Article Marketing Strategy: How To Use Free Reports To Get Traffic And Sales

The secret to getting a lot of traffic and sales from your articles is much simpler than you think. If you want a more effective article marketing strategy, then what you have to do is recycle your content. What this means is that you reuse your content in different ways to get more out of it.

There are many ways to do this. You can use your articles as a starting point for your products. In other words, adding more content and adding more in depth information is one way to create products. You may also offer your content in different forms like audio or video.

However, one of the most effective ways I have found to use my articles is to take them and create a free report I can give away to my readers. Doing this is really easy. All you need is a word processing program like Microsoft Word or Open Office that will allow you to create a PDF.

A PDF is a type of document that can be read on any computer. In other words, it's universal. Because it's universal, you can share your documents with anyone. This increases your chances of completely reaching your market.

The first thing you need to do is to choose the articles you will include in your report. Your articles need to be related in some way, and you will want to organize them in order that makes sense for your readers.

Then, create a title for your report. Try to choose something that is catchy and will get attention.

Don't forget to include your resource box in your report. Better yet, because you are writing a free report, write a short biography about yourself and give more information about how you can help your readers. You also want to include a special offer for your readers.

The ultimate report will be brandable. This means that readers can add their web site or possibly brand the report for your affiliate program if you have one. This will help you increase the chances of being able to give it away.

Now, when you write your articles, mention this special report in your resource box. Tell your readers they can get further information about whatever topic you are writing about.

For example:

"John Doe is a freelance writer and Internet marketer who wants to show you how anyone can earn a 7 figure income from writing. Download his free report called: "How to Make $1,000,000 a Year Writing About Niche Topics." To get your free report now, click here: http://www.yourdomain.com"

Make sure that all of the information you include in your resource box is relevant to your article. Don't waste your time including information in your resource box no one wants to read.

The next step is to submit your free report to ebook directories. The more ebook directories you submit to, the more places others can find your free report. Once you submit your report, you only have to submit it one time unless it doesn't get accepted.

There are also document collection sites like Scribd, as well as sites like Lulu where you may not only give away your free reports, but you can sell them as books. The point is, the more places you give your articles away, the more traffic, and the more sales, you will get.