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I needed a dose of good sarcasm today. Thanks!
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That will result in less click-throughs, not more. 250-280 word articles would be best for an optimal CTR (cēterīs paribus) - and as we know, this *is* possible. I did some basic maths earlier and estimated that you could do 100 ~250 word articles in 14 hours. That blog post shows that my maths is true in practise too. Don't get me wrong, I also said I'd never dream of trying to write 700 articles in 7 days. I wouldn't have the patience. But it *is* possible. At least, 100 articles in one day is. The debate, IMO, should be about whether you can use your 14/16 hours doing something more productive. | |
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I think it really comes down to the two "extreme" cases of article marketing. The high-quality extreme is to write a fantastically popular book on the subject. The high-volume extreme is to get as many articles out there as possible. Both of these can generate a good living, but they come with a tradeoff: high-quality is beyond a lot of people's ability (there are only so many fantastically popular books), and high-volume doesn't tend to create lasting effects - you have to keep doing it forever. The key isn't to figure out which of those two things is better, but to figure out where you fit between them... both in terms of results, and in terms of ability... and concentrate on building something that strikes the best balance. | |
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I do agree that you need to find the trade-off and balance it correctly. I certainly don't feel that 100 articles per day is the most efficient use of time. (But as before, I was just pointing out generally that it's possible)
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Alright guys...Let's stop here a bit. acrasial got in touch with me yesterday via gmail...And challenged me that she can do this within 24 hours. It started at 8 pm canada time...The challenge was that I would pay her $3 per article if she manages to do a 100 in 24 hrs. It's almost the same time now and so far she has submitted 91 articles. Most of these articles are 400-600 words and I must say I am highly impressed with the quality. I have already paid her $105 for the first 35 articles which my team of editors has approved. And will pay her for the rest as well since the quality and content is great. So the lesson here would be...Not to underestimate someone's potential. Now she might not have done 100 but...91 is close enough. While most of us sat here convincing ourselves and everyone else that it can't be done...Here is this young lady proving everyone else wrong. Hats off to her. Here is the paypal screenshot of the payment for first 35 articles- |
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I never doubted you Whilst writing this amount of articles is not everyone's thing, you demonstrated what can be achieved when you put your mind to something. Again, very well done | |
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I don't expect to see her posting on this thread for a while, her hands probably hurt :P Good job anyways |
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The question was never 100 articles in a day -- the question was 700 articles in 7 days. There's a WORLD of difference between those two. 100 articles in a day is impressive, sure. But that's not what we were talking about. Jay Jennings |
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What are you smoking...You have to be joking... I fine this post silly... |
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I too had a conversation with her. I did not doubt it could be done, but I likened it to a hot dog eating contest. These guys train for this! Is it possible to eat a gazillion hotdogs in x amount of time? Sure it is! Is it good for you - or better question would it be good for you long term? A week is probably doable. But like I said this is something you'd want to train for and if you have not been doing it for a while already you'd want to research the heck out of some topics first to have a leg up. | |
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Some of the people spend too much energy here to prove that one cannot do something or it's impossible to do something. I see this this sort of trend widespread in here especially in threads where article marketing is discussed.
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![]() Fair play to acrasial; everyone was against her from the off and she still got it done. As a few of us were saying, it definitely *is* possible. The debate is only about whether it's worthwhile. In some ways it's a great advert for our societies and economies today that we see 100 articles in a day as "too much" and may cause health risks (when, going back 30 years ago, primary labour was massive and loads of British citizens were working as miners underground in awful, awful situations for a tiny amount of cash) I'm not saying we should all 'punish' ourselves by writing 100 articles in a day, I just find it odd how people kept saying it's impossible when it definitely is in-fact possible ![]() (Not that I'd like to do that many in a day) I'm currently reading a 'starting' business book by Duncan Bannatyne, a businessman in the UK. He reguarly worked 14/16+ hour days and ended up growing his wealth from £0 to around £310m in around a decade. Again, I'm not saying that by writing 100 articles per day we'll all become rich, I'm just saying that putting the effort in and going against popular opinion can sometimes be the best way to win big. And congratulations to acrasial who kept arguing her point and has not lived up to her words. I wonder whether those who said it was impossible and that acrasial was silly will post back here? ![]() "When everyone's going in the same direction, it's often the road that leads the other way which is paved by gold." | |
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Well that's all the evidence I need (/sarcasm)... you paid someone money.... ppfffttt.
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Sounds like you were trying to be ackward and now you can't admit that Acrasial was right and that you were wrong (to be sarcastic, that is) Plus you pledged $500. Acrasial did it for almost half that. | ||||
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LMAO this thread is so funny! I was laughing for like 10Minutes! @ acrasial You are so right! (referring to first page posts) and you have a much more positive attitude than most here, your posts made my day. |
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well, this has to be one of the funniest threads I've ever seen on any forum,and some of the replies are hilarious, thanks guys |
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People in this thread seem to have very selective memories. Write 100 articles a day for 7 days without repeating yourself and keeping the quality up and then you'll have "proven" you can do it. To bring back my Mt. Everest analogy... Person A: "I can climb Mt. Everest in 7 days!" (24 hours later) Person A: "I'm on the top of Pike's Peak!" The Masses: "Oh, we knew you could do it! Those negative ninnies can just suck it! You rock!" Bah. Jay Jennings PS - Like I said before, writing 100 articles (or even 91) in a day is some feat (very few people could/would do it) -- it's just not what was talked about, so don't pretend it was. | |
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I believe she has enough positivity to get the work done, unless the 99.9% negativity in this thread corrupts the positivity... Well done acrasial... Warriors give acrasial a standing ovation... | |
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Am I the only one that saw what happened here? Allen |
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Well, I saw a couple posts vanish, if that's what you mean. Jay Jennings |
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I haven't noticed anything, and have been keeping an eye on the thread |
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well i would like to thank you for encouraging words.. It might not be possible to write that much in 7 days but may be 10 days.. and it really is all about how you plan to write the content and how your ogranize the information.. I have written around 40 articles in 6 hours.. so 100 would not be that difficult.. yes guys before you start shouting at me.. it really is all about changing the way you work.. be creative and the results could be better... I was thinking of creating individual sites but now i think i will give article marketing a shot... thanks for the tip again |
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No, I'm not talking about missing posts. I just think it smells in here. Im out... |
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I'm with Allen. This thread needs a can of Lysol.
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Thanks for that point. Too many people just recycle vague or less meaningfull content in order to produce traffic. If more people spent more time working on less, could you imagine the quality content we would have. It sure would make purchasing decisions a whole lot simplier if the IM standard were higher.
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This is certainly one of the most amusing threads i've read for a long time. acrasial, well done on the 91 that is quite an accomplishment, but you really be able to repeat it and keep up the quality for a further 6 days? 700 articles seems like taking a shotgun approach, personally I prefer a more sniper like approach. Pick a target and write some good quality content that gets results. I suppose if you really want the 700 articles to be useful they should all be on different niches and keywords so that you can get results you can analyse. |
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Hi, This is preethi. I am a newbie. I have been writing articles to lot of my clients who are making money through article marketing. I wish I could do that too. I just know that hey submit articles to websits like ezine but I really do not know, How we get paid or how much we have to invest to get started. Please can you help me from scratch. I am a good writer but I am suffering from financial crisis. Thought this money could help me. Can you help me plz. |
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