There are a lot of benefits of submitting your own articles to article directories but before we go into the benefits, what actually are article directories?
Article directories are simply database websites that collect, compile, sort the articles to their own categories and make these articles available to the public. The public can then read these articles for free or reprint them based on certain guidelines.
There is countless number of article directories nowadays. Most of them are offering free membership to authors to submit their quality articles.
In short, this should be good news to webmasters too, who are looking for content to share with their mailing lists, as these article directories provide a great one-stop resource to deposit and find articles.
Now, if you are an author, you shouldn't just write articles and keep them to yourself if you want to get tons of readers to read them.
You want to get your articles distributed across the net. One great way to do it is by submitting your articles to various article directories.
Let's see why you should submit your articles to these article directories:
1. You will establish yourself as an expert in your area.
For example, if you are a doctor specializing in cancer treatment, you could write 500-word articles about mesothelioma or breast cancer and how to prevent them. The more you write, the more exposure you'll get and people will look at you as a knowledgeable person in your area.
Some article directories list top contributing authors and when people see your name among the top, indirectly and subconsciously, they'll have a perception that you know what you talk about.
2. You don't have to pay for advertising anymore.
Web publishers and ezine owners are hungry for fresh, quality contents. Simply give them what they want.
Where do these publishers look for articles? Many will find them from article directories.
If you write good articles, these publishers will be more than happy to forward your articles to their mailing lists. With a single article blast, you could potentially reach tens or hundreds of thousands of readers for free.
Article directory owners, at the same time, are also actively marketing their article directories. This means your articles go along with their marketing campaign as well.
3. Your articles can be your viral marketing tools.
There are article directory owners who partner with other webmasters to distribute articles to many other websites. You submit one article to a directory and that same article appears on many other websites at the same time. This technology is called RSS (Really Simple Syndication). If you didn
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