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Been Syndicated, they want more articles...

by Joe Ox
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I have been sending emails to potential syndication partners starting two days ago. One of them has already replied and posted my article on her blog.

She actually asked me for more articles
so I was wondering,

1) can I also send her articles that I have previously published on ezine (and they are a few since in the past I thought that syndication=publish on eza ) or not?

2) should I send articles one at a time (like weekly) or all together or what?

How do you guys do?
Do you get them to sign up to a syndication list, or just send bulk emails to all of your "publishers"?

Thx
#articles #syndicated
  • Profile picture of the author writeaway
    Make sure both of you are on the same page. She might think you're a guest blogger and you might assume this is an EZA type of deal. Normally, guest posts have to be 100% original (ie., not published elsewhere).
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  • Profile picture of the author evilsaigon
    1. Yes you can since you guys have agreed that its syndicated content, but it would nice to let her know upfront as well.

    2. Id say send on a consistent basis, say every few days, but thats just a preference. Ultimately you should get her to spread out the posting of your articles, so theres enough time for indexing, and is healthier for seo too.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    Originally Posted by Joe Ox View Post

    I have been sending emails to potential syndication partners starting two days ago. One of them has already replied and posted my article on her blog.

    She actually asked me for more articles
    Sounds very much like seonews.com

    Originally Posted by Joe Ox View Post

    so I was wondering,

    1) can I also send her articles that I have previously published on ezine (and they are a few since in the past I thought that syndication=publish on eza ) or not?
    Ask her, not us.

    Originally Posted by Joe Ox View Post

    2) should I send articles one at a time (like weekly) or all together or what?
    Again, ask her. Infact, why didn't you just ask her instead of posting here?

    Here's a tip - if you're posting as a guest blogger - DONT WASTE THE OPPORTUNITY. Send over ORIGINAL stuff!

    Do you think she's going to keep asking for stuff once she finds out you're sending republished articles? Not likely.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by writeaway View Post

    Normally, guest posts have to be 100% original (ie., not published elsewhere).
    This isn't so at all.

    I've been doing this for 4 years, now, and I do it in 8 different, unrelated niches - I've never yet submitted a guest post that hasn't already been published on my own site. What you say above is simply untrue. In spite of almost everyone who replies to such threads in this forum imagining it to be so.

    It's actually trivially easy for people to verify for themselves, simply by using Google, that countless people are re-publishing on their blogs articles which have previously been published. Many of the people on whose blogs I do guest posts have previously syndicated articles from Ezine Articles, so they're already known to be people who re-publish previously published content (just like so many of the world's top news and sports websites do).

    (By the way, you mean "unique", not "original" - they're two very different things).

    Marketers in the Warrior Forum sometimes imagine/assume that niche bloggers will publish only "unique content". Out there in the real world, of course, it's a whole different ball-game.

    Why do you think so many people are sourcing part of their blogs' content from Ezine Articles, for a start, if they don't want to publish content that's previously published? How have some of those articles been re-published over 100 times?

    Originally Posted by Joe Ox View Post

    One of them has already replied and posted my article on her blog.

    She actually asked me for more articles
    Good ... you're "off and running"!

    Originally Posted by Joe Ox View Post

    can I also send her articles that I have previously published on ezine
    Yes, but I'd mention that they have been.

    I always specify in my original inquiry that I'll also have available, in future, further articles on closely related subjects, which I'm happy to offer before they're submitted to Ezine Articles. The fact that they're (obviously) going to be submitted to Ezine Articles later has almost never caused me a problem at all.

    Originally Posted by Joe Ox View Post

    should I send articles one at a time (like weekly) or all together or what?
    This is something you need to discuss with her. It's a relationship-building business, don't forget? So get chatting to her. And good luck!

    Originally Posted by Joe Ox View Post

    Do you get them to sign up to a syndication list
    No; I wouldn't ever ask them to "sign up" to anything, or let anything look "automated" at all. What gets your work published is partly your individual relationship with the publisher.

    Originally Posted by Joe Ox View Post

    or just send bulk emails to all of your "publishers"?
    No, I wouldn't ever do that, either. Such emails need to be individually addressed. They can be "almost identical", sometimes, depending on your relationships with the people concerned. It's hardly time-consuming to send out email a few times, changing the name on it?
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    • Profile picture of the author MP80
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      This isn't so at all.

      I've been doing this for 4 years, now, and I do it in 8 different, unrelated niches - I've never yet submitted a guest post that hasn't already been published on my own site. What you say above is simply untrue. In spite of almost everyone who replies to such threads in this forum imagining it to be so.
      Alexa,

      Have you noticed any decline in the number of syndication partners accepting/wanting your articles, since Panda/Penguin were rolled out?

      Is your Article Syndication reach still steadily growing, or has it flatlined/declined of late?

      (Apologies if you have answered this elsewhere recently, but I'm sure you will point me to it if you have! )
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Originally Posted by John Romaine View Post

        Here's a tip - if you're posting as a guest blogger - DONT WASTE THE OPPORTUNITY. Send over ORIGINAL stuff!
        No offense, John, but here's a better tip.

        Have the best of both worlds. OP, tell her that you'll be happy to send her new articles as they become available, AND that you also have some original content available that has been previously published. Let her decide if it's an issue.

        Originally Posted by John Romaine View Post

        Do you think she's going to keep asking for stuff once she finds out you're sending republished articles? Not likely.
        And you know this how? The thing that's most likely to spoil a relationship isn't the idea of using previously published content. Good content is good content. What spoils relationships is lying about the 'experience level' of the content.

        Just tell the truth and let her decide for herself - she's going to anyway.
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      • Profile picture of the author myob
        Originally Posted by MP80 View Post

        Have you noticed any decline in the number of syndication partners accepting/wanting your articles, since Panda/Penguin were rolled out?

        Is your Article Syndication reach still steadily growing, or has it flatlined/declined of late?
        Now, more than ever before, publishers are hungry for quality content. This marketing model of article syndication is a dynamic, asset-building process. It does take time to grow, but over time it can become a powerful traffic-generating tool with virtually unlimited scalability. For any given commercially viable niche, there may be hundreds of thousands of online/offline publication outlets suitable for syndication. As you proactively continue to search and add more syndication partners, the coincidence of publication dates will gradually spread out into consistent arrival patterns of highly targeted direct traffic.
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