So you’ve finished writing a great article and now you’re ready to submit it to all the major article directories. All you have to do is press the send button and wait for an avalanche of traffic straight to your website right? Not so fast. Despite all your hard work spent writing articles, you might be making some common mistakes that could be sabotaging your article marketing efforts. Find out if you’re making these common mistakes so you can fix them fast and get more traffic with your articles.

Here are the 3 common mistakes that many people make in article marketing:

Mistake #1: You Don’t Optimize Keywords In The Article Body

The best way to get more people to find your articles is to get a high ranking in Google for popular keywords that describe your topic. While many people mention their main keywords in the article title, most don’t repeat the keywords in the body. To improve your rankings in Google, make sure that you mention your money keywords and phrases at least 3-4 times in the body of your articles.

Mistake #2:You’re Not Tracking Website Visitors From Your Articles

When writing articles it’s very easy to just include your website url without any tracking. However if you do any article marketing for a long time, you’ll want to know where your best traffic is coming from so you can get more of it. By including tracking links in your articles you’ll also be able to find out which articles are sending you the best customers.

Mistake #3: No Appealing Benefits Or Compelling Calls To Action

After writing a great article many people fail to include a compelling offer or call to action. You should do this as soon as you possibly can. Whether in the resource box of your article or even earlier possible. While some article directories might only allow links in the resource box, you can always include more links if you publish articles on your own website or blog.

Of course, the key to making all of this work of is writing great articles. Assuming you have good content to begin with you’ll quickly be able to get the most from your writing.

One of the biggest problem many writers face is simply the time it takes to research and write articles that get attention and drive traffic to your website. If you want to write irresistible articles faster and make more money, you’ll want to use the latest tools that help automate your article research and save dozens of hours so you can write faster and get more customers.

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