maritza
Hi,
This is new information to me. Thank you for always offering great and usefull information.
Brent
Great tips! Thanks, Jeff (and Alex)! You always give excellent in-depth information that we can put into action. I love learning from you.
~Leslie
Great information Jeff. I was surprised at the difference in views and URL clicks among my articles. The ones I thought would be most popular were not! I’m glad Ezine Articles provides this data for us to leverage.
Off to write another article….
Steve Sponseller
Intellectual Property Strategist
Forget about “reading the street!” This post is a “roadmap to success!”
As always thanks so much Jeff.
Roz
Say It With eCards
Jeff,
It never ceases to amaze me how you keep cranking out useful information on article marketing without beating a dead horse. Like Alex says, an inch wide and a mile deep.
As a brand new published Ezine Article marketer (yeah, ’bout time…) I appreciate knowing what’s behind all those dropdown menus without having to peek behind each one myself.
And I love the ‘dance’ with our market as you described-as with any relationship, paying attention to that is what keeps things alive!
Great tip Jeff as usual. I reworked my resource box on one article because it was not getting the click throughs that I wanted.
Chris Cobb
Very clear and accessible. I’ve been wondering where to start and this gives me a great way to get in the game. Thank you both.
Teresa Dietze
Hi Jeff,
Ezine Articles article reports are truly amazing. They tell you what people are interested in and inspire your next article or next direction or product. I am always surprised what people find interesting.
Since you pointed it out to me in one of your classes — I see numbered lists everywhere! It makes thinking easier – not multi-tasking but “stacking” activities. Love those lists.
Martha “The Holistic Cookie”
Hello Jeff.
As you teach here, and as I learned in your recent Article Marketing Workshop, pay attention to the stats. I was surprised how may views and clicks one of my Ezine Articles had over all the others. I am going to write more articles like that one to see if the stats hold true and provide even more traffic to my website.
I’m full of G.U.T.S. Jeff!
Terry Allison
http://www.YourTeleseminarManager.com
Always great advice! Ezine Articles gives great stats for us to know exactly what our readers want from us. Sometimes what we think will be a big draw is a dud, and sometimes what we think isn’t worth writing about will turn out to be that article that gets the most views.
So, we need to keep an open mind and remember that we need to write for a large audience with diverse interests. Any topic we choose (and I might add that we are interested enough in to be enthusiastic about) will have a following somewhere on this big wonderful world of the Internet.
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for all your great and practical advice in using article marketing to “stand in the way of traffic” and build an audience for my website and services.
Take care,
Jeff Schultz, LPC, CSAT
http://www.sonoranhealingcenter.com
http://www.sexual-addiction-recovery.com
Jeff Herring, what can i say? The gift that keeps on giving.
Great point about using the available data to help make better article writing decisions!
In addition, I’d also recommend that our members utilize the Traffic Search Terms feature that gives you the top 5 keywords or key phrases that were used to find your articles. This is solid gold data and should be mined and harvested by creating fresh new articles that target how your target audience is already finding your existing articles. :)
Jeff,
As usual – good content and timely. Analytics are not my strong point but I always find when I review the numbers a trend emerges that I can benefit from once I “crack the code”. Keep up the great work on e-articles and blogging as I always need to be reminded as to best practices because the day gets hectic and the to-do list is always asking for attention.
-Tom Cosgrove
http://www.flatlegalfees.com
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I have a number of affiliate programs and have subscribed to Google Adword. But I have not been able to make it work and start earning. I therefore find it difficult to sell the idea to others, not when I can’t get it right myself.
Thanks again, Jeff, for keeping it so simply, real and effective! Reading the street, plus the way you model writing articles that are content-rich yet bite-sized to digest (and repurpose!) is a killer combo.
Now I’m off to G.U.T.S. — thanks again!
Carolyn Ellis
http://www.ThriveAfterDivorce.com
“Read the Street” to be on top of what our target market is wanting more of keeps us from second guessing on what to write, as well as what to offer to serve them better.
Thanks for easy tips with much value.
http://www.RightTrackCoaching.com
Thank you Jeff! Great tip and it helped me see just what my target market is looking for so I can give them more Your information is straightforward and really helpful … my click through rate has increased.
Jeff!
As usual, excellent tips, beautifully written – hopefully one of these days I’ll get there…I know, I need to write more articles.
Thanks for the great information and guidance Jeff.
Gilles
Hi Jeff,
Showing what the EzinsArticles web site looks like and how to sign up was a great help. Your practical and concise tips are wonderful. Thanks!
Hi Jeff (and Alex),
Thanks for the easy-to-follow advice. Article marketing is a great way to generate traffic to your site…and it’s FREE!!!
If you don’t know where to start, click the link to Jeff’s page and sign-up to get his template for writing “7 Tips” articles. Another awesome step-by-step resource that compliments this blog post.
Wishing you health and happiness,
Pete
http://TheHealthyMinute.com
Super info–best he gives is just go do it.
Great tips! I didn’t know about the article tracking till Jeff mentioned it on a call, and cannot say enough how invaluable that is. Plus, by looking at my resource boxes for articles that have a higher number of URL click-throughs, I can determine which ones are working well, and which are not.
Thanks, Jeff!
Jeff has a very engaging and just go do it attitude. I have been inspired by him to begin the journey into social media marketing. I have identified my target market and am not afraid to publish EzineArticles to help people enjoy their tea experiences. I also am excited to be able to track where my traffic is coming from. His templates sure make it easy to “go use this stuff.”
Keep up the good work Jeff!!
Thanks, Jeff!
Hi Alex,
Great post as always. Jeff’s templates are a great source of information.
I am looking forward to his course again this year.
To Our Success,
Philip Mutrie
great tip Jeff. I didn’t even think about “reading the street” even though it should be obvious. Thanks!
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