The Best Internet Traffic Secret!

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Your (Blog Editor) here with a great article by Jim Edwards!

Did you realize that thousands of website operators use a simple
technique to generate targeted visitors to theirwebsites without
paying a dime in advertising? It's true.

In fact, the technique works so well that many of them don't want
you to discover how they get those thousands ofwebsite visitors
and make so many sales on virtual "auto-pilot."

Their method?

Creating tightly focused articles other people publish in their
ezines (online magazines and email newsletters) and post on their
websites. This method rates so powerful thatsome even call it
"the web's best kept traffic secret." Now, you may ask, "Why
would an ezine publisher or website owner publish my articles
for their subscribers?"

The answer: Content!

Over a 100,000 ezines and newsletters operate on the web
(along with millions of websites) covering everything from pets
and cooking to investments and real estate. Many ofthem need
tightly focused content and they simply can'tproduce all of it
themselves.

Look at it this way... it's the same reason newspapers use the
Associated Press. Individual newspapers often can'tafford staff
writers to cover every story, so they acceptarticles from outside
their organization.

You can do the exact same thing for various ezines and websites
catering to your niche audience! You can get valuable publicity
exposure you oftencouldn't even pay for if you wanted to by
providing valuable, content-rich articles in exchange for a by line
and a link to your website (called a "resource box")!

The following represent only a few of the enormous benefits of
writing and distributing simple articles online:

** Attain "Expert" Status **

Let's face it! In the eyes of virtually everyone who reads your
articles you rank as the "expert" on the subject. Just look at people
who write newspaper columns. You may disagree with their view
points, but they still have an elevated status in your mind compared
to the "average Joe"off the street.

** Pre-sell Website Visitors **

If your article appeals to a niche audience hungry for more
information on a very focused subject, you actually pre-sell them
better than any sales pitch. In their minds, you've already
delivered content they really want so when they click over to
your site you already have a"reputation" in their minds.

** Traffic Lasts Longer **

Even though the Internet changes very quickly, webmasters are
usually very slow to remove content from their sites.Once you get
an article posted on another person's website,you have an excellent
chance of that article staying therefor weeks, months, even years.

** Increase Links To Your Site **

In a recent search I found just a dozen of my articles posted on
over 813 different websites! Not only do thosepostings bring me
traffic, but they also help my search engine positioning because
of my increased "LinkPopularity."

** Builds Your Affiliate Base **

Fact: Affiliates always take the path of least resistance.

If you provide excellent articles they can easily post on their sites
or copy and paste into their ezines, youraffiliates will promote you
more often and more effectivelycompared to those who don't give
them tools. Plus, as you make more sales and publish articles, other
people will see you providing excellent tools and will want to sign
up as your affiliate so they can use them too!

** Build a Huge "Opt-In" Email List **

You can use articles to build up a huge list of subscribers by simply
compiling several articles into a series and delivering them at
preset intervals. Often called a "mini-course," this technique allows
you notonly to prove to your subscribers that you deliver great
information, but enables you to capture their name and email
address so you can send them articles and special offers in the
future (with their permission).

** Requires No Special Skills **

People often think they need to be a "writer" in order to publish
articles, but that's not true!

FACT: If you have a passion for a subject and can talk and explain
things like you would to a friend over a cup ofcoffee, you can write
articles people will love to read.

So if you operate a website selling virtually any type of product or
service (whether your own or as an affiliate), publishing and
promoting with articles should rank high onyour list of traffic
generation strategies.

No other method of generating targeted traffic to your website
provides the quality, quantity and steadiness oftraffic in such a
simple, straight forward, and cost-effective manner.

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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-author
of an amazing new ebook, "Turn Words Into Traffic,"that will teach
you how to use free articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted
visitors to your website!