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You’ve just written your article masterpiece. You are thoroughly convinced that your article will get you a ton of traffic if you can just get others to read it. After all, it contains a ton of valuable information for your market, which is extremely targeted.

However, you don’t have a clue where to start submitting your article, so what you do? First of all, don’t panic. There are tons of places out there where you may submit your articles and get traffic. This checklist will help you submit your article to as many places as possible.

-Post your article on your blog or website. This should be the first place you post.

-If you have a mailing list, then send out a mailing to tell your subscribers you have a new article on your website. This gives you an opportunity to further build your relationship with your most loyal readers.

-Submit to article directories. This means you need to submit to as many of the top article directories as possible. You want to use the widest possible distribution. This will help you build backlinks, as well as give potential readers as many opportunities as possible to read your work.

-Submit to niche directories. Although there are many high traffic general article directories, don’t neglect the niche directories. The traffic from these directories will be more targeted because readers are looking for articles on your specific topic.

-Look for opportunities to syndicate your articles. This is particularly easy if you look for article directories that offer RSS feeds. You may also offer an RSS feed on your blog.

-Use an article submission service to increase the number of places where your article is available. This will also help you raise your rankings in the search engines by building valuable backlinks.

-Search ezine directories for ezines that accept articles on your topic. Look for ezines that have a lot of readers. Submit your articles to these ezines.

-If you posted your article on your blog, then submit to blog carnivals. Blog carnivals will allow you to be read by those who are looking for blogs to read.

-Bookmark your article. There are tons of social bookmarking sites like Digg. This will help you build backlinks to your web site.

-Announce it on your social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. Some of these sites offer blogs, so you may want to post on blogs on these sites.

-Find forums on your topic that accept articles and post there. The key to this strategy is to remember that you want to become a part of the community. Don’t just post your articles; answer questions too.

-Submit to other blogs. Find other blogs on your topic that accept articles and submit your articles. You may even want to become a guest blogger on top blogs in your topic.

Although it is time consuming to promote your articles this way, you will increase your traffic and sales by connecting with those who are interested in your topic. You won’t want to do this with every article you write because it is time consuming. However, use this checklist every time you need a quick and large boost in traffic. You will see more traffic and sales.

Mike Lawson is a freelance consultant to internet marketers. His Professional Writing Service provides quality content for article marketing automation programs.

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