Every Assistant should offer an article submission service to clients. Why? Because you can create additional revenue with an article submission service. If you are holding back because you don't understand the mechanism of article submission, just follow the some steps below.
1. Decide what to hold in your article submission package and add this information along with your prices, policies and turnaround time to your site. At a least you should include:
• Reviewing and making suggestions for titles and by-lines.
• Keyword research using a keyword tool.
• Creating accounts at sites that require registration.
• Proofreading and editing, with major corrections sent to the client for approval. Require the body of the article to be at least 500 words and make sure that this part of the article contains no URLs.
• Formatting the article as per publisher guidelines. Most publishers want articles formatted in text format using line wrap, but some will require an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) document or a document with lines wrapped to a certain line length.
• Submitting each article to the topic appropriate sites on the list you create for each client. Aim to submit to no more than 50 to 60 sites; contain article statement lists, article directories, blogs, forums, and topic specific sites.
• Tracking of site logins and passwords where required.
• Confirming accounts and setting up author profiles, including biography and digital photograph (if permissible).
• Providing a statement at the end of the process that includes the names of the submission sites and the logins and passwords used.
2. Collect the information you will must.
• You will need an e-mail address for every client. This can be an account at your domain, an account created by your client, or a free Yahoo account created by you or your client. This account should be forwarded to your core e-mail address so you can confirm site registrations.
• Compile the information about the article on a sheet of paper. contain: title, e-mail, website URL, author name, address, phone number, topic, two-line summary of the article, word count, document file names, and 10-15 keywords.
• To find the best keywords, use the free Google keyword tool.
• A digital photograph and a biography of the author.
3. Start the article submission process.
• Begin by submitting to sites that accept articles by e-mail. Never send an attachment unless asked. Incorporate the entire article into the e-mail and include an option for the recipient to opt-out of your list.
• Offer a digital picture of your client.
• Submit to all sites not requiring registration that offer a submission form.
• Sign-up for all the submission sites that require registration. You must wait for a confirmation e-mail before submitting.
• Confirm the e-mail address you used for registration, confirm new accounts, and visit those sites to put in the article. continue track of logins and passwords for every site.
• Create a statement with the names and URLs of the sites you used for submission along with their logins and passwords. Store this statement on your computer. Send this statement to your client, and you are finished.
1. Decide what to hold in your article submission package and add this information along with your prices, policies and turnaround time to your site. At a least you should include:
• Reviewing and making suggestions for titles and by-lines.
• Keyword research using a keyword tool.
• Creating accounts at sites that require registration.
• Proofreading and editing, with major corrections sent to the client for approval. Require the body of the article to be at least 500 words and make sure that this part of the article contains no URLs.
• Formatting the article as per publisher guidelines. Most publishers want articles formatted in text format using line wrap, but some will require an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) document or a document with lines wrapped to a certain line length.
• Submitting each article to the topic appropriate sites on the list you create for each client. Aim to submit to no more than 50 to 60 sites; contain article statement lists, article directories, blogs, forums, and topic specific sites.
• Tracking of site logins and passwords where required.
• Confirming accounts and setting up author profiles, including biography and digital photograph (if permissible).
• Providing a statement at the end of the process that includes the names of the submission sites and the logins and passwords used.
2. Collect the information you will must.
• You will need an e-mail address for every client. This can be an account at your domain, an account created by your client, or a free Yahoo account created by you or your client. This account should be forwarded to your core e-mail address so you can confirm site registrations.
• Compile the information about the article on a sheet of paper. contain: title, e-mail, website URL, author name, address, phone number, topic, two-line summary of the article, word count, document file names, and 10-15 keywords.
• To find the best keywords, use the free Google keyword tool.
• A digital photograph and a biography of the author.
3. Start the article submission process.
• Begin by submitting to sites that accept articles by e-mail. Never send an attachment unless asked. Incorporate the entire article into the e-mail and include an option for the recipient to opt-out of your list.
• Offer a digital picture of your client.
• Submit to all sites not requiring registration that offer a submission form.
• Sign-up for all the submission sites that require registration. You must wait for a confirmation e-mail before submitting.
• Confirm the e-mail address you used for registration, confirm new accounts, and visit those sites to put in the article. continue track of logins and passwords for every site.
• Create a statement with the names and URLs of the sites you used for submission along with their logins and passwords. Store this statement on your computer. Send this statement to your client, and you are finished.
