Article Marketing Part 3 - Submit Your Articles Even When You Sleep

Believe me. This is what some of the pros have been keeping it to themselves. Now that I'm letting the gems out, you can steal their secrets and take advantage of this opportunity.

As of today, there are probably more than 500 article directories on the Internet and the number is still counting.

This is good news.

This is also bad news.

The good news is that you can have your articles deposited into hundreds of article directories and build a lot of backlinks to your website easily. Your website hit counter will spin. Your revenue will increase.

The bad news is that it can take a few days just to finish submitting one article to those directories. What if you have 10 more articles to be submitted?

Remember that we're not talking about submitting to only 10 or 20 directories. We're talking about submitting to hundreds of them.

By the time you're done submitting your articles, you'd swear not to do article marketing anymore. The huge amount of time it takes to submit your articles to those numerous directories is killing you.

If I were you, I'd give up too.

Fortunately, for every problem there's a brilliant solution.

Quietly, a few net entrepreneurs are creating tools and services to automatically submit articles to hundreds of article directories. With a few simple cut-and-pastes and a click of a button, you can have your articles submitted to hundreds of article directories and thousands of online publishers.

All these article directory submissions can be done even while you sleep. Isn't it nice?

All right, I hear you loud. Where can I find these tools and services?

Before I tell you more, let me say that most of these resources are not free. They can cost you from ten to over one hundred dollars, but if you're serious about marketing your articles, in the long run, you'll definitely get back your investments many folds.

Of course, there are other free tools and services too. I will let you know them as well.

Here they are.

Free and Free with Paid Options

Search Warp – publish your articles on Search Warp directory and, at the same time, submit them to search engines, such as Google, ExactSeek and Alexa. Search Warp is a directory and also a search engine. It is a free service.

Article Marketer – An article submission service from FREE to $119.95, depending on the Low, Medium and High Volume Plans.

Paid Services and Tools

Article Announcer – An article submission software for the price of $379 plus shipping. It comes with a complete set of Article Marketing audio CDs. Lots of information from this package.

Article Submitter Pro – An article submission software for the price of $167, with bonus ebooks on article writing, press release and more.

The Phantom Writers – An article submission service with the price range of $35 to $200, depending on the number of articles submitted. They also provide ghostwriting service.

iSnare – An article submission service with the price range of $10 to $719.40, depending on the number of articles submitted. Current distribution is over 20,000 publishers.

Submit Your Article – You can submit up to 4 articles a month for the current low price of $37.00 per month.

As you can see above, different parties charge different rates and prices. This does not mean that you should go for the lowest price or immediately assume that the highest charge will provide better results.

You have to carefully analyze the data above and ask yourself – which one has the right budget for you and the right audience you want to reach. Then decide.

Article Marketing Part 2 - Who Said You Can't Write?

It's obvious that the benefits of submitting your own articles to various different article directories are simply amazing.

You get free publicity.
You don't pay for advertising.
You can have your own articles as a viral marketing tool.

And, much much more.

But, wait a minute.

"I can't write. How can I submit my articles if I don't even have one written?"

If this does not describe you and you're already writing good articles on your own, then what are you waiting for?

Start publishing your own articles now.

If you belong to this "can't write a single word" category, then stay with me here.

I don't blame you for it but I believe this is a problem that can be fixed. I used to have no idea to write at all, but I knew my problem was because I was trying to write about something I didn't know.

It's a bit confusing but let me rephrase. Find something that you know a great deal about and if you are passionate enough about the topic, your juice will flow like water. Your head will generate more ideas than your writing speed can catch up.

For further help on writing an article, here are a few tips.

1. Enumerate your points, like what I’m doing now. A 500-word article can have 7 or 10 short points in it.

2. Look at some other articles of the same interest. Model (not copy) the writing skills of others.

3. Write your articles like writing stories. Writing your own experience sometimes help.

4. Write like you talk. Forget about grammar in your first round of writing. Go back to the article and fix your mistakes once the article is finished.

5. Write, write and write. Nothing helps more than practice. Your first article won’t be good, but the second one will be better. The hundredth article will be much better than the 50th. So, write more.

Still stuck with writer's block? Then, I suggest two ways to get around.

1. Hire ghostwriters to write exclusively for you.

Ghostwriters are authors who will write on your behalf on any topics that you assign them. They'll charge you for their service.

When the articles are complete, they are yours to keep. You can claim the authorship of the articles, put your name on these articles and often, claim the copyrights of the articles too.

Many Internet marketers are doing it simply because they don't have time to write or they don't have any expertise on the topics that they want to write.

2. Join private label article membership clubs.

For less than thirty dollars a month, you can get tons of contents which you can private label them with your own name.

But, be very careful because article directory owners don't like duplicate contents in their databases. Make sure you modify the content of each article before you submit them to any article directory. You don't want your name to get banned by these article directories.

On a special note, majority of private label rights operators put a cap on their membership sites. As soon as they have enough members, you won't be allowed to join them until the existing members cancel their membership.

The two methods of creating your own articles above are definitely meant to help you get going. After having your articles in your hand, like most people say, the world is your oyster.

Making Money With Autoresponders

These days, autoresponders make for great follow up tools.  You can set them up to your liking, as they are easy to set up and will hold a lot of preset messages.  Although they are very popular, a lot of people fail to see the power they hold and therefore never use them.  If you’ve been looking to make extra money, the tips below will show you how you can make money using an autoresponder.

The first thing to do, is ensure that your site has a signup form.  A signup form is an obvious way to use an autoresponder, yet a lot of people don’t think about it.  Each and every day your website attracts visitors, many of us come back.  If you put a signup form on your site, they can sign up and become a contact.  This way, your customer base will grow with each passing day.  You can stay in close contact with your customers this way, and even increase your audience over time as well.

You can also give out free reports or ebooks as well.  It’s actually an easy task to exchange reports or ebooks for someone’s email address.  Even though you may not have a website, you can still make the free report or ebook available by having people send blank emails to your autoresponder.  In doing so, you will build a client list and get your report out there - which can help you make money.

You can also choose to publish an ezine. To do so, you’ll need to load your autoresponder will a course that contains several parts.  This way, your clients will receive your reports and material in sections.  You can also build a customer base this way, and eventually recommend you to their family and friends.  Once you have a relationship and your clients start to trust you, you can send them information for other products.

You can also use autoresponders as curriers as well.  When you send an email out, ask the recipient to pass your email along to family and friends.  As they pass your emails along, you’ll gain more subscribers.  Although you’ll have to start out small when you first begin, you’ll find that your client list will grow in little to no time at all.

Autoresponders are also great to use with customer response as well.  Autoresponders are very handy, and they can answer a large portion of your technical questions.  Whenever someone sends you an email needing customer support, simply answer with an autoresponder message that entails a lot of the most common problems.  A lot of customers find this to be very helpful, as chances are it will cover the issue they are experiencing.

Autoresponders are also handy with site updates as well.  If you update your site on a regular basis, you may want to use an autoresponder with individuals who want to be informed when your site is updated.  With an autoresponder, all you have to do is send out a broadcast email and everyone will be informed at the same time.

No matter how you look at it, an autoresponder can help you bring in profits - as well as make your life a lot easier. They are easy to use, and will work great with your website.  If you operate several websites, you simply must have one of these.  Once you use an autoresponder - you’ll never want to find yourself without one again.  If you’re interested in finding out how easy they can make your life, all you need to do is give one a try.