GoogleDocs Spreadsheet

Keeping track of where your articles are listed and where they have been submitted is very helpful for your article marketing strategies to help you determine what is working and what is worth the time spent.

For an Article Management Database, I would suggest creating a spreadsheet that consists of:

• Article Title
• Name of Directory
• Submission Date
• Notes

Now that you are ready to submit your first article you should keep track of who you submit your article to and when you did it.

Here is an example that you can download and use.  Article Management Database

Do you have anything that you would want to include? Please post your comments. Thank you.

Have a great day!

Search "Article Directory" with Google.com

Once you have your article submitted to a directory you will be submitting to this directory, I would recommend creating a spreadsheet that consists of:

• Directory URL address
• Name of directory
• Your email address
• Your username
• Your password

When registering with a directory I would suggest trying to use the same email address, username and password. This will make it easier for you to go directly to the site and sign in when you need to. But of course you will always have the spreadsheet for reference.

Here is an example you can download and use.  Article Submission Database

If you have any ideas or recommendation to add please feel free to post your comments.

Have a great day!

Article Submission for EzineArticles.com

Submitting your articles to a directory can help increase your exposure as a writer or for your business and depending on the content you are writing about – this could reference you as a expert on the topic.

Before submitting your article you may want to check your headline against this resource – Emotional Marketing Value Headline Analyzer (Non-affiliate link). I even took the headline that I am using for this blog post and put it in to see what my results would be, you can check that out here.

Another task that you must have readily available is your resource box which will be listed with your article and will be used when someone selects your article to use on for their selected project or on their website.

After you verified your headline, body of article and resource box – now you are ready to submit your article to the article directories.

Some additional information some sites recommend is an article summary and chosen keywords.

Now you are ready to submit to the article directory.

When visiting each directory for the first time. I highly recommend for you to read through their submission guidelines so your article has a higher chance of being accepted.

I have now realized after submitting to several directories with several different articles that it is best to put the article into one directory and then enter the same article with copy and paste into the various other directories from there.

Once article submission is finished – now you just have to wait for the article directory site to review your submission for approval or denial.

Have a great day!