Article Directory Submission

 Posting Method #5 - Posting to Article Directories

Destination:  Hundreds of article directories
Result Time:  24 to 48 hours -- for sites to approve article.
Posting Frequency:
Post each company to at least 5 article directories
Follow Up Posts:
Re-post same company every 30 days to this posting tool. (optional)

Overview of Posting to Article Directories
One of the best ways on the Internet to promote the companies you will be submitting for is through online articles. This is by far the best free method to use to get traffic to your pay code links.

Out of all of the posting tolls we provide this is the best. However, it does take the more time to use than the other posting methods we provide, but the time spent is well worth the effort.

We are going to make this as easy as possible. With some of the techniques and tricks we will show you can have you creating articles for your companies in as little as 10 minutes. The most time consuming part of this whole article submitting process will be getting your accounts set up with some of the article directories. Even that is not too time consuming as most of the account set ups will take as little as two or three minutes.

Once you have set up any article directory accounts, the rest is very simple as we will show you. 

You may be wondering "do I have to submit to the article directories?"

The answer is this, it is entirely up to you whether you spend the time submitting to the article directories as it is with any of the posting tools we provide. The more posting you do the better chance you will have to earn a good income.

Posting to article directories is used by some of the most successful Internet marketers and we will even be presenting reviews by one article marketer that makes millions of dollars a year using these methods we will show you.

The bottom line is your effort is well worth the time and this is really much simpler than it may look on the surface as we will show you in this training.

Two Methods to Submit Articles to Directories
In this posting method we will provide two ways you can submit your articles. We will explain how both will work, the pros and cons and you can select which of the two we provide to submit your articles.

Posting Method #1 - Manually Submitting to Directories - We will give you complete training on how to submit your articles manually to several article directories. The manual method will be the best way to submit your articles which will get you the best results. We will go over exactly how to submit articles to any of the directories we will provide that will assure they get published and get the exposure they need.

You will submit one article for each company to one of the article directories. Each article directory in most cases will be dedicated to one company you submit. The reason is the way that some of these article directories are set up is that you are only able to put your pay code link in the general account and not directly on each article. So at the end of each article will be your pay code link.

We will go over this in detail in that part of the training to explain it in more detail and what you will need to do exactly. 

Pros - The pros to using manual submitting method is that you will be able to submit quality articles to quality article directories. You articles will get better exposure and allow them more resources for bot you and the readers. Also on these article directories they get a lot of Web masters that will use your articles on their Web sites, blogs, newsletters, etc which gives you ever better exposure.

Cons - They take longer to submit and you are usually confined to submit one article for each company for to one directory.

We will strongly suggest to use the manual method but the choice is yours.

Posting Method #2 - Auto-Submit Software - We will provide a free software tool called "Auto-Submit Article Pro"  to use for free. You will install the software we provide to your computer. You will then set up your articles in the software and use an automated method to submit your articles to several directories.

When you set up your software you will use the company's pay code link in the profile. You then enter your article, check off the article directories we suggest and send by automated process to those directories.

When you want to submit another article for a different company, you simply change the company's pay code link, upload the article for that company, check off the article directories we suggest by automated process to those directories.

You would simply repeat this process for any companies you will submit articles for.

Pros - The pros to using this automated submit method is it is much quicker than submitting manually. You can easily change the company's pay code link in your set up profile and submit for that company.

Cons - The automated software will not work on all computers. The article directories you can submit to with the auto-submitter software are not as popular directories as the manual directories. This means you will not get as much exposure. Even with the software there may be some interaction with article directories still needed.

Creating Articles to Submit to Article Directories
In this section we are going to go over how to create articles for any of the article directories. You will use the same methods we will mention for either of the auto-submit software or manual submitting methods.

The first thing we will mention is the length of the articles to submit. Most of the article directories will require articles to be between 300 to 500 words in length. Some will have a 400 word minimum so you will need to read the requirements for each of the article directories.

A good rule of thumb is to create articles around 450 words give or take a few words. This will meet the requirements of 100% of the article directories.

We will go over a section in our program that will allow you to create 500 word articles in as little as a 10 minutes. In some cases it can even be quicker than that, and submitting them is even faster than 10 minutes. Once you have your articles created, and your article directories of your choice set up with accounts, the process is very easy. many members can do this whole process of creating articles and submitting is as little as 15 to 20 minutes per article.  So you see it will not take you all day to create and submit these articles, 

We will also suggest to look through some articles as sites such as EzineArticles.com or GoArticles.com to get an idea of how a 500 words article is formatted.

You will see how the articles are more of an informational piece than an advertisement. The last thing you want is your article to sound like any advertisement as one, it will get bad reviews, and two, the article directory may not even approve it if it sounds like advertisement.

If you go through our article tips and tricks section you will see how to create good articles that will get good reviews and response.

Another thing to check is in your pay administrative accounts (PayDotCom, ClickBank, Commission Junction or Click2Sell) for already pre-written articles by the company you are promoting. Many will provide these articles for your to submit and this of course will save you time. We may still suggest to rewrite the articles a little so it is not duplicated from another submission. Where you would find these i in the same location where you get your affiliate pay code/hoplink for that company.

By the way, If you are thinking a 400 to 500 words article is too long to have to create. Go to the top of this section where it says "Creating Articles to Submit to Article Directories" From the start of this section to this word is exactly 463 words.

So you see it really is not hat long of an article and an article of this size (400+ words) will be excepted by any of the article directories we provide.

Below you can access our how to create articles and article tips and trick section at any time.




 


Additional training programs that can really help you with articles not too mention create an income from creating articles is our "Content Article Writing" program. We currently have members making $500 and more per day with that program. Just goes to show you the power of article writing.

Let's get going on the article submitting... we will start with the Manual Submitting Method as we feel this is the best way to go. Again, it is your choice on which of the two methods we provide you will use.

POSTING METHOD #1 - MANUAL SUBMITTING TO ARTICLE DIRECTORIES
We will get started of explaining the different posting options you will see offer by the article directories, and how you will be able add your pay code links into your articles with these options.

Adding Pay Code Links to Articles

Adding Pay Code Link Option #1 (Directly in Article Body) - The best way to add your pay code link will be to add the pay code link directly in the article body. Usually at the end of the article you would put a note such as:

"I am an article writer for [website name] and you can find more resources at this link [your shortened pay code link]."

Sometimes you can actually put your link in the "website name" if the article directory allows that. 

We suggest to use the shortened TinyURL link when submitting to article directories as we have shown you how to obtain in Global Data Entry Part 1 - Section 3.

Adding Pay Code Link Option #2 (Article Resource Box) - The next option is the ability to add your pay code link in what is called the "Article Resource Box." This box will be located at the end of your article and you would need to fill out a separate resource box when submitting article.

Actually, this may be the best option because the article directories place this resource box in a location where it gets good exposure and you don't need to worry about creating a place at end of article to place a link. By using article resource boxes this does all the work for you getting your pay code link exposure.

Note: If either of the first two options are available by article directory will allow you to create multiple articles with multiple companies you are promoting in ONE account. This will make it much easier that having to create one account for each company you submit.

Adding Pay Code Link Option #3 (Article Author Bio) - Some of the article directories we provide will only allow you to insert your pay code links in what is called your "Author Bio."  The biggest problem with this is that you can only create one author bio per account with that particular article directory. This will then only allow you to create articles for one company using that article directory.

We will show you a good way to use ALL of the mentioned article directory options when presented.

Using Article Directories
We will show you the best way to use the article directories from the list we will provide. No matter which of the adding pay code links you are presented with we will show you how to best use as the options are provided.

The first thing we will suggest you sign up with 5 to 7 article directory accounts we provide. We will suggest you visit each site to see if you can determine which allow to add your pay code links using option #1 and option #2. Make a note on those article directories and make them a priority to get signed up with.

We would give you a list of which article directories offer which adding pay code link option. However, there are too many factors to determine which offer which option. There are some article directories that offer all three adding pay code link options and it is determined on which is used by many factors such as which categories you post article to, or how many articles you are written, etc.

So the best thing to do is get signed up and make notes on how you can add your pay code links. Put the ones that you can post directly in the body of article or resource box and put those article directories at the top of your list.

As you sign up with more article directories you will separate them on your list by the way you can add your pay code links to the three options.

We will suggest the article directories that ONLY allow you to post in author box to use those for companies you are promoting that are producing good earnings. You can then dedicate one article directory to those companies that are producing the most earnings. Then you can submit more articles for that company and increase your earnings even higher. Also when you do this it will give you a good expert portfolio that you are writing about one subject and give you more clout with readers.

Submitting Articles to Article Directories
We will provide a few videos for you to view on GoArticles.com and EzineArticles.com for you to view. This will give you a general overview of how to use and submit articles to the articles directories.

GoArticles.com - General Overview - VIDEO

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Mentioned in video is Ezine Articles and we will show you all about Ezine Articles in the next videos.

The above video will show you how easy it is to sign up with many of these article companies. Some sign ups take as short as thirty to forty seconds to sign up for an account. Just read if there is an account verification done by email after you set up your article directory account.

A good point in the video is how it is shown how to add your pay code link to the end of your articles.

At the end of the video it will mention the auto-submit software which we will show you in the "Auto-Submit Article Method"

EzineArticles.com - Setting Up & Author Profile - Video 1

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EzineArticles.com - Author Set Up  - Video 2

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EzineArticles.com - Set Up Posting - Video 3

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EzineArticles.com - Posting Article  - Video 4

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Article Directory Sites
Below are several article directories to choose from. Most most popular are list from top to bottom. You will see also how the article directories are ranked by search engines, how old the directory is, and the global reach of the article directory.

We will also include a link to review the article directories. The reviews are done by a well know article marketer and can give you some insight how he uses the article directories.

HERE ARE THE ARTICLE DIRECTORIES:

Article Directory Name

Review

Google Page Rank

Pages Indexed in Google

Domain Age in Years

Alexa Reach

  Ezine Articles

  review

6

2,300,000

12.8

353

  Go Articles

  review

6

4,660,000

12.0

3,061

  Article Dashboard

  review

5

2,320,000

7.1

10,775

  Articles Base

  review

5

14,100,000

7.0

1,693

  Amazines

  review

4

11,400,000

10.8

6,780

  U-Publish

  review

4

1,100,000

7.0

36,296

  Article Snatch

  review

5

357,000

6.7

6,574

  Article Online Directory

  review

3

1,100,000

6.6

23,347

  Article Rich

  review

4

1,130,000

6.7

11,259

  Articles Factory

  review

4

14,300,000

7.8

17,419

  Dime-CO

  review

3

144,000

14.6

41,946

  Sooper Articles

  review

4

1,420,000

4.1

6,842

  ABC Article Directory

  review

3

444,000

5.9

16,909

  Article Alley

  review

4

124,000

8.0

11,506

  Article Trader

  review

4

148,000

7.5

15,324

  ArtiPot

  review

3

14,700,000

5.5

18,374

  Base Articles

  review

4

1,220,000

4.2

33,832

  Ezine Mark

  review

4

4,300,000

3.2

4,690

  All Best Articles

  review

3

236,000

6.4

59,838

  Article Cell

  review

2

2,750,000

5.5

21,138

  Positive Articles

  review

3

69,700

6.6

120,228

  Article Directory USA

  review

3

248,000

2.6

39,598

  Articopia

  review

3

68,500

5.6

27,157

  Cyber Shimla

  review

2

129,000

4.9

29,563

  Home of Good Info

  review

3

367,000

6.9

25,784

  Article Buzz

  review

3

246,000

6.9

104,249

  e-Articles Online

  review

2

373,000

6.8

16,310

  Article Basement

  review

2

131,000

5.4

26,331

  Articles Right Now

  review

2

27,000

6.9

62,702

  ZU Articles

  review

4

90,900

2.0

40,179

  Way 2 Articles

  review

1

122,000

2.5

42,634

  Article Slash

  review

4

14,300

4.0

1,537,132

  Free Articles Now

  review

1

11,400

4.2

65,599

  Free Links Articles Directory

  review

3

43,500

1.5

33,604

  Palsra

  review

2

48,900

0.9

34,330

  Article Ritz

  review

1

108,000

2.3

63,284

  Smashup Articles

  review

1

79,300

2.3

34,887

  Tune In Articles

  review

1

60,500

2.3

37,670

  Article Coop

  review

2

613,000

5.3

144,130

  NET Articleshack

  review

2

975,000

3.9

32,154

  24 by 7 Articles

  review

1

28,200

2.3

222,331

  We Articles

  review

1

25,600

1.4

53,812



POSTING METHOD #2 - AUTO-SUBMITTING TO ARTICLE DIRECTORIES
We have a tool called "Article Submit Pro" that will enable you to post your articles to several article sites with a click of a button. This can save you time when it comes to posting your articles. We will walk you through the tutorial to show you how to download and use this software effectively.

If you have any issues downloading and/or using the auto-submit article software you can contact us to see if we have a fix or solution. If no fix or solution is available we will suggest use the manual posting method in place of using the auto-submit software.

We will present both a VIDEO and TEXT tutorial for this training. We suggest to do both tutorials for this posting tool training.

VIDEO TUTORIAL
The Article Submit Pro software is available for download below in the text tutorial.

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TEXT TUTORIAL

Step 1
To begin, you will need to download the Article Submit Pro software to your desktop, to start download,
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Step 2
After you have downloaded the Article Submit software, you will need to install it to your computer. Make sure to save a copy to your desktop. If not you can locate the software in your program files under "Article Submit Pro" after it has been loaded to your computer.

Step 3
After you download the software, click on it to open the software. When you open the Article Submit Pro it will look like this:
 


Note: You may not see the Article Submit Pro red banner as shown in the picture above because the website is currently being sold. Don't worry about that as the software will still work.

The first page you will be at is the "User Information page. Fill in your personal information.

Most of this is just basic information such as your name, address, and phone number. Your personal information will not be posted, it is only for when you sign up and sign into the article-posting sites. If you feel uncomfortable with placing any personal information, then you can use an alias name and address, for it is not critical that your information is 100% correct.

We have placed some key points in the illustration above such as:

Website URL - This is where you will post your pay code link to the company you will be submitting your article through the posting software. We will suggest to use your shortened
Tiny URL link.

When ever you want to post another company with a different pay code link you would come to this page and change your pay code link to the new company you are submitting through submitter software.

Website Title - This is where you can post a short title that best describes company subject you are submitting. This will also need to be changed each time you submit a new company using the submitting software. 

Username and Password - At the bottom of this step it asks for a username and password. This will be for the Article Directories that require a login. Article Submit Pro suggests you use your e-mail address as the username for any and all directory sites you sign up with. This way you will be assured that no one else already has the same user name, and it will work for all the directory sites you submit to.

After your information is filled in click the "Save" button on this page to save your personal information.

Step 4
Next, Click to next top menu button, "Articles," to continue. The page you will be at will be the following:

On this page it will list any articles you have saved. You can add, delete or edit your articles from this page.

Step 5
When ever you want to add a new article for a company you will click the "Add Article" Button and a box will pop open which will look like this:

Title: Use a title that best describes the article you are submitting. The article title will be the first thing a reader will see. So you want to make it informative and sound like it will be a helpful article to read.

Also by the title it will make it easy for you to identify the article on your article list if you are trying to locate it at a another time.


Article:
In the second space, enter the full article you are submitting. A good suggestion is to keep it between 400 words minimum to 600 words maximum.

Be sure to add your pay code link at the end of the article. 
If it is not allowed by article directory they will simply strip it out before posting.

You can do this with a call-to-action such as "To find out more visit: Your Pay Code Link"

Summary: In the third space, enter a brief summary of your article 50 to 75 words should do.

Keywords: In the fourth space, enter any keywords that relate to your article, such as "Work from Home" if you are typing an article about a work-from-home company, or select a keyword such as "Dog Training" if the company you are promoting is about dog training, etc.

If you can enter 4 to 5 keywords that will be fine.

Click "OK" to save your article.

You may enter multiple articles in this way. The articles will stay saved here and you may select them to submit to the article sites at any time.

Select the article you wish to submit by clicking it. You will see that it will stay highlighted when it is selected.

Step 6
Click the next top button, "Web sites," to continue, and the following screen will appear:

The first time you run the software you will most likely need to sign-up at all of the directory sites that require a login for submission.

You will first ONLY select the sites we list below. Place check marks next to any or all of the following:

Sites To Check Off:
Add Me
Article City
Article Content King
Article Dashboard
Article Depot
Article Sphere
BharatBhasha
Biz-Whiz
Blog Widow
Business Highlight
Business Know-How
Business Knowledge Source
Business Opportunity.biz
Concept Marketing Group
CyberIndian
Digital Women
Dime Consultants
GO Articles
Home Biz Tools
Home Business Articles
How To Advice
Isnare.com
Linkgrinder
LinkSnoop
Marketing Troll
More 4 You Article Directory
Morgan Article Archive
Online Internet Coach
PowerHomeBiz
Promotion Data
Promotion World
Purple Pages
Reprint Articles
Self SEO
Small Biz Portal
T&I Grafix
Uncover The Net
UPublish.info
Webmaster's Library
Weeno
Work On Internet
Zone Bot

While you should not need to edit the directory sites often, it may become necessary if any of them ever change their login page or article submission page link. If you need to edit any of the sites above, click on the site you wish to edit and select the "Edit button."

Step 7
After you have selected the article sites, you will click the next top button "Auto Fill," that will bring you to the following screen:


After you have clicked on the "Auto Fill," click on the "Start" button located on the bottom left of the submitter.

You will click the "Next" button to go from article directory site to article directory site.

If you have not selected an article, this function will not work, so be sure you have completed all previous steps before attempting to start submitting your articles.

The first time you run the software will require a bit more work than usual. The reason is that you will need to set up accounts and the auto submitter will save your logins for the next articles you will submit after the first run.

We recommend using your email address as your login so you can use the same login for all of the sites you sign-up for; this will make the process much easier next time you submit articles.

Some article directory sites you will be brought to will not be at the exact page you need to submit your article, simply click on any link that says "
Submit Your Articles" to navigate to the needed page to submit your articles.

Sometimes the auto submitter function may not work. So you may need to fill in the needed information manually.

You will still need to manually select the categories your articles belong in and manually hit the submit button on each site. This small bit of manual interaction on each site keeps your submissions appearing totally manual, and it makes your articles appear to be of much better quality than articles submitted by similar Article Submitter "Spam Machines."

As you go through each article site make sure it's content is relevant to what you article is about. Example, is that if you were submitting a "Dog Training" article, then you wouldn't submit it to a work-at-home directory. So more than likely you will not use all the article sites you have check off. Simply click the "Next" button to proceed to next article site if their site doesn't pertain to your article subject.

Article Submitter does not just blast your articles to hundreds of sites unattended. If it did there would be too many sites that would think your articles were just spam, as every article site's submission process is a bit different, not to mention that they change all the time.

The purpose of Article Submitter is to help you submit your articles in much less time than they would take to manually submit, by placing the access to all of the directories in one handy software.

We again point out that the first time through is always the toughest because of the initial signing-up on the article sites, getting used to the features of this software, etc. Once you start using this, it will become so simple you will be able to post your articles in a matter of a couple of minutes or less.

Step 8 (Optional Manual Submissions)
The last button on the Article Submitter Pro is for manual article posting sites; it is optional if you want to post this way as it will require more interaction on your part.

On the few directory sites that are set up to not allow auto-fill on their forums, they created the manual-fill step.

You can still try the auto-fill button at the bottom of this step. Many times you will have much of the content filled in for you, but for the most part, on these sites, you will still need to manually fill in the content the old fashioned way.