When you use article submission sites there are certain rules of protocol you should use if you are going to get the most out of these sites. If you have submitted content to article submission sites and are not seeing the results of your efforts it could be that you are putting your reputation on the line by making some of these deadly mistakes.

Stop Selling and Start Telling, The Resource Box Affirms The Readers Opinion

Are you trying to push products or services with the resource box? This is a sure way to damage your reputation and get into trouble with the article submission site. Instead you should be using the resource box to tell others about your background and expertise. Not that you should be providing your entire resume but just enough information to allow people to begin to get to know you and trust what you say.

Offering Multiple Products Leads To Confusion

It seems as if most of American society is A.D.D and they simply do not have the attention span to absorb large chunks of information. If you have a big article consider breaking the article into bite size chunks and guide your reader to your destination with multiple short articles. Very few people have the time or the attention span to digest a five page article with a description of three different products. Keep it short and simple stupid, remember the tried and true KISS principle.

Get To The Point Beavis

Your target audience is probably suffering from information overload which has made them A.D.D., so it is important to keep your article simple and to the point. Focus on your core strengths and tell your reader what it is, what it can do for them and how to take action. Most people are scanning articles nowadays looking for solutions to their challenges. Answer their challenge in a short article and they will jump to another article that you have linked in your article. Guide them through a series of well written short articles and guide them into making the desired decision. For example, the author of this article will break every paragraph of this article into a 300-400 word article. Which of your articles can you do the same?

An Article Is Not A Turkey, Do Not Stuff It With Keywords

Keyword stuffing is not a technique that gives your credibility nor will it get you published. You are writing articles to attract your reader and give you credibility. Do not appear overzealous in your use of keywords as it can come across as being for SEO only. Readers consciously and unconsciously pick up on patterns and if they see a suspicious pattern of keywords in every sentence you might lose credibility. You will definitely lose credibility with the bots and spiders who simply use mathematical equations to count the number of times your article has a keyword in it. Consider one time per paragraph at the most.

Beware of The Ultimate Sins Of Article Submission

Duplicate Content is a BIG no, no in the business of article submission. If you want credit for your efforts stay away from cut and past. The Search engines are run by mathematical formulas and will sandbox your article if it is the same as other content you have posted on the internet. The extra 5-10 minutes to rewrite is not only a good exercise in rethinking the way you communicate to your readers, but it is also good for SEO. Readers are different so your styles should be too. The bottomline is that duplicate content will hurt your search engine rank placement so avoid it at all cost.

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