Are you looking to get traffic to your blog?

Are you a blogger, slash, writer in the know with compelling content that is the pulse of the Internet?

To contribute links to your blog go to the categories to the right and leave a comment with your name, email and link to your post.

If you would like to be considered as a staff writer for Urban Writ please send us a link to your site or blog, a few writing samples (links to sites are acceptable) and a blurb about you to:

jordan@urbanwrit.com Subject: Urban Writers

Please do not send attatchments of your work!

Some positions and articles are paid. You are free to use the Urban Writ name as a reference for your writing portfolio if your articles are chosen.

Urban Writ will not use information that is related to warez, hate speech, illegal how to's, racism, explicit adult content, pages loaded with pop-up ads and spam, MLM, execcessive affiliate marketing, network marketing or pyramid scemes.

Let's have fun with this and make the web a fun, interesting and safe place to play!

Here's an interesting spin on speed dating. Creative to say the least!

read more digg story

A Quick How To:

o Copy the article as you see it including the Author Resource Box, all live links and the Urban Writ button:



Get the code over there on the right. ----------------->>>>

o Drop it into your blog post, web site or better yet use it as information to send to subcribers of your newsletters!

With all this flim-flam about search rankings the Google Page Rank Fiasco is not all that it is cracked up to be...for this week anyway.

Take a look at how social media is quickly becoming the new form of page rank if it hasn't replaced it already:

The Cult of Personality: A Case Study On Popularity On the Web
BuzzNetworker dot com

Flocking Behavior and the Digg Effect of Social Media
NowSourcing dot com

Social Media Marketing: The New SEO?
"Social media marketing is a great addition to any traditional SEO work that you do, but it's not a substitute." BINGO!
(Deserves a Digg...)
SearchEngineLand dot com

Myspace is Still the King of Social Networking
TheAgencyBlog dot com

Read some more:

• Social Media is the New Page Rank!
• More Google Page Rank Fiasco
  
  

Providing quality content to your readers is golden and article marketing has been a proven marketing method many times over.

Writing informative articles is not the only way that article marketing will help your business:

1. Free Content

As for me I blog a lot, run several sites and coming up with posts seems impossible some days.

That's when I start to research articles that closely match my sites niche and use them as blog posts.

Email the author of the article and let them know you used their content including a link directly to their article.

2. Newsletters

Use articles to send out in newsletters.

Again I sometimes come up short with ideas for newsletters or would rather delegate the writing to someone else.

Keep your readers engaged by sending out regular newsletters with quality information and articles.

3. Start Your Own Article Directory

There are several ways that you can start your own article directory and one kickback is to make money from advertisements.

If you like your site more personalized you can hire a web designer to create one for you if you don't know how to already.

Search for free software or customizable templates that are actual article directory that you can create.

You can do what I do because I'm big on blogging so I made a mini directory as a part of one of my marketing blogs: Urban Writ

4. Ad Copy

An attention getting article can be used in web or print advertising. Post the article as a teaser and let readers know that they can find 'more information like this' at your website.

5. E-Zines

Search for articles that contain valuable content that your readers can appreciate. Instead of contacting the author to offer a guest spot use a series of their articles over a period of time.

Hidden Perks

Other benefits of using pre-written articles is the use of key phrases. A well written article may rank high for search engines and bring your web site to front page.

Sending the authors some traffic for work they have already done may get you some return traffic from their site.

Readers have the opportunity to deviate from your site by clicking the links in the resource box of the article. Keep in mind the time saved writing can be used to build your business instead.

Check out some of the latest information on blog marketing and Web 2.0 for your business at the Blogs That Make Money Website!

How can this better than an article directory?

Because we offer our readers a direct link to your website or blog!

What to do:

• Use an existing article or review from your site or write a new one.
  
• Create a blog post or web page to showcase your article.

Copy and paste the following at the beginning of your post:

Use this article for your site free...! Do not alter this article but do include the Authors Resource Box. Thanks!

At the end of your post please add the following link:

Find other free articles at UrbanWrit.com!

• Adding the HTML tag is a snap. Right click on the link and hit 'Copy Shortcut'. Paste under your Author Resource Box.
  
• Send an email to: jordan@urbanwrit.com or leave a comment on this post with a link to your article.
  
  Your article will be reviewed and added to our directory if accepted.
  
• Receive direct traffic!

1. Urban Writ is an all ages site and does not allow adult content, warez, hate related or illegal content.
2. We do not allow blogs or sites with certain pop ups (if you have pop ups it will need to be reviewed) or links that go directly to affiliate program products.
3. Please submit articles in English.
4. Your article must have original content written by you! Copywrite infringment and plagiarism will result in automatic rejection of your article.

Viola!

If you need some ideas for creating an article see A Marketing Article for Article Marketing for some tips and guidelines for creating the perfect web content.

If you would like to submit an article but you need help, please contact me and I will get you started.

Peace,
Jordan

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Shhh. It's a secret. Get back links from me. :)

There are two ways to get back links:

Guest Blog
Write and article and I will give you a page with your bio in it and you will be added to the categories for urban writ.

Submit a Link
Live links will be added to my other site Blog Report-Changing the world through blogging!
Yep it's a collection of links and the site is being updated regularly.

Please consider linking to this site somehow or mentioning Urban Writ on your blog or in a post. If you do Speed Link posts or Blog Carnivals and Urban Writ is relevant incorporate my posts or links. Yay! Love ya.

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