Article Directories - Ten Great Reasons To Submit Articles To
Them
Article marketing is still a great way of getting recognition on
the Internet. Indeed my own name is found several times in
Google and a great deal of this was due to submitting articles
to article directories. I have yet to optimize this method of
marketing but will do more so this year.
Here are ten great reasons you should write and submit articles
to article directories:
1. Publicity - People will know that you write and may even
seek out your expertise on the subject that you write about.
This is of course tied into credibility.
2. Credibility - You will be seen as an expert in your field if
your articles are mainly about a certain field, make sense, and
contain timely and relevant information. As an article writer
you may get special treatment by these new article directory
owners and get them to create a category just for your expertise.
3. Branding - You will brand yourself and your website so that
people looking for information on a certain topic can easily
find it on a publicized article directory. If you have several
articles you can quickly become a top author at the new article
sites.
4. Ezine Exposure - Ezine publishers may be looking for an
article in a certain niche and go to these article directories
in order to find an article in that niche. If you've given
permission for the article to be published then it may be
publicized before you're even aware of it being published.
5. Blog Exposure - One of the biggest crazes these days is
blogging. Many people are using blogs to express interest in a
certain niche. One of my own niche interests is alternative
health and I have four blogs each concerned with a different
"sub-niche" in this area. Bloggers can either print your article
in full in their blog or link to the article in the
article-directory.
6. RSS - Many article directories today offer RSS feeds for each
of their categories. Someone with a website may need niche
content for the particular area that their website is about and
run that feed on their website. New article database owners are
going to be promoting heavily to get their sites growing so they
are going to be taking advantage of this technology.
7. Mainstream Publishing - Editors of mainstream print
publications such as magazines and tabloids within a certain
field of interest may be impressed by your article and offer you
payment to write articles just for their publication.
8. Archiving - Your article is always in the directory and
available by category or author search. This makes it easy for
publishers and others to find articles that you have written.
9. Website Exposure - When someone chooses to read your article
or to print it on their website your URL is published for anyone
reading the article to see, and of course, the most important
reason which is marketing strategy.
10. Search Engine Marketing Strategy - This is the
all-encompassing reason why you should submit articles that you
write to article directories. If you do not or for some reason
cannot write and submit articles you are a missing out on one
great method of building your business. Submitting to article
directories can get you and your website mentioned in the search
engines. Google and other search engines are always looking for
fresh, new content. If you are an affiliate with a certain
company this is a great way to build your business.