Jeff Herring

One of the things I hear from many new article writers is that they are not getting very many visitors to their website(s) or blog(s). Sometimes they are so discouraged they are thinking about giving up.

When this is happening, there are several things that need to be checked in order to identify the problem. Here are some of the questions to ask:

Does the article have a compelling title that pulls the reader into the article?

Does the article read well and give good information?

Is the article structured in such a way as the reader can flow through the article to the resource box?

Does the resource box have a compelling offer that makes it a no-brainer for the reader to click through to your web site or blog?

These are all questions to ask to help you identify where the problem may be. If all of these factors are working well and together, you can then rule them out.

The only remaining problem is the most common problem of brand new article writers and marketers - not enough articles. This is a numbers game. The higher your article volume, the higher all your other numbers are going to be.

So the solution to not having enough articles is to write more articles. Don't be like those people that write just a few articles and then say (or whine) "article marketing doesn't work." Article marketing works great, it's those whiners that do not work.

Keep a working list of article ideas. When you think of a good idea, write it down. When it is time to write an article, go to your idea list and grab one. Work up to where you are writing an article a day on average.