Archive for August, 2008

Article Directories For Submission — Five Secret Sequencing Strategies!

August 16, 2008

A certain sequence exists that helps when you hand over articles to directories. This article devices such a sequence to guide you:

1. At The Outset, Display Your Essay In Your Blog

Assuming the article appears in a directory before it does in your blog/ site, you can no longer claim copyright of your article, because indexing of the article will not happen ahead of posting it in a directory on the web. Search engines such as Google are liable to consider it as duplicate content and ignore or penalize your site/ blog.

2. Second, Publish It In The The Best Directory

By my estimation, ezinearticles.com, ranked PR 6, is Number One, and will get you maximum visitors arising from a solitary write-up in it – more effectively than other higher PR-ranked directories. Pay attention to other areas like anchor text, and you’ll also benefit from back-links.

3. Schedule Trickled Submissions To Relevant Online Directories

After you submit your article to ezinearticles.com, and getting it approved, submit unique variants in discrete lots to many online directories relevant to the niche you work in, about 20-25 daily.

4. Finally, Do Trickled Submissions To Several Directories

Online directories specializing in niche articles, different from yours, won’t prove effective. Hence, leave them out, when you publish in a maximum number of directories. Also, recognize the hierarchy of the directories you publish in. The directory’s page ranking and whether it is recommended by internet marketing gurus can help find this out. You may choose to rely on Alexa rankings, or find out if a directory is being submitted articles to by software submission processes. So, just submit in trickles, avoiding bulk.

5. Careful: Are Your Essays Original Work Of Quality?

Hand over multifarious editions to various directories. Avoid spinning. Spinners manufacture junk, and variants of your seed article never succeed in retaining the intended meaning or tone of your essay. Don’t post a variant to you blog, if it already has a similar article, in order to avoid over-saturation.

Author Bio:

Richard J. Runion is the President of Geostar Publishing & Services LLC. Rich loves net research & blogging. His new blog on Article Marketing is fast becoming popular, as it is comprehensive and well-researched.

To know more about Richard J. Runion’s unique Article Directory Submission service, visit: http://www.1clickarticlemarketing.com .

This has also been published as: article directory submission on Wetpaint

Article Submission To Your Web Page – A Win-Win Technique!

August 12, 2008

One can count a host of questions that are unresolved you must address at the inception.

For example, given that content happens to be the main thing, you’d better not permit article directories to use your content, and go on to gain from it?

Assuming you were to publish your article, primarily, in your blog, would it be seen as not being original by SE’s including Google, were you to display it thereafter in article directories?

Could writing duplicate content in article directories compel the article directories to consider write-ups written by you, negatively?

How many article directories could an article marketer short-list for displaying write-ups in?

I have invented a process of ‘article re-creation’ which will set your mind to rest about these concerns. By my method, you will get several hundreds of originals of the original content and be able to publish every one of them in its designated web-based directory, even as you retain the seed write-up for posting in your blog.

You will be enabled to display a couple of write-ups in your blog, the primary article in your blog, and the second one in the form of an essay to be submitted later to article directories. although in the best-case scenario, you might prefer to write another article to be published in the blog, to pre-empt people visiting your blog site having to imbibe two identical articles.

Though I see no need for you to post your article in your site, ahead of submitting it to article directories, I recommend it, because in this manner, you might get search engine rankings for the content in your blog, as well as the article directories to which you submit them. This does not take into account the many back-links from the article directories.

Eventually, your goal is to to optimize the gains arising out of your write-ups.

Author Bio:

Richard J. Runion is the President of Geostar Publishing & Services LLC. Rich loves net research & blogging. His new blog on Article Marketing is fast becoming popular, as it is comprehensive and well-researched.

To know more about Richard J. Runion’s unique Article Directory Submission service, visit: http://www.1clickarticlemarketing.com .

This has also been published as: article writing on Zimbio

Article Writing – Five Guaranteed Success Secrets

August 11, 2008

You could choose to write your own articles. Else, you might get them written by freelance writers. Only with a strategic plan will serve your purpose.

You will get maximum gains from article marketing using these 5 strategies:

1. Sell Subject Matter Expertise

Assuming that you are not yet a guru, work to become one , asap.

Success is more likely to happen if you are writing about something on which you are an expert, than if you are a jack of all trades. If you are an expert, the reader is likely to accord you respect, and you can accomplish your goals with greater ease. Apply both subject matter expertise and writing skills, to assure yourself of eventual success.

However, don’t fret if you are not a guru. Article writing can still help you. For instance, you may still earn adsense income and affiliate commission and build traffic facilitated through back-links generated by your articles. Although your article may not have original content, collating the information in your own article qualifies as original effort. You have to fall back on your writing skills to persuade newbies in your field of interest, with useful information devised to give them genuine value.

Your writing should primarily be aimed at your reader. Search Engines should be incidental, . Your writing style should be your veritable signature. Writing aimed at imparting know-how is very effective; other factors such as drama and romance is likely to boost your article’s readability.

Assuming you are dependent on PLR articles, ensure that these are rewritten by you, and only then us them. Most PLR publishers are unlikely to consent to my view, but that’s natural. If someone else is writing an article for you, insure that the writer is informed about what you want.

2. Tell, Don’t Sell

Article directories don’t want to be just vehicles for promoting your business, and to generate traffic for you via back-links. Most prefer to be content heavy, and not purveyors of propaganda. Therefore, they disallow writers who promote themselves, and limit such promotion to the ‘Author Bio’ column, or ‘Resource Box’.

If your readers are not able to agree with what they read, they are unlikely to anoint you as a SME. Hence, inform, don’t promote, if you want prospective customers to read your written wisdom and flock to your webpage.

3. Use The Editor’s Scissors With Gusto

Scan everything you write and clear it of typos and spellos, & errors of grammar and usage, or else your reader could go – elsewhere.

4. Collateral Info Is Critical, Too

The identification of appropriate keywords, and the apt grouping of your article in an article directory are crucial to your success as is the substance in your article. Don’t forget the Title, the Brief Description and The Author Bio. Importantly, the Author Bio needs a great deal of attention, in fact even more, thought than the main write-up.

5. Re-creation Is Preferable To Spinning

Spinning is the surest way of producing garbage using a great article as raw material. Avoid use of software when you spin. Instead, re-create manually, working equally hard if not harder, than done on the seed article itself. Give sufficient thought to meticulous details such as the Author Bio, Brief Description and Title. Links, in particular, must incorporate anchor text; the keywords should be long-tailed. Optimize for the most potential yet least competitive keywords, using it once each in the first paragraph as well as the title, and additionally, twice or thrice, in the body. Make optimum use of LSI words. The links should draw traffic to your site. Select appropriate pages to get the links , ascertaining that the links go to different pages, nor scattering the links all over the site. This will optimize your SE placement.

You might possibly find Article Marketing as a tedious exercise that takes a lot of time, because of your many other engagements, or because you lack the skills for it. However, don’t pass up the golden opportunity to drive traffic. Outsource if you must, insuring that the writer pays attention to the 5 secret strategies.

Author Bio:

Richard J. Runion is the President of Geostar Publishing & Services LLC. Rich loves net research & blogging. His new blog on Article Marketing is fast becoming popular, as it is comprehensive and well-researched.

To know more about Richard J. Runion’s unique Article Writing service, visit: http://www.1clickarticlemarketing.com .

This has also been published as: article re-creation on Wetpaint

Planned Article Schedules – A Strategy To Insure Link Building Success!

August 9, 2008

Google and other Search Engines, want seeing back links built by sites and blogs slowly and steadily. A vast overnight increase in links might induce them to ignore the links, and in the worst eventuality, they may sandbox your site.

Therefore, if the hundreds of directories you submit to, simultaneously, approve your articles – to be expected if your articles have quality – Search Engines such as Google may not credit your site with back links. Additionally, if this is submission of the same content to various directories , it might prove to be one more motivation for SEs to frown on your submission. The way to resolve this is submitting dissimilar editions of the article, with each directory given unique content, taking care to alter the anchor texts, titles, etc.

However, it could prove impossible submitting articles one at a time to the large number of directories on the web, while meticulously cataloguing the submissions, article-version-wise, date-wise and directory-wise.

Try using appropriate software to submit your articles in drips, to a limited number of directories per day. Of course, the software should keep strict track of the submissions, article-version-wise, date-wise and directory-wise. Thus, you are not in violation of search engine rules, and will not be penalized by them.

Also, use scheduling software to schedule dissimilar versions of essays submitted on specific dates to your list of directories . If some articles don’t get submitted for myriad reasons the software should be configured so as to submit them again, later, while simultaneously keeping track of all submissions, so as to avoid submitting the same content to many directories.

What is the ideal number of articles to be submitted by using a scheduler? An exact number is difficult to arrive at, but about 20-25 a day sounds reasonable. In other words, posting to 500, or so, directories may be over in a month.

If you submit 500 articles spread over a month, the links effected must take place slowly and steadily, exactly the way the search engines want to see it. And once the search engines are appeased, you can sit back and relax!

Author Bio:

Richard J. Runion is the President of Geostar Publishing & Services LLC. Rich loves net research & blogging. His new blog on “Article Marketing” is fast becoming popular, as it is comprehensive and well-researched.

For a free trial of Richard J. Runion’s unique Article Directory Submission service, click here: http://www.1clickarticlemarketing.com .

This has also been published as: planned article schedules on Hubpages

Your Own Article Directory – A Success Strategy!

August 6, 2008

There exists a whole host of Article Directories on the net. Some, such as ezinearticles.com, have prospered a lot. If you assume directories like these belong to huge corporations, you are wrong. A majority of sites belong to persons like you and me, because they are profitable to their proprietors at the same time aiding in increasing the SE rankings of their companies.

Why don’t you own one too?

It could puzzle you what the advantages of being the owner of an article directory are.

Who will refuse to possess a site that is full of information, has a high PR ranking and is prized by search engines, something which article directories usually are? An article directory is a viable business opportunity, on its own and will increase the revenue of both yours, as well as associated products. Revenue from Amazon and adsense will also come. An online directory that specializes in your area may turn out to be a hit with competitors who will then place their write-ups in your directory and get related content.

If you keep your directory in your own domain, you could ride the voluminous content, the PR ranking it attracts, and its popularity in your niche to promote your own business, as I have done. The three things you can do are: write a blog, make a list or create a forum in the web-site in which your article directory is situated. Assign an appropriate monetary value to each element, and let it all add to how much your site is worth, each element adding to the others value.

Here are a list of things you need to check on when you create your own article directory:

1. Article directories are available for a fee or which cost nothing.You can also get one created for you by service providers, like me, for example. This, I will offer soon at no cost to my clients.

2. Owning an article directory in your niche has more advantages than being the owner of one whose scope is not specific and precise; your directory could become the most popular in the field.

3. Own one on-line directory only and pay attention to it instead of maintaining several article directories to which little attention is paid.Your goal should be to have one on-line directory in each of the specialized areas your directory is in.

4. Choose names of categories with keywords that are rich. As an example, ezinearticles.com is something that can be copied. For directories in very exclusive categories, make certain that you first explore various keywords prior to category creation.

5. Don’t aim to own article directories that have prior content, because it is unlikely to be original. On the other hand, create a directory yourself and fill it with your own content.

6. Try to increase the content in your site by asking other on-line sellers to contribute regularly, not having to put in too much effort. I, personally, will submit regularly to directories that have been created by me for my clients – actually, my list of directories for article submission will necessarily include these. At least this way, my articles will get automatically submitted there at no cost.

7. To get higher PR and SE rankings, the directory will qualify as long as a quarter of the content is new. Even if this falls outside your purview, benefits will accrue to you if I build the directory for you, because I will provide plenty of original matter; almost all other submission software offer content that is unoriginal.

8. Should you decide to submit content in the articles directory of yours , ensure that the original articles are first submitted at your directory.

9. Should you opt for a niche directory of your own , accept excellent articles in your niche from other directories, ensuring that you comply with the rules of those directories, relating to such re-printing of articles.

10. Have links to your webpage or blog, in place, and rely on text links rather than banners.

11. Check essays submitted to your directory to weed out rubbish. Do this every week, and if you are not able to, opt for a paid service that does this – by the way, I will be offering this service soon.

12.Do Search Engine Optimization as you would for any webpage of yours.

13. Persuade popular writers in your niche to write articles for your site. To get people like this, go to forums like the Warrior Forum as part of your efforts to promote your directory as much as possible.

14. Take back-ups of the articles, at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether the web host does it for you.

When your web-site is finally put on the market, the online article directory will make it more valuable, apart from already attracting more traffic and increasing its SE rankings.

Author Bio:

Richard J. Runion is the President of Geostar Publishing & Services LLC. Rich loves net research & blogging. His new blog on Article Marketing is fast becoming popular, as it is comprehensive and well-researched.

For a free trial of Richard J. Runion’s unique Article Writing article writing and directory submission service, click here: http://www.1clickarticlemarketing.com .

This has also been published as: own your article directory on Hubpages

Article Writing – Will Your Article Succeed? Can It Increase On-Line Visitors & Turnover?

August 4, 2008

Even though countless essays are sent to directories on the internet, daily, only some accomplish their goal-i.e. back-links and a big increase in visitors to their site. Some are partially successful, and the rest of them bite the dust. What do you have to do to ensure that your articles are successful? To succeed, here are some of the things your have to check out on, when you write and submit.
You are welcome to edit it if you want:

1. Does The Title Convey Something About The Article?

You could choose to shock, cause controversy or intrigue, offer a benefit, inform, call to action, or just comment on a current topic. To achieve the best impact, the write-ups purpose should be conveyed in the title.

2. The Better The Directory’s PR The Better The Results For
Submission.

Results vary depending on the directory you submit to. The best way to explain this is by the 80:20 rule.What this translates into is that 80% of the results will come form 20% of the directories. You should therefore first choose the directory lists you want to send your articles to.

For me, I have had the best results from ezinearticles.com, and tops my list of directories to send to.

3. Is Your Author Bio Interesting?

What you write is only a window to your blog. The Author Bio should carry this promise along with the link to your site or blog.

4. Do You Fulfill Your Article’s Promise, At Your Site/Blog?

You will do more business, not receive refund requests, and readers will increase if the impression got is that hopes raised are not dashed after logging on to your blog.

5. Do You Have Anchor Texts In The Writer’s Bio That Change??

In other words, can the anchor texts generate links from directories because they are different?.

6. Is The Theme Of Your Article A Novel One?

This is not an absolute must to ensure that your write-up succeeds but it’s novelty will be of great use.

7. Are You Featuring Your Article In Multiple Directories?

You need to do this if you expect an increase in traffic and if you want back-links to increase your search engine rankings.

8. Has Your Write-up Been Spun Or Re-created?

Articles that are ’spun’ are disliked by readers but you’d dislike the idea of spinning it yourself since it is very time-consuming.

9. Do You Submit En-Masse Your Articles?

If you submit articles in one go, Search Engines like Google are likely to think something fishy is going on, and your back-links will not get all the credit it deserves. If they suspect you to be article-spamming , they may even sandbox your site.

10. Did You Check On Your Competitors In Your Field?

A surplus of rivals will negate the advantages of being in a specialized area. Also, you may be sacrificing better ranking for keywords not targeted by you.

11. Is Your Write-up Written Well?

The quality of writing could prove a crucial factor in deciding how successful you are, but if are known to be an expert on the subject this would not matter so much.

12. Do You Give Browsers Any Freebies?

A free offering in your Author Bio, such as a link to your free report,will direct a larger number of people to your web-site.

13. Check To See If You’ve SubmittedThe Essays To Appropriate Categories?

14. Are You Re-SubmittingArticles That Are Not
Accepted?

15. Do You Post A Copy Of The Article At Your Own Blog/Site?

16. Do You Have An Enticing Article Summary?

For some better-known directories,this could make all the difference.

17. Do You Have A Reputation For Being A Good Writer?

18. Do You Use Popular Keywords? Do They Attract A Lot Of
Competition?

19. Have You Taken the Effort To Make Your Exclusive Article Directory And Are Your Articles In It?.

This point is often overlooked.This can be of use,
by improving your site’s rankings, and by gaining revenue from adsense , for negligible effort.

20. Do You Have Luck?

Good luck helps, but it helps those more that first help themselves.

Author Bio:

Richard J. Runion is the President of Geostar Publishing & Services LLC. Rich loves net research & blogging. His new blog on Article Marketing is fast becoming popular, as it is comprehensive and well-researched.

To know more about Richard J. Runion’s unique Article Writing article writing service, click here: http://www.1clickarticlemarketing.com/FreeTrial.php .

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Article Profit Secrets Aimd At The Two Kinds Of Online Businesspersons!

August 1, 2008

To begin with, sellers on the net fall into 2 groups. 1) people who know their subject very well, considered as being very knowledgeable in their respective fields. To these people, the world-wide web helps them reach a wider audience. What drives them is their love of the subject; their fields vary, and encompasses a whole range of topics. In addition to these people, we have regular sellers, with an eye for money-making niches.

Type one, the masters, do not have to look for matter, as they are experts in their fields of interest. Instead of worrying about competitors,they go looking for them – also gurus, themselves – for business collaborations. With their primary focus on pure content,language concerns take a back seat for these gurus. The Money earned does not really matter, but it does happen without doubt, in due course.

Normal commercial retailers, the type 2 are spurred by their dreams of financial freedom. They lack domain expertise,and this shows in the nature of their content. Sellers here do move from area to area, and even though some are successful, there are also many losers.

To my mind, the 2 classes of people who sell on the net should pursue different paths to achieve their goals.

The first category of sellers, because they concentrate on unique content,do not require PLR articles. But, those among them that lack writing skills could overcome their handicap by engaging writers to express their concepts cogently, although this is not mandatory. Ezinearticles.com is the best medium for those in this category. You can be sure a regular and assured supply of traffic and back-links over a period of time. But, experts like this, would benefit, money and time allowing, if they got exclusive accounts of their articles remade and submitted one at a time to lots of article directories, to increase their reach and and income.

Marketers from the second category concentrate on getting visitors to their several niches, simultaneously . Although they regard subject matter as unimportant to increasing traffic, they do not mind using writers to write on their many niches, and then regenerating the articles into many alternatives . The various articles then should be sent one at a time to numerous directories, keeping in mind the aim of their web-sites being at the top of SE ratings. A reliance on professional writers, not forgetting PLR writers , and the drip-submitters will result because of the huge amount of effort these generic marketers would have to put in.

First time sellers belonging to the 2nd group lurch about on their own amateur steam until they can pay for professionals in preparing and presenting of essays.

Sellers from the 2nd Category could try and focus on a few areas on which their understanding is better and develop subject matter expertise,over a period of time. In this way, they could get into the first type, thereby increasing their success rate.

Where do you stand?

Author Bio:

Richard J. Runion, as an ePublisher, has published successful eBooks of several Experts in diverse fields. His ‘1 Click Article Marketing’ service is for internet marketers who have no time, or ready content.

To know more about ‘1 Click Article Marketing’ service article profit secrets, which employs the above profit secrets, please visit: http://www.1clickarticlemarketing.com/FreeTrial.php .