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Article marketing is an effective tool for promoting your business online to a broad audience. The aim is not to sell your products or services directly, but rather to give advice, share knowledge and help others with your expertise, for free. The more knowledge you give away, the more your customers - existing, new and potential - see you as an authority, which then in turn enhances your credibility.
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Not everyone wants to be sold to all of the time, which is why article marketing is an effective way of reaching new customers. Many people often want simply to learn more
about a given subject and so your readers will genuinely regard your article as being of value if you provide good,
useful, relevant content. Indirectly, you’re selling them on your knowledge and expertise, which is invaluable. A well-
written article may well then convince people searching for information that you have the answers to the questions
they are looking for.
Why Article Marketing is Good for Your BusinessAn effective tool for promoting your business online
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Article marketing is an effective tool for promoting
your business online to a broad audience. The aim
is not to sell your products or services directly, but
rather to give advice, share knowledge and help others
with your expertise, for free. The more knowledge you give away, the more
your customers - existing, new and potential - see
you as an authority, which then in turn enhances your
credibility
There is also a greater likelihood that readers will follow the links to your WEBSITE, blog or social
media pages from an article with useful, valuable CONTENT
and so in this way learn more about your business. It makes
sense that PEOPLE prefer to buy goods and services from
businesses that they can get to know and trust.
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Articles can be used in many
different ways to build your online presence. You can submit your articles to article directories, publish them on your own website, blog, or newsletter, or share them on social media. Well-written, well-researched and
attractively presented articles can form an important part of building your online brand, which is what connects your business to the public. As Google itself puts it in its Australian blog: “Connected businesses are growing businesses”.
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For small and medium enterprises, article marketing is at its most effective when it focuses on niche areas of your business.
If you are a retailer, direct your article marketing at a product range that you specialise in, or that you are the sole distributor for.
Use article marketing to highlight products that you stock that your competitors may not.
If you are a service provider, you can use article marketing to highlight one particular aspect of your business that you think you do better than anyone else, or that might be unique in your market.
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Article marketing works best when it has a specific focus in mind, rather than general promotion of your business.
As with any type of online content, if
your articles are fresh and original, they will serve you well. But be wary of content spinning software.
Are you willing to put the credibility of your business into a software program? Would you trust a computer to write the kind of articles that people want to read?
Article marketing, when it is done right, can be a sound long-term investment to boost your business profile. However, patience and consistency are the keys to success. Don’t expect article marketing to boost traffic to your site overnight - you need to put in a place a long-term plan for regular articles over an extended period of time to enable your presence really to be felt. Your aim should be to create a range of interesting and engaging content and to create new pieces on a regular basis, to ensure that your profile and presence online is always growing.
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This article was written and distributed by Cadogan and Hall, a team of freelance writers based in Adelaide, South Australia. We specialise in
producing online content, websites, blogs, articles and press releases for small- and medium-sized buisnesses.
Media Gain provides a range of affordable website solutions to help Adelaide businesses get online.
We take great pride in offering the highest levels of customer service for businesses and organisations throughout South Australia.
Contact Denise Angus on 0412 989 [email protected]
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Of course, not everyone has the confidence or ability to write effective and informative articles,
nor do busy small business owners always have the time to devote to such tasks. However
this doesn’t mean that you need to miss out on the value of article marketing. Media Gain
uses the services of Cadogan and Hall, freelance writers based here in Adelaide, who
specialise in writing compelling, engaging articles for all types of businesses and industries.
Using a locally-based team of freelance writers has many advantages: the writing is of the
highest quality; you can have as much or as little input into the process as you want or
have the time for; and nothing is published or distributed without your approval.
At Media Gain, we can advise you on all aspects of implementing
a cost-effective, highly-visible article marketing campaign.
For small and medium size businesses this can be a very positive and straightforward approach to enhancing your
online presence.
