Q: How can I create a presence on the web with my articles?

A: At the end of 2006 I wanted to test out if I could take someone that was unknown on the web and help then create a web presence in 90 days. I presented the idea to a local friend that wanted to build a web site and write some articles.

The bad news is we could not do it in 90 days.

The good news is it only took 32 days!

Only 32 days to go from unknown on the net to known on the net. In 32 days we were able to take 17 well titled, well written, and well marketed articles and create a web presence. After 32 days, my friend could type his name into Google and come up with dozens of hits and was selling copies of his ebook that was not even finished yet!

All of this was done is the niche of relationships, a very, very crowded niche!

Just a few steps

Step 1 - Write several good articles.

Step 2 - Submit them to the top Article Directories.

Step 3 - After 30 days do a search in Google and Yahoo for your name.

When you submit your articles to several of the directories, your articles get picked up by newsletters and web sites all over the web and all over the world.

You do not have to be some big time superstar to have a presence on the web. Write several great articles and get them on the Article Directories. Do these things and you too can create a presence on the web with your articles.

Article marketing is a great way to create back links to your web site and for list building.

Going wide

If your goal is to build back links into your website, other people linking in, to increase the importance of your website on the Internet, you want to go wide. And by that I mean you want to put your articles in as many possible article directories as you can stand taking the time to do or pay in to do. You want to go wide because each one of those will be a back-link into your website or websites.

Going deep

If your goal is to drive traffic to your websites to build your list, you want to go deep on the best article directories. And, by deep, get lots and lots and tons and tons of articles up there, as many as you can possibly get up there on the top directories.

Going deep and wide

The good news is it does not have to be an either or choice. You do not have to just go wide and you do not have to just go deep. The very best approach is to do both - go deep and go wide. When you go deep and go wide, you've got both bases covered. Now it's time-consuming but I'm here to tell you, it's worth every moment I've spent on it, every late-night hour watching Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, and Craig Ferguson and all those people.

It's worth it.

It pays off.