How to Set Up an Article Directory to Make Money Online - Part 2

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Pay-per-click (PPC) search engine like Google and Yahoo can also send you some author sign up. The costs of using PPC search engines are pretty affordable as there are only a few people bidding for keywords like article directory, submit articles and other closely related keywords for PPC traffic.

Directories submission and social bookmarketing may also give some help in increase your article directory authors as well .

If you use the above mentioned marketing techniques and used them for some months. Your article directory will gain some Google page rank (PR), probably PR3 to PR4. And also the search engines may start sending your some traffic since your directory is updated with quality content frequently and has got a number of backlinks.

Monitize Your Article Directory
Google AdSense works well in quality content and it is the biggest money maker for the majority article directories on the Internet. So AdSense is the first money making program you should consider using it on your article site. Learn some AdSense optimization techniques and place your AdSense to the right positions to maximize your AdSense earning. The first place to start learning AdSense optimization perhaps is Google AdSense Help Center.


Article directory can also be used to promote affiliate products. Placing some of your Clickbank and Amazon affiliate banners and links may generate some sales for you.

Selling advertising space directly is another way to make money. Advertising packages people usually interested are banner ads and text links. So you may offer these advertising packages on your directory.

Build in Traffic for Your Article Directory
You will want your article directory to get as much traffic as possible. Just like websites and blogs, the more visitors and readers you can drive to your article directory, the more revenue your directory will generate possibly.

You are going to learn the various effective Internet marketing methods and use them to get consistent traffic for your article directory. Some traffic generating-techniques that are good to article directory are:

• Social bookmarking - bookmark your top articles on Digg, del.icio.us ,StumbleUpon and other large traffic social sites.
• Forum posting - Actively participate in forum discussion and send traffic from the forums to your directory using the signature section.
• Search engine optimization (SEO) - SEO works are tedious but your efforts are paid off when your directory achieve top ranks in Google.
• Squidoo - Create a Squidoo len (web page) to market and promote your article directory.
  

You'll need to put a lot of effort and time to generate traffic. You'll have to test what techniques works and which aren't work. Then focus on the effective techniques for traffic generation. You'll be repeating what your doing daily, weekly or may be monthly to get continuous traffic for your article directory and generate lucrative income.