By Don James

Are you trying earn a living online? Writing articles can be one of the best ways to promote your online business. Here are some quick tips for writing and submitting your own articles.

Tip#1: Article Length

When choosing an article for your website or distribution, make sure that its length is optimal for search engine optimization. Articles that are as short as 300 words or as long as 700 words should fit into this category. Even if search engine optimization is not your goal, it is still a good idea to keep your articles at this length for your reader’s sake. They are not likely to finish your page if it is any longer. This could leave them with only half of the information you wanted them to have or leave them with the impression that your site is just plain too ‘wordy’.

Most people online do not want to read a website page as they would a book, so the shorter the better - even if this means splitting one long idea into 4 or 5 pages. Be sure to label each section so that the reader can pick and choose which part they want to read or so they know what is coming up next.

Tip#2: Placing Affiliate Links

How your affiliate links are positioned on your article can really make a difference on how many potential clicks you end up getting. This is very important since every click could mean a potential sale.

Research has shown that the most effective affiliate links are text links - not big flashy banner ads like most affiliate websites are cluttered with. Your article and your link have to work effectively together to drive interested readers to your site. A bad article and an unrelated link to an unknown product are just going to confuse your potential customers and simply drive them away.

If at all possible be sure that the link text is the same as your own site - the search engines will be able to cross reference the link to the title properly.

Tip#3: Keyword Density

Keyword density and placement are important parts of optimizing your articles for search engines. Search engine spiders scan a page in a way that makes it important to place your keywords where they will be detected and recognized as a keyword, so that your article will come up when someone searches for that keyword.

A keyword is a word that is going to be placed in your article several times, not just once as that would make every word a keyword. When a spider sees that you have a word placed several times in an article, it will determine that your page may be useful to users that search for such a keyword.

Keyword density is how many times your keyword is placed in your article. Most use a percentage to determine how many times they will put a keyword in an article. For instance, if you have a 500 word article and want to achieve a keyword density of 5%, then you will need to have the keyword in your article exactly 25 times. You can find hundreds of resources and guides recommending one keyword density over another and the reasons behind the logic, however, in the end you will have to determine which density is more profitable for your articles.

No matter what exact density you choose, it is important to place keywords so that there are more at the beginning and end to produce an hour glass effect. Having the right keyword density in your article makes it more likely that you will make money off of that article because it will rise in the search engine results and be seen by more people.

Articles are probably the best way today to drive traffic and grow your own product or affiliate business to internet millions!

About The Author

Don James is an online marketer and internet strategy consultant. Discover your path to internet affiliate marketing success with financial freedom at Internet Millions Wealth

By Michael Laleye

Almost everyone who works from home has an idea about affiliate programs and websites. They have the idea that just having an affiliate program and a website will allow them to make residual income. It is a little more complicated than that, though. Both an affiliate program and a website can be combined to make residual income, but there are some things a person must do to ensure they get the most out of this combination.

Many people have heard that adding affiliate programs to their website can help them to start earning residual income. That is true, but if a person goes about it the wrong way they may not see anything come of it. To make affiliate programs and websites work together they have to go together. There are a couple reasons for this. First of all, the people visiting the website already have an interest in the types of products being sold there, so they would be more likely to be interested in an affiliate program that is related to the other products. Second, if a customer sees an affiliate program that is not tied in at all to the rest of the website they may see it as unprofessional. They may even believe that this business is not for real or a scam. They definitely are not going to click through to learn about the affiliate program or its products. So, it is essential to find an affiliate program that works with the existing product line.

Placement of the affiliate ads is also important. They should not be placed where they will compete or interfere with the sales of the primary products. Some people choose to make a while separate page for affiliate programs. Others work them into their product pages. It is very important to make it clear that they are affiliate programs and will open a new window. Some people might get confused if a new window pops up and may close down both sites. The whole idea is for them to compliment the main products and site, not interfere with it.

The beauty of combining affiliate programs with a business website is that it sets up multiple streams of income. Having multiple streams of income is important. It is like the old saying says - do not put all your eggs in one basket. Business fluctuates. What is hot one day may not be the next. When a person relies on one income source they can easily be devastated if one of them starts to fail or business gets slow. By having different income sources or multiple streams of income a person is developing financial stability.

Adding affiliate programs to an existing website is not difficult. It takes some consideration and planning, though to make it work. By choosing and placing ads carefully a business owner can make the most of the situation and build nice multiple streams of income. They will boost their income while also being able to incorporate everything together.

About The Author

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