Using Google Adwords Keyword Tool For Article Marketing

It's hard to believe it's been so long since last updating this blog. I've been doing a lot of research and gathering information the last month, working on SEO for my website for the search engines.

I added a few pages to my site (was trying to beef up the content) and really didn't get much response from the changes. These pages broke down the sites categories into a smaller niche oriented page that offers other products to help round out the main pages theme-a balance of mind body and soul.

But I did it...blindly I guess you can say. I really didn't have a strong understanding of doing the proper keyword research knowledge, so the content was out there, but not being picked up by the search engines.

That's when I decided to buckle down and try to get a better understanding of keyword research and effectively implement it in my website and affiliate article marketing campaign. I've got a good bit of material out there and if I can maximize its effectiveness, the payback could be beneficial.

I think I have a much better understanding how to use Google Adwords keyword tool and have been having some good responses on the recent articles I've published. Many times I would only get a few views a month when I wrote an article without doing the keyword research. The last few article I wrote and took the time to work on keywords have turned those few views I used to get a month into getting them a day.

I was able to dig up some phrases for my articles that were extremely low in competition but felt they still had enough searches to warrant an article. Goolge Adwords keyword tool reported some keyword searches in the range of around 90-120. When I did a search for competition, I only had a couple sites to compete with.

I've also worked on SEO for my website. I used Google Adwords keyword tool to find some phrases related to my page that had a higher search, but also higher competition, thinking my website would have a better chance with these more aggressive keywords.

The keywords used for my website were much more ambitious, resulting around 30-40 thousand competitors, but also had a relative increase in searches to justify it. I'm going for a broader audience with my website because I don't want to put all my resources into only 90 searches a month for that page.

I'm going to use these keywords for my site at let them run for about a month, then see what I should do from there. I've seen an increase in traffic since using these new keywords, but there's always going to room for improvement. I figured a month could give me a pretty consistent idea for now.

Working Towards Consistency

The first thing I need to work on is consistency. Consistency in my article writing and blog submissions, consistency in when I do my work and can write effectively, a general consistency in how I approach self management and stick to something that works. I feel like everything is discombobulated and out of whack.

Since my son has been home, I no longer have the early mornings to concentrate on my article marketing and writing. I used to get up at 3 AM and spend a couple hours writing before my regular job would start and nobody was awake yet. Since then, I get ever chance of sleep I get. I spend my early mornings with our new son now, trying to give mom a couple hours rest before I go into work. I enjoy every second, but that was the only time I truly had for my affiliate marketing campaigns.

Prior to beginning work, I had some time I could slip away and work, but it was never anything consistent.

It can get frustrating, too. When you're working on something, moving along and then, all of a sudden, something interrupts your thoughts and you can never remember the original content. Nothing you can come up with seems to replace it sufficiently, so you're left thinking aimlessly. At least that's what seems to happen for me.

I can't even listen to a radio in my car while I attempt to write articles on my break at work. That, too, didn't work. Even without the music, you can only get so much done on a 10 minute break. 6 minutes if you want to get back to your station on time. It just seems impossible to keep track of the short thoughts you can come up with in that short amount of time available.

After looking at how my schedule is now, I think I have come up with a plan and simply need to have the support of my wife (not a problem) and self motivation (working on it) to implement it.

During the week, I'm allocating 2 hours a night instead of morning to work on my article marketing. 8 PM to 10 PM is now the only time available for me to get anything done without being away from home. My wife and newborn go to bed at 8, which would give me plenty of time if it wasn't for needing to get up early in the morning, so 8-10 have to will do.

My Article Marketing Landing Page

Obviously it's been a while since I have updated anything, but have been busy “behind the scenes”. The last couple of weeks have been extremely reveling to what I really want out of life and I have been lucky enough to enjoy it.

I have not been to my 7-3:30 job since 5/15, a Tuesday. My beautiful son was born at 8 PM on 3/14, and I took a 2 week leave of absence to spend time with the family. It has extended another week due to complications, but everything appears to have settled down for now. I thought I could get some affiliate work done while I was on my leave, but medical issue and paternal duties have occupied a majority of my time. So I haven't got much done, but that's ok. Like I had said before; It's given me an opportunity to experience what I really want and why I am pursuing the chance to work from home.

After all the scares settled down and I no longer spent my days at the hospital, I got an opportunity to get back to work again. I began a lens introducing people to the fantastic world of article marketing. The way I see it, I am going to come across all sorts of things that I can learn and share my knowledge on, so why not make a page that can help others achieve a self-sufficient lifestyle?

The more and more I participate in article marketing, the more I come to appreciate it and benefit from it. I've said it before and I will say it again; article marketing can be great therapy. Working with the recently separated/divorced niche can be exhausting, but every day I learn more about myself.

I had written quite a few articles earlier this month and have seen an increase traffic in bit. The biggest thing that surprised me were the click throughs I received from my articles on EzineArticles were up substantially and I haven't really figured out why. A majority of the articles were there for a couple months prior to now but never received this much attention. I'm not complaining, just surprised I received the attention I got this month considering I lost half a month. But overall, my numbers pleased me. My total visits to articles on Ezine totalled 182, while URL clicks were at 19, which gave me just over 10% click rate

I only had three submissions for StreetArticles this month and have reached an author rank of 506. I did break 400, but I have fallen back the last couple weeks, assuming because of the lack of submissions.
 I have changed my approach just a touch and designating StreetArticles for my affiliate marketing campaign and EzineArticles for my niche Getting Over Divorce For Men. It just seems to simplify it for myself.