If you cannot, or do not wish to, write your articles yourself, you can search different outsourcing companies to find a freelance writer to help you grow your business and your website. These freelancers will ghostwrite articles for you, which means that you will own all copyrights to the material that is produced to do with what you want. Freelance writers have a talent for writing, but they would rather make quick money out of writing for others, than from taking the time to build a niche website that will need to be heavily marketed and promoted to begin earning revenue. They are usually not marketers, but rather people who have a gift for the written word. On the other hand, those who are looking to make money from articles are marketers. They are looking to build websites that will give them long-term revenue, rather than one quick payment and that is it. This Internet pool of freelance writers will open up a good opportunity for you to receive the quality, original content that you are looking for to build your niche site. (And of course you can try MY site!) (Word Count 191) Learn to use search engine optimization techniques when writing your articles. If you are hiring a writer to write articles for you, you can choose one who already knows about SEO, or you can supply them with a list of keywords and let them know where they should be placed and how many times they should be repeated throughout the article. Optimizing your articles for search engines will help them rank higher when someone searches for a keyword relating to your subject, which means that you will receive more visitors because more people will actually see your URL. It is a fact that most visitors don’t look past the first search engine result page and by the third search engine results page there is practically no audience left for you to promote to. What this means for those on the third or high page is no traffic. This is why it is very important for you to make sure that your articles are prepared in a way that will eventually get them to that first or second search engine results page. (Word Count 190) Choosing a good niche subject to base your website around is one of the most important aspects of making money from your articles. This will give you a foundation to build from and you can target one general audience with a pack of keywords that they are most likely to be searching for. You should take each one of these keywords and use it for the basis of one article on each page. This way, even though you are targeting one specific subject, you will be sure to interest a wide variety of people in that one niche. They may also find other pages that interest them, which will keep them returning to your site to learn new information about the niche subject. The best way to find keywords for your niche subject is to use a keyword software program and type in the word that is the subject of your niche. This will generate a list of keywords or phrases that contain your niche and will also show you approximately how many people search for each word or phrase. Some software programs may also tell you how many sites are out there to compete with for each word or phrase (this will help you know if those sites are worth competing with for the number of searches out there). You then decide which of these would be most profitable by determining which have the least amount of competitors, so that you have a chance at making it to the first or second page of search engine results, but that also have a decent amount of people looking for that keyword or phrase each month. These will be the keywords or phrases on which you will base the pages of your niche site. If there are a number of topics that you like, pick the one that you feel would be easiest to start with and then, once that site is built and generating some revenue, you can start another site. The most profitable website marketers, who use their talent of finding niches and combining that with good site content and a handful of affiliate links, have a good amount and variety of niche sites that they have started. You are never limited in what you can do with niche website marketing, unless you find out that you do not have the marketing skills or the needed funding to make it happen. Otherwise, the sky is the limit! (Word Count 415) Picking a good web hosting company is important to keeping your website open and your costs down. There are many to choose from, as well as different pricing plans to look over. Depending on the amount of sites that you intend on building, you may want to consider a larger web space in the long run. You should start with the smallest web space that you can get to test the waters, just in case niche website Internet marketing does not work out for you. You may want to add on later, so make sure that your provider offers that option. You will want to choose a provider that has a reliable service. If your site is down or takes too long to open up when visitors are trying to get in, it may lead them to click out of your site and move on to the next one. They will also more than likely not visit in the future since they will remember their bad experience. For this reason, it is probably best to stick with a well-known company for which you can check reliable references. There are many small hosting providers that offer space for as low as $.50 to $1 per month, however, you never know what you will be getting and many of them want you to pay for at least a year's worth in advance. You will also want one that has the most affordable hosting. If you can create your own small site or have one made for you, then you will probably be able to find space for as little as $3 to $4 per month. However, if you need to choose a company that offers a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) website builder, then you will probably end up paying $10 to $15 per month for the smallest amount of space. But if this is the only way that you can build a site, then it is necessary. Two hosting companies I know to be excellent, low-cost and reliable. One is Hostgator which many people use and recommend. The other, 4Domains, is the one to use if you want to register a domain as well, as the domain is free if you use their hosting service. Some web hosting providers may also offer a deal on a yearly URL or other products when you make a web hosting purchase. Ultimately, whatever web hosting provider you choose will depend on your individual needs and what you can afford. If you are fortunate, you will be able to snap up a well-known provider at a low price who will allow you to upgrade your service as needed. (Word Count 406) |