For many years I have been a big supporter of eZineArticles.com (EZA), which is probably the premier article posting site in the English-speaking world.

I have been a consistent contributor to the site over the years, starting in earnest in mid-2007. As of this week, I am proud to say that my articles have surpassed the “1,000,000 read” mark, along with 51,000+ URL click-throughs. Woo hooo!

Of course, I submit my articles to multiple article sites – not just EZA – but EZA is always my first stop.

Over the years, I have posted over 700 articles on behalf of my clients and in support of my own affiliate marketing efforts (under my own name and the author names of my clients).

Having 1,000,000 reads under my belt is a lot of fun, and I must admit that I do feel a sense of pride at having met this mark. It hasn’t been easy: there has been a whole lot of time, thought and effort put into those articles.

My click-through rate (defined as the # of people who click on the URL link in an article divided by the # of article reads) hovers at around 5.1% over the life of my EZA account. But, I have been honing my skills over the years and these days click-throughs easily reach the 10-20% range for many of our articles. So, that 5.1% average should continue to rise over the next year or so as my skills continue to produce better click-through rates.

The coolest thing is that almost all of the articles I posted as far back as 2007 are still ranking well on search engines and getting regular reads. Now, that’s staying power (and you can’t say the same for pay-per-click advertising, can you?).

Article marketing remains a powerful force as a means to drive well-converting, quality traffic to websites. If you have not yet given article marketing a try for your business, give me a call for some pointers or to have us write some on your behalf to promote your company, product, service or website.

My next goal? 1,000 articles or 2,000,000 reads, whichever comes first!