I have been answering a lot of emails and questions on forums about beginning a new website promotion strategy. One of the biggest problems that I am seeing is people getting overwhelmed with trying to get the numbers of traffic that it takes to be successful.

Don’t freak out

Part of the problem is people seeing that they need hundreds or thousands of back links to get high search engine rankings. Or, they think about the hours of work that it will take to set up a proper social networking campaign. The thing about it is, you may need all that, but you  don’t have to do it all at once.  What you need is a consistent plan of action to take every day.You can develop your own plan, or follow the advice of a proven expert in the field.

As I am writing my new ebook on True Article Marketing Exposed (which will soon replace my Traffic Formula), I really started thinking about all the ways people overwhelm themselves. That’s right. The first thing you have to accept to get past being overwhelmed is accept this simple fact:

YOU ARE DOING IT TO YOURSELF!

Step back, take a deep breath and control yourself. The best way to overcome this is by planning your strategy. One thing that I tell people is that consistency is more important than quantity. Develop your new website promotion plan to fit your schedule.

Now, I am going to shoot myself in the foot once again by giving you a plan that you can use,(and I am not even going to charge you for it, not even an email adress). Adapt it to fit your schedule, and how much time you have to spend promoting your new website.

First, look at where you want your links. Personally I go for a diverse structure including a few article directories, Web2.0 sites, blog commenting and guest posting, social bookmarking, and other sites.

Rather than looking at days of building backlinks, set a daily goal for the number of backlinks that you can comfortably build. This can be a few or a lot. I have one friend that does 20/ week. He works 2 jobs, while building up his sites, so he doesn;t  have a lot of time to spend on promotion. His sites are starting to take off, and he has even said if it stays consistent ( which it will if he does), he will quit one of his jobs, if not both of them later this month.

Your New Website Promotion Plan:

Start out by writing one article. Now, you can spin this article. Submit it to 5 article directories, and 5 web2.o sites. That sounds much simpler than submitting it to hundreds of sites doesn’t it?

Now, while you are on the social sites, go through and post 5 comments on related pages within the community. Stop by the forum, and leave one or two comments there. You don’t have to spend a lot of time on this, but by being involved in the community, you will increase your standing there, and you will get traffic to your pages on their site.

Next, i would go through a list of RSS feed submission sites. Submit your feed to say 5 sites/ day, which should take about 15 minutes.You can even outsource it here if you really want to. ( not an affiliate link, but I do highly recommend his service)

Make 5 blog comments on ComentLuv enabled blogs. This will help you get your site found quickly.

Thats it. now, you could do more, or less, depending on how much time you have. You can also outsource the article writing and submissions to more sites. This will increase your exposure, and give you a better chance at ranking well for your keyword.

Remember it is not about quantity it is about consistency. If you have more time on your hands, do more, if you cant do all this in a day, then do part of it one day and the rest the next day. Develop your own plan and stick to it.

Don’t overwhelm yourself with your new website promotion.

Paying article writing services to create your content is usually one of the first things you should outsource for your business. After all, one of the most crucial aspects of building your own website is getting great content. You need high quality, compelling articles, which will leave your readers drooling for more. However, it is also the #1 time-killer for a business owner.

You could spend hours slaving away at your desk trying to create just a few pages for your website. You can waste away your days doing research, and slamming your head against the wall trying get a few words down on paper.  After all, there is nothing else you could be spending your time doing.

There is a better way. You can hire someone to write for you. That is right; many people find a better use for their time than writing. You can find many article writing services online who will work with you to give your customers what they need, and save you the hours of hassle with doing it yourself.

Unfortunately, not all article writing services are the same. There are many things for you to consider when hiring a writer. This is your business, after all. You need to make sure that you get everything that you need. Follow these tips when hiring an article writing service, and you will get great content that you can use to build your site faster and better.

Writing Samples Are Critical

Make sure you see some samples of their writing first.  You want to make sure that they will provide you with quality. Any good writer usually has samples, even if they have never written professionally before.

You need to make sure that the way they write will represent your business well. You want them to magically draw your readers to your offer. Also, make sure that they can write articulately, and expressively.

Scheduling Matters

You should always discuss your delivery schedule early on. You don’t want to be hung out to dry by late delivery. It could destroy you before you even begin. If you need your first few articles within a few days, you need to state this right up front. You want to make sure that your writer can get you what you need, when you need it.

Competitive Prices for Your Budget

Although it is true that great article writing services will be expensive, a good writer can still be affordable. You want to make sure that the writer that you hire will fit within your budget.

Now it is true, you get what you pay for. Do not expect a masterpiece for $5. However, if you are looking to receive well-written articles that drive hungry crowds to your products, then you need to be willing to pay a competent rate. After all, a good writer will spend at least 1-2 hours on your article. Is it worth the time you are saving by not doing it yourself?

Rewrites are a REQUIREMENT!

If they do not deliver what you want, should you still have to pay for the articles? I do not believe you should. You need to hire a writer who is willing to work with you, at least on a limited basis.

Now, this does not mean that you can take advantage of them, and get unlimited rewrites for your articles. However, if they cannot do the job within 2-3 tries, you should probably look for someone else anyway.

If you are looking for a freelance writer, check out our article writing services today. We strive to help you get the content that you need for your website.  Check it out today, and see how we can help you build your business faster.

I am always saying never to rely on one source of  website traffic. I guess some people just don’t want to listen.  I guess that is ok. That just leaves more for me go out and grab.  I am always looking for new ways to get traffic, and a few months ago, I hit upon the best way to get traffic to my sites.

Personally, I have found that I like my blogs. They give me a chance to talk directy to people and get in touch with the people interested in what I have to say. One great thing about blogging is that it opens the doorway to a wide community of people coming together to help everyone succeed.

So, a few months ago, I jumped at the chance to  get in a guest post on another blog. The boost that I got to my business was awesome. I got a lot of traffic, and was able to even get a few new clients under my belt.

One place I was introduced to is now one of my favorite places to hang out. It is a place for bloggers to gather and guest post on each others site. Since joining My Guest Blog, I have gotten several guest posts on some high traffic sites bringing me more visitors to my own site.

They put me in touch with Famous Bloggers, which I have a new guest post going up as soon as the moderator approves it. I also have been introduced to another great blog that I just found yesterday. I am working on a guest post for Stay On Search here in the next day or so.

Now, when you write a guest post, it is not the same as article marketing. You want  to use completely original content. In fact, most of the time my best work goes into the guest posts. I will spend 2-3 hours writing, editing, and crafting my guest post into a powerful article that is designed to help people, and drive some people through to my site.

you can also join a blog community like Blog Engage, where you can guest post on their blog, meet other bloggers who work in related niches, and build up relationships with possible JV partners for your future.

Who wouldn’t want that?

So, Guest posting on blogs has become my newest favorite way to get traffic. Granted, i only get a few links, and it wont drive your site up the search engines. That is unless you do a lot of guest posts. However, you can drive great traffic, and build some relationships with some smart marketers, and bloggers.

So, this brings me to the question for todays conversation. Other than Google, where do you look for traffic?  Don’t forget, every comment is entered into the drawing, so let me know where you go to find traffic for your websites.

Article marketing online is one of the best ways to drive massive traffic to your website or blog. However, you need to arm yourself with the right tools, if you want to be successful. Now, many people will tell you that article marketing is all about building backlinks for SEO. These people are simply short sighted. If you use the right tools, your article marketing can explode your business, and help you shoot your site to the top of your niche. It will help with search rankings, but it will give much more than that. Today, I want to share with you some of the best tools that you need to be successful with article marketing. I will also show you where you can find all these tools in one place, for little money out of your pocket book.

The first thing that you need to do is research keywords for your niche. I recommend that you use the Google Keyword tool, and then get a free copy of Traffic Travis, and use the keyword analysis tool to see how competetive it is. This will help you to squeeze out the best keywords to make your article marketing more successful. Once you do that, you should write your article. Make sure that the article is full of valuable information, and that it reads well. Check your grammar and your spelling. Otherwise, you will be lying in the mud. None of the good article directories will take badly written content.

Once you have a well written article, use an article spinner, and rewrite the article. I recommend a human controlled spinner. This will allow you to create awesome  content that people will love to read. It will also save you hours of rewriting content to post on multiple sites. Once you have your spun articles, you need to post them everywhere that you can. I recommend posting to about 20 article directories, 10 web2.0 sites, blogs, and everywhere you can post your content online. If you used the Traffic travis tool to size up the competition, you will know how many links you need to build up to your site. Once you have those links uilt, it is time to start driving people to them, as well as getting more links to your main site.

You should bookmark everything that you have posted. I recommend using 20-30 good social bookmarking sites, and bookmarking your own content, as well as randomly bookmarking other sites. Next, take those articles and convert them into a pdf file. Post this pdf file on file sharing sites, with a link in the footer leading back to your main website. This will help build more links to your site, and will also give you more traffic. You can even put together several articles into a short ebook or report that you give away on theses file sharing sites. this will help you to brand yourself as an authority in your niche, and skyrocket your chances of success.

Now, if you want to find the tools that help you do all that, I recommend you check out ARticle Productions. It comes with all the tools that you need to build Your online business easily.