| Your outsourcing strategy may be costing you | | | | I'm having ten more written for submission to |
| hundreds of dollars a month but if you're not seeing a | | | | directories that provide general information and |
| good return on that investment maybe you need to | | | | encourage people to visit my site". |
| better define your target audience. And once you've | | | | And most marketers will give their article writers a list |
| identified your target you then need to communicate | | | | of keywords, which is at least some help, but they |
| that information to the person you're paying to write | | | | don't give them an idea of how they want those |
| your articles. Because no matter what your | | | | keywords used. YOU are the one who knows your |
| outsourcing strategy is it's not going to do you any | | | | site and your traffic. YOU know what you're trying to |
| good unless you let everybody who works for you in | | | | sell or promote. YOU know what works and what |
| on it. | | | | doesn't work for your site. Pass this information along |
| I've written hundreds and hundreds of articles for | | | | to your writer and you'll see a much better return on |
| people and at least 75 percent of them just give me a | | | | your outsourcing strategy. |
| list of keywords and say, "Have at it." Well what do | | | | It's true that keywords are what searchers use to find |
| you want me to write about? Who do you want me | | | | your site in the first place. But once they get to your |
| to speak to in your articles? Who are you trying to | | | | site they're going to see a lot more content than just |
| attract to your website and what do you want them | | | | those keywords. If you give me the keyword "Dog |
| to do once they get there? I can write 50 different | | | | Training Tips" I might write an article about how to |
| articles using the keywords "Dog Training" and not one | | | | housebreak your puppy. But if you're trying to sell a |
| of them could be right for your needs. But if you tell | | | | product about training a seeing eye dog then that |
| me WHO you want me to speak to and WHAT you | | | | article I wrote for you is going to be pretty much |
| want me to tell them then I can write articles that will | | | | useless and you've just wasted your money. |
| not only get the traffic to your site, they'll also sell your | | | | Define your target audience for your writer. Tell them |
| product for you. | | | | who you want them to "speak" to and what your |
| Most marketers, when asked to define their | | | | goals are for that article. The more you communicate |
| outsourcing strategy, will tell you they outsource their | | | | about your outsourcing strategy with your writer the |
| articles and have someone submit all their posts, or | | | | better quality articles you'll get back. And the better |
| they have someone write articles and submit them to | | | | those articles are the more traffic and sales you're |
| the article directories. But you never hear anyone say - | | | | going to see. Your outsourcing strategy is a business |
| I'm having 10 articles written that tell my visitors about | | | | investment and communicating with your writer will |
| the benefits of XYZ product to post on my site and | | | | only help improve your ROI. |