Three Things You Must Do Before You Submit To Article Directories

To all writers and non-writers out there, now is the time to start digging up those creative writing skills.With modern communication technology comes the popularity of information-based marketing, which is one of the oldest and most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to sites and converting them into buyers. This is

Link popularity is one of the best ways to promote your business. Search engines regard this as one of the important aspects that accounts for up to ninety percent of your search engine ranking. If you are able to get good quality one way links to your web site then you will dominate the free natural search engine listing rankings. Just ensure that you include the anchor text for the keywords that you are targeting in your links.

In this article I would like to go over some viral methods that you can use to gain links to your website that will assist in very good search engine rankings.

1) Build a good quality web site

This is one of the most overlooked methods of getting good quality one way links to your web site. If you build a large content web site that people want to link to people will automatically do this without you even asking them. If you look at web sites like Google, Yahoo and Youtube. They caused a buzz on the internet and this is how they became so popular.

2) Article marketing

This is my favourite method of traffic generation. It is completely free and the leads that are generated are up to ten times better than leads from other sources. Write articles consistently and submit them to the major article directories. These will be picked up by other web publishers as well as creating a viral effect as they publish them in their ezines on their web sites.

3) Promote using social media sites

If you are running a blog on your web site you can include a plug in that will allow users that like your post to submit it. This will significantly increase your links if you have many people who favourite your post on a site like Digg. The key here is to have a headline that catches attention and usually a controversial post will more often than not make it to the front page of Digg attracting thousands of visitors.

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Mark Abrahams is a full time internet marketer who has helped others to earn a living online.