The never-ending challenge: bind marketing does it work or not? Wanting to create more passive income. I decided to furnish bind marketing a REAL try. The following are results so far (this is Part 3 of a 5-part series). Following are more of the sites Im consistently submitting articles to. I chose them because they had good PR and Alexa rankings. What are PR and Alexa rankings? For explanations of these as well as details on the beginning of the chew over see the 10/26/06 affix on InkwellEditorial blogspot com.11. SubmitYourNewArticle com: This directory has a PR be of 4 and an Alexa rank of 62,309. You must create an author be to submit. They approve your be pretty much immediately. The submission affect is a blow and the site offers article stats primarily how many times the bind has been downloaded how many times it has been sent to friends and how many articles youve submitted (a tracking feature).12. Amazines com: This directory has a PR rank of 4 and an Alexa rank of 16,710. I love the go of this site. Once you create an author be you can go away submitting. They also have a bulk submission feature which allows you to submit more than one bind at a time. This place also has a tracking feature so you know what you submitted and when. One of the coolest features of this site is that it shows you how many articles are in each category. For example as of this writing the WRITING category had 1,090 articles while EZINES has only 25. If its a toss-up as to what category to refer to this can be a handy guideline.13. GoArticles com: This directory has a PR be of 6 and an Alexa rank of 2,407. You must create an compose be to refer here. A really progressive feature of this site is the cater they set up for authors (many directory sites now furnish this). This makes it easy for readers to get your circumscribe. This place also has a tracking feature so you can act bring in of what youve submitted. And it provides individual article stats (how many words the article is and how many times its been downloaded) but you have to move on the authors label to get this information. In my opinion this is a bit odd because it took me a few minutes to figure out how to find the article stats. But hey with its Alexa and PR ranking and the turn number of articles (almost 300,000!) its a site you move drop to overlook.14. Isnare com: This directory has a PR be of 5 and an Alexa rank of 5,323. I like the ease of submission of this site once you create an compose be. BUT it takes a while for them to authorise your bind for publishing unless you use their paid submission feature (Platinum be). Eg. I submitted an article on 10/19 and as of today (11/1). Im comfort waiting for that article and subsequent ones to be published. What does their Platinum account include? Among other things article distribution to over 40,000+ publishers and hundreds of article directory sites for a fixed be per month ($59.95). I undergo to say it seems like a good broach especially when I consider the amount of time I'm spending each day just submitting to 25 sites manually (about two hours). If you're busy this is a huuugggeee accumulate of time (see what I do for you guys?!). Once I finish my little inspect chew over (on 11/18). I ordain be looking into paid submission software/services and this is one Im seriously considering. Besides the absolute horror of manual submission. I'm considering using this place's submission service because it has a testimonial from a label I accept and believe. Jenna Glatzer. Editor-in-Chief of Absolutewrite com.15. NetpreneurNow com: This directory has a PR be of 4 and an Alexa rank of 49,423. This place can be a bit confusing when you log on eg where is the refer bind button? You undergo to move on Article Directory (left hand side of home page) and then you see a link that reads affix a new bind. You dont undergo to act an compose be to use this site tres cool! BUT it also doesnt furnish any tracking features or bind stats. So youre on your own here (eg get out your bind tracking pad and leave office yourself to submitting and forgetting). Youll undergo to check your server logs to see if any incoming merchandise was generated from articles posted here. What are server logs? Basically they are reports you can get from your web host that tells you where visitors from your site came from eg a move from an ad on Google a link from an article on IdeaMarketers com etc. Again though as this site has good rankings its worth it to submit. COMMON PROBLEMS WITH ONLINE bind MARKETINGDelayed Publishing: Many article directories take days even weeks to publish your content. This is a double-edged sword. On the positive align ostensibly it means that articles are being reviewed and there is more quality content out there; eg less garbage on the web as a whole. The contradict is that it takes longer to get the word out about your product/function. So figure this into your marketing timetable if you are rolling out a new product/service. Tracking the Effectiveness of a Directory: It is highly unlikely that you will have time to do this with any degree of detail unless you have study chunks of time on your hands. As noted throughout this series some directories have tracking features and provide bind stats some do not. In my opinion time would be better spent targeting highly trafficked directories submitting to them and judging the overall progress of your article marketing race over a period of time eg a month a quarter half-year etc. BE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAULI once read an article that said especially with Internet marketing its not the immediate results youre after (although I have been pleased with this aspect of my little campaign so far) but the long-term benefits of establishing yourself as an expert. Once you open your abilities and your trustworthiness - and this comes from prospects seeing you in many different places across a period of measure it ordain be that much easier to make the sale. As with any business go article marketing can acquire profound results but it takes measure and effort effort and time to get the long-term rewards. WHATS GOING ON WITH THE MONEY?Holding stabilise at about 2.5 times what I was making (per day) before I started this investigate. READER QUESTIONSAs I've been getting quite a few inquiries from readers. I ordain devote Monday's (11/06) issue to answering all of them. So send in yours. In the meantime be sure to surprise the be of the inspect chew over. I've been an online marketer for a while and am learning a lot! As a matter of fact. I will be conducting a similar chew over with online groups/forums/communicate boards next (details coming after 11/18). Stay tuned for move IV. May be reprinted with the following in beat: Yuwanda Black is the publisher of : THE business portal for and about the editorial and creative industries. First-hand do work success stories e-courses job postings bear on tips advice on the business of freelancing and more! Launch a Profitable do work Writing go in 30 Days or Less -- Guaranteed! Log on to InkwellEditorial com to learn how.
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