How To Fail With Article Directory Submissions
This is a how to with a difference. Follow these steps and your article is sure to either get rejected, or sit and not deliver any traffic or links. In other words, how to fail with an article directory submission. The opposite may see your article succeed.
- Publishing content that is of little benefit to readers.
People read and use articles from article directories for one reason - they are going to receive some sort of benefit. If they want to reprint it on their site, their benefit is the addition to their site of a quality article which their readers will benefit from. If it is a casual reader, they are after information. Submitting an article about what you had for breakfast is not going to cut it - unless of course you can turn it into something useful or highly entertaining.
- Forgetting who your audience is.
Who is your audience. A publisher or the general reading public? Writing an article for directory submission is not about writing to attract publishers. You are still writing for the general population. Publishers who are going to reprint your article will do so because their audience will appreciate the contents therefore they are looking for articles written with general reading public in mind.
- Keyword cramming and linking.
If you cram your articles with keywords then readers will switch off. Publishers want articles that have an effective use of keywords, not an oversupply. Some directories may even reject your article for keyword spamming. The same can be said for linking. Most directories disallow links within articles. Instead they provide a resource box where you can place your links.
Ultimately, writing articles that publishers can use is the most important approach to article writing. If your article is of little value to a publisher then it will sit there and never be used. Write an article that doesn’t comply with the directories guidelines and it will get rejected.
