I just had the pleasure of interviewing Jeff Herring, The Internet Article Marketing guy for a product I’m doing on … (What else?) … Article Marketing. Jeff is widely known as the go to guy when it comes to writing articles
Here are some of the questions I asked him …
1- Ok so let’s start from the Beginning. How did you get into Writing Articles?
2 – What are some of the benefits that writing articles has done for your business?
3 – I know that you have a special process that you use in Writing your “Tips“Articles. Can you talk about that a little?
4 – I’d like to do a step by step walkthrough of taking an article from Idea to Monetization. What kind of keyword research do you do, do you use any article submission tools, where do you submit the articles and how do you monetize them?
5 – Lets talk about Repurposing Articles – I know that you do a lot of different things with your articles to get the most mileage out of them. (Video, Audios, etc.) Lets talk a little bit about some of the things you can do with Articles and what are the benefits of each.
6 – Let’s talk a little about the Author’s Resource box. What is the purpose of it and what’s the best way to structure it?
7 – Do you write all your own articles or do you outsource any?
8 – How many articles do you write per day and are you using an article spinning program? (If Yes Explain)
9 – Let’s talk a little about the Author’s Resource box. What is the purpose of it and what’s the best way to structure it?
10 – In most cases, there are two main reasons as to why authors submit articles. Generate a back link or drive in traffic. Which would be more important to concentrate on if you are an affiliate marketer?
Questions Submitted by others
11 – Is there a blueprint you follow when structuring their articles that they find to be the most effective? Such as shorter leave you hanging articles or full articles intro, body, closing
12 – Do you style your articles differently depending on market? For example does a narrative style work better in one area than a story style? Is using humor effective in some situations?
13 – Duplicate Content – What is the best way to submit your article? — Submit it to directories without changing it? — Submit it to directories and change it every time? Also should you put it on your blog first and let it get indexed?
14 – .Some Article Directories have switched over to NoFollow links. How does that effect Article Marketing. Advantages and dis-advantages of having a directory implement the nofollow attribute.
15 – In most cases, there are two main reasons as to why authors submit articles. Generate a back link or drive in traffic. Which would be more important to concentrate on if you are an affiliate marketer?
16 – Favorite Resources for Article Writers? Courses? Directories. Software?
17 — Any other Advice for people who want to drive a lot of traffic using articles?