Thanks so much for your question:

Yes, we do have a section on Productivity for Writers here:

http://www.submityourarticle.com/creative-article-marketing/category/productivity/

But I totally understand the concept of “information overload”, and you’ve given me the idea to make a more streamlined version of that information so that it’s easier to get at.

A post will be forthcoming on this topic.

Thanks for your input!

Sure, let’s go over your questions:

How to get more traffic/make more money with an article directory?

Well, creating article directory sites is not really our forte, so I’m afraid I can’t help you with this. What we specialize in is the automatic distribution of articles to a network of targeted publishers across the internet. By doing article marketing consistently, you can increase your search engine ranking for your keywords and thereby drive more traffic to your site over the long term.

What is more popular in terms of articles; articles about marketing, or articles outside the marketing niche?

We suggest that you submit articles on the topic of your website, no matter what that topic is. So, instead of trying to figure out what a more popular topic is, just write articles on the same topic as your website. That is the way to drive targeted traffic to your site.

As you can imagine, there are a limitless number of topics that an article can be about and be popular–articles about marketing and articles outside of that niche can be popular as long as they are well written and provide value to the reader.

What are some of the best strategies for writing, submitting, and gaining more backlinks from articles in any given one day period (preferably free methods).

The key word in your question is ‘in any given one day period’–Dave, I really advise folks to take a long term view of their websites and not go for the short term traffic.

To my mind, the best benefit that article marketing can bring is in SEO–the increase of search engine ranking for keyword terms. That type of result is not achieved overnight, but rather with consistent and steady work over the long term. When your site is listed higher in Google, you will consistently receive more traffic.

So, don’t buy into that ‘build traffic in one day’ stuff–any results you see with one day’s work are quick to fade.

I have a couple posts on this that may be helpful to you:

How Many Articles Should I Submit–Is More Better?
The #1 Reason Why Article Marketing Fails

I hope this helps!

There are a few things I’d like to learn more about article marketing, perhaps you have some writing or resources on them already.

1) How to get more traffic/make more money with an article directory?

2) What is more popular in terms of articles; articles about marketing, or articles outside the marketing niche?

3) What are some of the best strategies for writing, submitting, and gaining more backlinks from articles in any given one day period (preferably free methods).

I haven’t used SYA yet, but I know others who have and would like to try it out for myself, but need the income to be better first.

Thanks,

Dave Earley

About the difference between using a blog as a marketing tool and article marketing, I covered it a little in my response to David’s question, above.

Having a blog and doing article marketing are two different types of online marketing tools, and each has their merits and they word wonderfully together. If you’d like to use a blog in conjunction with your website, you can use article marketing to market your it. Just the same as with a traditional website, article marketing is great at increasing the search engine ranking for your keywords and conversely driving traffic to your site.

Publishers should reprint your article exactly the way that it is submitted to them. They may change the line length to fit their website specifications, but other than that the wording should stay the same. If you see any publishers who are changing your article, you can contact them and ask them to fix your article or else remove it from their site.

Cheers,

Steve

Yes, there is a formula:

1) Count the instances of the keyword/keyphrase in the article body(not the title or resource box)

2) Get the word count of the article. Most word processing programs have a word count tool as part of the Edit menu. If you’re a member of SubmitYOURArticle.com, our system has a built in keyword density calculator.

3) Use the following formula to calculate the percentage:

[Number of times the specific keyword or keyphrase appears in the article] / [Number of words in the article] * [the number of words inthe keyword or keyphrase] * 100

And here’s a post on this topic that goes into more detail:

How To Calculate The Keyword Density Of Your Articles

I think it’s better to submit to online publishers of all sorts and all sizes. As long as the publisher is targeted to your niche, the more the better.

I’ve got a post on this topic that I hope you find helpful:

Is There Any Benefit to Having Your Article Published on a Smaller Website?