Promoting Business through Article Libraries and Content Directories

Thursday, September 7th, 2006 at 12:44 PM | Category: Business, Marketing, Meryl's Notes Blog, Tech 1 comment

So many article libraries and content directories exist for the purpose of providing free content for publishers in search of articles for their own publications or web sites. These offer you the opportunity to get your name out there, establish yourself as an expert and thought-leader, and link back to your web site or resources like a book you’ve written.

You don’t have to limit yourself to these article libraries. Contact publishers of email newsletters, blogs, web site and other content that are appropriate for your articles’ subject matter. Don’t just contact anyone out there. After I published the last issue of eNewsletter Journal (in which the editorial clearly said it was the last issue), I continued to get article submissions and they weren’t even right for my audience. Many focused on money making schemes whereas my newsletter was focused on building relationships through online marketing.

If these folks had read my newsletter, they would’ve wrote a note along the lines of “I’m sorry to see your newsletter go. Here’s an article that might fit with the new newsletter…” and of course, the article should match the content.

Another route is to join a network of bloggers who post articles. Blogcritics is one example. I often post book reviews there as well as the occasional video review. The site contains a diversity of high quality articles that are editor-approved before publishing and a very nice-sized traffic to go with it.

The most important thing to remember: Avoid blatant self-promotion. People easily recognize it and you’re likely to lose credibility.

I believe the following make for a strong and successful library because these features encourage more submissions:

* Save byline – So you don’t have to enter your byline (bio) every time you enter an article. Better yet, save multiple bylines so you can select the right one based on the article.

* Accept text AND HTML in the same box — all you would need to do is click a box if you’re using HTML. It’s time consuming to convert the article to the other format.

* Accept unlimited articles in one session.

* Allow at least two links in byline.

These are the best article libraries based on others and my humble opinions:

www.ezinearticles.com
www.ideamarketers.com
www.goarticles.com
www.article-host.com
www.articlecity.com

The list (Know another? Leave a comment. I add more as I come across them):

chinese-school.netfirms.com/submit-business-article.html
finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Free_eContent/
groups.yahoo.com/group/aabusiness
groups.yahoo.com/group/article_announce
groups.yahoo.com/group/articles_archive
groups.yahoo.com/group/articles4you2use4promotion/
groups.yahoo.com/group/free-content
groups.yahoo.com/group/Free-Reprint-Articles
groups.yahoo.com/group/freezinecontent/
groups.yahoo.com/group/netwrite-publish-announce/
sbinformation.about.com/library/blsubmission.htm
store.bellyandbeyond.com/yhst-4403591833340/submitarticle.html
www.a1articles.com
www.activeauthors.com
www.addme.com
www.addme.com/index.htm
www.allbusiness.com/Article_Submit/submit.asp
www.amazines.com
www.amrithallan.com
www.article99.com
www.ArticleDashboard.com
www.articledestination.com/
www.articlefinders.com/
www.articlegeek.com.
www.articlehound.com 
www.articlepros.com
www.articlestop.com/
www.articlesubmit.com
www.article-treasure.com
www.bestmanagementarticles.com
www.boconline.com/sub-art.shtml
www.bpubs.com/
www.businessknowhow.com
www.business-opportunity.biz/addarticle.php
www.businesstoolchest.com/articles/submit.shtml
www.clearviewpublications.com
www.clickforcontent.com
www.commoncontent.org
www.connectionteam.com/submit.html
www.constant-content.com/
www.digital-women.com/submitarticle.htm
www.ebooksnbytes.com/articles/submit.shtml
www.ebusinesshelpsite.com/Articles/submit-article.htm
www.ecademy.com
www.executivecoachingstudio.com
www.family-content.com
www.free-articles-zone.com
www.freelancewriting.com
www.freesticky.com
www.freesticky.com/stickyweb/
www.goarticles.com
www.home-based-business-opportunities.com
www.homebiztools.com
www.internationalpractice.com/business/
www.internetbasedmoms.com/submission_guidelines.htm
www.iSnare.com
www.justarticles.com
www.makingprofit.com
www.MarketingArticleLibrary.com
www.marketing-seek.com
www.MarketingSwap.com
www.marketingwords.com
www.mbnet.com/article_add_form.asp
www.MyFamilyLiving.com
www.optimizemag.com/mediakit/contribute.jhtml
www.powerhomebiz.com
www.salessuccessmagazine.com
www.searchwarp.com/Login.asp
www.selling-it.com/Add_article.htm
www.smallbusinessoutpost.com/
www.submityourarticle.com
www.theallineed.com
www.theezine.net
www.thewhir.com/find/articlecentral/
www.tigrafix.com/articles/submission.htm
www.topten.org/
www.toupin.com
www.virtual-professionals.com/articles.shtml
www.webmasterslibrary.com/articles/
www.webpronews.com
www.web-source.net/articlesub.htm
www.workoninternet.com
www.worldwidefreelance.com
www.writerswrite.com
www.zinos.com/

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1 comment

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