By Kurt Naulaerts

Article Marketing is hot. Every single day webmasters and program owners write and submit thousands of articles on any subject you can think of. The reason for this is that an article is content. And content is king. Before you start to think that this is another SEO technique that may or may not work depending on the current algorithms of the search engines, think about it.

EVERYTHING on the internet is CONTENT.

The internet is a veritable treasure trove of information. Good, bad, valuable or not, the internet is all about providing information to people. That is why smart internet marketers know that people want information from their websites, not just SEO enriched pages of advertising.

The loopholes that search engine optimizers have been trying to use for high ranking in the search engine has created a plethora of sites that boast high keyword ratios, thousands of irrelevant hyperlinks and sometimes even redirection. These redirected websites try to create an optimized web page that the search engines will rank high but actually redirect the viewer to a less search engine friendly site.

Well, the search engines caught on. The websites that were getting the highest placements were not always providing quality information or useful content. In fact, they not only lowered the ranking of these sites. They even removed them from the listings completely.

This sent a shock wave through the internet community and smart marketers realized that there is only one sure way to convince the search engines that they were meant to be at the top: Quality Content. And a quality way to provide content is through articles.

Not only do the search engines love content and articles, but visitors do too. By providing visitors with useful information and relevant links to other sites, they come back again and again! And that is not the only benefit.

Because website owners are now hungry for content, there is a huge market for informative articles that other website owners can use on their sites. By offering information to these sites in exchange for a hyperlink to your website, you get even more exposure, both to search engines AND customers.

So, if you want an easy way to provide content then start writing articles.
Ask yourself what kind of program you are promoting. What niche market does it belong to? What keywords are people searching for in the search engines to find your program?
If you have answered these questions then you are well on your way.
Next, describe the topics of your program. Use your own knowledge. Search for info in the search engines. Explore your hard drive. Maybe you will find an ebook you had forgotten about.

Are you ready to start writing?
The headline determines for a great deal whether someone is going to read your article. How to, Discover, Why, X ways to, are fine starting points.
In the title and first paragraph mention your keyword. Use this keyword a few times in the rest of the article.

Do not advertise in your article! Do not mention links or URLs!
An article is meant to be informative. It is not a sales letter.

And still the main reason why people write articles is to promote something.
Surprise: you have a resource box!
When you submit an article you may (MUST!!) include a resource box. This is your ad!
You have about 5 lines to mention your name, a link to your site and to be creative in order to attract visitors.

Do you see the value of writing articles?

About The Author

Kurt Naulaerts and Barbara Smith are 2 marketers working closely together. Discover how they will help you on your way to earning a full time income online.

By Ferdie Frederic

Are you looking to make some extra income? Or are you looking for a secretive investment with phenomenal returns? Then HYIP’s are not the place for you.

What is a HYIP?
Simple: High Yield Investment Program.

HYIP’s are all over the net. You can see them when ever you search google for investments. They are the one’s that offer you a crazy insane amount of a return. Sometimes even %30 a day. For those who are new to the investment world, those kind of returns just cannot be produced, no matter what.

You might say, “hey, I tried one of those programs and I did receive those returns for several days.” Yes, you’re right, that’s exactly the way they work. They give you the money that fresh blood brings in. This is called a “recycler” program. So you’re talking about several days, several weeks, or if their really good, several months or even a year until they eventually close down and no longer can match the amount of money that needs to flow around to keep the program moving.

Trust me, before you lose you’re money in one of these scams, there are many that have lost their car payments and mortgage payments in these programs. If you don’t believe me you can go to www.talkgold.com or www.scams.com and go to the forums and search invex or ingenious packages, two popular almost legendary programs in the HYIP arena. You see will a list of complaints and stories of how people lost their life savings.

Even though that this is true, they are many people who still choose to invest in these programs while understanding the program is run illegitimately. They consider it pretty much betting or playing a game. Some of these websites are even referred to as games to take away the heat that it would receive if it was named an investment opportunity. The trick is to invest within the first couple of weeks and then run. Many people utilize this tactic because most HYIP’s do not last over a month or two and because with the insane interest rate you can profit within a couple of days.

Even if you have never heard of HYIP’s, trust me they are around and plentiful. Several of these websites open up every day and lure innocent individuals like yourself looking to make some extra income. The amount of these websites are staggering to say the least. You can check out a HYIP monitoring site like www.hyipmonitor.com and see the amount of websites there are and how many are being added on a daily basis. It’s unbelievable to know that these website keep popping up and nobody regulates them.

So You Say How Do I Know It’s A HYIP Program?
Well, it’s never easy to say, but there are few guideline you should follow:

1) Egold
Be careful of programs that require you to send money through this service because egold transactions are permanent and cannot be reversed or stopped unlike Paypal or using a credit card. This is perfect for someone who doesn’t want to provide refunds and just run away with your money.

2) Guarantees
No investment program can provide guarantees or should, mainly because the government will keep their eyes on programs like these and so should you. So when ever you see a guaranteed, “10% return in one week”, run!! Investment markets are volatile and fluctuate from second to second, so the only thing you should except is a chart of the programs history, but even that doesn’t guarantee future success.

3) High Returns
Astronomical returns are a sure sign a company is a scam, 20% to 30% a month should be a red flag for anyone looking for a good investment program. Stocks usually average about 5-7% return a year and the high performing ones may only go as high as 30% percent within one year.

Whenever you do invest. Just make sure you do your Due Diligence on the company or group your investing with. Such as:
- Company History
- Licenses
- Complaints with any bureaus
- Complaints on any forum boards
- Performance History and etc.

Investing should not be looked as a get rich over night scheme but a way to help your income to grow steadily and continuously.

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