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Get Your Article Marketing Campaign Into Top Gear With Article Directory Submissions…

Getting your article marketing campaign into top gear by publishing as many articles as you can in as many article directories as possible is one of the best Internet marketing strategies for building backlinks and targeted traffic to your website.

Backlinks and traffic will come from the link to your site which you place in the resource box at the foot of every article that you post.

Ideally, you should aim to publish AT LEAST two articles per week to as many article directories as possible. You can multiply your output and submit articles to hundreds or even thousands of directories by using article submission software or an article submission service.

If writing and publishing two or more articles per week seems like an impossible task, DON’T WORRY! It is quite possible to get hold of good quality articles very cheaply and use automated submission methods without busting your marketing budget.

For example, I provide a PLR article service specifically for Internet marketers that will supply you with 10 expertly written articles per month. The article service is limited to just 100 members to make sure the articles are not over-used. (Check my Online Article Marketing page to see if the service is currently available.)

What Is An Article Directory?

An article directory is simply a website where article writers can post their articles free of charge. As the article directory grows, its search engine ranking improves and it attracts more traffic, which results in increased article views.

When an article directory receives your article, they read it and if it passes their submission guidelines they will publish it – if they think the content is suitable.

There are three ways in which you can submit your article to article directories.

1. Manual submission

The big advantage of manual submission is that it is FREE! You simply go to an article directory, click the Submit Article button and post your article yourself.

The submission process takes about 15 minutes to complete. Every article directory has its own submissions procedure, which you will find on the directory website. Make sure you familiarize yourself with the rules because failure to do so means that your article will be rejected. You will have wasted your time and will have to start
the entire submission process all over again.

One of the leading article marketing experts, Janet Wilson discusses this free method of promoting your website business in her definitive e-book, Harness The Power Of Article Marketing (free PDF file download).

The only disadvantage of submitting manually is that it takes a lot of time to distribute one article to a few directories. Many people simply do not have the time or inclination to submit articles manually.

You can partially automate the submission process by using a submission software program which you can buy online and download to your computer. Another option is to subscribe to an article submission service such as SubmitYourArticle.com .

Let’s have a look at these two submission methods.

2. Article Submission Software

Article submission software will submit your article to a large number of article directories automatically, once you have set up the process. You will still be required to open an account with various directories the first time you post to them.

A good article submission software product such as Article Submitter will have a semi-automated solution built in that you only use the 1st time you submit.

Article submission software will get the job done much, much faster than manual submission. Once you have purchased the product there are no further expenses.

3. Paid Submission Services

For either a monthly or a lifetime fee you can outsource the chore of submitting your article to directories by subscribing to an article submission service.

When you submit your site to a legitimate paid submission service you can sit back and forget it. Your submission service would submit your articles to the various article directories.

An article submission service is capable of submitting your articles to hundreds or even thousands of directories. Of course, not all those directories will post your article, but an article submission service greatly increases your online reach and profile.

The service provider will also add your article to its own database so that publishers can find it and publish it long after it was submitted.

A good article submission service will seek to expand its list of directories. (With article submission software, you have to manually add to the directory list.)

In short, a paid submission service will save you hundreds of hours of work and get your articles far more widely distributed than either manual submission services or article submission software can.

The top three article submission services are articlemarketer.com, submityourarticle.com and isnare.com. I use all three, but the one I recommend above all is SubmitYourArticle.com . Scroll down to the article by Jimmie Leonguerrero to find out how the unique and powerful features of SubmitYourArticle.com will bring your website MASSIVE exposure.

Best wishes,

David Hurley

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