3 Ways to Promote Your Associated Content Articles and Make Money

3 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Traffic to Your Articles on Associated Content

Chris McCarthy
Three Ways to Promote your Associated Content Articles

Probably one of the best ways to promote your content on Associated Content is to have a large number of subscribers. But the trick is to get the subscribers in the first place. So how do you do that? The way you do that is by writing great articles about interesting subjects that a lot of people will not only want to read, but will also want to come back in the future and read more of your work.

Great content is very important. Without it, there's no point to promoting your work. It will be a fruitless effort if you don't have articles people want to read.

How to promote your Associated Content Articles Tip #1:
Digg.com is one of the most popular websites on the planet. Digg is a website where people submit articles that they like and expose them to other Digg members. As people vote for an article, or "digg" it, it rises to the front page.

Articles and websites that get to the front page get thousands of views in a day, and there can be sustained traffic for weeks thereafter. Thousands of page views means more payments from AC. If you write good stuff, you might get Digged.

How to promote your Associated Content Articles Tip #2:
Delicious is a social bookmarking website where you bookmark sites, articles, and posts that you like. Other people can search Delicious for interesting articles. You can also see other people's bookmarks and tag them to see what they add on a daily basis.

So if you start posting a lot of cool content, then you may get some fans on Delicious eager to see what you're going to post next.

Just sign up at Delicious.com and you will be able to drag a "add to my delicious" button that you can drag to the top of your browser. When you finish your article and are ready to promote it, click that button, fill in the fields with some keywords, and your article is on the website. You can also use the social bookmarking buttons near the top of the articles on AC.

Delicious also has a front page--if your article is cream, it will rise to the top and get hundreds of page views. And that's a good thing.

How to promote your Associated Content Articles Tip #3:

Sign up for a blog on blogger.com and write posts about your articles. You can write a fifty word summary of your article in a post and add a link to your article on AC. If you have some interesting keyword-rich posts on the blog, then people will link to you. The more people that link to you, the more popular your blog will become and the more readers you will send to your AC content.

Blogging takes time, but it is well worth it as a means of promotion. Submit your blog to technorati.com, which is a blog directory, and create more traffic that way.

Online publishing (from a financial point of view) is all about creating multiple revenue streams. The beauty of this scenario, is that you can also put Adsense ads on your blog and can gain revenue that way. With a blog, you are promoting your content on Associated Content and opening up a new revenue stream. If you haven't started a blog yet, start one today and be heard. You can start one free at blogger.com.

Published by Chris McCarthy

I'm a writer and copywriter. I mostly write internet content and I'm passionate about internet business and helping people make better blogs and websites. PS. I'm not a polar bear.  View profile

  • The way to earn money on Associated Content is to get a large number of pageviews.
  • The first key to earning money on AC is to create great content.
  • Promote, promote, promote. This is the key.
AC is not only a place to publish your own work, it's also a way to raise your profile as a writer, marketer, or anything else, and to make money in the process.

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  • Garrett Houchin10/20/2011

    Very helpful, especially for beginners like me. Thanks for posting.

  • Mandy Robinson10/8/2010

    Thanks for the tips!

  • Chris McCarthy9/22/2010

    @Matthew and Lodie: Thanks for reading! Best of luck.

  • Matthew Austin9/22/2010

    Awesome! Thanks!!!

  • Chris McCarthy6/27/2010

    @Lee, Yvonne, and Paula -

    Thank you for your comments. I'm glad you found these ideas helpful.

  • Lee Hansen6/27/2010

    These are great ideas.

  • Paula Talbert5/22/2010

    Good article, I took a few notes so that I can implement your ideas.

  • Chris McCarthy5/19/2010

    Robert,

    You're welcome. I'm glad you liked this article.

  • Chris McCarthy5/19/2010

    Robert,

    You're welcome. I'm glad you liked this article.

  • Chris McCarthy4/14/2010

    Thanks Jennifer - I'm glad this article was helpful.

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