An SEO Tip for Online Articles

What's a good SEO tip for online articles? One that's not hard to do, that doesn't take too much time, and that can make a real difference to article views and earnings.

Many writers have hundreds of online articles working away in the background and earning passive income for them each month. If this is true of you, have you found yourself wondering if there is anything more you can do to make your articles work harder for you?

With revenues plummeting in the wake a Panda adjustments and with ad revenues dropping, there is no better time to work with what you already have to make it that much stronger.

Today, I'm going to mention an easy-to-implement SEO tip that outlines a step you can take in relation to your online articles that will help you to increase your article traffic and ultimately your earnings.

At certain sites, writers are allowed to include a description right after their title. This no longer applies at many sites but there are still revenue sharing platforms out there that allow and encourage this feature. An article description serves as a teaser and, more importantly, it shows up in search engine results.

You all know the old saying: you only have once to make a first impression . . .

SEO Tip
It's a good idea to spend a few minutes each day revamping your article descriptions. (and if you haven't been working to tighten and improve your existing articles, you all should be!) You can bump up your article SEO by adding more keywords and making your description far more interesting. Your article title and description are the first thing that searchers see when results come up, so it pays to SEO them to best advantage. Makes sense, doesn't it?

I've been doing this with my articles at sites that allow inclusion of a description as a teaser that leads into the article body. I realize now, in hindsight, that some of my early descriptions were terse snippets that in reality did little to entice readers to click through and read the information in my articles. my mindset in those days was publish, publish, publish and earn, earn, earn.

We are constantly told to craft a good keyword title and that advice is still relevant today but we should also add a full keyword-rich description so that our article presents the best face to searchers who will see a portion of the description in search engine results.

Now, some will say that keywords no longer matter. I don't agree. Articles and descriptions that are optimized with keywords still do well. I have proof of this because many of my articles remain on the front page in search results. The main kahuna with Google is that content has to be of good quality and offer something solid to the reader. If you already have a solid offering in your article body, it certainly doesn't hurt to make your description stronger.

Applying this SEO tip can tip the scales, as it were, in relation to your articles' searchability and earning potential.

Money-Making Tip: Tweak your description so that it offers searchers more information.

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Article Marketing Automation and HowToee

This month I decided to take advantage of HowToee's article marketing automation capability and create a 2500-word pillar article.

What do I mean when I use the term "article marketing automation" and how does it apply to pillar articles on the Howtoee site?

Howtoee has a built-in system whereby those who get in on the ground floor and submit pillar articles win certain keywords. What this means, in real terms, is that all other articles on the Howtoee site,  containing those same keywords, will link back to the original pillar article, thus driving traffic and generating profit for the writer endlessly. What an innovative marketing idea!

As "Howtoee Guy" writes in his article Howtoee Pillar Article Contest is an Exceptional Opportunity for You:

 "Now, here’s where things get really exciting: your pillar articles will be linked from all the other on-topic articles at HowToee whether they’ve been posted in the past or they become posted in future. This is something you never see on other websites such as the article directories."

Article Marketing Automation
Howtoee.com is a cut above other content sites because of the way it has been designed to help contributors earn money from their content. Those who create substantial pillar articles will see concrete results and, on top of that, because writer bios appear at the foot of each article on the Howtoee site, with one link permitted to the writer's website or blog, this will also send a flood of traffic to same for years to come.

So, I rolled up my sleeves and set about creating a substantial pillar article: How to Write a Killer Pillar Article that Outperforms the Competition. When I checked my word count, it came in at 2500-words. Whew! Now, while admittedly, writing a pillar of this length is an undertaking--certainly not for the faint of heart--I decided to give it a whirl. It took me close to a week to bring my pillar article up to publishable standards--the proof reading alone! But I kept myself motivated with the thought of Howtoee's article marketing automation capability and how that would spell endless article earnings down the road. I never have trouble with the actual writing part, the lion's share of my time is spent in proofreading and tweaking once an article has been created.

Times are changing and online writers do well to gauge trends and apply them in their writing. We all know that the old rule of thumb was that writers were best ahead of the game by creating short, easy-for-the-time-strapped-reader type of online articles; however, with Google's increasing and stringent policies about quality content, reader engagement, and the actual time readers spend on a page, that has now all but gone by the wayside. As writers, we have to step up to the plate to remain viable and generate income online.

I like the article marketing automation offered by Howtoee, as this built-in system seems far more competitive and a cut above what other content sites are offering to their contributors.

In his article Reader Challenge Round Up, popular blogger Pat Flynn offers his insights about pillar articles and why these are so effective in relation to marketing, traffic, building a brand and ultimately increasing earnings revenues across the board: "This kind of post is a deadly piece of ammunition in a blogger’s arsenal because it can drive massive traffic, easily become viral and drastically raise the value and authority of the blog and its owner."

Yaro Starak, in fact attributes pillars as contributing to his blogging success. He shares some fascinating insights in his article: The Secret of My Blog's Success--The Pillar Article.

Certainly, writing a pillar and harnessing the power of article marketing automation is a powerful approach as online writing becomes more competitive and thus more challenging.

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How to Earn One Hundred Dollars for Each Online Article

One hundred dollars for each online article . . . would that it were possible . . . it IS!

To beat the February blahs, I'm going to suggest a little experiment to all my readers. If you are struggling to earn real money from your online articles, I invite you to join with me this month in a planned maneuver to wring more from one of your online articles.

SEO: Step-by-Step = Higher Article Earnings

What we will be doing is utilizing proven SEO methods to generate higher article earnings. These SEO methods could be likened to steps that lead upward so that you reach your goal of earning one hundred dollars for your article.

We each will take just one article that has been published at an online site that shares revenue with its writers each month and apply specific SEO methods to the article so that it starts to earn more. In these days, post-Panda, we all could stand a boost, ie: an increase in our article earnings.

The goal is to bump up the article's earning capability. Now, you won't earn one hundred dollars for your chosen article in a month or two, what will happen is that you will see an increase in your article traffic and earnings, once you've used and applied the steps you'll be given below. Your increased traffic and earnings will continue in coming months.

Select a High-Performing Article

How to Earn One Hundred Dollars for Each Online Article

1. Select one of your top-performing articles at any online revenue sharing site you submit content to
2. Make a promise to yourself that each day you will do one thing to promote your article. Pick any of the steps I mention in the article below.
3. Read about the specific steps you can take to earn more from your chosen article. You will see an article link at the bottom of this post titled How to Earn One Hundred Dollars for Each Online Article. When you finish reading today's post, click on the link below, read through the article, and print it off or bookmark it for easy reference. The SEO methods (steps) you will find in this article will help you to earn more from your chosen article. While you will be working with just one article, these SEO strategies can, of course, be applied to any article you want to optimize for higher earnings.
4. In the coming weeks, plan to complete ALL THE SEO STEPS you'll learn.

Now, the article I'm going to be working on is shown below. I applied the SEO methods to this particular article some time ago and it passed the one hundred dollar mark--but just for fun, I'm going to do some additional promoting to bump up my earnings.

Here's a screen shot I took today of this article. I'm showing it here, to demonstrate that earning one hundred dollars for each online article is entirely possible. As the old saying goes, if one has either the right tools or the right knowledge, any task becomes that much easier to tackle and to successfully complete.

I'm going to give you the know-how but the rest is up to you. You'll need to be motivated to make each of your online articles earn more for you.

As can be seen, "SEOing" an article makes a big difference. This particular article sat pretty much lost in cyberspace for a long time, doing very little. I decide to roll up my sleeves and see if I could make it "earn its keep." My efforts paid off--and exceeded my expectations! My mindset was that most of the work had already been done (the actual writing part) and now I had time to improve the article so that it had greater earning capability.

Are you eager to learn how to earn one hundred dollars for each online article? Get started by clicking the link below:

SEO Tactics: How to Earn $100.00 for Each Triond Article. 

While the information pertains to a Triond article, the SEO methods mentioned therein can be used for any online article that has been published at a site that shares revenue. Remember, if you use these methods in relation to your article, it will reach the one hundred dollar mark and may even exceed that. It all depends on whether you are willing to work at it.

I'll post another screen shot and I will share what I did to further promote this article.

Money-Making Tip: use proven SEO methods to bump up article earnings.

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