Ezine Articles and Article Directories: How is It A Money or Traffic Benefit?
73Writing and Publishing on Article Directories
This is a business where you need to build links, and more links and then hope that you will get traffic from these links to make money. There are many ways to get links to your hubs, and this is something that you must do no matter how boring it may seem. Now all purposeguru asked the question in regards to e-zine articles.
The idea is that while there are strict requirements to getting your article published on e-zine articles, some of the other article dashboards out there don't seem to have as many. Now while you can put copied content onto e-zine, (not your hubs! never duplicate your hubs!) what about taking that same articles and putting it on another article website?
Is it a good idea or should you change it a bit?
IS there a way you can maximize both your traffic and your money to your blogs and hubs?
Traffic or Money?: How about thinking of these article sites as a means to get traffic to your original content on hubpages or on your blog where they will find some more information that they would not find out otherwise.
For the most part with a bit of research you can find the article directories that Google finds of value such as article dashboard, and e-zine articles. Both of these article directories have your work placed under review.
Now, This is a time factor, and sometimes writing where you can make money a bit faster, or building your business with links to say social networking sites should come before writing on these sites.
Again these are valuable links in terms of "dofollow" but (and for those who want money fast, which is a very nice theory) these all take time as you will have to prove yourself before you will get faster edits.
Using a keyword tool is valuable, but in this case your content is far more important: article directories are becoming more "edit conscious" but also want more unique content on what you write about, so be aware that if you have 100 articles on the same topic each article needs to offer something new and useful to your readers.
So, what about putting content from one article directory into another article directory?: This is the heart of the matter, I personally think that while for the most part you can put one of these articles in another article directory, you should also "fix" it up a bit so that it is not exactly the same, not too much, but enough.
So, if you fix it up a bit, where would I go? Not only should you go to e-zine articles, which is the first place you should go to if you have time, but you should also go next to article dashboard, which has a editorial review policy there as well.
Again this does not need to be perfectly original content, but it should have some difference between the two articles. If you can write 400 words for an article, you can certainly write or change 150 of them.
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Time and Money
Yes, but that is great but i don't have the time... but I want the money: Okay then, you do not have the time, then you should plan to not make as much money. Simple. it's business. If you do not make the time to add links which are of value, then you will essential be hurting yourself. Linking is a key to make the money you want to make.
I do know some will suggest that you should only go to social networking sites to build up your links, but again it is the time factor if your focus is on one way of making money chances are other ways will not make as much money since you are not focusing on them. Social networking sites are great, but you will have to be willing to spend as much time there to build you work.
Again, in my view, if your content is bad, it will not matter how many links you will put into a sloppy site, as on the Internet everyone can learn, but there is no such thing as make money fast.
Allpurposeguru found a good list, and I agree with all of these article directories. These all will take time to build up the links to them, but again the better content of your hub and sites will win over a poorly constructed site that simply does not have the content.
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Article Directories-- or the last Word: This is one where I would say because of the nature of article directories which is that others will use your content through the Internet, I would change ti slightly and use the base of e-zine articles, and Go articles, or Article Dashboard as the main three, but not to forget that a small change works a bit better.
The key is to publish on them and make certain that it is original content. These days it is far worse for you to have duplicate content anywhere if you can afford to be seen by the search engines. It is important to publish in as many places on a regular basis. You need traffic.
Again, if you are writing your work based upon your hub, it is always best to in the beginning (say with e-zine articles) to make a newer version of your hub, and then change it slightly for each article directory you use. This is again to avoid the cost of duplicate content. If you write you can write something that is useful and unique on these sites.
This is of course on of the many ways to build quality links to your hub and other sites, but again do your homework.
To your success.
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It took me quite a few articles to get some success as well. I really like the stumbleupon website for sharing articles. But what does it take to get a lot of followers on stumbleupon.
Brina-- it usually takes about 100 or so god quality articles to do this, and adding them to stumble upon and sharing them with you followers is a must for success.
Thanks, using Ezine Articles to bring traffic to my hubs and blogs is a cool ideal, I guess. hmmm . . .
Cari-- I use mostly my own blogs, but if you don't have a website or blog fof your own, use your choice of a hub or a lens. Works well.
Sorry - - or maybe I should just ask what do you use for your author link if you don't have your own site? Thanks!
I'm trying to learn more about article marketing and have a question. When you write for ezine, do you have to own your own website? Or what site do you use to link back to you in the resource box? Know what I mean?
arun-- you are welcome
Great info rebecca!
toknowinfo-- you are most welcome, happy to help.
very informative hub. Thanks for the great tips. Looking forward to you sharing more of your knowledge.
Rated up and awesome
jason- these are teh best for general linkng and increasing traffic.
I will need to try e-zine articles, are there anymore out there?
Pakistan Fashion-- than you for teh cooment.
nice work done.
Edward-- you are welcome I hope you will get into writing on e-zines.
Great hub., Thanks for the information
ocbill- I am of the same mindset, having more than one place iwth your links is a great thing, in fact I do write on ezine and then also article dashboard and aritcle alley.
great advice. I use those and quite a few others. I like IP and link diversity or am I just following the herd and unsubstantiated theories?
Thanks
Amie-- they do have a traffic benefit provided ( and this is teh fine print for me) that you are 1) in the top 20 in at least two seperate sections ( so writing and publishing) and 2) that you have about 100 articles of about 400 words each.
I joined Ezine and was accepted, but I never wrote anything. I know people who love Ezine and say it gets them tons of traffic to their blogs, so I may have to try it.
JannyC-- these sites do have a benefit as tehy are sort of sharing content ( and you links to whatever your site is) around teh net.) That means more traffic and perhaps more exposure to what you need to showcase-- your writing for example.
I've been curious about these sites. I often read some for some inspiration on a topic I got to write for a client. I come across good writes and bad writes in these directories which has kind of made me want to submit and share my hard earned knowledge and inform a few readers, but I never do. But this hub has now make me curious about these EZine places again so maybe I will take a deeper look at them. Thanks!
thomas-- if your contetn is of quality and is good, it is fairly simple, read teh TOS of Google AdSense, and also this is not about making money on Google AdSense, this is about getting traffic to make money in general.
umairsheikh-- you will need to go to e-zine and look at tsome of the articles up there, i would also write in english on a word document and paste it there.
Cheeky Girl-- yes ti would be nice, but I guess we'd bst listen to Google and not cheat teh system, bad thing indeed. E-zine and article directories are in fact very useful for this.
Thanks for writing this great hub. But it is quite difficult to get google adsense.
English is not my native language so Ezine does not accept my articles. Anybody have some tricks to how they accept my articles? I am extremely waiting for best support.
Wouldn't it be great if there was somewhere on the web where we could re-publish our hubs and get even more ratings and more visitors? Sadly the likes of Google and others don't like us doing that. But eZines and article Directories do have their uses. As long as they get ratings up and provide backlinks and doesn't get us penalised further down the road, then it is useful. Great hub.
homeopathicacne-- yes they are but it does take time to get to that point.
indeed those are a money traffic method
parkersarah-- thansk for teh comment I try to keep things simple
2beasure== not a problem happy to help out.
Hi, Rebecca, I like the bulleted list. Nice and neat.
Thanks for taking the mystery out of Ezine Articles and Article Directories.
prasetio30-- this info has been useful to me as well, and it is a time factor thing, the mroe time you have teh better the chance you will do this and make some money
loriamoore-- you are most welcome, happy to help
Thank you very much, Rebecca. You always come up with useful information. I have to learn a lot from you. I'll try this soon. Very inspiring hub and I love this. Vote Up.
Blessing,
Thanks for the info.
TattoGuy- I wasn't really until after about 50 articles traffic sure got a boost.
limo-- thanks for the comment
Like Mike I am not a big Ezines fan but as you say every little thing helps, I might have another rethink,thank you !
i think its a v
techinfo-- happy to help, and hope that you will see success.
2besure-- just take your time and build up yoru work, good luck.
freelanceauthor-- gald to help out, hope you will see success
KAtMalone-- you are most welcome, happy to help out.
tonymac-- not a problem alwyas happy to help out, thanks for teh bookmark.
Its really very useful and knowledgeable hub. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the advise on how to use Ezine article directory!
Great hub, very informative and helpful for writers
Thanks for another interesting Hub. A good read.
Rebecca - thanks for your always invaluable advice! Bookmarked, as usual!
Love and peace
Tony
maddy-- keep on writing and building and improving and you will find success no matter what
mao65-- try it while it does take a bit of time to get your work reviewed it is well like by google.
after reading this, i think there is a lot more which i need learn. Thanks for the Hub.
thanks, will check it out
john000-- you are most welcome, I personally do like e-zine a lot and it is very useful. Good luck to you as well
World-Treaveler-- it is wortha look, it links are viewed well by Google, and becuase it does take time to run through editors it is a good one to try
Thanks for the info on Ezine. Will be checking it out.
More good luck to you.
Thanks for the information on Ezine. I am going to take another and closer look.
Lady_E-- happy to have helped out my fellow hubbers
Thanks for giving an insight into Ezine Articles. Some lessons learnt. :)
Allan- it's one of those things, one hub just isn't enough, enjoy teh pizza... don't let it get cold!
I'm not sure I absorbed all that... I'll come back and read it again later on. Right now my pizza is getting cold! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Mike-- i look at it as you don't have to like them, but if you see value, then you see the point of them. So, true you really can't ingnore anything online if you want to see success.
E-zine articles aren't my favorite venues, but I have tried them in the past and recognize their value. It all fits together and none of it can be totally ignored. Thanks for showing another side to writing online. Your expertise is helpful to us all.
Mike
mtsi1098-- you are most welcome, it is somethign to get into but make sure you have the time and energy to do it.
As usual, you provide great information on something I am only getting into now...I do agree that articles should be tweaked some before publishing...thanks
virtual Doctor-- sounds about right,a nd that articles directory list is great since many are do follow.
katie-- these are two sort of hidden benefits as I call them, adding the URL to another site, traffic comes after a bit.
hello hello- i am happy to help out, this is a time thing again but it is something you can and should consider doing to build your work.
allpurposeguru-- I feel the same way as well, since with articles directories teh idea is the link to build teh traffic to your other work, so the value is to fix up and submit elsewhere, links are vital.
GojijuiceGoodness-- that is why I suggest tweeking them (articles) at about 150 words for a 400 word article, and that is more than 25% so it seems to make a difference.
yes, this is exactly what I do. I write for exine articles, articlebase, searchwarp, articledashboard, howhub, hubpages, bukisa, Goarticles and other blog sites re-publishing and distributing the same articles.
creativeone-- it is steps, remeber this, small steps lead to big things, just like you say in your daily inspirations!
Great tips on article marketing. I have written articles for years and I find it provides a great deal of traffic. I also have many many articles on Ezines and the like that are copied and published on other peoples websites with links back to me. That is a powerful benefit! Thanks for the great article tips.
drbj-- yes it does work, and there are many ways to build your work to get traffic, see told you!
find yoursearch-- you are most welcome, article directories are a boon if you take teh time to work with them.
A very interesting read and good helpful advice. Thank you so much.
Thanks for your answer. Changing some of the article makes a good compromise between rewriting it completely and resubmitting it somewhere else without change. It makes good sense. It seems that I have been spending more time lately promoting hubs and blog posts than writing them. Eventually I will have tried enough different ways of promotion to find what works best for me and get into some kind of good rhythm of writing, repurposing for other revenue sites, and promotion.
Awesome hub! The only thing I would caution against: When tweeking your hub/article to post somewhere else, make sure you change the content enough Google doesn't think it's duplicate content. It can hurt your rankings and exposure otherwise.
I use EzineArticles a lot & find it's easy to get articles on the first page of Google with little backlinking to them. Plus, like hubs, they get PR easily.
Thank you Rebecca for another great hub, I wish I could jam all your knowledge in my head and then, I would be very prosperous.LOL. Thank you for sharing. Godspeed. creativeone59
Excellent information about article writing and easy-to-understand video. Thanks, Becca.
Good practical advice for those interested in using article directory marketing.
Rebecca E. Hub Author 8 months ago
Entourage-- you will need to thumb up a lot of sites so that you are seen and also add yourself as a follower if you think that they are a good fit. This of course takes a lot of time.