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Format of the article for article syndication (images, rewriting, links)

by IrisMKH
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Hey!

I want to start sending my articles around for article syndication, but I'm a bit stuck on the practical format I should choose.
From reading around on the forum, I understand that you send a mail or submit to a site like Ezine Articles, after publishing it on your own site first.

1. Links
If I put the article below a direct mail and they copy paste it, hyperlinks won't be transferred. So in what way do you link back to your own site exactly? With a naked link?
Do you put "This article was written by Name Surname from domainname.com"? That's not really an incentive to click through though...

2. Rewriting
This concerns images and hyperlink that I use in my original articles: when submitting to Ezines or pasting into a mail, these will disappear, so I have to rewrite the content to stand without links/images. Is this a bad thing?

Edit: another question
3. Syndicating blogs/sites
Would you contact owners of blogs & sites who have just started out (so you don't know if they're gonna last and they probably don't have frequent traffic yet)?

- Iris
#article #format #hyperlinks #images #links #rewriting #syndication
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

    From reading around on the forum, I understand that you send a mail
    This.

    Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

    or submit to a site like Ezine Articles, after publishing it on your own site first.
    You can do that, too, but better to do it after everything else you've done. All you can ever get from EZA is a little bit of extra passive syndication, which tends to be slow, unreliable and not worth a lot. That's kind of "the last 1%" of trying to get extra syndication", rather than "being syndication" in and of itself.

    These three posts could help ...

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6575732

    How to ask people to publish your article

    One-post overview of article syndication

    Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

    If I put the article below a direct mail and they copy paste it, hyperlinks won't be transferred. So in what way do you link back to your own site exactly? With a naked link?
    I mention that I'm offering the article in exchange for a clickable link. People who need content tend to know "how the deal works".

    Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

    Do you put "This article was written by Name Surname from domainname.com"? That's not really an incentive to click through though...
    Yes, that's a little bit too low-key, perhaps? On the other hand, you don't want anything "overtly call-to-actionish" or anything which sounds "salesy", because many people (usually) don't want to syndicate that. http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post3188316

    Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

    2. Rewriting
    This concerns images and hyperlink that I use in my original articles: when submitting to Ezines
    Respectfully, I think you may be confusing "ezines" with "article directories", here?

    Perhaps you're thinking of the site called "Ezine Articles"? That isn't an ezine: it's a repository and directory of articles available for re-publication in ezines (and on websites). An ezine is an electronic magazine which is sent out to its subscribers by email. They can be great places to get your articles published: don't ignore them.

    I wouldn't submit to article directories other than to the one called "Ezine Articles", certainly. (Unless you happen to find a niche-specific one? But I never can.)

    Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

    these will disappear, so I have to rewrite the content to stand without links/images. Is this a bad thing?
    I don't quite understand the question, sorry.

    You wouldn't want to provide content for anyone who isn't going to publish your link, surely? What would be the point of that?

    I don't, myself, offer or use images in articles. I see that in some niches they might occasionally be interesting/advantageous, I suppose, but I wouldn't send them with the initial email, anyway (might not reach so many in-boxes?). I might mention that I have one or two, if they're wanted?

    Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

    3. Syndicating blogs/sites
    Would you contact owners of blogs & sites who have just started out (so you don't know if they're gonna last and they probably don't have frequent traffic yet)?
    Yes.

    There's no downside    .

    If they don't get any traffic, they don't get any traffic.

    You don't need to try to "judge"/"assess" them, really. If they're relevant and reasonable-looking sites, just offer them your content?


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    • Profile picture of the author IrisMKH
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Respectfully, I think you may be confusing "ezines" with "article directories", here?

      Perhaps you're thinking of the site called "Ezine Articles"? That isn't an ezine: it's a repository and directory of articles available for re-publication in ezines (and on websites). An ezine is an electronic magazine which is sent out to its subscribers by email. They can be great places to get your articles published: don't ignore them.

      I wouldn't submit to article directories other than to the one called "Ezine Articles", certainly. (Unless you happen to find a niche-specific one? But I never can.)

      I don't quite understand the question, sorry.

      You wouldn't want to provide content for anyone who isn't going to publish your link, surely? What would be the point of that?

      I don't, myself, offer or use images in articles. I see that in some niches they might occasionally be interesting/advantageous, I suppose, but I wouldn't send them with the initial email, anyway (might not reach so many in-boxes?). I might mention that I have one or two, if they're wanted?
      Got it! Now I have a better idea of how to write the mail.

      And yes, I meant to say Ezine Articles...
      On the links/images - in one of your comments, Alexa, you mentioned putting the article below the mail. I thought of rewriting the article since if the site owner pastes the article directly from the mail, it will mess up hyperlinks and images which are incorporated in the main text.
      Maybe I could say: "I included the text version of the article below" & offer a version with images and such.
      I already read the posts you linked to! Now you can be proud of me for being a proactive reader, or disappointed because I read it but haven't started yet.
      The first step is always the hardest...
      I'll go ahead and push through - starting with two blog owners who showed interest before ^_^
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

        I thought of rewriting the article
        I'm not quite with you, Iris: I don't see what the problem is, for which the answer would be to rewrite the article.

        But in any case, don't do this, because it would effectively be giving someone else unique content.

        (The reasons for not doing that are explained throughout this little thread.)

        Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

        if the site owner pastes the article directly from the mail, it will mess up hyperlinks
        They'll know that.

        Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

        and images which are incorporated in the main text.
        You probably shouldn't be sending articles with images in the main text: you won't get your email into so many in-boxes, that way.

        Originally Posted by IrisMKH View Post

        Maybe I could say: "I included the text version of the article below" & offer a version with images and such.
        There's no harm in mentioning that you have an image or two (not included), should they want them. But be aware that arranging publication of your articles is very time-consuming indeed, and incorporating a potential "additional stage" in the process might end up creating more work for yourself.

        Good luck!

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        • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
          I think I get what you are saying when you mention rewriting vis a vis images. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've seen many articles that use images/graphics to illustrate points made in the text, and explicitly refer to the image in the text. Sending such an article without the accompanying image could be confusing.

          In this case, you'd be rewriting simply to avoid the direct reference to an image.

          Am I close?

          As for links, I just use naked links. As Alexa said, people who accept outside submissions know the drill.

          While I understand her reluctance to offer unique content, there are times where it makes sense. Both plain-text email newsletters and print publication make clickable links moot. Making small changes to facilitate the media isn't much work and can make a difference in results.

          I wholeheartedly agree with making your author credit non-salesy, but you don't want to be too wishy-washy, either. As I said earlier, publishers who use syndicated content know the drill.

          One way to do this is to offer your lead magnet, without getting hypey about it.

          "Joe Blow has been a [whatever] for what seems like a lifetime. He's put together a free [downloadable report/checklist/guide/course/etc.] about [specific topic], which you can get at [landing page url]"

          Low key, offers a bonus for readers, and gets the url in. Play with the wording to make it match the tone of your article.
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          • Profile picture of the author IrisMKH
            Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

            I think I get what you are saying when you mention rewriting vis a vis images. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've seen many articles that use images/graphics to illustrate points made in the text, and explicitly refer to the image in the text. Sending such an article without the accompanying image could be confusing.

            In this case, you'd be rewriting simply to avoid the direct reference to an image.

            Am I close?

            As for links, I just use naked links. As Alexa said, people who accept outside submissions know the drill.

            While I understand her reluctance to offer unique content, there are times where it makes sense. Both plain-text email newsletters and print publication make clickable links moot. Making small changes to facilitate the media isn't much work and can make a difference in results.

            I wholeheartedly agree with making your author credit non-salesy, but you don't want to be too wishy-washy, either. As I said earlier, publishers who use syndicated content know the drill.

            One way to do this is to offer your lead magnet, without getting hypey about it.

            "Joe Blow has been a [whatever] for what seems like a lifetime. He's put together a free [downloadable report/checklist/guide/course/etc.] about [specific topic], which you can get at [landing page url]"

            Low key, offers a bonus for readers, and gets the url in. Play with the wording to make it match the tone of your article.
            Yup, that's exactly it! The example you give s familiar! I used to see it at the end of cracked.com articles... Maybe that time-wasting website can be a place to learn after all
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