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5 Ways
to Get a Job Writing SEO Articles
In
yesterday's post, Post #6 of
Freelance Writer’s Technology Month, we
discussed 4 controversial ways to drive more traffic to your website/blog.
Following are two
definitive ways to get a job writing SEO articles. Also mentioned are three more
recommended suggestions. 1. Forum Lurking: As in, visit the forums frequented by webmasters. Webmasters are natural potential clients because they need content for their sites – and also the sites of their clients. Here you will also find many website owners who are looking for recommendations on good content writers. This is your chance to advertise your services. Forum Lurking Advice: Many forums have rules that prevent you from posting outright ads. Proper internet etiquette is to chime in on a discussion with some helpful advice.
All of your
“advertising” is done in your signature line. For example, say a new website
owner had posed a question on the forum asking, “What is the ideal length for an
SEO article?”
This is just my 2
cents, The bold part is your signature line. Most forums require you to register to leave a comment. FYI, you can usually browse with registering. When you register, you will create your signature line, which will show up in every post you make. Choose a few forums to visit regularly and post often. If you become a trusted source for helpful information, you will have more clients than you can handle very quickly. 2. SEO Companies: I ran across this idea in a freelance writing forum I frequent, AboutFreelanceWriting.com. One poster – and I regretfully couldn’t find the post to acknowledge the poster – suggested contacting SEO companies directly. He said that he simply sent them emails with a quick note explaining that he was an SEO article writer and he’d welcome the chance to work with them. He went on to say that this technique had acquired him several clients – who’d go on to give him repeat work. Out of curiosity, I did a Google search for SEO companies and came up with 253,000 results. Many had links to lists of others, so locating the companies is not a problem. All you have to do is prepare your portfolio of sample articles so when they do contact you, you will have something to show them. Other Ways to Find Work as an SEO Article Writer 3. Graphic Designers: Like web designers, they do a lot of work for website owners. Ask to be put on their referral list. 4. Website Owners: Go direct to the customer, contact website owners directly. This can be a bit time-consuming, but you can streamline the process. Send out a certain number of emails each day to a targeted list of websites. 5. Blog Networks: Eg, BlogCarnival.com. Because these are communities of bloggers, you have a targeted market right at your fingertips. Capitalize on it! Marketing Tip for SEO Article Writers: Be ready to start working once you start contacting SEO companies. They usually respond pretty quickly and want you to start almost immediately, especially if you provide quality samples. When I first contacted a few companies, I sent a brief bio, my rates, a few samples and my contact info. I sent out about a dozen emails and in the first two days was contacted by three companies with everything from simple article writing, to more complicated sales writing (for the web), to daily blog posting. The work comes fast and furious. I’ll write about this more in a post in the future (ie, what to expect when SEO companies contact you with work). Good luck! Labels/Keywords: seo writing job, seo article writer, seo content provider, freelance writing job
Sincerely,
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