"Are You Submitting Your Articles…?"

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SUMMARY: I anticipated a reaction to the introduction of this
new software [Jason Potash's "Article Announcer"]. I was right.
I chose to submit last month’s article, “Penury Perpetuates
Poverty” the “hard way,” one by one to various submission sites
on the Internet. Out of about 80 submissions, I discovered about
25% have temporarily (I hope) ceased accepting new
authors/articles. Some submission pages came up with a 404 Error
upon clicking the “submit” button.

Copyright 2005 – by Robert Leggett – All rights reserved

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Last month, I began promoting Jason Potash’s “Article
Announcer.” I always take time to research new products on the
market. I don’t believe in “magic bullets.” There is a principle
taught in physics, chemistry, biology and even Algebra 101.
Nature seeks dynamic balance, equilibrium. If you add something
to the left side of the = sign, the right side moves to balance
it.

I anticipated a reaction to the introduction of this new
software. I was right. I chose to submit last month’s article,
“Penury Perpetuates Poverty” the “hard way,” one by one to
various submission sites on the Internet. Out of about 80
submissions, I discovered about 25% have temporarily (I hope)
ceased accepting new authors/articles. Some submission pages
came up with a 404 Error upon clicking the “submit” button.

One came up with the following: “Wére being plagued by so
many automated submissions, duplicate article submissions, etc.
that we spend too much time in selecting the real articles that
matter. For this reason we are temporary not accepting new
submissions until we have implemented some security measures to
block bad submissions. We hope you understand. Please come back
in about 1 month to submit your articles.”

Some have extremely obtuse instructions. Some simply don’t work.
Some are very specialized. Some are email submissions only
(which opens the door to being spam’d). Some of these bounced.
One may have had his ISP overloaded, shut down, and later began
accepting articles again.

Right now I’m checking each site if my article was accepted. I
know it is “loading the dice” when I access Google, Yahoo, MSN
and search on ["Robert Leggett" Penury]. I was getting over 600
listings and dominated the first few pages of these search
engines. I’m even listed on sites where I never submitted.

Of course just after doing my first “submission run” I
periodically checked Google. Wow! Exposure just kept growing!
Then, one day, I got no listing at all on Google. Yahoo still
liked me a little. The following day I was baaaaaack. I need to
research why Google didn’t like me that one day. Now my search
engine hits have settled down to a more realistic number.

Shortly after going to press, I continued checking latest
submission and submitted my next article, “Discover your
Creativity.” I am “paying my dues.” I must know how this all
works. It is new to me. Once I see everything has settled down
and a more stable balance has been achieved, I will seriously
consider purchasing Jason Potash’s “Article Announcer” – if it
saves me time. Always intelligently automate whenever possible!

“Doing it the hard way” I have discovered my articles must have
strong headlines. They must contain words search engine spiders
like. They must have valuable content. Don’t take my word on
this. Check out a lot of “Submission Guidelines” at different
directories. Through necessity, I must become a better writer.

This exercise was time intensive. I have profited more not
taking a “magic bullet” approach. Other benefits include
“sharpening up” our webZine “Cyberspace Marketeer,” offering
greater content and more user-friendly design. I have just added
a new page which includes 37 user-friendly Article Submission
Directories.

Recently I received the following [edited] message from one of
these Directories: “You can now save your default RESOURCE BOX
and up to 2 additional RESOURCE BOXES for your default author
and alternate author accounts – SAVING YOU THE TIME from having
to copy and paste it each time you send in a new article. .
Think of the additional time you can save with this new feature?
Perhaps you might want to head to the gym earlier or better yet,
send in another article now that you can do it in less time!
*hint hint*”

They want you! Write and rewrite your articles you plan to
submit. Research different submission sites. If you publish your
own eZine or webZine, some sites accept these listings, too.
Some sites also accept News Releases. Get a feel for these
submission sites. Work with them. When you eventually decide to
put much of this on automatic, you will have a much better
overview of the process.

Robert Leggett
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