Darn that Kelly McCausey.
She is always putting ideas into my head. Like a couple of years ago, this thing about starting a podcast. She is always challenging me to do stuff.
Like this recent blog post about breaking a traffic plateau. She wrote about the need to do something more or different when you hit a plateau – doing the same old, same old will get you the same results. And then she said this:
“I know content site owners who distribute 30 articles per month on a consistent basis and trust me, they see the fruit in terms of traffic.”
I thought that was pretty insane. I mean,
30 Articles a Month?!
Only.
I couldn’t get the idea out of my head.
What would change in my business if I wrote and distributed 30 articles a month?
Wanna find out?
I’ve decided to challenge myself to do just this. Because the more I thought about it, the more I realized it wasn’t that crazy. I write on my blog every day. A blog post is often the same length as an article – sometimes longer.
Why couldn’t I write an article each day to distribute?
I can. So can you.
Think of how all those articles would help your traffic, your affiliate income, and your product sales. Those articles could be repurposed later for emails, blog posts, your affiliates, reports, products, etc…
So, if you want to join me in a 30 Days, 30 Articles challenge, leave a comment.
I’ll put your name and link up here and we’ll do a weekly check in, each Friday to hold each other accountable.
If you’re new to article marketing, check out: Easy Article Marketing (co-authored by that darn Kelly McCausey)
Some article writing cheats and shorcuts I plan to use:
- - Going back through my blog posts and creating articles out of them
- - Reviewing audios I’ve created and transcribing them into articles
- - Look at email replies I’ve written and see if there are any mini article ideas in there waiting to be fleshed out
- - Looking at website stats to come up with article topic ideas
- - Writing book reviews and other product reviews (article directories accept reviews, so do review blogs)
- - You got any brilliant suggestions to add? Leave them in the comments.
I look forward to reporting on my (and your) progress Friday. 
Participants:
- Susanne of MenuPlanningCentral
- Who else? Kelly of WahmTalkRadio
- Claire of FunkyAngel
- Aurelia of RealLifeGuidance
- Melody at TheHomemakerHelpers
- Dawn Aurora of FrenchHillCountry
- LaTara at TheNaturalWriter
- Lynn at OneFunkyMama
- Dr Daisy of HomeschoolTips
- Stephanie at BuckeyeVA
- Cathy at CathysCreations
- Greg at WorkatHomeProfiles
- Nicole at NicoleOnTheNet
- DeAnna at TwoSistersGourmet
- Cindy at WomenofFaith
- Annette at PartyPlanConsultant
- Jan at QueenofKaos
- Elizabeth at InternetMarketingStrategyDiva
- Kimberly of DesignerDogStyle
- Diana at DianaRecommends
- Fran at RubMyBellyToo
- Elizabeth from TheWealthSpa
- Jeanine at YourBook
- Cindy at CindysDesktop
- Shri at ShriNagesh
- Christina at PureBabyLiving
- Stefani at BusinessForMoms
- Genesis of AtHomeMomBlog
- FA at WaytoEducate
- Faten at TheGlobeandTheArts
- Audrey at TodaysParent
- Regina at WahmCart
- Jennifer at LilAngelGifts
- Jenn at MomsUnitedinBusiness
- Wendy at MarluckMarketing
- Bonnie at AutismFamily
- April at AprilTara
- Corrie at VirtualFreedom
- Christina at MultiMediaVA
- Alyssa at BeautybyDesignOnline
- Niquenya at Niquenya Fulbright
- Jim Turner at Jim Turner
- Deanna at Deanna Troupe
- Beverly at BoomerDivaNation
- Angela at UnexpectedArt
- Deborah of OurMusicalHome
- Anthony at TheCompostBin
- Tracy at HallOfFameMoms
- Andrea at GetStartedTodayOnline
- you’re next!
Okay, I really need a behind kicking in this area so I’m in!
I’m not sure if I can do it, it’s a pretty big challenge for me but it’s a really opportunity to grow myself and my skills.
WOW what a great challenge
I’m not much of a writer but I can do a few articles and outsource a few more.
I quite often do this, or thereabouts anyhow, as it’s my job, and I need to keep updating the content for as well…
However, the challenge for me is to actually OUTSOURCE them to article sites, so they earn their keep in terms of building traffic! Gre`t challenge, catch up with you next Friday!
You noticed I said ’someone else’ was writing 30 articles a month? LOL!
Cuz sure haven’t done it!
But how can I not take this challenge?
I’m in! I’m in! Good idea Carrie!
Why do I feel like I’ve swallowed a watermelon?
Ok, I’m scared! But sign me up anyway…
I’m in too. OMG I may throw up. I agree with Kelly, I feel like I’ve swallowed a watermelon. And I agree with April, I’m scared. LOL Time to step out of my comfort zone and get business moving.
I’m scared too, but like Shannon said, “time to step out of our comfort zone and get moving!”
Ok I am in. Oh boy here comes more discipline!
I’m loving it! Count me in!
ok, I’m in:) I have 3 blogs so can I combine the efforts?:)
I’m in
I’m in! I’ve been dwelling on this idea for over 2 months now…and I’m going to “get r’ done”!!
Thanks! Good luck everyone
Steph
Ok, I’m in. I love writing and have a few articles rumbling around in my head. 30 will be quite a challenge but I’m going to do it!
This sounds like a great opportunity and a lot of fun. It’s a little scary but we’ll be done before Halloween!
Count me in.
You can count me in. That will be just the challenge I need.
I’m in.
I have a few new projects that needed a boost, so this will be good for me, too.
Deanna at Two Sisters Gourmet Food
I must be crazy but count me in, it will be a challenge for me. I am very new to this but I do enjoy writing. I still don’t feel I’m up to par in my writing but I am accepting the challenge. I am definitely stepping out of my comfort zone.
Hey, ok I think this is the kinda challenge I need to focus on! Great idea Carrie / Kelly!
I’m up for it! Let’s get writing!….
I love this idea, especially being held accountable on Fridays.
I may drop the ball this week coming up. My husband is home after about a month away (I lost count) so I don’t suppose that he will be impressed if I tell him I’m busy writing articles.
But I will do my best and get right on it the following week when he’s back at work.
Any ideas of best places to submit articles?
A good way to create a fresh article is to read a PLR article on a subject (or any other article for that matter) that you want to write about and then rewrite it completely in your own words and thoughts. It is a good way to inspire and get the brain moving.
Also, magazines and books have a ton of good ideas. I just cleaned my cookbook and cooking magazine collection out and have a ton of them to do. Maybe I should get it done for the challenge, great timing – their sitting on my kitchen table right now.
Great Idea, Carrie!
I have been thinking about whether or not to do this or not with the new baby coming and all.
But I am in and will give it a try, nothing like seeing the results of something with alot of effort.
OK, you pulled me in .
I will have wireless connection for my laptop set up, so that will give more leverage when the baby comes to get the articles completed instead of at my desk.
okay.
This could be the push I need to get myself seriously into article marketing! The one, *sheepish grin*, yes one article I wrote got some serious Search engine linkage.
Me too, me too! Wow – this is a huge challenge, Carrie, but I see lots of support here, and I would like to join the challenge.
Diana
This is a tremendous challenge. It’s making me get off my but_ an get going with this important part of marketing my business and creating content for my website.
Keep the good ideas coming!
I’m in the middle of re-launching my site/blog (after consolidating 4 sites into one) and am moving to the second phase of major traffic push … and then I saw Kelly’s post on WAHM 2.0 (sparkplugging) leading me to you! So, it must be a sign that I need to join w/ you all.
My article marketing in the past has been sketching and random at best, but now that I have tons of content to cheat with (my book, radio show transcripts, 2 years of blogging), this does not sound as scary.
So, I’m in!
~ ElizabethPW from The Wealth Spa
Awesome idea!! This will help with my book, I’m sure!
Count me in!
I have been trying to write every day. So, this will be a fun project to PARTNER with you guys and have some accountability.
Off to write…………..
hehe!
Love,
Cindy
I Need to distribute articles more often than I do. So count me in.
Oh I am SO In!
Wow, that’s a big challenge. Count me in! It should be a fun ride!
Stefani
Hi there, Wow, ambitious. If you need any help with transcribing audio into text, let me know.
If anyone needs to outsource the submission part just let me know, that’s my specialty!
Good Luck!!
I just started following you on twitter (autismfamily) and would like to participate in this challenge. I also figured out today I get 25 points for all new posts from entrecard so this is a great incentive to get those too. Thanks for posting about this here and on twitte.
One of my goals for September is to get more content out there, I didn’t originally plan on writing 30, but I’m up to the challenge. I’ve been working on topic ideas this weekend.
Count me in girl!
Count me in! Need to get new material written up to prepare for maternity leave in January, and to get ahead on Women’s View Magazine column submissions. Nothing like being held accountable to make me follow through and stop the demon of procrastination! Awesome challenge!
All right, I need a boost to get more content done, count me in.
How long do these articles have to be? (heehee)
oooh-wee Carrie… this is a big pill to swallow but I’m in! Oh my gosh, I can’t believe I said that… shaking in my boots! LOL! Thanks for the kick
I’ve read about this challenge for two days now. I did write 4 articles today. Only 26 more to go
Count me in. When does it start?
I am in.
Count me in. I`m a freelance writer, so I write every day anyway . . . what`s one more article?
2 down – working on 2 more today.
I plan to focus also on alot of how to articles this month.
Hi Carrie, I have thought about your challenge for the past 4 days and decided I could do it. So I’m in. Looking forward to the challenge.
Wow… this is quite a challenge and I’m a writer – copywriter that is – but to come up with 30 articles in the month of September… I’ll definitely be utilizing your cheat tips above.
Cheers!
~Jim
If anyone would like to help me out with ideas, contact me here: http://www.twitter.com/jim_turner
Ok, Carrie, I can’t drag my feet anymore and I see others who were dragging their feet have joined so that makes me think “why can’t I?” so here I am. Count me in! Add me to your list! I’m taking this challenge. Now, off to come up with enough topics to make it happen!
Oh I am so in!!! I needed a good swift kick in the butt. I am very much looking forward to getting this started. I am also in the process of redesigning my website as well as working out some Squidoo pages for the60-Day-Squidoo-Challenge. This challenge will help me stay in gear with creating content all across the board. This is exciting! I’ll get started today!
Okay. I guess I need to get my butt in gear. I’m in.
Ok, I got 3 down, 27 to go!
1 article down, 29 more to go.
I love to write so I’m ready to take on the challenge. I’d love to share articles with anyone who writes on women in business or baby boomers.