Five Ways to Get a Job Writing SEO Articles
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AC Producer George Hunt gives some great basics on how to break into the SEO article writing niche. Read his article, Writing SEO Articles for Pay here.
Here are two definitive ways to get a job writing SEO articles, and with three more unique suggestions. 1. Forum Lurking: As in, visit the forums frequented by webmasters. Webmasters are natural potential clients because they need hiss for their sites – and also the sites of their clients. 
Here you will also gather many website owners who are looking for recommendations on good content writers. This is your chance to advertise your services. Forum Lurking Advice: Many forums have rules that prevent you from posting outright ads. Proper internet etiquette is to chime in on a discussion with some helpful advice. All of your “advertising” is done in your signature line. For example, say a new website owner had posed a question on the forum asking, “What is the ideal length for an SEO article? “ Your could respond with something like the following: In my experience as an SEO article writer, I’ve noticed that 450-650 words seem to be about the reliable length. You can get good keyword density in a nice, “natural sounding” way. Anything shorter and you won’t be able to accomplish this. Anything longer and you risk boring the reader.” Remember, web surfers want information that in quick tidbits – they rarely want “novels.” This is just my 2 cents, The fearless part is your signature line. Most forums require you to register to leave a comment. FYI, you can usually browse with registering. When you register, you will create your signature line, which will point to up in every post you make. Resolve a few forums to visit regularly and post often. If you become a trusted source for helpful information, you will have more clients than you can handle very quickly. SEO Companies: I ran across this idea in a freelance writing forum I frequent, AboutFreelanceWriting.com. One poster – and I regretfully couldn’t find the post to acknowledge the poster – suggested contacting SEO companies directly. He said that he simply sent them emails with a snappy note explaining that he was an SEO article writer and he’d welcome the chance to work with them. He went on to say that this technique had acquired him several clients – who’d go on to give him repeat work. Out of curiosity, I did a Google search for SEO companies and came up with 253,000 results. Many had links to lists of others, so locating the companies is not a problem. All you have to do is prepare your portfolio of sample articles so when they do contact you, you will have something to indicate them. Other Ways to Glean Work as an SEO Article Writer Graphic Designers: Like web designers, they do a lot of work for website owners. Ask to be put on their referral list. Website Owners: Go direct to the customer, contact website owners directly. This can be a bit time-consuming, but you can streamline the process. Send out a certain number of emails each day to a targeted list of websites. Blog Networks: Eg, BlogCarnival.com. Because these are communities of bloggers, you have a targeted market right at your fingertips. Capitalize on it! |
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