Submitting articles to directories: The beginning

With the holidays now mostly over, and a brand new year looming ahead, let's get down to actually using some articles for fun and profit!

Article directories are places where authors submit original compositions under their own name or a chosen pen name. People may search the directory and choose articles to publish on their website, in their blog, in their newsletter, e-zine, whatever. Unlike private label articles, however, the articles from these directories MUST include the author's name and bio when published. When the author includes a url in their bio, each publication creates a link back, along with a new source of traffic.

How do private label content articles fit into this? Private label articles act as a seed for your writing. You take a private label article, modify it to make it your own, and you submit the now original composition under your name with your bio and your url. By submitting articles to these directories, you are branding yourself as an expert on the topic of your article, and creating link backs and traffic to your website.

I just joined Rhino Articles, an article directory recently launched by Joseph Brochin. Very recently launched like within the last couple of months. Already, that directory has over 33,000 article contributions from almost 2000 authors, some with very recognizable names.

I chose to start with Rhino Articles because it is free to join and use. The articles that I have read there so far are quality, well-written compositions. We also know the owner and have nothing but good things to say about him. He is honest and upfront in all of our business dealings, and he's just an overall nice guy. A family man and an active US Marine, Joe has our respect and undying gratitude.

So, I gotta figure out what to include in my bio, which topic I want to write about, the rules and regulations of submitting articles to Rhino Articles, and which article I want to tweak and modify from the Cache Articles online searchable archive of private label information content.

I'll be back.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Truth in Advertising

The other day, I was looking at a package of information products that I could purchase with resale rights. The topics covered in that package were definitely things that I wanted to learn. Now, for a little more money, I could get the source files and rebrand the products as my own before selling them. Sounds great, right? But since going that route required more cash than I could really afford at the moment, I took a minute to think about it. Could I really, truly, honestly, pass myself off as an expert in, say, SEO? That's what I would be trying to do if I rebranded the SEO information with my name. What if someone came back and asked me a simple question that I couldn't answer? I would risk being exposed as a fraud. Not only does my "expert" status go out the window, but so does my credibility, reputation, and good name.

My decision that day, and my advice to you, is stick to what you know when you brand yourself an "expert." Your credibility is much more valuable than having expert status.

Extremely shameless plug

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We are also offering a brand new service for our members. If we don't have articles for your niche, we will write them for you! Currently, we have over 100 topics covered in our online, searchable archive. Although that number grows every month, we realize that we can't possibly cover everything. Cache Articles members can now order a pack of 10 articles for a specific niche, and those articles will become their exclusive property. Our custom-written articles will never be added to our archive nor will they be submitted by us to any other article site. Private label content can't get anymore private!

Cache Articles: Quality content for the busy webmaster

Can the Internet Make You Real Money?

I apologize for not keeping up with the blog. I've broken one of my cardinal rules: Consistency is key. I'm not the most prolific writer, that's for sure, but I do believe in the power of article marketing. Rather than try to come up with unique postings all the time, I will start including articles of interest that I have found that I think will be helpful to anyone who is thinking about using private label content articles. Maybe that will also help illustrate the power of using articles. Anyways, click the title link above to go to the article for this post. Thanks for reading.