Bonnie Jo Davis’ ‘Articles That Sell Update’ newsletter is reprinted here. The featured article is titled “Promoting Affiliate Products With Article Marketing”. [Newsletter Article]


Bonnie Jo Davis’ ‘Articles That Sell Update’ newsletter is reprinted here.

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Articles That Sell Update
Volume IV, Issue 11 – November 2007

Table of Contents

I. From The Editor

II. Feature Article – Promoting Affiliate Products With Article Marketing

III. Feature Review – Social Media Daily

IV. New Submission Sites

V. Article Submission Tips & Tricks – Daily Writing Tips

VI. Legalities

VII. Contact Information

VIII. Subscribe/Unsubscribe Instructions

I. From The Editor

Dear Subscriber,

As I write this message Southern California is consumed by raging wild fires. Several fires may have been started by an arsonist.

I bring this up because I want to encourage you to look at using current events in your articles. For instance,

if your business sells safety kits, first aid kits, camping supplies, etc., then you should write an article and tie your suggestions to the current event.

An article of this type will not be evergreen but you

can get a tremendous surge of traffic by writing about current events.

Wishing you much success,

Bonnie Jo Davis

Bonnie@ArticlesThatSell.com

II. Feature Article – Promoting Affiliate Products With Article Marketing

You already know that article marketing is a tried and true technique for propelling your business forward. In fact, article marketing is so prevalent, you may worry that it has been overdone and is losing its punch. Nothing is further from the truth, particularly if you are involved with affiliate products and want to raise your income.

And let’s face it … you want to make money. Article marketing can provide you with a good income, especially if you use it to promote your affiliate programs and utilize it to drive traffic
to your web site.

Most article submission sites won’t allow you to include affiliate links or “cloaked” links in your byline or even in the body of your article, but you can get around this by adding a

link to a “review” of an affiliate product and place a “buy” button at the top, middle and bottom of the page.

A high-quality affiliate review article follows certain conventions. First, be honest in your article and cover both good and bad (if any!) features of a product. Your honesty will enhance your
credibility with readers and they will be more likely to continue reading your article.

Here’s my preferred review structure:

Give an overview and general description of the affiliate product. For example, if the product is a book, give some information about the author and list the topics covered in the book. You can even include the entire table of contents to give readers an authentic idea of what they can expect.

After you’ve described the product, list the features that you like about it. Mention anything that is especially appealing or useful. Then, you should mention what you don’t like about it, if anything. Don’t go out of your way to find something bad to say, but do offer an honest assessment of its features. Nothing is perfect, after all!

Once you’ve finished your review, you can add a link to the bottom of the article in the form of a “buy” button that will take readers to where they can purchase the product.

Try out my method of article marketing and watch your web site traffic increase and your affiliate sales rise!

III. Feature Review – Social Media Daily

This free e-book is a blueprint for using Social Media to promote your web sites. Michelle MacPhearson created this document so that her employees would have a step-by-step plan for marketing her new web sites. Michelle has achieved top search engine rankings using
the steps in her e-book.

Social Media Daily is broken into the following chapters:

Introduction

How to Use “Social Media Daily”

BackLinks and Anchor Text

Tools & Software for Automation

Social Media Daily Checklist

Conclusion

Techniques covered in this e-book are:

Promotion Basics & Beginning SEO

Social Bookmarking and Story Submission

Demo and Teaser Submission

Video Sharing

Collaborative Research

Classifieds

Content Contribution

Social Net

I believe you can use many of these techniques to promote your articles AND your web site. Social Media Daily is so easy to use that I found myself using some of the techniques right away.

You can get Social Media Daily for free at this site:

http://www.socialmediadaily.com/

IV. New Submission Sites

(Want more submission sites? Visit http://www.ArticleSubmissionSites.com)

Anger Articles – This niche directory focuses on the topic of anger. Some of the topics include: ADD, anxiety, behavior, relationships, divorce and more. The articles that you submit must be your own work. No affiliate links are allowed. Articles must be spellchecked and proofread for grammatical errors prior to submitting.

http://www.angerarticles.com/

About Florida Articles – This unique article directory accepts articles about Florida. Some of the topics include: about Florida, family, hurricanes, shopping, tourist destinations and more. The articles that you submit must be your own work. No affiliate links are allowed. Articles must be spellchecked and proofread for grammatical errors prior to submitting.

http://www.aboutfloridaarticles.com/

Articles About Art – If you are an artist of any kind then this site is for you! Topics covered are art appraising, art therapy, stress relief, Andy Warhol, Da Vinci, music and writing. In order to submit articles you must register and abide by the rules. No re-branded articles allowed, you must be the sole copyright holder for each article you submit. No affiliate links are allowed and article must be free of spelling and grammar errors.

http://www.articlesaboutart.com

Articles About Birds – How could anyone resist articles about birds? Articles About Birds aims to cover the basics of birds such as bird feeders, food, houses, bird watching, hummingbirds and more. This site is for bird lovers of all kinds. Register for a free account to submit articles and follow the simple rules.

http://www.articlesaboutbirds.com/submitguidelines.php

Best Free Content – Health_Beauty – This Yahoo! newsgroups has over 500 members who submit articles on beauty topics. You must be a member to post articles and in order to do that you must create a free Yahoo! account.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bestfreecontent_health_beauty/

V. Article Submission Tips & Tricks – Daily Writing Tips

This blog covers many different topics such as book reviews, business writing, expressions, grammar, misused words, punctuation, spelling and writing basics.

Some of Daily Writing Tips’ most popular posts include:

6 Foreign Expressions You Should Know

The Importance of Proofreading

Let the Word Do the Work

10 Rules for Writing Numbers and Numerals

The Difference Between e.g. and i.e.

8 Proofreading Tips and Techniques

Careful with Words Used as Noun and Verb

Audience is Everything

Daily Writing Tips is updated frequently and is written in a professional, yet warm tone. You won’t find any contentious posts on this site and you can be assured that the knowledge shared is top notch.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/

VI. Legalities

Articles That Sell Update Newsletter is published by Davis Virtual Assistance.

(c) 2007, Davis Virtual Assistance. All rights reserved in all media. You may forward complete copies of this e-zine to anyone but may not reprint portions thereof without express written consent of the publisher.

VII. Contact

Bonnie Jo Davis, Publisher
Davis Virtual Assistance
P.O. Box 80832
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
949-709-2670
http://www.ArticleSubmissionSites.com
http://www.DavisVirtualAssistance.com
http://articlesthatsell.blogspot.com
http://www.squidoo.com/articlesthatsell
http://www.WriteYourWayToProfit.com
http://www.ArticlesThatSell.com
http://www.New-Age-Center.com
http://www.Fifty-Fantastic-Recipes.com


  Bonnie Jo Davis

I am a Virtual Assistant providing many services to my clients. My favorite service is article submissions. I submit articles for my clients every day and have been doing so for almost nine years.

This technique worked so well that we put other expensive marketing projects on hold so that my speaker could travel all over the world on paid speaking engagements.

Over time I discovered this amazing technique will work for people who do not consider themselves writers. It will work in print and on-line. It will work if your topic is spirituality, hobbies, family, the internet, marketing, business, etc. You name it, the possibilities are limitless! I went on to make more than 70% of my income by handling article submission projects for other professionals.

*IMNewswatch would like to thank Bonnie Jo Davis for granting permission to reprint the latest newsletter.

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