Internet Marketing

Setting Up An Article Distribution Service

One of the most sought after marketing services you could conceive of getting into is an article distribution service. Why? Because submitting articles can be a real pain in the neck. So it’s easier to hire someone to do it for you, or use an article submitting software to help you get through the process faster. But did you know there’s a way to use article submission software in and make money from it?

Considering there are literally thousands of articles being submitted on the web every day to the 800 or 900 remaining article directories, and considering how few of these authors really want to go through the hassle of submitting their articles themselves, offering a service to do it for them can be quite profitable.

And as the article directories get smarter in the way the can block auto submissions, your average “lazy” author will need some sort of assistance to submit articles manually to everywhere they want their articles to go.

So if you’re struggling to make money, and you’re looking for a business model to bring in some steady income, you might want to consider starting an article submission service, publish your announcement on forums and social networks, and watch the orders come in.

Now if you’re planning on doing all this work manually, then you won’t need anything to get started beyond a list of article directories, a browser, and a spreadsheet to keep track of your customers and their logins.

They’ll just send you their articles via email, and all you’ll have to do is check your spreadsheet to see if they’re current paying clients, open your browser and start submitting for them.

However, many of your clients may want some proof that you’ve submitted their articles and where. So you’ll also need something to keep track of the submission history that you can send them as verification. This would require an additional spreadsheet for each individual client so you could add the date, the article title, and the directory URL or name.

So far this hasn’t cost you a penny to set up, but it might be a little burdensome to keep everything in order over time. And what happens if you get 10 or 20 new clients all of a sudden who all want their articles submitted yesterday?

An alternative to using spreadsheets and hunting down article directories would be to use article submission software designed specifically for submitting articles. This would help you, not only in submitting articles for clients, but would also keep track of everything like logins, articles and bio boxes for each author, plus provide you with a history of everything you submit per author so you can verify the work you’ve done.

Now granted, there aren’t many article submitters that can keep track of anything beyond your own personal author login, but there are some slightly higher end ones that will.

Article Submitter Pro is one such program, and can handle everything you’ll need to submit articles for an unlimited number of other people. You can load in and save an unlimited number of client author profiles complete with login details, add their articles and bio boxes and have them stored specifically for that author.

You can select personal favorite sites for those of your clients that have preferences, and get a complete history of everywhere you’ve submitted for each author and when. You could even offer a special service and submit their directory accepted article URLs with summary to the social networks directly through the software.

And you can simply save each authors’ login details in the software if they’ve already registered to their favorites sites, or you can register for them to among the 800 or so directories stored and ready in the site list.

So using an article submission software like  Article Submitter Pro will have an up front investment, certainly. But it will also give you a professional service, and save you a lot of spreadsheet and browser time. And with the demand for this type of work, you’ll recoup your investment in no time.

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How To Know If A Product Is Good Before You Buy It

With all the product launches and other marketing products being sold, how do you know which ones deserve a second look, or are even worth buying? After all a lot of this stuff is just rehashed junk being peddled with a new twist. So how do you know if a product is good before you buy it?

To be honest, I seldom buy anything right away as soon as its launched. It’s not a money issue, but more of a “lets see what others do with it first” kind of thing.

Most times marketers who promote products will shortly thereafter start implementing what they got out of it in their own marketing. If at least some of them show a change in their methods relating to the product in question, and if the techniques they’re adopting seem reasonable, then maybe they’ve learned something of value from it.

This can take a little while to see how a new product is being received by people who buy it, and its probably not the best barometer in determining whether a new product is good for you or not. But I can attest to having saved a great deal of energy and brain drain by waiting.

Because you see, the worst part about all these launches is, they are normally one huge distraction!

They distract you with all the notices about it from every affiliate marketer on the planet, then they distract you with their time and supply limits, and worse, they distract you will all the freebies attached to them.

Now don’t get me wrong, some of the free stuff they hand out in pre-launch is pretty good. In fact, some of it is actually worth more than the product itself in as far as teachable information goes.

But that’s all besides the point because, the real distraction is how much time they can take away from you and what you should be doing to build your own business.

You see, here’s the thing . . .

If you’re ever going to be successful in online marketing, you’re going to need a business plan and model, and stick with it. You can’t be wandering off every time someone dangles something glittery in front of you.

And really, that’s what all these launches are designed to do. Make you chase the money, or at least the prospect of it. However, if you already have a business model that you’re working, how will allowing yourself to completely look away give you anything? And what if you get pulled into several new launches a month? How will that effect your plan?

Seriously, if you really want to know if a product is good before you buy it, hold it up to your own business model. If the product is about what you’re doing, or can add to it, then buy it if you thinks its worth it. If not, let it go as soon as you know it has nothing to add to your already established plan. You’ll save hours of distracted time and plenty of money you can be investing in yourself.

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