If you’ve read many articles in the article directories you’ll notice something right away. There are articles and then there are ARTICLES!

What I mean by this is there are articles you read and think to yourself, “ho hum”. Ick… you don’t want to post any of these, it’s a total waste of time.

Then there are those that you learn something from. This is better, but we’ve still got a ways to go.

Then there are articles that suck you in and get you thinking and perhaps even get you to do even more research on the subject. This is good but we’re still not quite there.

The best articles are crafted so they give you enough information to get you interested but still leave you wanting more. This is a real trick to do but if you sit down and read some articles on a subject that you are interested in you’ll quickly see the formula for writing these kinds of articles. These are the ones that give you just the right amount of information and give you easy access to more through a well-placed link. These are the type of articles that you want to post at a minimum.

Having a hard time figuring out exactly how to write one of those kinds of articles? Well… I never said it was going to be easy! Seeing it and doing it are always two different things. Do you want an even easier way to get the click-throughs? How about getting click-throughs that also subscribe to your list?

Get or create a freebie that is exactly targeted to your article. The more targeted the better. Then offer it though the link in your article. If your article is one like we mentioned above, even better! Your reader reads the article, is left wanting more, and you have conveniently supplied a link in your article where they can download a free pdf report, or a piece of software that will answer all their questions! So direct them to your landing page, make it simple with a minimum of distractions, and get their email and first name and let them download your gift.

Now you have another person on your list that you can follow up with. You also know what they may be interested in so you can give them what they want! Sometimes this stuff is just too easy!

Seriously though, the tip above, done right, is and has been one of the most powerful article marketing techniques in internet marketing. It can be done for any niche, any product, both hard and soft, and gets you what you need… list members.

So get out there and write one of those articles and let us all know where it is. I love to see them!

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