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Article and Social Media Submission - do they actually work?

by im666
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Hi guys,

Just curious how effective article marketing and social media submission are these days for SEO? If you still do it, how big of a part of your overall SEO strategy does it comprise? How does it compare to blog commenting and guest posts?

And if they are still effective, is it just worth hitting the big article directories / social media sites, or is it useful to take the time spinning good articles and using a program like articlebot to submit them to several hundred of the smaller directories?

Thanks!
#article #media #social #submission #work
  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Try it for yourself - no-one elses answer will be the same as your results, and your results are all that matter.
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    nothing to see here.

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  • Profile picture of the author im666
    Fair enough - I suppose I am just curious to get some expert opinions before I invest the time and money in a big campaign. I probably will end up giving it a go myself regardless, but any advice would be much appreciated.
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    • Profile picture of the author francoza
      It bring a lot of back links and traffic to your website. Which means more sale rate. This is what every IM wants.
      Therefore, i highly recommend it.
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  • Profile picture of the author duia
    Both article marketing and social marketing are helpful to increase the traffic for your sites.
    But in my eyes, usually, social media sites are useless to SEO strategy. If you want to gain more "DoFollow" links for your sites, article marketing is a better choice.
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  • Profile picture of the author im666
    Yeah, I'm really looking for decent backlinks - i.e. improved rankings on my keywords. Because of the nature of my product (and where I'm based), it's very unlikely that any of the people clicking through to my site from either SM or article submissions would actually buy anything.

    So for the Article Marketing - worth submitting to a whole bunch of directories, or do the top 10 or so have all of the 'link juice' ?
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  • Profile picture of the author arnoldsmithh
    Both are good specially social media marketing or social bookmarking.
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    • Profile picture of the author Leedir
      Article submission may be the best method after all! You will have to submit to as many article submission sites as possible. Your preference to the sites has to be in the order of the Page Rank. The higher the PR of the article submission site, the more number of people visiting so.... Lower PR still means backlinks so go ahead with that as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author HorseStall
    It can be effective, it can also depend on your niche, in some cases it works well with some niches, but not as well in others, it really depends on the niche.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    Article marketing still works great for me. Social bookmarking not so much.

    Actually, I think the whole social media thing probably works great if you have something interesting to say or a "story" that people can identify with.

    If you are just building microniche sites on things like "black laptop cases" I don't think you can expect to make much of a social media buzz and I don't think there's much backlink love in the social sites anymore.

    I tend to do more informational type sites so article marketing is my favorite promotional method as it has been for the past 6 years.

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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Okay, maybe I'm just in a bad mood today, but I'm getting tired of...

      Does this work?

      Does that work?

      Does the other thing work?

      Nobody here knows what's going to work for YOU.

      We don't know how many brain cells you have in your head, how much
      skill you have, how much determination you have to succeed, how much
      discipline you have to follow the steps and on and on.

      I have no fricken idea if article and social media submission is going to
      work for YOU.

      If you can't write your way out of a paper bag, article marketing is a
      complete waste of time for you.

      And nobody here is going to look over your articles, titles, resource boxes
      and tell you if you have what it takes.

      The only way YOU are going to find out if it works for you is to fricken
      sit down and do it,

      For crying out loud, does everybody just want everything handed to them
      on a silver platter because they're too fricken lazy to get their hands
      dirty and do a little testing?

      I don't ask anybody if anything works. I just do it. If it doesn't work for me,
      I move on.

      Good grief...take a little initiative for crying out loud.

      End of rant.
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      • Profile picture of the author im666
        Steven Wagenheim: Once the vein in your forhead stops throbbing and you've calmed down, perhaps you'd like to re-read my original post.

        You'll note that I am simply asking if article marketing and social bookmarking are still effective methods for generating quality backlinks or not.

        I'm not asking anyone to look over my articles, titles or resource boxes, nor am I asking anyone to tell me if I 'have what it takes' or not. Don't be ridiculous - the notion that I would rely on a random internet stranger (particularly a charming individual like yourself) to determine my self worth is laughable.

        For crying out loud, does everybody just want everything handed to them
        on a silver platter because they're too fricken lazy to get their hands
        dirty and do a little testing?
        Pardon me, but who the hell do you think you are? You have no idea what kind of person I am. For the record, I am not lazy, nor do I want anything handed to me on a silver platter. This forum was designed to exchange information, and information is all I am asking for. If I had come in here demaning people write content on my behalf or some other similarly unreasonable request, then perhaps your venomous post would have some merit. As it stands, I believe your overreaction to my post casts your character in a very bad light.

        To quote office space, sounds like somebody has a case of 'the mondays'.

        A big thanks to everyone else who has taken the time to reply civily, particularly Cashcow.

        Any other opinions would be most welcome.
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        • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
          Originally Posted by im666 View Post

          Steven Wagenheim: Once the vein in your forhead stops throbbing and you've calmed down, perhaps you'd like to re-read my original post.

          You'll note that I am simply asking if article marketing and social bookmarking are still effective methods for generating quality backlinks or not.
          Again, if you read my reply, I explained why nobody can answer your
          question. I just wasn't as politically correct about it as Andy was.

          You won't know until you do it...period.

          Pardon me, but who the hell do you think you are?
          An outspoken person. I say what's on my mind...pretty or not.

          As it stands, I believe your overreaction to my post casts your character in a very bad light.
          Don't worry about my character. People here who know me know that I
          speak what's on my mind. So nothing I've said to you is going to cast
          my character in any worse light than anything I've said previously here.

          I'm personally tired of people coming here and wanting to know if a
          certain tactic works or not...like they want to avoid wasting their time.

          Here is the problem with that mentality, and it's not directed at you.

          John Doe says XYZ still works.

          Jane Doe says XYZ doesn't work.

          100 people respond.

          55 say yes, 45 say no.

          So where has it gotten you?

          Are you any better off than when you started?

          No. Instead you've wasted time trying to ask a question that can't be
          answered with any factual accuracy because everybody has their own
          opinion and you know what they say about opinions.

          I was actually trying to do you a favor in my own cantankerous way, but
          if you want to go about this by the "let's poll the forum method" please
          feel free to do so.

          But don't base your decision on what ANYBODY here says because as I
          said...they are just opinions and NOT fact.

          Believe it or not, this may have been the best advice anybody here will
          ever give you.

          Now if you don't mind, I'm crawling back into my rat cave with the rest
          of the vermin.
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  • Profile picture of the author neo3006
    Try them both and go from there and see what works. Good luck.
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    • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
      First, Steven doesn't think about who he is, he knows. He is a successful internet marketer, highly knowledgeable, and an extreme tester.

      What he is trying to make clear to you is only by testing for your niche can you ever know.

      Take the time to write a few articles after doing to some careful research and see what happens in your niche. Do you get traffic? If so, then expand it.

      All of your methods listed can be very effective in an SEO campaign, but are all highly dependent on the competitiveness in your niche and yes, your ability to make people take action with your words.

      Do you know why I just thanked Steven for his reply? He lit a fire under you. He has you stirred up. You might even be a little ticked off. Take the energy, create a few articles, submit them to a boat load of directories and watch the results. The feedback from those articles will tell you what your next step should be.

      One more really good piece of advice... Click on Steven's name, go to his profile, find every post from him and start reading. I'll bet before the next hour is over, you will have thanked at least one of his posts.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Mensah
    Hi im666,
    yah both are really great. articles and social media sites. Submitting to them will give you consistent traffic and link juice so I use both in my arsenal
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  • Profile picture of the author im666
    Fair enough Steven, as you worded it in your reply I definitely understand and appreciate what you are saying. Your initial post came off to me as a bit hostile, which is why I replied in kind.

    Honestly though, I think an occasional 'does this still work' thread is not necessarily a bad thing. Sure the simple 'yes' and 'no' responses don't particularly add much, but when people actually take a little time to rationalize their viewpoints, the whole community can benefit.

    Just my 2c.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Originally Posted by im666 View Post

      Fair enough Steven, as you worded it in your reply I definitely understand and appreciate what you are saying. Your initial post came off to me as a bit hostile, which is why I replied in kind.

      Honestly though, I think an occasional 'does this still work' thread is not necessarily a bad thing. Sure the simple 'yes' and 'no' responses don't particularly add much, but when people actually take a little time to rationalize their viewpoints, the whole community can benefit.

      Just my 2c.
      Problem is, everybody's rationale for "why" or "why not" something works,
      explained or not, is biased. Even I have my biases, which is why I now
      strongly try to stay away from "do this" or "don't do that" type of replies
      unless it's an activity that blatantly violates a site's TOS or is flat out
      illegal, like spam.

      Nobody here, and I mean NOBODY, can tell anyone with any certainty
      that a particular activity WILL or WON'T work for them. I used to fall into
      that trap myself until I had my own head handed to me a few times. Just
      ask some of the folks who have been here a lot longer than me.

      IOW...I have learned my lesson and am now trying to teach it to you on
      the receiving end.

      Try it and see how it works for YOUR niche with YOUR articles.

      That is the ONLY way you're going to know for sure.

      Everything else is just BS.
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