I'm sure you are all familiar with the common method of marketing, in which someone writes original articles and then submits them to article directories. On average, how much traffic would someone get per article?
Can't say. It all depends on the article and how it's listed, ranked, and perceived. You can write hundreds of articles, but if they are crap, you will get crap traffic.
Most of my links are built through article marketing. Some articles have sent a lot of unique visitors, and some have barely sent any. It all depends if your article interests the reader enough to check out your resource box and click on the link to your site.
If the articles can be listed in the mainpage or landing page of those article directories, then you will get a lot of traffic. Quality content is the key here.
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I agree, quality is the key. Once I wrote a very advanced article about php which I "sacrificed" in order to see how article marketing works. This happened before 2 years, and I still get some hits from sites that got it. On another time I hired someone to write an article and distribute it and got almost nothing because the article was very basic.
Bum Marketing has seen better days. The number of visitors you will get depends on the niche and the way you will write (including keyword density)
In my experiences, traffic from the article directories is very minimal.. I get less than 100 views every month..
It all depends on the quality of the article and the traffic into the site where you have submitted. If you have written a smashing article which appeals to the audience then you can expect a steady flow into your site. There are a few variables involved in it!
I'd expect that most people receive minimal traffic from article marketing, but like others have said, it sure depends. However, article marketing can allow you to get valuable backlinks from the article directories and then anyone who picks your article up and posts it on their website. That then can result in traffic from search engines or other people's sites. Whatever you do, make sure it's quality.
I would say if I write a good article that doesn’t get high up in Google it may bring me in like 20 visitors per month. Now when I really write a good article and optimize it well for Google I can get as many as a few 100+ visitors. A few things I noticed with articles. 1. They never die they will always bring you traffic (To this day I still get traffic from articles well over 1 year old). 2. Articles work! I have had a number of people call me on the phone and say "hey I saw your article on such and such site" and they would buy what I was selling. 3. The more target your articles are on your business the better conversions you will see. 4. Write, write, and write. Just a few days ago I got an email from some random guy I never met in my life and he said he saw my articles online and really liked 3 of them that he is going to feature on his site! Can you say free traffic? Writing articles are great. They are free and simple and easy to do. I use www.articlemarketer.com to submit my articles. I also hand submit them but only to a few places I like.
Various traffic, depends on topic and the quality of the article. Adding a good article about a popular topic can bring pretty good traffic, but usually it sends a visitor every now and then.
No one can answer that for you. It could be 0 visitors or it could be thousands. It all depends where you articles get picked up and published.
As several people have already mentioned, the traffic can range from zero to hero depending on multiple factors (quality of article, placement on directories and etc.). Something to keep in mind, is that in addition to being eternal links to your site that will forever send some trickle of traffic over--is the quality of traffic your articles can bring you. Even if your article only sends 100 visitors to your site, if it was well written they will be 100 highly targeted visitors, and depending on what you're doing with the traffic once it reaches you that can be worth your weight in gold. I do a lot of article marketing, and the traffic it brings me converts at a rate that's worth the efforts. Plus, every once in a while I'll "really get it right" with an article and its traffic will convert better than anything I've ever seen from AdWords or anywhere else for that matter. So, in my long-winded way, I'm saying the quality of article traffic can off-set the low volume it tends to bring. Good luck with it
If your article is considered unique and is very informative (along with adding targeted keywords) you will have a jump in traffic. For example, if you are talking about an area that has a special niche there is low competition and a high demand for the articles, expect a lot of traffic. If there is low demand for a certain subject along with a low demand for articles in that subject, then expect little to no traffic.
I would focus more on quality more than quantity. Experience tells me trying to churn out dozens of articles in a short amount of time leads to less quality and thus less visitors.
Great advice on article marketing. This post reminded me I need to upload some fresh articles! Something else you might want to consider. Always hang onto those old articles you write. Some directories will delete them after 6 months, some after a year. Turn around and resubmit them to the directories that have time limits. TxDon