Browse > Home / Article Dashboard Updates, Authoring, Marketing / Do you really know why you are submitting your articles to online directories?

Do you really know why you are submitting your articles to online directories?

June 15, 2006

I have noticed that a lot of authors are submitting articles for the wrong reasons.

It’s imperative that you submit ‘quality’ articles. A badly written article may generate you that ‘Backlink’ that you so much desire, but the real purpose of submitting your article to our directory is to gain publishers who will willingly publish your articles on their websites, blogs and newsletters….that’s where the real traffic comes from.

Submitting numerous short (less than 500 words), poorly and haphazardly written articles will do you no good. Also submitting the same article over and over with a few modifications is not acceptable….it’s duplicate content and defeats the purpose of the directory. You need to sit back, choose a good topic and come up with a article that is an effective marketing tool…an article that captivates the reader and makes him or her want to publish it, print and/or forward it to their friends.

Anything less is essentially a waste of time!

How many times have you seen a website with thousands of backlinks but with no ‘PageRank’ or worse still does not feature in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Page) at all. Too many, I must say.

As an author, your number one priority when writing an article is ‘quality and uniqueness’. You must write powerfully and with purpose. Your writing must be attractive and persuasive, otherwise it’s not worth the trouble.

Ryan Puusaari, a successful online marketer shares his views on this issue and his stories of success and failure, in this article: Go Read It!

You are also invited to discuss this and many other issues in our forum located here. Meaningful discussions on Marketing as a whole is part and parcel of the Internet Marketing Game, a science that must be taken seriously.

Written by James Opiko · Filed Under Article Dashboard Updates, Authoring, Marketing 

Comments

3 Responses to “Do you really know why you are submitting your articles to online directories?”

  1. articlecat on June 17th, 2006 12:26 pm

    Quality is sooo important. Thanks for writing this article. It’s something that needs to be heard.

    - articlecat

  2. GardenSimply on June 18th, 2006 12:44 am

    I couldn’t agree more. Article marketing is at it’s best, viral. To miss out on the opportunity for it to work hard for you without extra work is creating more work for yourself than internet marketing already is!

  3. James Opiko on June 18th, 2006 10:18 am

    Thanks Jodi

    Your comments carry the weight of a seasoned marketer.

    I wrote that piece just after I had deleted several badly written articles. I do read through all articles and sometimes I try to help out the author, …..unfortunately some authors just don’t want to put in the effort.

Got something to say?

You must be logged in to post a comment.