by James D. Brausch

 

Submitting articles to newsletters and websites is an

extremely powerful method of promotion.  To do this you

will need articles with your name as the author.  Can you

write?  Good; get to it.  You need to write one 500 word

article on the topic of your site every week.

 

Can't write?  No problem.  Do you have $250 to spend to

have 15 articles ghost written for you?  That's only $16

per article and will get you by for the next 15 weeks

(almost 4 months).  If so, Elance is your answer:

 

Place a project up for bid asking for 15 ghostwritten

articles on the topic of your site.  You can suggest the

titles of the articles if you want.  Dozens of people WILL

place bids (they always do) and 3 or 4 will bid the

minimum which is $250 in that category.  Choose from the

best by looking at their credentials and sample work (most

bidders will be happy to show you samples).  Great; now

you own 15 articles that you can legitimately put your

name on...  Or you can use a pseudonym (a pen name).

 

OK; so you have either written some articles or you have

had them ghostwritten for you.   Now you just add a small

three line bio at the end of your article.  It can say

something like this:

 

John Smith is the webmaster for http://yourdomain.com

which is the #1 resource for widgets on the Internet.  Be

sure to visit his complete archive of articles here:

 

Of course you will want to put your name where John Smith

is in the above byline and your domain... and your topic

instead of "widgets".  But you get the idea.  This byline

will be printed with your article.  It has become a custom

on the Internet.  You really don't even have to demand

that webmasters and ezine publishers include it.  They

just will.

 

Now, you need to submit them to as many newsletters as you

can every week.  Send one new article like clockwork to

your entire list of newsletters on the same day of the

week every single week.

 

How do you get a list of newsletters?

 

First, put a form on your site for ezine editors or

webmasters to request article submissions. You will

eventually start getting 5 or 10 submissions every week to

add to your list.

 

Here are some ways to get your list going right away:

 

Pay $10 to get your article distributed to thousands of

ezines right now:

 

You will receive confirmations from ezines that have

published your articles.  Add those ezines to your own

distribution list.

 

Want even more?

 

Pay $20/article (in quantity) to submit to 500 highly

responsive ezines here:

 

Once again, be sure to add the confirmations you receive

to your own list.  You eventually want to stop submitting

through pay services and submit only to your own list

(which is free).

 

Buy a list of 1200 newsletter editors for $47 here:

 

Remember that the real goal is to build up your own list.

This is a VERY powerful method of promotion.  I highly

recommend it.

 

The author, James D. Brausch, is the coach and webmaster

of QuitThatJob.com, a site dedicated to providing step-by-

step instructions to start your own profitable Internet

business and Quit That Job!  For more info, please visit: