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Update: I put this post up just before Anik went into launch mode, so the directory link below points to a sales page at the moment. I’ve emailed Anik to find out how to get free access to the directory again and will update the post as soon as I find out myself! Sorry about the confusion - this surprised me too!

Update 2: Anik just sent me the link. To go straight to the article directory, go to http://affsphere.com/. The links below will take you to a page that sells a $10 report on how Anik has been using article marketing to make money during the previous four years before you get to the directory.

A long time ago I conducted an article marketing experiment to promote my blog using the article directory site EzineArticles.com. The experiment didn’t go brilliantly, however there were good reasons - I just didn’t do it for long enough.

I’ve remained wary of article marketing since then, preferring to outsource the work if I do it at all. I still believe it’s a good system to build traffic, it’s just not going to blow you away in a short period of time. Like most things when it comes to online marketing, it takes time and consistent testing to deliver a good result.

AffSphere Opens

This week a recent new friend of mine, Anik Singal, released a new article marketing directory called AffSphere.

Here’s a video explaining what AffSphere is -

The core function of AffSpehere is like any other article directory service - you submit articles and they are syndicated across the web. In return you get traffic when a person who reads the article clicks the link in your signature file.

That’s where the similarities between AffSphere and other directories end. AffSphere has a few more features that designed to help you make money, including -

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Yuwanda Black, who blogs at Creative & Editorial Freelancing, recently left comments on one of my older posts reviewing my efforts at article marketing - Is Article Marketing Worth Your Time?.

She commented that her article marketing results have been great (while my own back then were not so good) and has gone ahead and started a new case study on her blog, which you can read the first part of here - How article marketing is significantly increasing my income (Part 1 of 5).

I have plans to use article marketing again in the near future so I’m keeping my ear to floor (does that make sense?) on this topic. Let’s hope Yuwanda’s articles can help us all significantly increase our incomes using article marketing.

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Brian Clark, the CopyBlogger, has produced a 10 page PDF report on Building Traffic with Article Marketing.

The first part of the report you will be familiar with because it’s my article Is Article Marketing Worth Your Time?, but the second part is all new content from Brian that will really help your article marketing campaigns if you decide to implement this marketing method.

Download free 10-page PDF article marketing report [PDF]

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For those who enjoyed my recent article - Is Article Marketing Worth Your Time? - you will find this case study over at Blogging My Pursuit worth watching.

Article Submission Project

This will be an ongoing project for as long as it takes to get a good picture of which article directories are the best to submit to (based mostly on traffic generated.) Then, I’ll make a top 25 list of the best to submit to.

It should be interesting reading to see how well the different article directories perform at generating traffic in a live case study.

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Or…EzineArticles.com Review

Regular readers of my blogs know I’ve been testing article marketing using the article distribution and repository service from Ezine Articles. Ezine Articles allows writers to publish articles that include a special area at the end called a resource box. In the resource box the author leaves a link or two along with a couple of sentences. Other webmasters and publishers are allowed to reprint the article on their own websites, newsletters or blogs, as long as they keep the resource box intact.

You can see an example of one of my articles with the resource box here - http://ezinearticles.com/?id=141082 - note the photo isn’t usually part of the resource box, you only see it when you view the article at Ezine Articles.

The idea from the writer’s point of view is that you can increase your exposure by having your content reproduced around the Internet. Your are rewarded with one-way incoming links from the resource box, you don’t have to reciprocate as you would with link exchanges, which in theory should reward you with better search engine rankings.

From a publisher’s point of view it’s free content. If you are struggling to keep a regular email newsletter going reprinting articles can be a fantastic way to reduce your workload. You can also use the content to populate a blog, website or any publication as long as you follow the reproduction rules.

My Article Marketing Test

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