Submitting to ezine articles and other directories

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hello All.

I have been presented with a slight problem.

Because I own a large Private Label Rights membership site,
Ezine Articles has told me that they don't allow links
that lead to sites who offer Private Label Rights Articles.
I have even tried using redirect links and they still don't allow them.

How in the world an I supposed to implement an Article Marketing
strategy for my membership site?

Any ideas???
Thanks for any feedback.
E.J.
#articles #directories #ezine #submitting
  • Profile picture of the author Andy Money
    Yeah you can't do that, maybe lead them to a landing page that is some what obscure.
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    • Profile picture of the author kristisayles
      You could write an article about how to create unique products using PLR products and then offer a free report about it-including your links, of course.
      I'm pretty sure that would get by the filters without breaking any of their "rules."
      Hugs,
      Kristi
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      • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
        Yeah, unfortunately, they don't even allow you to write about plr articles or content.
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  • Profile picture of the author kristisayles
    Are you sure? I just went there and searched for PLR and found tons of articles about the subject!
    These are 2 titles I found.
    6 Ways to Make Money with PLR
    PLR Website Cash Machines
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  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    Those must have been grandfathered. I do believe these are not allowed anymore.

    AL
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  • Profile picture of the author kristisayles
    Oh, rats! I hadn't thought of that, well...
    There ARE other directories to try that may not be
    so strict.
    But, you CAN see why Christopher Knight doesn't want to promote
    PLR. It involves the integrity of the site.
    Personally, I LOVE PLR when it's used right. But, that's the problem.
    We know some people just don't understand that PLR should be changed
    enough so that the ideas are still there without the duplication.

    Did you know that you can go to TweetGrid - by jazzychad and search for
    PLR? You can see if the topic is popular. It is! There's lots of people tweeting about it. Must be a popular topic.
    Why not join them with your offer?
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  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    That's the problem with having such a huge site. The smaller directories allow it because they have the facilities to keep most of the bad PLR out, but when you get 400 million articles submitted every day, you have to go a few steps further and, in this case, ban anything related.

    AL
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    • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
      Well,
      I am all for brainstorming.
      I have tried to think of some ways and the only thing I can
      agree with is kristisayles's suggestion but that only puts another
      step in front of the reader to make it to my actual product.

      Any more ideas?
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  • Profile picture of the author Ldimilo
    Have you thought of vertical markets and using a free blog to direct them to your site?
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  • Profile picture of the author vifechi
    promote your PLR in other directories that accept it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Williams
    Hey E.J.,

    Couldn't you just send the article traffic to a general squeeze page on making money with articles first? You know, give your subscribes a free ebook on all the different ways to make money with content, explain that your system is the best, and provide the links to your membership site.

    Sounds like that might work. Weeds out tire-kickers and focuses your prospects on your solution.

    ~Jeff
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    • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
      This is good stuff.
      I will have to check into it.
      the main problem is that if the link takes them to anything that even
      remotely resembles plr or has any reference to plr at all
      the article is rejected.

      As far as ezine articles goes, I don't think there is a possibility
      for someone in my profession.

      I think that Jeff and kristisayles have said it.
      Besides, this way, I may be able to create more subscribers in the process.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    E.J.
    I just sent you a PM with the solution .. There is a way around EZA's strict little rules..lol

    It works for me ..

    James
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    • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
      Thank You for your response.
      I see your point, although I still think that it is a shame and unfair that
      we can't take your prospects straight to our sales copy.
      Your setup looks fine but
      I wonder;
      If I just got finished reading a big article and I am interested enough to click on the BIO link
      to learn more about a target product that is associated with that article, I am going to be
      looking for a tangible substance but now all I see is another article that I have to read,
      well, I may loose interest and not look at any advertisements before I click away.
      At lease with a sales copy, I can begin to read about something that is going to solve my problem.

      Have you tracked to see how many potential prospects you have lost due to EZA's rules?
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      • Profile picture of the author PowerWealth247
        If it will help, (hey, I'm all about helping you) you can make all your links point to my site then you'll get to post your articles all you like.
        No,huh ? Well, thought I'd add a little levity to the thread.

        Seriously though, I'd go with a blog on PLR (that is not named PLR), that directs customers back to your site.
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      • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
        Originally Posted by cashtech29 View Post

        Thank You for your response.
        I see your point, although I still think that it is a shame and unfair that
        we can't take your prospects straight to our sales copy.
        Your setup looks fine but
        I wonder;
        If I just got finished reading a big article and I am interested enough to click on the BIO link
        to learn more about a target product that is associated with that article, I am going to be
        looking for a tangible substance but now all I see is another article that I have to read,
        well, I may loose interest and not look at any advertisements before I click away.
        At lease with a sales copy, I can begin to read about something that is going to solve my problem.

        Have you tracked to see how many potential prospects you have lost due to EZA's rules?
        E.J.
        If you notice there is a huge Ad on the right side though.. Now the solution I sent you remember will also incrase you rankings in the search engines because of additional link building.

        So does it effect me or my business, no way .. If anything it actually helps.. EZA is the only one to get around, remember there are many other great article directories that do not have these silly rules like EZA.

        Let's take that word "spinner" for instance. EZA seems to be so scared of the word but a few facts they refuse to admit.

        1. Many of the authors in EZA has spun articles, I do not spin mine for EZA but fact is many do.

        2. spinning articles has been going on for well over 10 years, how can I make that claim ? Simple many people mis-understand what spinning means and thus they have a pre-set judgement on what it is. Any author that submit different versions of their articles are spinning them. Even those that outright claim they hate spinners. Why can I say this, because if they change the title, change the summary or the body, or the resource box then they are in-fact spinning that article into a slightly different one. It does not matter if they did it by hand, with crap software, or with a real spinner.

        If I took that word spinner and used the word modified instead then EZA would not have an issue. Why ? Because like many they have a pre-set mind that spinners are evil. Which could not be more false...

        Trust me the solution I sent to you will work even better to your benefit because of the increase in awareness and rankings from the search engines. Make sure everything is seo'ed and you use proper keywords..

        James
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        • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
          Good point James and well taken.
          I think I'll follow through with that feedback.
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          • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
            Originally Posted by cashtech29 View Post

            Good point James and well taken.
            I think I'll follow through with that feedback.
            Great .. have any questions shoot me a PM will answer the best I can ..

            Wish you luck and much success

            James
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  • Profile picture of the author jhiggins
    EJ,

    I like the suggestion to develop and general site on making money online with an optin and free gift. Them promote the PLR site to your list. I own an offline business that has 2 different websites. Between the two sites and some articles in directories, I basically own Google, Yahoo and MSN. I couldn't do that with only one site.

    So, build another site because you can't leave Ezinearticles out of your marking plan.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
      Originally Posted by jhiggins View Post

      EJ,

      I like the suggestion to develop and general site on making money online with an optin and free gift. Them promote the PLR site to your list. I own an offline business that has 2 different websites. Between the two sites and some articles in directories, I basically own Google, Yahoo and MSN. I couldn't do that with only one site.

      So, build another site because you can't leave Ezinearticles out of your marking plan.
      I know my solution is not posted here, I actually PM'd it to E.J. because of the fact that I did not want the bully squad accusing me of self promotion when in-fact I am just trying to help someone out that asked for help.

      The solution I sent E.J. still includes EZA.. It's just a clever way around them while boosting your rankings and awareness at the same time.

      James
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      • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
        Thanks for the feedback J.
        Sounds like I need to get crackin...

        Hey Rich Jerk...
        It's not self promotion If I decide to quote you.
        Besides I enjoy giving credit to others when at all possible.
        So, here goes your quote..

        [quote]Hey E.J.
        I had the same issue with EZA - https://www.articleproductions.com - They will not allow my link because it has a "spinner" option in my system.
        So I said ok lets fix that problem.. I went and created a subfolder on my site and installed wordpress - see: https://articleproductions.com/recent-articles/
        It still links to my site but point is it does not mention the word spinner..lol So I am still getting what I want..
        Maybe you could do something similar...
        James [quote]

        Another Good Feedback.
        E.J.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    Thanks E.J. appreciate it ....

    James
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