Why Your Articles Are So Important!

[CliveAnderson]

Why Your Articles Are So Important!

By: Clive Anderson

Why researching, writing and submitting articles correctly to directories
are so important?

When an article is submitted and accepted into a database you have
almost made what is known as a carbon footprint. In other words that
article will remain alive indefinitely, forever.

Talk about indefinite free advertising. By adding back-links to your article
you will be creating 100% free advertising.

This in turn will also imbed your name among the search engines creating
popularity for you as someone that has insight and knowledge in your
specific field. Be it Gardening, Sport, Marketing, Flying, Fishing, Animals,
Organic Cooking, DIY, Writing, etc. This means people will openly buy
your products and pass the word as a source that can be trusted.

Additionally your website will also become listed by the search engines
that frequent the sites which you post your articles in. Again, another
form of completely free advertising.

On top of that, other article submission programs will be searching for
new content for their own websites and place your article on their site as
if you had posted it there yourself. This is yet even more free promotional
advertising for you.

If your article is good enough some websites that you submit it to, may
even feature it. Meaning placing it in prime position for all visitors to their
website to see as well as having it within the assigned category you
placed it under. Giving you another bite at the apple for gaining new
visitors.

Build an article database rather than using an article submitter or
multi-posting to a lot of different directories in one go. Use the same
article directory for a short duration of time, possibly up to a month, but
post several articles there as you create them. This way search engines
won’t look at your article content as being SPAM that has been posted to
every directory available. Doing it in this way search engines are more
likely to think the article was picked up and reused for it’s content.

By using article submitters you could be wasting all your time and
hardworking effort. Often it has been said that they fail to meet the right
category within a directory as well as being posted to un-hosted sites,
which in turn means your article could be anywhere. In addition to this
some submitters still require you to manually login to each directory, and
when posting to hundreds at a time this can take hours.

Be fussy about where you submit as this can be more important
sometimes than the article itself.

Always go for quality rather than quantity as there is so much garbage out
there that has merely been written for the sake of writing, plus you want
your articles to stand out rather than just become more run of the mill.
Be sure and research your chosen subject and try to be as original as
possible and write something fresh.

Finally you can always keep your own log online by adding your articles to
your blog website, and if you don’t have a blog just do a search as there
are quite literally hundreds of free one’s that you can join. Free
advertising at it’s best as search engines reference blogsites regularly
and will pick up on any new content.

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Clive Anderson

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[Griff Grumbein]

Another great post

[CliveAnderson]

And thank you Griff...once again for your kind words
and support.

There is one part in my above statement that perhaps
I should add to.

There are some people who do in fact use Article
submitters and if I'm honest there are some pretty
good one's on the market as opposed to some of these
other so-called submitters, but as I say with all that
I write it is just my own personal preference not to
use one. Not for any other reason other than I just
never have.

Could call me a bit old school in that respect I guess.

And before anyone asks me which Article submitters
can be used, my answer is this:
I don't honestly know, but what I do know is there
is certainly a time and a place to use submitters
and most certainly not to gain a dependency on them.

Plus I know there are some out there that allow the
user to select where the articles should and should
not be placed. In my opinion, if you have to use one,
then use one that can offer you this alternative.

Food for thought I hope...

Kind Regards

Clive Anderson

[Griff Grumbein]

[CliveAnderson]

Great information Griff,

I would be interested to see what submitters you use,
as well as for what purpose.

If you yourself are getting results from them then
they are certainly worth a mention. I'm sure there
will be other people that have heard of them that
could also add their own feedback.

After all, I've always believed if you find something
that works then tell others about it. You could even
write an article about the discovery...

Due diligence is another subject not all are familiar
with, but so many marketers throw the term around
willy-nilly without much real input as to it's true
meanings or implications. (Another article there
for someone perhaps)

Kind Regards

Clive Anderson

[Griff Grumbein]

I am only using the free version of Article Submitter by Bryxen Software, Inc. to submit special interest articles here and there just to learn how to write articles and get a few backlinks. Once I have perfected my writing skills and have established a "style", I will probably upgrade to the full version and utilize article submission to maximum effect.

Due diligence: doing one's own research, not just taking somebody else's word for something. True, most people will provide honest feedback on questions asked, but there is nothing better than performing your own "due diligence", and after listening to someone else's answer, going out and finding out the specifics on your own. After all it is YOUR business, and YOUR responsibility to ensure you act on accurate information in running it.

Read this thread and see how even experienced marketers were pwned (google it) for not doing their own "due diligence" it speaks for itself. . .OUCH!:
http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=191520