Ezine Articles Premium Membership...Is It Worth It?

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Howdy warriors,

About a year ago I stopped submitting articles to ezinearticles.com because I found their service to be very irritating. For example, my articles would be flagged for keyword abuse because a certain phrase was written 3 times or something in an article.

Recently I've decided to take a crack at ezinearticles.com again just to see if they have changed and if so, what kind of traffic I could actually generate.

With 10 articles accepted and generating traffic I am pleased to announce that I am very happy with ezinearticles current services. In fact, I am very impressed with the detailed stats, the WYSIWYG article editor, and the multiple pen names and resource boxes provided free of charge by ezinearticles and offered by no other article directories that I know of.

I noticed today that their premium membership service is available at $194 quarterly. This seems a little expensive but possibly worth it if it drastically speeds up the submission process and also provides me with even more detailed stats.

So what are your thoughts on the premium membership as opposed to the free platinum membership?

Do you really think it's worth the added cost?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alice Seba
    The scheduling feature alone is worth it. Approval is fast & if there any problems and you resubmit, that is taken care of quickly.

    Very worthwhile.
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    • So do you think article submissions take less 2 days? If so, then I think that might be worth it.

      And how about problems and questions? Less than 24 hours would be really great.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alice Seba
    I don't know about weekends, but so far everything has been done within 24 hours.
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  • Profile picture of the author trippmarxx
    Yea - My articles are generally approved in 2 days or less. Once you really get going with articles and writing them on a daily basis, you've got articles that are getting approved daily for the most part (minus the 2 day lag time).

    $97 a month or whatever they charge to just approve articles faster is offensive to their authors in my eyes. There are so many people who give them free content to make them thousands and thousands of money from Adsense each month, and then they turn around and charge an outrageous fee to approve articles faster and schedule their release, which scheduling is still a shot in the dark.

    If they dropped it down to something more manageable, such as $47 a month, it is something I would consider trying, but $97 per month is too wasteful in my eyes.

    Will I stop using Ezine? Absolutely not, because my articles get approved in a decent time already without having to pay for an expensive monthly membership, but I do think the membership isn't worth the cash.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alice Seba
      Originally Posted by trippmarxx View Post

      $97 a month or whatever they charge to just approve articles faster is offensive to their authors in my eyes. There are so many people who give them free content to make them thousands and thousands of money from Adsense each month, and then they turn around and charge an outrageous fee to approve articles faster and schedule their release, which scheduling is still a shot in the dark.
      And if article marketing is worthwhile, certainly it makes you thousands of dollars, right? Funny how article writers don't think it's outrageous that they get a money-making service for free (or for a fee if they want it done more quickly and efficiently).

      It's only $97 if you choose the monthly option...you can pay less.

      Hey...also can you explain what you mean about scheduling being a "shot in the dark"?

      Alice
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      • Profile picture of the author trippmarxx
        Originally Posted by Alice Seba View Post

        And if article marketing is worthwhile, certainly it makes you thousands of dollars, right? Funny how article writers don't think it's outrageous that they get a money-making service for free (or for a fee if they want it done more quickly and efficiently).

        It's only $97 if you choose the monthly option...you can pay less.

        Hey...also can you explain what you mean about scheduling being a "shot in the dark"?

        Alice
        Yea, article marketing DOES make me great money each and every month, but why spend money on something that isn't justifiable? Whether it's $97, $127, or $2000, if it doesn't deliver any value for the price you're paying, there really isn't a point. The value has to match the price somewhere along the line.

        Also, just because article marketing makes me great money each month, doesn't mean I need to not watch my spending. I always keep close tabs on what goes out and what comes in. That's how any good business should be ran, no matter what your revenue is. Cutting costs and eliminating things you don't need = more money in your pocket.

        And when I say "shot in the dark", scheduling doesn't really make the membership worthwhile. Why? Well, let's say 1,000 people have the membership. I'm sure the majority of those people are going to schedule most of their articles to be released on a Friday towards the end of the business day, because they will then sit up towards the top all weekend, generating a lot of traffic.

        But, if you have 1,000 people doing that same thing, and then out of those 1,000 you have 20-30 of those people in your same niche, how do you know that your article will come out on the top?

        That's what I'm saying with scheduling - You're not always going to win with that feature. Sure, it increases the chance of having your article sit on the top for the weekend if you were to schedule it to be released on a Friday, but it doesn't guarantee it.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alice Seba
          Originally Posted by trippmarxx View Post

          Yea, article marketing DOES make me great money each and every month, but why spend money on something that isn't justifiable? Whether it's $97, $127, or $2000, if it doesn't deliver any value for the price you're paying, there really isn't a point. The value has to match the price somewhere along the line.
          Of course, but you said it was "offensive". That's what I was curious about it. You don't find the service is worthwhile - that's cool - wasn't sure how it was offensive.

          And when I say "shot in the dark", scheduling doesn't really make the membership worthwhile. Why? Well, let's say 1,000 people have the membership. I'm sure the majority of those people are going to schedule most of their articles to be released on a Friday towards the end of the business day, because they will then sit up towards the top all weekend, generating a lot of traffic.
          Okay. I thought you were implying that the scheduling feature didn't work. I understand what you're saying now.

          That's not why I use the scheduling. It saves us time. We load the articles up all at once, instead of logging in over and over again. We set it and forget it.

          By the way, you can't choose the time your article publishes. Just the date. I am not sure how they determine the time.

          Thanks for clarifying.

          Alice
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          • Profile picture of the author trippmarxx
            Originally Posted by Alice Seba View Post

            Of course, but you said it was "offensive". That's what I was curious about it. You don't find the service is worthwhile - that's cool - wasn't sure how it was offensive.



            Okay. I thought you were implying that the scheduling feature didn't work. I understand what you're saying now.

            That's not why I use the scheduling. It saves us time. We load the articles up all at once, instead of logging in over and over again. We set it and forget it.

            By the way, you can't choose the time your article publishes. Just the date. I am not sure how they determine the time.

            Thanks for clarifying.

            Alice
            That's what I'm saying - You can only choose the date the article is published. If you could choose the time, then the $97 would be well spent.

            And I said that the $97 fee per month is sort of "offensive" to the authors on Ezine who load them up with free content. Sure - we get the benefit of instant traffic and the chance to rank higher in the search engines, piggybacking off of their PR to bring traffic to our own websites that may not rank as high, but they make thousands of dollars in Adsense. You'd think for $97 per month they would have a little more to offer.

            While Ezine is the top place for article submission, it definitely is not the *only* source I use in my article marketing tactics. They are just one small piece of the puzzle.

            Anyway, glad I could clear that up. I'm not trying to start any arguments or anything, but I just wanted to offer my viewpoint on why I don't think that the $97 a month membership isn't worth what they are giving you for your money.
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  • Profile picture of the author biz_online
    I agree with TrippMarxx... ditto!
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  • Profile picture of the author Alice Seba
    Absolutely...and you did.

    Of course EA is not the only place. I spend my $ for efficiency's sake elsewhere too. :-)

    To be fair, I think the EA price is kind of steep but not offensive :-), but it's what they got...and it serves our needs.

    Alice
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  • Profile picture of the author OmarNegron
    I agree. 97 bucks a month is pushing it. Ezine articles is a great way to drive traffic to a website.

    You should try hard for 2-3 weeks to reach platinum author status. You will see your articles publish much faster and more traffic going to your website.


    Take care

    Omar!
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanman
    It you are submitting a lot of articles then it would be worth it.
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    • Thanks everyone for the info!
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