EzineArticles.com CLOSED DOWN???

[JustinBrooke]

Hey Warriors,

I know most of us are avid article marketers
or got started through article marketing.

Heck, my assistants spend most of their days
writing and submitting articles for me.

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow
and EzineArticles.com was closed down. What
if article marketing didn't exist anymore?

What would you do?

[Clyde Dennis]

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

Switch to video-article marketing and use youtube as the new ezinearticles.

...like many already have.

[pheonix44]

I would either use video marketing, forum marketing, or go back to some powerful offline tactics I used to drive targeted traffic and was also good for building a list.

[bretski]

"run in circles...scream and shout!" That would be tough since I get a lot of good traffic from that site. Not only backlinks and traffic but other sites pick up my articles and publish them elsewhere. I would probably just stick with GA and cry a little bit...maybe do some drinking...

[Rod Cortez]

Since article marketing traffic is less than 1% of my overall traffic it would not affect me much, if at all.

RoD

[unstoppable13]

AHHHH .... I would hide under my card table desk and start trading penny stocks!

But to be honest....I would either A. go to another site....or B. ....I would be a warrior and start my own Article submission site rank it up to #1 on google (taking e-zines place) and post a WSO for 1 week, charging $3 for unlimited article submission w/o pre-screening for life!

[Michael Oksa]

Hi Justin,

Excellent question.

I don't mean to highjack your thread, but I think you could replace EzineArticles with any number of sites IMers frequently use.

Such as...

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and AdWords/PayPal/Warrior Forum/ClickBank/Google/YouTube/Blogger/YOUR hosting provider was closed down?

Or...

What if you woke up tomorrow and all of the free resources you now use started charging a substantial monthly fee?

Probably a good idea to have a few backup plans in place.

All the best,
Michael

LOL .... Would not bother my trafic a bit since I do not provide EZA my unique quality content ....

James

[James Schramko]

as a side note - this sort of exercise is something all marketers should be doing.

Eliminate the current reality and see what you would do. When you get an answer you now know how to grow your business. You should be doing it anyway.

The answer to all this: HAVE AN EXIT STRATEGY...

Do not stick to your business and commit to run it until you become old. Decide when you are going to move on. At some point sell it off, take a mini-retirement and then start over with some new business or at least new projects.

What say?

[midasman09]

I'd make up some Promo Videos, instead of articles, and load em up to "Tube Mogul" plus...send out a whole lot of "Press Releases".

Midas Man

[Matt Helphrey]

I know one thing for sure, I'd have a lot more free time on my hands

nah, I'd probably just have to find a new route to go. Great question though...let's knock on some wood.

[Shane Hale]

Use my blog =)

[Zeus66]

Rob banks? No, they don't have any money now.

Hmmm... Probably beg Mr. Says for a J.O.B.

[activetrader]

the world does not evolve around ezinearticles. Those who use ezinearticles as their sole money making mechanism should seriously reconsider their promotional practices

[Jeremy Kelsall]

If they closed down, I'm sure another article marketing would gain their left behind trust...I would just have a new best friend. Doesn't really make a lot of difference who it is

Originally Posted by activetrader

the world does not evolve around ezinearticles. Those who use ezinearticles as their sole money making mechanism should seriously reconsider their promotional practices

Yep exactly ... I can get more traffic from "ArticleDashBoard" ~vs~ EZA... One reason why I do not bother to even submit to EZA anymore...

James

[AndrewHansen]

EZA is just a platform. Content marketing is the strategy.

If EZA died you'd publish more stuff to Squidoo, or hub pages, or Buzzle or Isnare, or Associated Content or.. heaven forbid, publish more stuff as guest posts on other people's real blogs... or split your articles up into 140 character units and publish them over many weeks as Tweets...

Content marketing wouldn't change in its effectiveness as a strategy.

Andrew

[Naithan]

Sit in the corner and cry till I die...

haha, joking off course. Maybe try and make a good replacement for ezine... Who knows maybe it will catch on.

Naithan

[ramone_johnny]

I like to put all my eggs in one basket. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

[dave147]

purchase the domain and put more google ads on there, if that's possible

[John Taylor]

What's EzineArticles?

Seriously, if any business is over-reliant upon
someone else's platform for a large proportion
of their income.. they need to diversify their
risk. And quickly.

John

[actionplanbiz]

I would create an article Directory and turn it into a pyramid scheme and sell it and buy a new computer because i need one. :-/

[gskesavan]

If EZA didn't exist, I won't even care because I don't use EZA for article marketing. Seriously, there are many more article directories that have 100000 times quicker approval than ezine. In fact, they even rank high just like Eza.

If article marketing didn't exist, I would leave the computer and get back to studies and prepare for my upcoming exam

[Kirahster]

I personally do not like EZA too much. My last article took 10 days to be approved.
So I do not submit to EZA anymore.

[jonoman1]

Hmm well I would take all of those articles that I worked so hard for to put on Ezine and I would put them on my own site where they belong. IN fact, I don't know why I am not doing that already =)

[escoll1]

Ha! Ha! That's a TImely question for me as I'm writing my first few articles today. Better late than never. But as noted in a previous post, this is the internet and there would be a replacement or many other alternatives. But what if Internet Marketing itself went away,became illegal or something?

[BumMarketingT]

Well I would use my own website, like I already do.
It would be EXCELLENT!

[Steven Wagenheim]

I'd buy it and get it back up and running again.

[Fernando Veloso]

Originally Posted by James Schramko

as a side note - this sort of exercise is something all marketers should be doing.

Eliminate the current reality and see what you would do. When you get an answer you now know how to grow your business. You should be doing it anyway.

Agree. This is the way to discover new techniques, those methods we don't use or we don't care cause we rely on article marketing.

We should think outside the box more often.

[AaronJones]

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

Switch to video-article marketing and use youtube as the new ezinearticles.

I already made that switch...

Aaron

[joyfulwraps]

Justin and everyone else on this thread,

Great thread and much food for thought contained in here. This very question is one reason it is good to never have a stagnant marketing plan for your business. It is vital that your business plan be adjusted throughout the year as new tools become available to help grow your business. I shudder to think what IMers do when they fail to have a marketing plan to go along with their business plan!

[phil.wheatley]

I'd write an article on how to cope without Ezinearticles...and then submit it to GoArticles ;-)

[dsmpublishing]

start my own article directory of course and market it as the future ezinearticles!

kind regards


sam
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[badfun]

Seriously, there are many more article directories that have 100000 times quicker approval than ezine

I personally do not like EZA too much. My last article took 10 days to be approved.

Hmmmm.... 100000 times quicker x 10 days...wow, my articles will be approved years before I even write them!! Love it!

it's true though, Ezinearticles seems to be slowing down in their approval process. My last batch took almost a week.
brent

[Rod Cortez]

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

I'd buy it and get it back up and running again.

Of this I have no doubt.....you'd probably do a better job of running it too.

[garyv]

This is a great thread, and should get people thinking about diversifying their content. Even something like a change in Google's algorithm could cause EzineArticles to effectively disappear. It's happened to bigger websites in the past.

Besides, if you're doing true keyword research for your niches, then you'll already know that there are a ton of other places out there to submit your article to that Google likes just as much, if not more than EZA.

[ajbarnes777]

Awesome thread.

I am currently making the mistake of solely relying on EZA for my business and I have been pondering other options to diversify....however, procrastination creeps up on me like a mofo!

This thread definitely has given me a boost of motivation to stop procrastinating and start building a solid business plan with different income sources, different marketing strategies, etc.

I guess I got too comfortable with simply writing a few articles a day, promote a clickbank product, make money, and then call it day!

Thanks for all the valuable advice and motivation guys!

[sandsbeck]

point well taken not to be too vested in one medium - diversify!

[b.super13]

I would continue submit unique articles to all of the top directories, not only ezinearticles.com. That way instead of taking a 100% drop in traffic you may only take a 10% drop in traffic.

[chris38]

I would continue to release content on a daily basis to my website, blog & web2.0 properties and drive backlinks to each page.

[yesacpow]

Life goes on without Ezinearticles!!!!!!!!

You have Buzzle, articlebase, squidoo, articledashboard, hubpages

And MOST IMPORTANTLY >>>>>>>> Your Own WEBSITE!

[Shana_Adam]

It's important to have a backup plan, putting all your eggs in one basket is asking for trouble. Big companies can close down and you have no control over what other people do so in that case the best thing to do is make sure you spread your resources
and content.

Keep a backup of your content as well and if you are in the market to stay long term then you should be concentrating on other long-term strategies such as networking with other businesses so you can get your name well known in the market.

For example just the other day I was on e-zine articles I came across an author who has had 25,000views in two months on an article, his article was pointing to his squidoo lens and guess what squidoo lens is locked therefore all that traffic for nothing nothing whatsoever. He should have linked to his own website!

[Gallery Sites]

DIVERSIFY.

Use every method of promotion and advertising as you can.

There are plenty of other directories that provide great traffic.
Search for Jack Duncan's Ultimate List on here, it's an excellent resource.

Join my directory, it's just about to hit the TOP 50 list!
List Of Top 50 Article Directories By Traffic, PageRank


:-)

[rapidscc]

Originally Posted by phil.wheatley

I'd write an article on how to cope without Ezinearticles...and then submit it to GoArticles ;-)

That's a good one..

Or maybe create an ebook:

Marketing Survival Tools, How To Do It Without EZA $47
Add video
Add OTO - Your own Clickbank Mall, 5 Minisites + 900 PLR Niche Articles
Offer Traffic Strategy as gift - 10,000 Hits In One Week Easy, Without EZA

Oops, I can actually do this even with EZA around....hmmm


My .02

Raul Omar Diaz

[Sean Kelly]

I find the title of this thread completely misleading.

Sean

[Chris_Willow]

That won't happen, why bother

[wwesley]

i thought it was some breaking news... goes to show how simple twists of words can spark a frenzy

[Ilya Feynberg]

I would say...oh darn

[JayXtreme]

Wow..

I'm quite surprised at how many people rely on EZA so much... if you rely on EZA this much, you should be VERY worried about the stability of your business, and the foundation it is built on.

It's only an article directory... it barely passes for a Made For Adsense cash site...

Sure, it's a cool resource to utilise in my business, but I certainly wouldn't miss it, should it ever crash.

Peace

Jay