A Great Marketing Tool - Article Writing

How can article writing reward you? What in the world is affiliate marketing all about? Let's begin with understanding affiliate marketing.

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is earning a commission when you help sell a product. You can help sell a product by article writing. This is how it works.

Sign up for an affiliate network via internet.

Choose a reliable affiliate network. Affiliate network is a platform where businesses seek affiliates.

The merchants of a product will choose their publishers and pay them based on their performance.

How To Make Your Article Sell?

The basic requirements are:

Write a quality post
Create a perfect resource box


You are probably familiar with article writing tips. You may even be a good writer already with loads of experience. So here are some basics you need to know about what a resource box is.

Resource Box

A resource box is information about the author and is provided at the end of the article. It is a very important marketing channel. Make this a mandatory part of your article writing.

Here are some important items that you should include in your resource box.

Your name: This is the most important item. Include your name with your title as an option.
Your website address: Provide a valid URL, for example http:// your name.com.

Your slogan: A 2-3 sentence brief about you and your product that shouts “Read me”. This should be unique. This is also known as your USP (Unique Selling Proposition).

Your call to action: Use power words to lead them to your website. For example, you may write ‘To know more about this product / subject visit XYZ.com.’

Your contact information – Take care to include valid data about your telephone number and contact address. Remember, once your article is published it is no easy task to retract.

Here are some dos and don’ts

Don’t dilute your website by posting a large number of irrelevant URLs.

Don’t let your article writing go off tangent. Stay focused on the subject or the product. Avoid writing too much about your accomplishments. Nobody really wants to know. Rather focus on the benefits your article can accrue to the reader.

Do keep your resource box short – Keep it no more than one-fifth of your article size.
Article writing is a powerful tool to boost your market strategy. Write articles for affiliate marketing and enhance your brand image.