When you begin article marketing your primary purpose is to get people to read your articles. When you write an article, you should direct people to your resource box at the end of the article. If the person likes what they're reading they will more likely read other articles that are written by you and even click on the links in your resource box.

When you attract repeat readers to your articles and you can get them to visit your website, you have completed the first step in turning your readers into buyers, what is referred to as "conversion rates."

Conversion Rates

If you get people to visit your site and perhaps buy something, you have converted that reader into a sales prospect. Some people get discouraged with article marketing because they feel that they have put in a lot of hard work and yet, they have yet to use that work to convert their readers into sales leads.

The most important thing in getting your readers to convert into visitors and possible sales, is to offer them something that is free. Experts in article marketing say that the word "free" is one of the most important words that you can use when you write articles to get more sales. Most readers are attracted by free offers, whether you offer them a news letter, a free report or a peek into your latest E-book. They are more likely to click on your links and visit

 

your site. Once they are on the site they have to submit their name and email address in order to get their free gifts.

Building Your Email List

An email or mailing list has to be built on trust if you're to convert your readers and visitors into clients who will buy your product or services. When you have given something away that fulfills the promises you make about the product, your readers and visitors are more likely to trust you.

Having the details of prospective sales leads is a vital part of building a list of potential clients and building a relationship with those clients. It's fair to say that when you follow through on a promise it makes it easier to build a relationship with your visitors. When people visit the website of someone that they feel they know and who they trust, they are more likely to buy your products rather than the products of your competitors.

Article marketing is a great way of attracting readers who will click on your links and visit your site. Once you have them on your website you need to be able to persuade them to submit their details so that they can access your free gift. Once a person has accepted your free gift, they are more likely to come to your website as a trusted source of information.

You can build a relationship with your visitors by sending them an email every now and then that tells them what you can do for them, and what they need to do in order to receive that benefit.