What you must do before you submit to Article Directories.

The benefit of article marketing might have ceased to exist as for as link building is concerned but it would certainly enhance one’s writing skills enormously. I would urge you to write articles and submit o top article directories but before you submit, you should note down the following 6 points.

1. Have a clear understanding of what you are going to conclude in your article. Please remember that there is only one reason why you write an article, and that is to give quality information to your readers.. If the article is not focused on this primary and most important purpose, it will fail to reach the minds of the article reader.

2. Think hard to come up with the most attractive headline. It is the only way to get people to read what is in your article. If you fail to compose ‘click worthy’ subject line, your effort will go in vain.

3. Start by writing a summary of your article which should tell the reader what is in it for them, it can be written in 4 sentences that are meaningful and make the reader to browse further down your article. While composing the summary of your article, ensure to mention the keyword(s) you are focusing.

4. Proof read your article twice. Do not publish it on the day you wrote your article. Think about it when you are in bed. Invariably, you will realize your mistakes or get ideas to polish your article. Publish it after reading it again the next day.

5. Do not overdo your submission. I would say you submit to only one high quality article directory which in my mind is Ezinearticles.com Nothing can beat it. They will keep rejecting your article till it meets their standard. That site will make you a top notch content writer.

6. Finally, you introduce yourself clearly in the author bio. If you have a website, link to it with proper anchor text. Initially, if you think your website is not popular, mention just the URL of your site without using anchor text.

You might have read these points before several times which is a proof that these are important.

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How would you like to turn your blog posts into cash? It is our dream wish-right?
While some of your blog posts would give you a feeling that they have come out well and worth a few dollars, the rest of the work may not be satisfying.

Ok, how about turning the first category blog posts into cash by selling them to whomsoever are interested?

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Why Article Alley promises more to article writers?

I don’t like the word ‘bum marketing’. Don’t ask me why. In fact I am asking why article marketing is called bum marketing. Article writing is definitely not for bums. Do you think a bum’s style of article will be accepted by top article directories like Ezine articles and Article Alley?

Never in my 9 years of internet marketing experience, have I come across so many times about the importance of submitting articles to top article directories. Of late, every top internet marketer started writing the value of generating backlinks through free articles submission to article sites.

I have a serious doubt. How many article directories out there pass on link juice to authors’ links in the articles they submit?

Sure, there are chances that readers of your articles might click on the links provided in author’s profile but unless your article is syndicated either by the reader of your article or by the article directory itself, you can’t expect a surge in traffic.

Article Alley entices authors to submit articles by offering to submit the approved articles to several of their article directory network. As of now, there are 7 other articles sites in their network.

I just now registered myself with them and submitted an article that is awaiting their approval.

Let me see if gets syndicated.

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May be I am a bit late in realizing the importance of having my own Hubpages. I did not know they are too picky over the articles submitted. I was ejected by them long time ago.

Well, I am not disappointed at that time but now I regret my indifference. I should have learned the tricks and should have been successfully writing articles for them. That would have surely increased by blog audiences.

Had I known about Hubpages videos even a year ago, I would have bohut them and utilized them to know how to use Hubpages. Hubpages has been quoted as one of the best SEO startegies. Getting you article published in Hubpages is believed to be a honor and that will increase your serach engine ranking for sure.

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