Owning, running, and maintaining an Internet based business or a website need articles. Plain and simple, everyone who has a site knows this. Even those who don’t have sites but are frequent Internet users know this as well. Articles quench people’s thirst for information. And articles of all possible topics are being searched every minute; your website will benefit if you have plenty of useful write ups – the so called article marketing.

The benefits that articles provide are putting websites at high search engine results rankings for keywords and keyword phrases relevant to the website’s niche. After all, your readers are after with the information you impart to them. You will know when you become an authority in your niche because other website and newsletter publishers will link your website to theirs. And these links will boost your readers’ or costumers’ confidence to your own website.

An effective article marketing strategy is one that increases your websites traffic. That is to say you have to have good contents that your readers will find useful and credible. When this happens, your readers will help you market your website for you; they would recommend your website to everyone else. In return, you get bigger sales. Your product or services would be much easier to sell when they trust you know what you are doing or talking about.

So ok, we have established the importance of articles to a website. But, there is one dilemma though. Not many people like writing articles – let alone have the talent to write.

Many website owners would rather spend their time on something else, and unless you’re a big time company, you don’t have the necessary resources to use on a pool of article writers. Mind you, plagiarism or copying of other articles is frowned upon by search engines. It could easily get you into trouble, worst case scenario; a hefty fine and even jail time.

How would you go about solving this problem then?

Well, for starters if you hate writing articles and you can’t afford to hire people to write for you then don’t. Get free articles. The first place to look at for free articles is the public domain.  Here you won’t have problems with copyright infringement and the following penalties if you get caught for plagiarism. Your article marketing strategy could get off the ground.

Public domain articles are articles freely given to anyone who can find good use of it. You can do whatever you want with it. You can publish it on your website as yours, put it in a newsletter; it’s your decision. Always remember though that you will have to choose articles that are relevant to your website’s niche.

The downside to public domain articles is that since it is free for everybody, many of your competitors may have access to them as well. Since every site needs to be original and unique even though you have the same niche, this could be a predicament. You may also have to edit them a bit to place more keywords and keyword phrases to make them better.

Article submitters are also wiling to publish contents on your website for free. But use this opportunity sparingly. Use this only to augment your site a bit, but don’t leave your contents at the mercy of article submitters. Submitted articles have embedded anchor text in them that directs you visitors to the websites of the articles owners. It’s still important to have your own articles. You could use them to link to your other websites or to your favorite authority websites.

But to truly feel the power of article marketing, go for original articles. There are many article writers who accept part time and freelance article writing jobs and charges only minimal fees. You can get good original articles that have all the keywords and keyword phrases you need that you know people are looking for.

The investment you made for these articles is worth every penny because you could use them for all the benefits you could offer. You hold copyrights to them and you will be able to use them anyway you want. Your article writing needs have just been solved.

What is there left to do? Claim your online business success through article marketing strategy.

What are the vast majority of U.S. day-to-day online searches looking for?

(a) Info Products     (b) Real Products

What have the vast majority of US affiliates (your competition) overlooked?

(a) Info Products     (b) Real Products

What are 90% of the online population of the USA going to be searching for in the run up to Christmas?

(a) Info Products     (b) Real Products

The truth is if you’re not selling hard products in some ways, you are already missing out on a major source of revenue. eBay has already clamped down on infoproduct listings, and along with it, Amazon, Buy.com, Shopping.com and even Craigslist are considered major marketplaces for products that people will search and are more ready to buy because there is an immediate need to fulfill and you don’t have to explain too much (do you need to over-explain a digital camera to a layman?).

Most people would immediately think about the challenge to secure sole rights for selling hard stuff, or “I have to go to China or Bangkok to visit the factories” or shipping cost concerns and perhaps having to learn how to install shopping cart scripts. Put all these conventional thoughts aside for a while, because here is a man who made over $102,000 last Christmas selling off Amazon and some other tangible sites (primarily Amazon). It’s very urgent that IF you plan on getting it, you get it now IF your goal is to cash in for Christmas 2008.

I’ve always admire people who can do this successfully online. Unlike info-gurus like me(!), they are the REAL gurus selling real products to real people through real vendors and making a very healthy profit in the process.

That is why this product is aptly named Info Product Killer. The primary concept revolves around building mini-sites focused on serving the U.S. market. We all know countries like U.S. and U.K. have the most web-savvy buyers but unknown to you if you’ve never appreciated living in these places, that is because it takes time to travel to a central shopping location. I just got to know a fellow Singaporean who actually flew from Minnesota to San Francisco just to buy a watch. Anyway, geography defines the online purchasing culture. And in this dark financial times, people are much more prone to hunt down bargains in a matter of Google searches.

So coming back, it doesn’t matter if you live in the U.S. or not, unless you can’t sign up to Amazon’s Associate program based on where you live. But Info Product Killer discusses the U.S. market.

It certainly sounds easy when you’re already hands-on with Internet Marketing. I mean, mini-sites are nothing new. Phil Wiley wrote about them 7 years ago and several people have developed new versions of the concept over the years.

But this whole Amazon idea is boiled down into a very effective system that capitalizes on proven on-page SEO techniques.

The creator of Info Product Killer (his name is Craig) is quoted to earn 80% of his commissions from free traffic only. It is what he does best. Nonetheless, Info Product Killer also touches on PPC marketing.

The most crucial lesson is to understand and appreciate how these Amazon niche sites are designed and set up for effective conversion. With Info Product Killer, it’s in step-by-step form with video tutorials! When you are a visual learner, you know it helps to put you at ease when “what you see is what you get”. You should be able to organize and assemble the knowledge from watching the videos.

With all that being said, it must be stressed that the strategies work all year round, not only for Amazon (since it’s a cut-and-paste job with the Amazon Associates product links. You can use Commission Junction links if you want) and can work on blogs too. Knowing the secret key to getting visitors hooked on buying hard products and fulfilling their urgent needs/wants will definitely open more doors for monetization beyond selling PDF files and softwares.

Craig is so confident of his course that he actually wants to limit its availability and give you a $68 discount. Just go to the page and use discount code WSO777 (IGNORE the displayed discount code).