I got a package in the mail yesterday from Ezine Articles, and thought I’d share the results with you. Every here and there, they send just some of their “Expert Authors” a little something. Last time I got a coffee mug. This time it was a mouse pad.

But what I really liked was that they included some stats for me. First of all, the stats told me I need to work harder on my article marketing. Fan that I am of it, I only sent them 66 articles last year. My goal is 1/day. But then I wasn’t doing heavy duty article marketing for a lot of last year. Still, I want to do better. Should have done better.

My most viewed article got 1400 page views. That’s not too bad, especially since 642 people clicked on the link to go to my website. That’s not bad, close to half the people reading the article go to visit my site.

I checked in Google and found that the exact article title, in combination with my name, has 141 results. I combined it with my name because the title in this case may not have been unique, and one would expect my name to appear anytime someone included the resource box as they are supposed to.

And the article is one I wrote and submitted in 2006. It’s been there a while.

I checked my other stats, since Ezine Articles gives some really wonderful stats. That article far outperformed my others, with twice the clicks of its nearest competitor. That tells me I was on to something with that one. On the other hand, some articles appear to have been published more often, another facet to consider.

Now, I do my article marketing a semi-lazy way. I do all my own writing rather than use a ghost writer, but I submit using Article Marketer. I have a lifetime membership with them, and it really is easier than doing it by hand or even with article submission software. I’ve been trying to use part of each month to write up an entire month’s submissions, and then I use Article Marketer’s system to send them out one a day. Keeps me from having to think about it the entire month.

I hope I can come closer to my goal of 1 article submission per day this year. I already know I’ve missed some days, but I still keep working at it, to see how far I can come with it. Just think how much more 365 articles can do in comparison with a mere 66!

Starting a Home Business Series:

Get Your Home Business Going in the New Year
Brainstorming Your Home Business Ideas
How I Research a Market for a Niche
How Do You Get a Website Going?
How Much Does an Online Business Really Cost?
How Complex Does a Website Need to Be?
How to Set Up a Wordpress Blog
These Are a Few of My Favorite Themes
Can Article Marketing Work for You?
It Sounds Like a Lot of Work - Is It Really That Hard?
Building Your List
Getting Social with Your Blog
Is Your Site Ready for Pay Per Click?
Article Marketing Statistics (current page)
Putting the Pieces Together