Another alternative is to actually outsource the work to freelance workers. However, you probably still need to check their work based on their “report” on the submissions to article directories.

At the end of the day, you may want to try both methods to see which one works better for you.

Today’s email brought notice of another software offered by the same company that sells Article Submitter. This software is called Article Spinner, and it takes an article and authomatically changes words with synomyn and scrambles sentences and paragraphs — and spins out numerous versions of the same article so that search engines would catch it as spam. YIKES!

Thanks for the AC link!
Jeanne

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/454848/how_to_stay_busy_as_a_freelance_writer.html

The article you speak of sounds highly appropriate this time of year–even if it IS a year old!

While, technically speaking, Associated Content isn’t really an article directory, it certainly does tend to serve that purpose to a great extent–at least for the article writer. The only difference I can see (other than the fact that they sometimes pay upfront for your work) is that readers aren’t free to download and use articles from AC, as they can–with proper attribution–from the free article directories.

AC IS pretty upfront in their calls for content. I guess that’s because they’re making a tidy profit from all the work posted to their site!

Strange that you weren’t able to find the place to input your blog URL in the Article Submitter software. That’s definitely something you’d want to be able to do!

Take care!
Jeanne

On another site, a college student was bragging about making hundreds of dollars a month from these article directories, but he was also submitting hundreds of articles — a claim not independently verified.

What I’ve read about in the past on these directories focusses on their utility is bringing new traffic to one’s website or blog, and even the Article Submitter website supports this notion. Curiously, a few minutes ago I took a first look at the software and could not find where I should enter my blog address. It must be there somewhere, so I’ll have to play around with it some more tonight, before I decide whether to buy it or not.

Though I have quite a bit of work posted to Associated Content (AC), I haven’t really taken advantage of the article sites, yet. Wasn’t aware that you could earn revenue through the mainstream article directories–though I do know that one website (GZYN) offers writers 90% of Google Adsense revenue. The only trouble is that, after posting two articles there, I’ve discovered that there ISN’T any Adsense revenue–at least not for me! It doesn’t seem to be a very well-trafficked site, and its article input software is rather tiresome to use–particularly when inputting work from MS-Word.

In one sense, AC is worth it though these days they pay little, if anything, for your work: If you think of them as an article directory or depository, rather than an actual market for your work, then whatever upfront payment they may give you will be icing on the cake, since it will be better than the article directories, where you generally post articles for free.

Also, their new performance bonus payments do tend to help make up for any low or lack of upfront payment for articles posted to their site, and the payments also rival Adsense revenue in more ways than one: For one thing, you don’t have to wait till you’ve amassed $100 to collect; you’re paid about every two weeks, via PayPal, even when it’s small change. (I’ve been earning something over $2 every two weeks for my work, which isn’t much–but every little bit helps! Compare this to Helium, where it’s been 11 months and I still haven’t collected my first $25.)

Nevertheless, article directories are a great way to get exposure for your work, as well as links and search traffic back to your site; so I’ve no doubt that the software you mention could prove very valuable! When I have more time, I’ll definitely have to consider posting some of my work to these sites.

Thanks for an excellent post!
Jeanne