Can I Link Directly To Affiliate Pages On EzineArticles.com?

Posted by on Jan 4, 2011 in Article Marketing, Link Building, Web Site Promotion, Webmaster Business Plan | 3 comments


The short answer to that question is absolutely not. You cannot add a direct affiliate link to any product or service on the ezinearticles.com web site. This is actually in direct violation with their guidelines and your article will not be approved for publishing. However, you most definitely can add a link to a domain that directs customers straight over to your affiliate product or service. This may sound a little confusing, but this high powered article web site really has no problem with you sending people to sales pages as long as there is content and they simply do not want thousands of people linking in to same site with a bunch of junk links and understandably so.

You Say I Can Link Directly To Affiliate Sites On EzineArticles.com So How Do I Do It?

The resolution to this issue is using a little known server trick called domain forwarding. You may have heard of this and just never known what it was or what it did. There are many different things you can do with a domain name. You can point it to name servers for hosting it yourself, you can park it and try to collect some revenue from ads or in this case you can forward your name to the affiliate link you are trying to promote. This action can be done by going into your registrar and setting up a domain forward. Most registrars will also allow you to mask the domain too.

This allows you to forward something like www.buycoolstuff.com to www.coolstuffsite.com/members/?aff_id=953 and when a visitor goes to your link they see the content delivered from the long address, but they will only see your short address in the address bar of their browser.

Why Does Linking To Affiliate Pages Directly Help?

This is a great way for affiliate marketers to send the readers of their content directly to the page that is going to pay them. However, depending on your own marketing plan it may be more important to build up your own web site’s popularity in the search engines. This is totally up to you, but either way now you know to add your affiliate link to ezinearticles.com without getting your article thrown in the trash. Hopefully this concept helps you grow your business and put some extra profit in your pocket!

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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5 Effective Article Marketing Tips

Posted by on Dec 5, 2009 in Article Marketing, Web Site Promotion, Webmaster Business Plan | 2 comments


Well, it seems to me that many people find it hard to dig past the hype of article marketing and get to the results part of the game.  I know that everybody has his or her own ideas and their own “system” that they try to stick with and make work. However, when it comes down to it, if you are not getting results from your article marketing efforts, you are doing something wrong.  It really is that simple, article marketing is a powerful source of income and free website traffic for everybody who understands and applies its methodology correctly.

So if you are not getting results, let’s see what you can change.  The one thing that gets me every time is people who say, well I have not got results yet, so I am just going to keep trying.  Not that having the perseverance to stick with something is bad, but if you are not getting results and you just do more of the same actions that are not getting you results, the odds are all you are going to get, is tired!

Things To Change In Your Current Article Marketing Campaign To Get More Results:

  1. Quality Of Content - Article marketing is not all about how many junky articles you can crank out in a day.  It is about how much high quality and grammatically correct articles you can produce.  So don’t be confused the quality of your articles is the single most important factor in being successful with article marketing.  After all if you hope that your articles get published on many other sites, which should be a goal of yours, you need to give them the “meat” so they want to share your information on their own web site.
  2. Keyword Research – Don’t just throw out articles and hope people find them, first check and see what people are already looking for and then you will be able to write to the people that are “looking” and this can be a very quick way to get instant positive results in your campaign.  There is no more powerful marketing concept than “preaching to the choir” once you learn how to do this, you will not be able to be stopped!
  3. Focus – Again, to some this may sound very elementary, but really focus is one thing that many people loose.  If you are trying to work with too many products or services, it can be easy to loose focus and start writing on all sorts of topics that have nothing to do with each other.  You need to keep your writing and publishing focused on one or 2 related items or topics.    You must become known as the authority on the topic to get the results like an authority on the topic you are focusing on!
  4. Article Distribution – Obviously I highly suggest you start right here on ezinearticles.com this is the biggest and best article directory on the web and anybody who does article marketing will tell you the same.  However, you should also understand that your success will be based on how many people you can get to see the information you are sharing, so don’t be afraid to offer your information on 3-5 or even more article directories.  This will help you get more visitors, more eyes and more syndication out of your efforts.
  5. Hire A Writer – If you are working on an article marketing campaign that is on a subject matter that you simply do not have the knowledge for or ability to write on, don’t be afraid to get help.  Professional writers can help you create fresh content and may also be able to help you with article distribution.  For many this can be a great way to amplify their efforts and get more done quicker.  Article marketing is very powerful, but if you are not a powerful writer on the topic you are focusing on, seo writers may be able to help take your article marketing campaign to the next level.

There are many more facets to a successful article marketing campaign, but if you are already working with a article marketing campaign that is not getting results, these are five ways you can change what you are already doing and see if you can get more results from your existing efforts.  Many times people spend too much time in areas that are simply not effective and this can lead to a lot of frustration and after all time is money, so you want to make sure you are spending your time effectively and where you are able to see a return on your efforts.

There is definitely an inertia that is created by being consistent with your article creation and submission, so don’t let a slow start scare you away from article marketing, it truly is one of the oldest and still one of the most relevant methods of online marketing.  Slow and steady really does win the race and if you can find ways to get more benefit along the way, you are sure to stick with it for the long haul and see how beneficial article marketing really can be for you and your online business.

If you try the suggestions above and are still not getting the results you are after, feel free to contact me and I would be glad to take a look at your article marketing campaign and personally see what I can do to make it profitable and successful for you.  I do not claim to be a guru on this topic.  However, I do know that many times somebody on the outside looking in is able to see things that those to close to a project simply miss.  So this in mind let me know if I can be of assistance.

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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Free Back Link Building System – Automatically Build Backlinks

Posted by on Aug 6, 2009 in Article Marketing, Link Building, Web Site Promotion | 14 comments


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How Many Back Links Does Your Website Have?

If you are like most people you probably have 5-20 back links built up by posting to forums or maybe a blog here and there.  However to really get ranked in google for a search term that you want to be ranked for, one that really pulls in the traffic, most sites are boasting over a thousand back links. It is a commonly accepted fact that the amount of back links to your website, including the correct anchor text is one of the most definitive techniques to achieve the first page of google, for that term.

So How Do I Build Up More Back Links?

Building back links is not a quick process and actually google likes to see a constant stream of new ones pointing to your site, this assures the search engine that not only is the link text accurate, but more and more people agree that this site is worth seeing.  So for many webmasters it seems like a constant uphill battle to keep bringing in new back links.   Some actually resort to black hat methods like paying for back links or even using sneaky software to spam forums or blog comment sections.  We here at Webmaster Business Plan do not suggest you use either method above.

The correct way to build back links is to either contact many webmasters and ask to trade links, get active on forums and add your link to your signature or even join many social networks that allow you to post your web address.

The problem with all these methods is that they are very time consuming and in some cases produce very little results.

What Is A Better Way To Build Back Links?

I know that there are many more methods than discussed above to build back links to your website.  But, simply put all of these methods are just as slow and very repetitive to complete if this is being done by one person and not a team of seo experts.   What I propose is that you use a “system” to do the work for you, instead of you manually working day in and day out just to “keep up” with the competition.

Here is the system that I have used myself to drive more than one site to the #1 spot on google and it is absolutely free to use!  I don’t know what to say besides, it is free, it works and it is worth its weight in gold!

Free Back Link Building System

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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