How to Set Up an Article Directory to Make Money Online
The best part about having an article directory is that one can print their views on anything, although that’s not reason enough to set up an article directory. The main reason is to get the
articles published without any restrictions, like other article directories demand. Like, there should be no ‘affiliate links’.
It’s not very difficult setting up an article directory and is cheap as chips. The script for an article directory is free, the only expenses involved are buying the domain name and hosting.
Generic domain name
When buying a domain name, it is advisable to buy something generic and something short, may be a five or six letter domain like Google or Yahoo. You could buy the domain name from GoDaddy or Namecheap but since the domain names would be brand new, they will not have any PR attached to them. It is wise to buy a domain with an already good PR. These domains are available for sale in the ‘services’ section of any marketing forum, like Digital Point Forum. It is not required to spend more than $100, in fact a great deal may be found for around $50 for a PR4 or PR5 domain name.
Installation of Script
Once the domain is decided upon, the next thing to be done would be to find an article directory script and hosting. There are two free article directory scripts available. One is called the Article Dashboard and the other is EvoArticles. Article Dashboard is free but slightly difficult to install for beginners, whereas EvoArticle is easier to install.
If you find it difficult installing the scripts, hiring someone to do this would be the best way out and it is not expensive at all. Modification of the template is required to make it more presentable.
Once you have installed and uploaded the article script to your web host. Your article directory is launched on the Internet and ready to be visited by others. There are a few things that need to be done to get the directory going online.
Get Free Content for Your Article Directory
The first thing to do is to promote your articles to invite people to sign up as an author and submit articles for publication on your article directory. You can get some people to become authors and contribute to your directory but announcing your article directory in Internet marketing forum like Digital Point and V7n forum. To find more authors and writers, you may try using article marketing techniques. Write a series of articles related to article marketing and submit them to a list of top articles directories. Make sure you introduce your article directory in your author bio and invite the readers to become authors.Pay-per-click (PPC) search engine like Google and Yahoo can also send you some author sign up. The costs of using PPC search engines are pretty affordable as there are only a few people bidding for keywords like article directory, submit articles and other closely related keywords for PPC traffic.
Directories submission and social bookmarketing may also give some help in increase your article directory authors as well .
If you use the above mentioned marketing techniques and used them for some months. Your article directory will gain some Google page rank (PR), probably PR3 to PR4. And also the search engines may start sending your some traffic since your directory is updated with quality content frequently and has got a number of backlinks.
Monitize Your Article Directory
Google AdSense works well in quality content and it is the biggest money maker for the majority
article directories on the Internet. So AdSense is the first money making program you should consider using it on your article site. Learn some AdSense optimization techniques and place your AdSense to the right positions to maximize your AdSense earning. The first place to start learning AdSense optimization perhaps is Google AdSense Help Center.
Article directory can also be used to promote affiliate products. Placing some of your Clickbank and Amazon affiliate banners and links may generate some sales for you.
Selling advertising space directly is another way to make money. Advertising packages people usually interested are banner ads and text links. So you may offer these advertising packages on your directory.
Build in Traffic for Your Article Directory
You will want your article directory to get as much traffic as possible. Just like websites and blogs, the more visitors and readers you can drive to your article directory, the more revenue your directory will generate possibly.
You are going to learn the various effective Internet marketing methods and use them to get consistent traffic for your article directory. Some traffic generating-techniques that are good to article directory are:
The best part about having an article directory is that one can print their views on anything, although that’s not reason enough to set up an article directory. The main reason is to get the
articles published without any restrictions, like other article directories demand. Like, there should be no ‘affiliate links’.It’s not very difficult setting up an article directory and is cheap as chips. The script for an article directory is free, the only expenses involved are buying the domain name and hosting.
Generic domain name
When buying a domain name, it is advisable to buy something generic and something short, may be a five or six letter domain like Google or Yahoo. You could buy the domain name from GoDaddy or Namecheap but since the domain names would be brand new, they will not have any PR attached to them. It is wise to buy a domain with an already good PR. These domains are available for sale in the ‘services’ section of any marketing forum, like Digital Point Forum. It is not required to spend more than $100, in fact a great deal may be found for around $50 for a PR4 or PR5 domain name.
Installation of Script
Once the domain is decided upon, the next thing to be done would be to find an article directory script and hosting. There are two free article directory scripts available. One is called the Article Dashboard and the other is EvoArticles. Article Dashboard is free but slightly difficult to install for beginners, whereas EvoArticle is easier to install.
If you find it difficult installing the scripts, hiring someone to do this would be the best way out and it is not expensive at all. Modification of the template is required to make it more presentable.
Once you have installed and uploaded the article script to your web host. Your article directory is launched on the Internet and ready to be visited by others. There are a few things that need to be done to get the directory going online.
Get Free Content for Your Article Directory
The first thing to do is to promote your articles to invite people to sign up as an author and submit articles for publication on your article directory. You can get some people to become authors and contribute to your directory but announcing your article directory in Internet marketing forum like Digital Point and V7n forum. To find more authors and writers, you may try using article marketing techniques. Write a series of articles related to article marketing and submit them to a list of top articles directories. Make sure you introduce your article directory in your author bio and invite the readers to become authors.Pay-per-click (PPC) search engine like Google and Yahoo can also send you some author sign up. The costs of using PPC search engines are pretty affordable as there are only a few people bidding for keywords like article directory, submit articles and other closely related keywords for PPC traffic.
Directories submission and social bookmarketing may also give some help in increase your article directory authors as well .
If you use the above mentioned marketing techniques and used them for some months. Your article directory will gain some Google page rank (PR), probably PR3 to PR4. And also the search engines may start sending your some traffic since your directory is updated with quality content frequently and has got a number of backlinks.
Monitize Your Article Directory
Google AdSense works well in quality content and it is the biggest money maker for the majority
article directories on the Internet. So AdSense is the first money making program you should consider using it on your article site. Learn some AdSense optimization techniques and place your AdSense to the right positions to maximize your AdSense earning. The first place to start learning AdSense optimization perhaps is Google AdSense Help Center.Article directory can also be used to promote affiliate products. Placing some of your Clickbank and Amazon affiliate banners and links may generate some sales for you.
Selling advertising space directly is another way to make money. Advertising packages people usually interested are banner ads and text links. So you may offer these advertising packages on your directory.
Build in Traffic for Your Article Directory
You will want your article directory to get as much traffic as possible. Just like websites and blogs, the more visitors and readers you can drive to your article directory, the more revenue your directory will generate possibly.
You are going to learn the various effective Internet marketing methods and use them to get consistent traffic for your article directory. Some traffic generating-techniques that are good to article directory are:
- Social bookmarking - bookmark your top articles on Digg, del.icio.us ,StumbleUpon and other large traffic social sites.
- Forum posting - Actively participate in forum discussion and send traffic from the forums to your directory using the signature section.
- Search engine optimization (SEO) - SEO works are tedious but your efforts are paid off when your directory achieve top ranks in Google.
- Squidoo - Create a Squidoo len (web page) to market and promote your article directory.
You'll need to put a lot of effort and time to generate traffic. You'll have to test what techniques works and which aren't work. Then focus on the effective techniques for traffic generation. You'll be repeating what your doing daily, weekly or may be monthly to get continuous traffic for your article directory and generate lucrative income.
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