Article Writing & Promotion...Your Fast Track To Sales & Profits.
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by: Thom Reece
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| Writing articles, and promoting them for publication, is one of the most productive long-term promotional tactics available. Well researched and written articles... which provide valuable, useable information, are highly sought after by newsletter publishers, magazines, ezines, etc. It is a marketing truth that "Content Is King". Good, keyword rich, content is what drives online traffic through search engines and gives the visitor a reason to keep coming back to a website. This is often referred to as "sticky content". As a traffic-generation tool it is unsurpassed. Webmasters and publication editors have an insatiable appetite for tightly written "niched" articles that are relevant to their web sites or publications themes. This need is your opportunity... An editor of an ezine, newsletter or magazine has a never-ending need for good content. Each issue they publish must be filled with useful, relevant content that will appeal to their readers or subscribers self-interest. A publication that cannot provide great content will not long survive. "An editor of an ezine, newsletter or magazine has a never-ending need for good content. By regularly supplying the media with well written articles, you build a never-ending supply of links and traffic to your own websites. How?... Well, the secret is in the bio. Each article you submit for publication has your own "authors bio" that gives full attribution and links to your site. This is the payment you receive for having supplied the articles... it is a payment which gives you long-term dividends! Not only will your article be presented to many thousands of subscribers initially... but those same articles (with your bio and links) will be archived on the publications websites. Those archived articles become fodder for search engines which not only provide on-going traffic to the publishing site... but to YOU as well. It is truly a Win/Win proposition. NOT A WRITER?... NO PROBLEM... There are countless freelance writers who will "ghost write" articles for you and... giving you the copyrights. I know of many well-known names in the industry who have articles plastered all over the internet...and they have never written a word themselves. I know this because I have written some of their articles. :-) If you need such services try elance or do a Google search for "ghost writing" or "freelance writers". There are many highly educated, english speaking, foreign-based professionals who will write articles for very nominal fees. OK... YOU HAVE AN ARTICLE... NOW WHAT? Having a good article is only the first part of the equatiion... now you need to get the articles distributed to those editors and publications who will welcome your contribution... and publish your work. There are three primary means of promoting your articles:
ARTICLE DIRECTORIES... Article directories are websites which categorize and archive your articles... and promote them to editors and publishers. Most are free... but some are fee based. They all provide a submission system for you to provide your articles to them. In addition, most have their own internal list of editors and publishers that they announce your new article to. TIP: The simple act of listing your articles in the directory archives will provide you instant incoming links to your website which could increase your site traffic and page ranks. Here is a partial list of article directories. (Please note that companies go out of business occasionally and you may run into a link which no longer works.)
Announcement Lists are email newsletters, lists, or ezines, which allow you to "announce" your new articles to thousands of editors and publishers instantly. Most of these announcement lists are sent out daily to their subscribers. This means that you can have your article circulating to key editors and publishers within hours of completion. Here are a number of important Article Announcement Lists that will give you a simple and fast mechanism for distribution of your articles...
Over time you will begin to build a list of editors and publishers, who have used your articles in the past, and find them to be relevant. This list is "your private goldmine". Each time you finish an article the first step you want to take is to send it, in a private mailing, to your in-house user list. You might want to consider doing a "mail merge" to this list and personalize your submission to the specific editor by name. Remember, this list could be worth thousand of dollars to you over the coming months and years. Do not treat it lightly. This list is truly a center-of-influence list that you will want to spend time and effort nuturing. Remembering them at holidays and on special occasions, goes a long way to building a profitable relationship. Pick up a phone and call them. Let them know that you appreciate your relationship... and let them know you are available for special writing assignments. (Here is an example of how strong and beneficial this simple act can be... About two years ago I sent a small holiday gift [a screen-saver of tropical Hawaiian images] to a magazine editor who had used a number of my articles in the past. I waited until the package had time to arrive and then I picked up a phone and called her. She was delighted with the thoughtfulness of the gift and then stunned me with the news that one of her regular columnists had been forced to resign... and "would I be interested in replacing him?". So... that simple telephone call resulted in a regular column in a print magazine that serves one of my niche marketplaces. A marvelous result that may not have happened if I had not "nurtured the relationship". Ask them "What Articles Do You Need?"... and listen closely to their answers. By doing so... you will develop a sense of what materials are needed and wanted in your marketplace. Write specifically to those needs and you will develop a strong editorial following that will pay off in huge traffic flow, increased sales and profits, and an enhanced image and reputation. These are pretty hefty benefits for some time spent researching and writing articles! PAID DISTRIBUTION SERVICES... Two recent innovations that have burst on the article marketing scene are: (1)custom distribution software (Article Announcer) and (2) web-based article distribution services (Article Marketer). My experience with these systems are that the web-based service is much more cost efficient, easier to use, and has the built-in advantage of having the most current and up-to-date database of publishers seeking your content. |
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Article Writing and Promotion...Your Fast Track To Sales and Profits
Tracking Your Articles Properly
Tracking Your Articles Properly
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by: Martin Lemieux
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| Writing articles related to your business is a great way to build your link popularity and also to provide more content for your site and other sites. Not too mention it's always nice when someone finds your site and uses it within their newsletter. The only problem is, what if people dont tell you that they were using your articles??? How would you know who to reward? I say reward because of another article I wrote, "reward those who publish your articles". It briefly outlines how to boost your articles popularity by boosting the other sites it's listed on. Let's say for now, you just want to track your articles properly. #1 Creating appropriate forlders within your "favorites". Every browser allows you to create a folder in order to hold your favorite web sites. Organizing your favorites folder is key when you plan to market your business 24/7. In this case, we'll create a new folder called "Articles Listed". Within that folder, you'll want to start creating other "sub" categories for EACH INDIVIDUAL ARTILCE that you market. For instance, let's say you have about 10 articles that you always promote, you'll want to add 10 folders within your new "Articles Listed folder". Make sure to give them a short but recognizable name that you would be able to distinguish which article it is for. Ex. (I will use 3 of my title's)
Starting now, let's all keep the same headline... The reason for keeping the same headline is for 1 keeping a strong consistency with your marketing and 2 making it easyer to find your articles online. #3 - Finding All Of Your Articles: Now let's find them for you... (Hoping that you already created your folders within your favories menu?) I preffer using Google's Toolbar for this but it is not required. Let's all go to: www.google.com and start looking. Why google? Simply the best... Take your 1st article and cut and paste the EXACT title within the google search. Now add "" at the beginning and the end of your title Adding "" at the beginning and the end will narrow your search to exactly what's in between. For ex. "Tracking Your Articles Properly" would give me better results than if I were to search: tracking your articles properly. Actually I do recommend you try both methods just in case. Now once you have found a site that has listed your article, add the exact page your article is listed within the proper folder you created within your "favorites menu". Once you have completed this task for all of your articles, it will be very easy to keep up with your new articles. Another thing is, if you plan to reward those sites, you now have them all seperated into proper categories. I hope this helps you out even a little like it did for me... |
5 Free Time-Saving Tools for Article Authors
5 Free Time-Saving Tools for Article Authors
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by: Brandie King
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| You can save time and make your article writing and promotion easier by putting some very great tools to use. Below I've included 5 tools that can help you. 1. Article Formatter If your articles aren't properly formatted before being submitted they have a very high chance of getting rejected. Formatting your articles also shows respect for the publishers you are submitting to. The following tool will not only format your articles to any line length you desire, but give you a total count of characters, words, and lines. To format your articles very quickly, just visit http://www.fwointl.com/FWOFormatter.html. 2. Tracking Software As you start writing articles, and especially when you have been writing them for awhile, you will need a way to keep track of everything you've written. You can do this using a free program called Writer's Database. Writer's Database is a program that will keep track of everything you've written, potential publishers, submissions to those publishers, writing that hasn't been submitted yet, and more. You can find it athttp://www.ultima-thule.co.uk/ 3. Text Converter To make it simple to add your articles to your website you need a simple tool for converting them to HTML. Using such a tool will greatly reduce the time you spend getting your articles up on your site. You can find a free one at http://www.cyber-matrix.com/txt2html.html. 4. SP*M Checker Whether you submit your articles directly to publishers or to article directories, you can increase the chances of them being picked. Every time you write an article, run it through the checker at http://www.lyris.com/contentchecker. This will check your articles for things that have a probability of triggering SP*M filters. Once the check is finished, you get a detailed report that will show you what you need to change. 5. Spell Checker I know that this seems pretty obvious, but checking the spelling in your articles is a must. When you submit articles that are full of spelling errors you project a very unprofessional image and turn people away from what you have to offer. Tiny Spell is a free program that will allow you to check the spelling of words in any Windows application. http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/ Using these tools will not write your articles. That is completely up to you. But using them will dramatically decrease the time you have to spend writing your articles and getting them ready to submit. |
10 Profitable Tips For Article Writers
10 Profitable Tips For Article Writers
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by: Ken Hill
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| 1. Write to one person. When you're writing your article picture one person that you are writing to. This will make your writing more personable and help you to keep your readers interested in your article. 2. Use lots of white space within your article. Using lots of white space will help you to make your article look more professional and keep more of the skim readers interested in your article. If you have paragraphs that are too long, try to break them up into two or three paragraphs so that your article will be easier to read. 3. Double check your articles for errors. Make sure that you haven't misspelled any words, skipped words, or used a homonym such as "their" when you meant "there." Remember, that spell checking only catches spelling mistakes so you'll need to go over your articles even after using your spell checker to find words used incorrectly and also to find words that were used twice in a row or omitted. 4. Pay attention to feedback you get for your articles. Getting or seeking constructive feedback about your articles can help you to write better, get back on track with your writing if you're in a slump, and also develop new things to write about. Even negative feedback or criticisms can help you if it shows you things you can work on. Just don't take everything to heart. 5. Improve your writing skills by trying different things. When you first start writing your own articles, especially if you're new to writing, you might feel that you can only write list articles like this one. Nonetheless try your hand at other types of articles that you would like to write such as how to articles or straw man articles. Also try writing on different subjects that you haven't written about before. 6. Keep a file of articles you've written that you left unfinished or didn't feel were ready to be published. Also keep parts (i.e., tips, paragraphs, etc.), that you've edited out of your finished articles in this file. You might be able to rewrite your unfinished articles later on, get new ideas to write about, or get a new tip or two for your list articles from this file. 7. If you run an affiliate program, let your affiliates publish your articles with their affiliate URLs in your resource box. You'll be able to effectively increase your sales by giving your affiliates an easy way to successfully promote your business to their visitors or subscribers. 8. Create an ebook compilation of your articles. You could use your ebook as a bonus for subscribing to your ezine or you could let your affiliates brand your ebook with their affiliate URLs. If you don't run an affiliate program, you could let people brand your ebook with a link to their site or business to get more people to offer your ebook to their visitors or subscribers. 9. Participate in article swaps. Your swaps will help you to get your articles run in ezines that have subscribers interested in your business. Your article swaps can also help you to gain more reciprocal links and add more useful content to your site if you swap articles where you publish another writer's article on your site in exchange for the same. 10. Create a list that people can subscribe to that announces when you've written a new article or articles. Your list will keep people up to date on new articles they can publish in their ezines or post on their web sites. If you let your affiliates use your articles to earn commissions, you can also use your list to attract more new affiliates and to keep your existing affiliates up to date on new articles they can use to promote your business. |
6 Best Places to Submit Your Articles
6 Best Places to Submit Your Articles
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by: Brandie King
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| You know that writing articles is the best free way to promote your business and gain credibility. You understand the importance of articles containing actual information and not being just long sales letters. Do you know the absolute best places to submit all of those wonderful articles you have written? Here is your list of the top 6 places to submit your articles: 1. Idea Marketers With an Alexa ranking of 13,015, this site is one that you definitely don't want to miss submitting to. You have to sign up for a free account. Instantly accepts your article.http://www.ideamarketers.com 2. Go Articles This one has an Alexa ranking of 17,504. You have to sign up for a free account. This site is part of the Jayde Network. Instantly accepts your article.http://www.goarticles.com 3. Article City Article City has an Alexa ranking of 20,024. No account is required.http://www.articlecity.com 4. Article Announce This group has 2,712 subscribers (June 2004). Provides content to hundreds of newsletters, magazines, and websites.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/article_announce/ 5. Free Content This group has 1,557 subscribers (June 2004). Hosted by Website101.com.http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Free-Content/ 6. Publisher Network This group has 686 subscribers (June 2004). Lets you swap articles with other newsletter publishers. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/publisher_network/ By all means, submit your articles anywhere and everywhere it is appropriate. But there are certain websites that should always be included on your list. These places have a high number of visitors and/or subscribers. Brandie King, Copyright 2004 |
Reward Those Who Publish Your Articles
Reward Those Who Publish Your Articles!
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by: Martin Lemieux
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| It is pretty obvious that content is king online. It is also obvious that writing more content and submitting them to other sites will help boost your popularity and bring more visitors to your site. So why wouldn't you help boost those pages that have your articles on them? I want to share a small tip that will help boost your articles popularity all over the world. See, most of us who do write articles are mainly concerned about getting their articles published. Well why wouldn't you reward those who publish your articles? I am consistently finding ways to boost pr ratings for ALL of my pages within my site, you should be too. If we are all trying to do this, then why don't we help boost our articles on other sites! Here's an example of this... I have an article titled: "Getting A Better Rank For All Your Pages" Now simply listing this article on my site isn't enough. I also promote and submit this article wherever I can. If by chance a web site publishes my article, I will reward that site by adding a link on my site were that article is listed. Infact, if you've seen my marketing tip articles, there is a small resource box at the bottom of each article that links to all the sites that have listed that specific article. Being more specific, I don't link to their main page, I link to my article. Here's what that accomplishes... Let's say your article is listed on "Artices R Us" and you want your article to be found by anyone who searches for that company, boosting your pr rating for your article on "Articles R Us" will help you get more visitors from that site. See, it's not only about listing your articles because we would all like to have our articles found right away and 1st. Don't miss the chance to gain more visitors by letting your article die out on the site that you listed it in. What if all your articles listed on other sites, had a pr rating in google of (pr4) or more? That would be great! That would be great because we all know that Google rewards your link popularity when listed in a page that is pr4 or more! So don't be shy to reward those who list your articles, doing so will only boost your search engine ranking and also give you a lot more visitors than before! |
12 Top Tips For Up And Coming Article Writers
12 Top Tips For Up And Coming Article Writers
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by: Ken Hill
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| 1. Make your articles available on your site. You'll have an easy way to get more sales by showing your visitors that your are an expert on the topic your visitors are interested in. 2. Use lots of white space. Keep your sentences and paragraphs short and to the point. 3. Write for your target audience. You'll have a better chance of attracting people to your site that are interested in purchasing your products. 4. Use numbered lists. Your numbered lists will help you to effectively share your tips with your readers while making your article easy to read. Use your numbered lists to share points on your article's topic, list your directions when writing a how to article, or to deliver the content of your article if you wanted to write a list article. You can also use numbered lists to share resources related to what you talk about in your article along with your descriptions of those resources. 5. Use the active voice. With the active voice the subject does the action while with the passive voice the subject receives the action expressed by the verb. For instance: Active voice: The dog bit the mailman. Passive voice: The mailman was bitten by the dog. Use the active voice to keep your sentences from being awkward or confusing and to liven up your article. 6. Make your writing more personal by using the word "you" a lot within your article. A simple way to accomplish this is to write your article to one person. You'll naturally use the word "you" a lot within your article, and your readers will feel like you're talking directly to them. 7. Don't be afraid to share your personality with your readers. You could inject a little bit of humor into your article, or share an opinion, story or anecdote that relates to the topic of your article. 8. Offer a subscription to your e-zine or a freebie in your resource box. Writing articles will help you to get your site promoted on relevant sites and e-zines at no cost to you. Maximize the profit you get from writing your articles by giving your readers a subscription to your e-zine, or a freebie that they'll find valuable enough to go back to again and again. 9. Once you've written your article, wait a couple of days, and then reread your article. You might be able to add new points that you might have missed before, add more detail to information you covered in your article, or reword parts of your article that are unclear. 10. Use current topics whether online or in the "real world" to get ideas for your articles. Your articles will be cutting edge and newsworthy, and will have an excellent chance of being published by e-zine publishers and webmasters. 11. Always check and double-check your articles for errors. Use your spell checker and go over your articles for words you might have omitted, run-on sentences and for faulty punctuation. Also look for words used incorrectly; for instance, if you used "effect" when you should have used "affect" or if you used "there" when you should have used "their." 12. Submit your articles to article directories, article announcement lists, and to e-zine publishers. Your submissions, although time consuming if done manually, will help you to successfully get your articles published. Be sure to submit your articles to my article directory at http://www.netpromarketer.comand to visit http://www.netpromarketer.com/directoriesandlists.html where you'll find a list of article directories and article announcement lists. For a handy listing of e-zine publishers that want article submissions check outhttp://www.ezinelocater.com. Also search other e-zine directories for publishers that want article submissions and submit your articles to e-zines that you are subscribed to that accept article submissions from their subscribers. |
Drive Free Traffic To Your Website By Writing Articles
Drive Free Traffic To Your Website By Writing Articles
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by: Sung-Liang Woon
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| One of the best ways to drive traffic to your website is by writing articles. Getting your own articles written, distributed and published on the Internet is one of the very best Internet marketing techniques in existence. Once you have become an author of an article, you become an instant authority. When visitors locate and read your article they could obtain some useful information from it. They would most probably appreciate you. When appreciation turns into trust, it is very likely that would click the link in your article resource box to visit your website to get more information. Chances of them signing up with you in one of your recommended business opportunities or buy one of your recommended products would be greatly enhanced. The question is how to write the relevant articles which might demand some of your effort and time? If you are good in writing and enjoy doing it, you might decide to write your own articles. Otherwise you could join an article cooperative to get access to private label articles OR hire someone to write articles for you. Let’s discuss the differences of these 3 possibilities: 1) Do Your Own Research and Write Your Own Articles. The main advantage of writing your own articles is that it's "free" and it would give you a sense of pride in accomplishment. You might enjoy writing articles to share your experience in Internet online business. The downside is that it'd take up some of your time to conduct some research work. 2) Join An Article Cooperative to Get Pre-written Articles. A recommended article cooperative is InfoGoRound where you could get hundreds of pre-written articles for a small enrollment fee. From these you could choose those discussing subjects related to the content of your website. These are referred to as the "Private label articles” which you have full permission to use and also add your own name and article resource box to the article as the author. 3) Hire Someone to Write Articles For You. If you are not comfortable writing your own articles or if you find it too much a hassle especially when you're new to this business or if you do not fancy pre-written articles due to lack of originality, you could use an article ghost writing service such as Just Articles to put your own ideas into writing. For a relatively small fee you can get your articles written very quickly. For article marketing on the Internet, articles written with between 400-700 words would suffice. It goes without saying that your articles must be relevant to your Internet business. Hence topic of your articles should be related to: "working at home", "home based business", "Internet marketing", "making money online", "promoting a website", etc. The next question is how can you ensure that your articles will reach the maximum amount of potential web visitors? Below are some routes you can use: 1) Submit to Article Directories The best place to submit your articles are Article Directories. Many publishers of websites, blogs, and ezines visit the sites of these Directories. Hence your articles will be quickly exposed to people who have a large amount of traffic. 2) Submit to Article Lists/Newsletters The next step is to submit your articles to article lists such as newsletters on Yahoo and Topica. Articles from such sources are normally better received by publishers. Hence when a submission is done by you via an article list, publishers have more confidence in your articles and would very likely use them. 3) Approach Individual Related Websites Many Websites focus on providing valuable information and educational materials to their readers. You could submit your articles to these sites if your articles are relevant to what they need. It is best that you only contact sites where the readers would have an interest in the topic of your article. 4) Search Through Ezine Directories Once your articles have been submitted to directories and article lists as mentioned earlier, you could start contacting individual publishers such as the publishers of ezines that are related to your topic. Choose those who accept articles and write to them and convince them that your articles would be of value for their purpose. 5) Give The Articles to Your New Affiliate members To help your affiliates especially the newly "recruited" ones, you could give them your articles as a way to help promote your site. They could either publish them as they are or they could substitute your link with theirs in the resource box of the article. They would be impressed by such generous gesture from you. In conclusion, submitting your articles and getting them re-published on others' websites and newsletters/ezines is one of the most powerful Internet marketing strategies. Your articles will then start working as a free advertisement for you forever. And you do not have to pay even a dime for such advertising space. You will continue to enjoy free traffic driven to your website for a long, long time! |
How To Be Rejected By The Article Directories
How To Be Rejected By The Article Directories
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by: Nicole Dean
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| Article writing is one of the best ways to increase your traffic and get more sales. You've heard it a million times so you decide to finally just do it. You write an article and submit it to the article directories, eagerly anticipating the flow of traffic. Instead you receive the dreaded rejection letter. What did you do wrong? 1. Did you proof-read your article before you submitted it? Popular article directory sites receive hundreds of submissions each day. It's much easier for the owner to click "decline" than to edit your typo-filled or unformatted article. Before submitting, proof the article and proof it again. If grammar and spelling make you sweat, then hire a Copywriter or ask a friend to help you before you click that submit button. 2. Is it an Advertisement or an Article? Article directory sites are looking for informative, useful content, not press releases or ads. If your submission reads like an ad, it will not be accepted. And, think about it -- even if was approved on a fluke, do you think that website owners will be clamoring to publish your 500 word advertisement? Not a chance. If your goal is to write and submit a press release, then check out places likeprweb.com. 3. Did you read the Submission Guidelines? Each article directory has a different culture. Glance through the Submission Guidelines before setting up an account to make sure your article will be welcome before you submit it. If an article directory is based around a niche like gardening, then please resist the urge to submit your Mesothelioma articles. There are plenty of article directories that want your articles. It’s not an effective use of your time to submit unwanted articles to a niche site. 4. Is your article PG-rated? Don't submit sex-related articles, profanity, or general nastiness. Article directories are businesses and, therefore, exist to make money. This means they generally receive income through affiliate sales or advertising. So, if your article includes sex or contains words stronger than "darn", don't be surprised if your article is rejected. Of course, if your article contains nastiness or anything illegal -- don't even bother. 5. Is your Article original and written by you? Submit only original articles. Please do not copy someone else's article, edit it, and submit it. That's stealing and you will be caught. And, do not submit articles from shared content sites. Article directories want original, unique content. Public domain is 'public' but think how ineffective article directories would become if there were 500 versions of the same public domain piece. Instead of wasting your time figuring out how to reinvent other people's content, just write your own. Now that you know what not to do, start writing the kind of articles that article directories dream of -- and watch your business grow. |
The Best Places To Submit Your Articles For Viral Traffic Generation
The Best Places To Submit Your Articles For Viral Traffic Generation
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by: Terence Tan
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| If you've spent any time online trying to promote your website or business, you must have very likely realised that one of the most effective ways to generate tons of free targetted web traffic on a long term basis is to write your own informative articles and freely distribute them to other webmasters and ezine publishers for their use. Some of the benefits of this amazing strategy include: -it's totally FREE and gets links to your website distributed to a huge number of other related websites on a permanent basis... ...no need to pay for the links... ...no need to give a return link on your own website to other sites... -The presence of your links in many other websites also directly increases your Google PageRank and increases the targetted free traffic you get from search engines! -When people see your name and website/company in the bylines of the articles on different sites, you will naturally be thought of as an "expert" in that field...This increases your credibility and makes it more likely that your visitors will take your recommendations to them more seriously. The purpose of this article is to seek to create a comprehensive list of places where writers can submit their articles for distribution... By creating this list based on the contributions and "tip offs" of the visitors to HugeAffiliates.com, we hope to save you the large amounts of time searching the web for websites and article announcement services (yes, you can try to use google to search for "article submission sites" but you will waste precious time going through a lot of unrelated websites). If you find this page useful, please bookmark it...and use it whenever you have new articles to distribute...we will continue to update it with the latest links as we get "tip offs" from our visitors. If you have any links to suggest to us, please let us know using the "Contact Us" page on HugeAffiliates.com. If you would like to reproduce this article and link resource in your website/ezine to increase your website's "stickability", please feel free to do so. (because of the convenience of finding all the possible submission sites on one page,many writers will bookmark your site if you have this resource on it...Go Ahead...Bookmark this page NOW!) Please reproduce the whole article including any reference to HugeAffiliates.com though. Here Are The Links:
Remember...bookmark this page and if you discover any other good sites to distribute articles through, let me know.Thanks! |
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