Blog popularity is due in large part to blogs’ simplicity. Hosting companies have made setting up a personal site easy. Every one on the Internet—no mater what level of technical proficiency—is capable of setting up a blog.

But what if you’re a little further along in the blog experience and are ready for a change? The more advanced steps are usually so technical and most people want to know how do I do it, not why.

Before you get started with anything, it's a good habit to know what it's about. So in this video, you'll learn just that and how Article Marketing can boost your Search Engine Rank and save you time in the long run. Article Marketing is such a great way to get exposure for your product, an affiliate product, or to build your list!

Video 2: What tools you need to get started with Article Marketing

Before you get started, you will need to know what topic you will be writing on as well as where and how you will find the content for the articles. You may be one of those people who suffer from a case of "writer's block" and it may keep you from getting started. You may find yourself sitting and staring at the computer, trying to decide what to write. But, that won't be a problem anymore because you'll learn some tips that will allow you to get past this by using private label articles and where to find them. You'll also learn what you need to find profitable affiliate programs.

Video 3: How to rewrite PLR (private label rights) articles.

As I mentioned earlier, PLR Articles give you a foundation to get over the "writer's block". Finding private label articles isn't hard, however taking the usual factual, dull articles and adding spice to them is more of a challenge.

You see there is a trick to re-writing PLR articles correctly, because while you want to re-use these articles, you will want to write them in a way that it reflects you as the writer as well...but don't worry, you'll learn more about that in the video. Learning to write an exciting article will provide you with a great pre-selling tool! .

Video 4: Finding Profitable Affiliate Programs to promote

By now, you've come to realize that a good article can be used as a effective pre-selling tool. You'll want to use the article to gain the trust of the reader. If you can find profitable affiliate programs to promote that deal with the topic of the article, then you can increase the conversion rates of the reader and get them to buy the product. In this video, you'll learn a several step process to doing just that, along with a few tricks and shortcuts that can keep you ahead of your competition.

Video 5: Creating a Resource Box

After reading the article, the reader will want more! You've gained their trust by giving them something valuable that will solve their problems. But now they will want to know about you, the writer. Creating a resource box that is short and sweet will allow you to build your credibility as well as drive traffic to your site, your free report, free video, and more. This is where you get the one way back links or traffic to your website. So don't forget to add this part in!

Video 6: Marketing Your Articles

While a lot of your time should be spent on the marketing end, it doesn't need to be a time consuming project. Submitting your articles to article directories can be very time consuming and there are many sites out there that take articles so you'll want to choose the ones that are most effective. We'll talk about Article Marketer, EzineArticles, ArticleDashboard, and much more.

You will find that some sites allow you to have direct links to affiliates products, but there are some that don't' allow this. Knowing all of this beforehand will allow you to be equipped with the knowledge you need to choose the right ones.