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A Reason Not To Focus On Article Marketing — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:55:23 +0000

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By: david

david — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:55:29 +0000

Submitting to sites like EZine is just too much work and for too little the reward. I rather just put it on my blog and get some SEO benefit and more content in my blog instead.

By: Bruce Hopkins

Bruce Hopkins — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:24:05 +0000

Matt, thanks for the comment. In one sense you make a valid argument for someone who already has a lot of content and to post it on their site may be redundant. In that case then it make make sense to put some of it out on the article distribution sites, but for someone just starting out it does not make sense. It would be a better use of their time to use that content on their own sites. You assume that most people who grab articles from an article directory keep the bio links in tact, when in fact the opposite happens. While there are a few people who keep the links in tact, many either make the link inactive or remove it all together. I’ve seen this happen on countless sites.

Most people start in internet marketing to earn some money and most of these people do not have a large reserve of cash lying around. If these people would keep their content and post it on their own sites then they would receive more benefit from their efforts than posting hundreds or thousands of articles on someone else’s domain.

Bruce

By: Matt Ellsworth

Matt Ellsworth — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:03:47 +0000

Having run an article directory for 2 years with over 240,000 articles – I can say that you partly correct and partly in correct.

If you have a ton of great content for one topic and you want to put it only on your site – that is a great idea. However – it is also a great idea to give away some content and have it distributed to the masses. Remember if someone reads an article on another site (or newsletter) and they go wow – this guy is smart and knows what he is talking about – they are likely to click on the link.

However – if you never had your stuff out there – then you are removing the chances for all these people to see your content.

Another factor that most people forget is that successful article marketers do not submit one article a year and hope for the best… they submit tons of them…