Article Submission Tips: Making Sure Your Article is Accepted
Every article submission directory has guidelines that must be followed. While each directory is different there are some common characteristics of all directories.
When you know these guidelines in advance, it makes it easier to create quality content that will not only get accepted by the article directory but will be picked up and distributed by many websites, newsletters, and blogs. The following are the ten most common requirements.
#1 Your article must be original content. This means you may not plagiarize content or publish content written by another person without attaching their name and contact information in the bio box within the article. This also means PLR content and public domain articles may not be allowed. If you hire a ghost writer to write your articles, you will need to have an exclusive licensing agreement that only allows your name to be associated with the articles produced for you. Don't submit articles from article packs that have non-exclusive licenses as almost all directories will reject those articles. Read more of Article Submission Tips: Making Sure Your Article is Accepted →
Alternatives to Article Directories
Article directories are a great tool to drive traffic to your business, increase your search engine ranking, and improve your exposure and credibility, however they aren't your only option. Articles published in e-zines, blogs, and print publications are also a great addition to your marketing and promotion strategy. Let's take a closer look at them.
The advantages of blogging
Blogs, like newsletters, can enhance a companies credibility if done correctly. As a blogger you're out there in the blogoshpere providing information about your industry and answering questions. You are the expert.
Blogs can also be a useful customer service tool — they provide a medium to respond to your customers in an open dialogue and to solve problems before they become problems. If a blog, whether yours or someone else's, posts a review of your product and there is a problem that needs to be fixed, you can post the fix on the comment section of the blog. Read more of Alternatives to Article Directories →
How to Choose the Right Article Directories
Article marketing is a fantastic way to drive traffic to your website. It's free, it increases your SEO rankings via linking and keyword optimized content. It provides benefits to your readers and prospects and it increases your visibility. Article publication also increases your credibility and helps to establish you as an expert on your topic.
Because article marketing is such a fantastic tool, hundreds of article submission sites have popped up. It's amazing really. Enter "article submission site" in your search engine and you'll find more than 55,000 results. You can't, and probably don't want to, take the time to submit to every site available so how do you choose which sites are best? Where do you submit your articles for maximum results?
Here are 5 factors to consider when deciding which article submission sites to choose. Read more on How to Choose the Right Article Directories →
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