All article marketers worth their salt post articles to directories every day. A small proportion achieve any success, and a minuscule percentage of them are ranked by Search Engines (SEs) at the very top. Therefore, only some of the articles submitted are seen to be immensely successful; a few accomplish average results, while most others are doomed to failure for various reasons .

To what can we credit the positive impact of the winning articles? Voila! Behold my 'ready to use' reminder list, in my own order of importance. You might recognize some of these, assuming you have been involved in Article Marketing. Chances are, you will find a few on my list that you are possibly hearing of for the first time.

Every time you write articles to directories online, compare your article before you submit with these 21 items, and increase the chances of a positive outcome from your article. Ok, here we go:

1. How Powerful Is Your Article Title? Is it Shocking/ Controversial/ Intriguing/ Beneficial/ Topical/ Informative/ Calling To Action?

2. Are Their PR's Sufficiently High, Referring To The Directories For Submission ?

3. Is Your Author Bio (Resource Box) Motivating Enough?

4. Are There Incentives Offered To Click Your Site URL?

5. Do Your Sites/ Blogs and Products Fulfill The Implied Promise?

6. Do You Have Various Accompanying Anchor Texts For Your Author Bio?

7.How Creatively Different Is Your Article's Central Idea?

8. What Number Of Article Directories Have You Selected For Submission?

9. Do You SubmitWant To Post Different Adaptations Of Your Write-Up To Several Online Directories, Or Post Just One Version To All Of Them?

10. Do You Rewrite Several Versions, Or Use Software To Spin Them?

11. Are You In A Sufficiently Popular Niche? And How Much Competition Vies For Your Niche?

12. Have You Written Your Articles Well Enough?

13. Is Your Article Going To The Right Category In The Directories?

14. Do You Post The Original Article At Your Own Website?

15. Have You Your Own Article Directory Relating To Your Niche, With Regular Article Subissions To It? Do You Post Your Articles In It?

16. Is Your Article Summary Magnetic?

17. Do You Consider Yourself A Popular Writer?

18. Are Your Keywords Popular Enough? And How High Is The Competition For These Keywords?

19. How Well Do You Use Your Time?

20. How Lucky Are You?

21. After Submitting To Directories, Do You Market Your Article?

Like it or not, your greatest capital is your time. Many successful owners of online businesses hire out most of their work needs; for them, time is meant mainly to plan strategy. Many don't even write or submit their articles.

It's absolutely essential that your articles be submitted with frequency to directories. Ideally, many per day, with a minimum of one, weekly. Given the scarcity of time, try to write articles yourself, and outsource effective submission. However, if time is too short to pen your own articles, or you lack writing skills, you had better outsource both writing and submission.

Selling online depends on articles- - the fuel that drives business. Ignore article writing and submission at the risk of your business.

Best luck to your article writing and submission!

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