Add Article Marketing Automation to Your Article Marketing Strategy

Article marketing automation is taking the Internet by storm. This small contribution to your article marketing strategy will change the way you look at marketing online. It is so simple that anyone can do it.

Same Old Boring Article Marketing Strategy

Your article marketing strategy probably consists of writing content, submitting it to several publishers and marketing them on social networks. That’s the norm. Everyone’s doing it and everyone is getting minimal coverage for their articles.

The average article marketer submits their content to 40 free sites. We tend to fall into a rut of copy and paste. We copy the title and paste it into 40 bars for 40 different sites, and then we repeat that process for every other field on the submission form. We repeat this process every week for every piece we write.

Some marketers discovered a few pieces of software that help with the process but still require a heavy load of copy and paste work. Today’s technological advances have paved the way for automation in your marketing strategy.

Add Article Marketing Automation

Article marketing automation is an incredibly efficient time-saving tool. Automation allows you to submit content today but have it published 1 to 5 years from now. Different services offer different time frames.

As you can understand, these services are not free. Don’t let that cause you to click away just yet. Distribution services are not expensive either.

Most distribution services offer distribution to potentially thousands of publishers. Publishers visit the distributor’s website and request to receive the content submitted by authors. Some publishers request every category while others are looking for niche content to fill highly targeted websites.

Some publishers offer the ability to syndicate. This simply means that anyone who visits their site and enjoys an article may use that as content on their own website. Don’t let that raise your plagiarism flag just yet. They must keep the author resource box intact.

Your content will be published in hundreds, maybe thousands, of websites, blogs or directories within just a few short days. Some content is in higher demand; that content is published very quickly by people who watch for it. Hundreds of publishes per day await well-written, quality content.

Cost and ROI

The return on investment is phenomenal. Some distribution services offer distribution for under $10 while others may charge as much as $50 per month. This drastic difference in price is due to perks and benefits.

A $10 service probably won’t offer much in the form of benefits. They’re going to take your content and send it to as many people as possible. This doesn’t sound like a bad idea until you look at other content being pushed by this company. Without quality control, it’s difficult to get publishers to actually publish the content.

A service that charges $30 to $50 per month is going to offer additional tools and benefits. Keep in mind that “you get what you pay for” in many instances. Many services that charge mid-to-high-range prices have a review process with professional editors. They review each piece before it is sent for publication.

Those with a review process put every piece of content through a very rigorous inspection. Publishers that receive content from these sites expect nothing but the best. Their strenuous guidelines make it difficult for poorly-written articles to slip through the cracks. Your content will pass inspection and be published by highly admired directories which in turn will increase your readership.

Shop around and compare different article distribution services. Find the one that works best for you and your schedule. Article marketing automation quite literally fits any schedule.

To your success,

Carol Palmatier

About the Author: Carol Palmatier is a freelance consultant offering internet marketing advice to businesses and non-profits. Article marketing is the best way to build backlinks, traffic and expert status, and she recommends Content Crooner for article distribution. Why? Because it works!

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