Promoting Your Local Business Online With Articles

By Author: Claude Whitacre
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Most local dealers and local small business owners would never think to place articles to market their local business locally. But, has a consumer ever asked you a question? That question will be the headline for an article that you post on the internet. Did you answer that question? Did it take you just a moment or two? That answer often is the body of the article. Articles don't need to be professionally written. If you can wisely talk about your product offer or service for several minutes you hold an article ready to write.

In the beginning, you'll find out the advantages of posting articles about what you promote locally, afterward we will see where to post them.

The major advantage of writing short articles about what you offer, is that you are giving the market with what they want, real expertise. The reasons people execute an online search (after entertainment) is to discover something, or to get something. A great deal more people go online to learn more than to shop.

Articles written by you point you out as the expert in the subject they are interested in. You are the "Go To Guy". Also Google (and ...
... other search engines) likes articles. They will peruse the articles. Articles offer far more quality substance than business listings, or website listings.

If you happen to want to ensure that your article shows up in a local search for your product and services group, you simply need to add in your city and state in the Author's Box at the ending of the article. The search engines pick that up, and will list your article in a local search. You'll be able to also include your city and state in the title so long as the article is in fact about the city in the title.

It is possible to post your articles in any of hundreds of article sites. Ezinearticles.com is the most accepted article website. These websites host your short articles for you. They are free services. The articles websites earn money by selling advertising on the pages they post your articles on.

The articles will then show up in the search engines. If the city and state are in the author's box, as a rule the article will show up in a local search.

Articles could be between 400-700 words. An article roughly the size of this one requires about twenty minutes to write, and a few minutes to post.
If the article is under a total of 500 words, several article websites won't accept the article.

There are article directory websites that are exclusively made for local small business owners to discuss their products and services. It is possible to appraise your own products and provide useful real information for consumers to help them make a purchase decision.
Claude Whitacre is an author and speaker. You are able to learn more about online article marketing at http://www.claudewhitacre.com You may also see a list of article websites designed for local small business owners at http://www.localprofitgeyserarticles.com Claude speaks about using articles and video to advertise your local business online.