[brittlesnc]

Hi all!

After months and months of reading posts by Alexa Smith, myob, JohnMcCabe, tpw, Joseph Robinson, and a few others about article syndication, and after months of procrastination I have finally decided to take action with the information I have read.

The purpose of this thread is to keep me focused, on track, and to hold me accountable for getting stuff done.

I will be posting daily to report what I'm doing, my progress, and at the end my results.

So here goes...

Goal
To earn $500 by October 1st and build a quality, responsive list.

Plan
1. Create 3 high quality articles to first go on my website and to be used for syndication.

2. Create free report for opt-in incentive.

3. Create 10 messages to load into autoresponder series for freebie list.

4. Build website including the articles to be used for syndication, product review, additional pages, etc.

5. Create 10 messages to be loaded into autoresponder series for buyer's list.

6. Build another website to point subscribers on my buyer's list to.

7. Start contacting website owners to syndicate my articles to.

The above plan is just the gist of what I will be doing, there are a lot of minor details that I left out of the plan above BUT that I will try to include in the daily posts I make to this thread as I go along.

I would like to have steps #1-6 completed before the end of August so I can focus a lot more of my time on step #7 and building things up.

But my plan is basically to create interesting and high quality articles to be used for syndication that will drive traffic to my content-rich site in which I will encourage my site visitors to subscribe to my list.

From there I will promote a $27 ClickBank product (my commission is $18) to my freebie list and if people on that list buy the $27 product I will move those purchasers to my buyer's list and promote a $147 product (my commission is $67) to the buyer's list.

I know that's a pretty big jump from $27 to $147 but I feel that the $147 product compliments the $27 product well and hopefully my buyer's list will feel the same.

Meanwhile, I will also be creating 1 article for syndication and to go on the first website every 2 weeks...like Alexa Smith always says---it's about the quality of the articles and where they're published not the quantity.

Likewise, I will continue to add more messages to my autoresponder series for both the freebie list and buyer's list and continue to add content to both websites, especially if things are going well...

That's why I didn't want to create a ton of content for both websites and both autoresponder series, at first, until I started getting subscribers and maybe a few sales to prove that my idea/plan is viable on a small scale before scaling up my efforts.

Moreover, the reason for the tight deadline of October 1st is to really get me to focus and work harder to achieve a difficult goal but not an impossible/unrealistic goal.

A thread that I found very motivating and encouraging when it comes to the results of article syndication can be found here:

Quick Testimonial on Article Syndication/List Building

So wish me luck everyone.

Brittany

[brittlesnc]

Thanks WF moderators for approving this thread. I should've started on this challenge even before this thread was approved but I didn't so today officially begins my challenge.

Hopefully I will have what I completed today posted in this thread by tonight. Everyone wish me luck.

[RizeAcademy]

Good luck!

[Michael Levanduski]

Good luck! A few questions. If you don't want to answer all of them, I understand.

1) what is your 'money site'
2) what niche is it in (if you don't feel comfortable saying the actual URL)
3) what tools (if any) do you plan on using?
4) Do you already have a list of sites you plan on asking about for syndication? If so, how did you make that list. If not, what is your plan for coming up with sites to contact?

Finally, is there any way that you can think of to expand this challenge to include other warriors? these types of things can be very motivating!

Michael

[brittlesnc]

Originally Posted by Michael Levanduski

Good luck! A few questions. If you don't want to answer all of them, I understand.

1) what is your 'money site'
2) what niche is it in (if you don't feel comfortable saying the actual URL)
3) what tools (if any) do you plan on using?
4) Do you already have a list of sites you plan on asking about for syndication? If so, how did you make that list. If not, what is your plan for coming up with sites to contact?

Finally, is there any way that you can think of to expand this challenge to include other warriors? these types of things can be very motivating!

Michael

My apologies for not responding to you sooner and responding to this thread sooner...

1. I'd rather not say.

2. Without going into specifics it's in the skincare market.

3. No tools.

4. I have a list of 100 sites but really I'm going to be contacting quite a bit more sites than that and I'll just contact them as I find them.

The way I find these sites is by typing in keywords related to my niche and market in Google and contacting the sites that are in the results that I think will be likely to say 'yes' to using my article...it's pretty subjective I know.

Some of the keywords I use will be extremely targeted toward my niche...some not nearly as targeted but I want to cover as many bases as I can, especially if I start seeing a little success.

As for expanding the challenge so other Warriors can join...I'll either try to expand on my OP or just make a simple post saying how others Warriors can do the same in their own niche or market...haven't quite figured out how I should go about it just yet...

[brittlesnc]

Update:

Unfortunately, I have to say that I haven't accomplished nearly as much as I should've...

I finally started Monday, August 26th.

I created the 3 articles that I'm going to put on my site and use for syndication.

I'm not going to put the articles on my site just yet because I want to create content for the other pages of my site first and have the opt-in and autoresponder already set up to be included on the site...this is just my personal preference and how I like to do things when it comes to creating/building the foundation of my site.

When it came to writing my articles for my site and to increase my odds for getting the articles syndicated I used the information in the ebook Turn Words Into Traffic and the following post made by warrior Alexa Smith:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post3188316

I also recommend checking out the pictorial link in her signature for how to best write an article for maximum effect.

Moreover, an example of what Alexa thought to be a pretty good example of an article by a fellow warrior that would be good enough for syndication could be found at the following link:

http://ezinearticles.com/?IVF-Tips-T...You&id=7042805

Personally I thought that the title could've been more interesting to draw more readers in BUT the article itself was very interesting and more importantly didn't read like a dull research paper...which is important when it comes to getting your articles widely syndicated.

However, if it's good enough for Alexa it's good enough for me.

So from here on out it's working on my plan and posting what I'm doing in this thread...

I put off doing anything using the excuse of issues going on in my personal life but now it's time for me to do some serious work and getting this done, and with a lot of work and some luck I hope to hit my $500 or at least get close to that goal...

[brittlesnc]

Finishing up my short report for my freebie list, I should be done with it in the next couple of hours.

Hopefully I can keep up the momentum with this challenge but it's only DAY 2 as far as me starting with the plan I outlined for myself in the OP...so steps 1 and 2 are complete.

Still giving it some thought about how to get fellow warriors involved in this challenge right alongside me but not really certain how to go about it just yet...

I guess people could follow the plan I have outlined in the OP (making their own adjustments of course) but the plan isn't a very detailed plan and my goal may not necessarily be the goal of most warriors in the time frame I've set.

My recommendation for warriors following this thread (if there are any lol) would be to look at my plan as a basic outline...for more detail just look at posts by warrior Alexa Smith about article syndication...her posts will give you the finer points of using article syndication, email marketing and ClickBank in combination to make a steady full-time income.

[brittlesnc]

Today I created a review for the $27 I am going to promote to my freebie list. And as soon as I set up my website that will include the review, I will go back and include the link to my review in the short report I created yesterday.

Also, today I created my first 4 autoresponder series for my freebie list and for each 1 of those 4 messages I created a page on my website that ties in with that particular message. The reason for this is because I want subscribers getting in the habit of clicking links in the emails they get from me...whether it be a link with more content or a link that promotes a product.

Furthermore, for each message I created I left a little cliffhanger or teaser so that subscribers will look out for the next email in my autoresponder series to find out more.

Later on when I've created the first website I will go back and include the necessary links in those autoresponder emails that I want subscribers to click on.

As for how I plan to space out the autoresponder series...obviously they will get the first email upon sign up that will include the download link for the free report, then the 2nd email will come 2 days later, the 3rd email 3 days later, and all subsequent emails will come 4 days after the previous email...I will let subscribers know about this email schedule in the first email so there are no surprises...

Warrior Alexa Smith always comments that you should set your subscribers expectations in the first email saying how often you'll email them, that you are an affiliate and from time-to-time will recommend products (good and helpful products) to them, etc.

And something that I forgot to mention yesterday as a tip that I followed from Alexa about creating my short report was to also leave a teaser or cliffhanger in the free report to get subscribers wanting more and reading the next email in the autoresponder series.

Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to knock out the remaining 6 autoresponder emails and the content that each of those 6 emails will link to once I get the content onto the website I will create.

My goal for having steps #1-6 of the plan I posted in the OP done by the end of this month might not happen but I'm going to try even if it means I put in more time to get it done.

[brittlesnc]

Just finished up with the last 6 autoresponder emails for the freebie list...got off to a very late start but was determined to finish it before I went to bed...

Tonight I plan on having the first website for my freebie list built and to have some of the first few messages from the buyers' list autoresponder series completed.

[brittlesnc]

Today I set up the first website that I will be pointing my freebie list to. The website has the 3 articles I will be using for syndication on it plus the review for the 1st product, the additional pages of content that links in my autoresponder emails will link to, and all the other necessary pages, i.e., about me, contact info, privacy policy, etc.

And I intend to get the 3 articles I will be using for syndication indexed on my site first so I can get initial indexation before allowing other sites to syndicate the articles.

Also, I set up my autoresponder series with Aweber and put the opt-in at the top of the homepage and on the sidebar of my website.

Moreover, I was able to complete 3 email messages for my buyers' list autoresponder series and the content that those 3 messages will link to on the 2nd website that will be for subscribers on my buyers' list.

I'm still mulling over whether or not I should create "free report" to further incentive buyers of the 1st product to hop over to my buyers' list or whether the promise of "additional helpful content" for buying the 1st product will be enough...

[brittlesnc]

Just finished the remaining 7 messages for my buyers' list autoresponder series. Tomorrow (or I should really say later today as it's after midnight) I won't be able to get much accomplished because I'll be out for most of the day and night...but hopefully I can get a start on the 2nd website that will cater to my buyers' list.

At the latest I should be done with steps #1-6 by Monday and then I can move onto contacting website owners to publish 1 or all 3 of my articles, meanwhile I will be creating a new article every 2 weeks...

However, I'm debating with myself on whether to take fellow warrior myob's approach and to pump out 7 more articles for a total of 10, have them indexed on my site first (initial indexation), place the articles on ezinearticles.com after they've been indexed on my site, and THEN approaching website owners and pointing them to my "portfolio" of articles on ezinearticles.com...

Myob says that this can help with credibility and letting website owners know that I'm a serious writer on the niche/topic...not to mention I could go ahead and knock out "passive syndication" via ezinearticles.com if webmasters I haven't contacted/targeted pick up my articles through ezinearticles...

And I would still continue to add an article every 2 weeks as warrior Alexa Smith recommends approximately...and even if I don't go with myob's approach I will still put my articles on ezinearticles for "passive syndication"...

But I will make a minor change using the "punctuation trick" that Alexa recommends when putting articles on ezinearticles...it's so that when I set up Google Alerts to find out when my article has been published on another site (because website owners don't always let you know that they published 1 of your articles) I'll know that it's article that the website owner found on ezinearticles and I can contact them and ask if they'd like more articles...

[brittlesnc]

Didn't get anything accomplished Sunday because I was out all day and night and didn't get home til real late...

Today (Monday) instead of contacting website owners I actually decided that I needed to create a freebie for my buyers' list and oddly enough I found it more difficult to create a freebie for my buyers' list than the freebie for the subscribers who are going to be on my "free list," so much so that I'm kind of stuck...

I'm going to work on it some more and hopefully it will be ready tomorrow (Tuesday) and I can FINALLY begin contacting website owners about syndicating my articles.

[hustlinsmoke]

I like your plan, you seem to need a little nudging though as this is a well thought out planned but not going as well as you would like. So I am going to subscribe to this and make you accountable. I hope you finish it and if you don't make your goals on date then you can redo your goals and set for a later date.

So many quit when they dont' make goals. One there usually too high and too they get frustrated and don't like doing alot of it.

Remember you have a whole team of people here, experts in all fields and friends who just want to help. I learn from everyone everyday, weather its not to do as they do or to do something as they do.

Good luck to you.
Nick Savage
A.K.A. Hustlinsmoke

[brittlesnc]

Thanks Nick. And thanks also for answering my multitude of questions about self-hosted email marketing...I'm thinking of switching from Aweber to self-hosted email marketing even though I've already got Aweber set up.

I was thinking of a self-hosted solution to have more control over my email marketing and now would be the time to make the switch before I start getting subscribers I think...

However, it would slow me down a bit seeing as I already have Aweber set up and I'm very familiar with how it works as opposed to self-hosted email that I have no experience with and I'm not a "techie" kind of person but the advantage with self-hosting would be control and saving money.

As I'm completing the freebie report for my buyers' list today I'll make a decision on whether to stick with Aweber OR switch to a self-hosted solution...

[brittlesnc]

Finally got the freebie report done for my buyers' list...for some reason I was struggling with a little writer's block with that report...

And now to further complicate things I've decided to make the switch from Aweber to a self-hosted email marketing solution...problem is I don't have any experience with self-hosted email marketing but I figured now would be a good time to learn...

As far as this challenge goes it might come back and bite me but I like the control I get with a self-hosted solution AND the money savings is very important to me sense I'm on an extremely tight budget because of a few personal issues...

Anyway, for the next few hours I'll be tinkering around with the self-hosted solution and some of tomorrow but I will begin contacting website owners tomorrow because I really need to get started with that...

[brittlesnc]

Today could've been a bit more productive but I still got a decent amount accomplished...

After looking at a few self-hosted email marketing solutions I have decided to stick with Aweber for now (thank goodness I didn't cancel beforehand)...

I'm sticking with Aweber because a couple of the self-hosted email solutions that would've worked for me and that had the features I wanted would've cost more upfront than I currently have to invest...

So for now I'm sticking with Aweber...but once I start making a little bit of money I will use that money to invest in a good self-hosted solution...and the good thing about self-hosted solutions is that I can import my list of subscribers from Aweber to the self-hosted email solution...

Anyway, today I emailed 30 website owners...should've been more but I was busy with other things...

The way I found these 30 website owners was via Google search...I typed in a few keyword phrases for my particular niche and 1-by-1 I looked through the sites that I came up for the searches I did...

I contacted website owners that I thought were likely to say 'yes' and who I thought would be open to/interested in my articles...

So from here on out I will be contacting website owners and creating articles for syndication and to go on my website.

I'm still debating on whether to do what fellow warrior myob suggests and create 7 more articles in a shorter period of time, get those articles indexed on my site and after they've been indexed submit them to ezinearticles.com, and then approach website owners via email with 1-2 articles as sample(s) and then a link to my other articles on ezinearticles.com...

OR just create 1 article every 2 weeks like warrior Alexa Smith suggests...

However, I know not only will I be contacting website owners but I will be following up with website owners who have said 'yes' to getting articles from me (obviously) and website owners who don't reply back...

[brittlesnc]

Today I contacted 57 website owners to ask about syndicating my articles...

So far I got no replies from the 30 I sent yesterday but I'll give it another day or 2 before I reconnect with those 30 website owners I contacted to see if I can get a reply from any of them...

[brittlesnc]

Contacted 43 website owners...

Today I heard back from some of the website owners I previously contacted...11 to be exact and of the 11 I heard back from it looks like 2 of them MIGHT be open to getting articles from me...so fingers crossed...

[warriorforumguest]

good luck!

[brittlesnc]

Slacked off a bit today with emailing website owners but I still managed to send out 32 emails...haven't gotten any replies from previous website owners I've contacted.

Tomorrow I will begin reconnecting with website owners I've already contacted...

[brittlesnc]

Today was pretty easy...I just contacted 100 of the website owners that didn't get back to me.

I'm going to get better organized and have an actual system for contacting website owners and THEN re-contacting website owners who don't reply back to my email...

Moreover, I will analyze the wording of emails that do get replies (I have been really consistent with the wording of my emails) and try to incorporate that into future emails to website owners.

And I'm still considering creating another 7 articles in advance, getting those articles indexed to my site, putting them on Ezinearticles and then pointing potential syndication partners (website owners) to those articles on Ezinearticles as a kind of "portfolio" so that they can see what "I've got."

[marketingcode]

Good luck on your challenge!

[The Herm]

Hey, I love what you're doing here admire your motivation with reaching out to those website owners. It looks like you've contacted a ton of people and I'm totally rooting for you!

I know contacting website owners can be tough and it's really a numbers game but, have you tried connecting with them on social media or building a relationship with them via comments on their site?

I realize this might not be possible in every case and would be a bit more work for you - just a suggestion to maybe get on their radar a bit, let them know you're a real person and not some no name, no face SEO company doing "outreach".

Looking forward to reading more of your progress!

[brittlesnc]

Today I decided to go ahead and create 7 more articles for my website and for syndication...I finished 1 article and I am in the middle of a 2nd article...hopefully in a day or 2 (3 days at the most) they will be finished.

And as I finish the articles I will be posting and getting them indexed on my site. Plus I will also be submitting all 10 of my articles (the 3 original articles plus the 7 new ones) to Ezinearticles so when I contact more website owners I can point them to my "portfolio" of articles on Ezinearticles...hopefully this will show them that I'm serious like fellow warrior myob suggests...

In the meantime, I will still continue to contact website owners, just less of them at a time until I've got the 7 additional articles indexed on my site AND once all 10 have been approved by Ezinearticles, then I will step it up again as far as the number of website owners I contact are concerned.

As for good news...2 of the website owners that I thought MIGHT publish my articles have agreed to do so the next chance they get (both owners have a schedule of when they publish articles and unfortunately they don't publish articles on a daily basis or else my article would be getting published to their site sooner) and they have agreed to publish any future articles I create if the articles are to their liking...

AND it looks like 3 more might be joining the other 2 in agreeing to publish my articles to their site...not certain how much traffic these sites will generate to my site OR what this will mean in terms of subscribers but hopefully all goes well...

BUT I will let everyone know how much traffic and how many subscribers I generate...fingers crossed.

[Trey Morgan]

This is very motivating to see your consistency in posting to this thread. Keep it up man I'm rooting for you!

[brittlesnc]

Originally Posted by tvon

This is very motivating to see your consistency in posting to this thread. Keep it up man I'm rooting for you!

Thanks...

However, today wasn't quite as productive as I would like...admittedly I could've gotten more done if I hadn't been reading over posts by warriors Alexa Smith, myob and JohnMcCabe about article marketing/syndication...my purpose was to find some tips and/or insights about syndication that I might have missed from previous occasions of reading...

I did, with much struggle, manage to finish the 2nd article I had started on last night...now I'm currently working on the 3rd article of the 7 I would like to add to my site and syndication efforts...

BUT I'm having a bit of writers block and it's going slower than I would like...

Anyway, I contacted 13 website owners about syndicating my articles that I have thus far...and I'm waiting on approval from Ezinearticles on the articles I've submitted thus far...I'll probably be getting a response from Ezinearticles in the coming days...

Also, of the 3 website owners I mentioned yesterday that MIGHT be interested in syndicating my articles 1 has gotten back to me and said 'yes' and will be publishing my article sometime next week...

[brittlesnc]

Didn't get as much accomplished today as I would like...finished article 3 but haven't even started on article 4.

Also, my first 3 articles were approved over at Ezinearticles.com...and the 2 articles of the 7 I want to add to my site have been indexed so I'm submitting those 2 to Ezinearticles as well for approval...hopefully I can get some "passive syndication" from having them on Ezinearticles as well as using it as a sort of a "portfolio" when I contact website owners.

Today I only got around to contacting 10 website owners...my internet had been going in and out all day...a problem that started last night a little bit but it got worse today and that was partially to blame for me not getting as much done as I would like...the other part of the problem was me slacking off a bit today...

[brittlesnc]

My apologies for not posting yesterday...my internet was out and I couldn't post...

However, yesterday I completed article 4 because I had already gotten the information/research for that article before my internet went out...but I was unable to email any website owners for that day...

Today I worked on article 5 but I'm having a bit of trouble wording it the way I want and making it an interesting but factual article...I don't want to read like a boring/dry report but so far no luck...this article may take a bit of time...

Also, I only managed to email 10 website owners...

And unfortunately I the few replies I got today were from website owners who either said that they want 'unique' content that hadn't been published elsewhere or even a couple of website owners flat out said they weren't interested...

But for the website owners that said they want "unique content" I'm going to make a note of that and contact them again...fellow warrior myob says that sometimes that response is a bit of a "smoke screen" to discourage spammers...check out the following posts made by myob:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6275570

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6276526

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6276861

[zombiehunter]

I learned a great deal in here. I will keep track of your progress. All the best!

[brittlesnc]

Today was fairly productive...I finished article 5 and I'm working on article 6...

Ezinearticles has accepted the first 2 articles of the 7...article 3 was submitted to them yesterday (since it was indexed on my site already) so I'm waiting for approval on that and I'll submit articles 4 and 5 to Ezinearticles as soon as they have been indexed on my own site...

Also, I emailed 20 website owners today about syndicating my articles...

On a downside, today I got more website owners that responded that they're only interested in 'unique' content not published anywhere else...but I'll come back to those guys later as fellow warrior myob suggests...

[globalwritersdirect]

No sales yet?

[brittlesnc]

Originally Posted by globalwritersdirect

No sales yet?

Nope, not yet...haven't even generated any traffic to my site as of yet or gotten any subscribers...

So it's looking like more than likely I won't hit my goal of $500 by October BUT I will probably start another challenge/goal in which I just change the deadline that I get to $500...

Maybe I'll start a new thread where my new challenge will be to hit $1K by December 1st since I have everything set up already, will have contacted more website owners and gotten the chance to generate a decent amount of traffic by that time...

But for now I am going to continue continuing on with this current challenge...and even though I probably won't hit my goal by the deadline I'm glad I started this challenge because it FINALLY got me to start working instead of just reading and sitting around twiddling my thumbs.

[The Herm]

Looking good Brittany, you've built up a lot of momentum - keep it going! All the work that you are doing right now will pay off later, even if you don't hit your goal by October. I'm looking forward to keeping up with your progress.

[brittlesnc]

Today wasn't quite as productive as I would've liked but I'm definitely happy to be finished with article 6 because it actually came out really good...if I do say so myself.

Also, I contacted 17 website owners.

I'm still waiting on article 3 to be approved by Ezinearticles...and I will submit articles 4 and 5 to Ezinearticles tomorrow since I fully expect those 2 articles to be indexed on my site by then but if not I'll submit articles 4 and 5 once they've been indexed to my site first...

[FerdinandF]

Just keep going. Sometimes it might seem like nothing is happening but once you reach that "snowball effect" things will start happening quickly. I just have one golden rule I follow, provide value.

[danr62]

Thanks for posting this thread. It motivated me to get back on the ball with syndication since like you I've been reading all of Alexa's and the other experts posts but haven't taken much action with it.

I do have someone who agreed to syndicate my articles a couple of years ago but I just haven't been proactive about writing those articles. Just the other day I wrote one and sent it to her. She published it this morning and I already have about 28 views and 13 opt-ins.

This might not sound like much but I normally get about 1 opt-in per day.

I'm not that good at converting those opt-ins to sales yet, so I have to work on that.

[brittlesnc]

Originally Posted by danr62

Thanks for posting this thread. It motivated me to get back on the ball with syndication since like you I've been reading all of Alexa's and the other experts posts but haven't taken much action with it.

I do have someone who agreed to syndicate my articles a couple of years ago but I just haven't been proactive about writing those articles. Just the other day I wrote one and sent it to her. She published it this morning and I already have about 28 views and 13 opt-ins.

This might not sound like much but I normally get about 1 opt-in per day.

I'm not that good at converting those opt-ins to sales yet, so I have to work on that.

Good job! You're already off to a decent start...just continue to offer her more articles over time...which really is the point of article syndication in the first place...to connect/build relationships with publishers/website owners so they will continuously accept articles from you which will in turn generate traffic to your site, from there subscribers and ultimately sales.

Actually you're off to an even better start than me because you already had site visitors as a direct result of your article syndication efforts (which actually didn't take you a whole lot of effort lol) and although the number of visitors were low you got 13 subscribers (which is an opt-in rate of roughly 45%). So nice going!

[brittlesnc]

Today I didn't get a lot done...I'm still working on article 7 but the good thing is that it's the last article of the 7 additional articles I wanted to complete...but it probably won't be completed to my satisfaction until tomorrow...

Also, article 3 was approved by Ezinearticles today and articles 4 and 5 have been indexed on my site so I will be submitting those 2 articles to Ezinearticles shortly...

As for article 6 I will wait for it to be indexed in the next day or 2 and I will be submitting it to Ezinearticles for approval...and the same will be done for article 7 when it's completed and indexed on my site...

Moreover, I emailed 15 website owners today about syndicating my articles. Probably tomorrow I will start to reconnect with some website owners that I haven't reconnected with to make sure they got my email with the sample article and to again find out if they're interested in getting future articles from me.

Furthermore, tomorrow I'm going to take it upon myself to create a better system for emailing website owners/publishers so that I'm more organized and email potential syndication partners in a more organized and systematic manner...

So I have an emailing system in which I contact new website owners, reconnect with website owners who have failed to reply to email or who "claim" to want 'unique' content not published anywhere else, and providing future articles to publishers who have said 'yes' to syndicating my articles...

[danr62]

I wanted to post an update about my syndicated article yesterday. The article sent 53 clicks and something like 30 of them opted in (32 viewed the page in my Wordpress stats, GA says there were 29 goal completions, Aweber says 30 opt-ins).

[brittlesnc]

Originally Posted by danr62

I wanted to post an update about my syndicated article yesterday. The article sent 53 clicks and something like 30 of them opted in (32 viewed the page in my Wordpress stats, GA says there were 29 goal completions, Aweber says 30 opt-ins).

Well it sounds like you know how to get people to opt-in that's for sure.

I hope that I can get a high percentage of website visitors to opt-in to my list as you have gotten.

[danr62]

Originally Posted by brittlesnc

Well it sounds like you know how to get people to opt-in that's for sure.

I hope that I can get a high percentage of website visitors to opt-in to my list as you have gotten.

Nah, I have a headline that is probably not that great, an ugly ebook 3d cover image, and an opt-in form with no body copy. It would probably convert 5% on cold traffic.

The power of syndication is that you are being endorsed by someone the reader already trusts. Warm traffic like this just converts better.

[eadviser]

I write 'Guest Posts' for clients from time to time. One thing that I have learned over the years is that it's not easy to convince website owners to publish your article. Even when they say yes, they always ask for unique content.

Here is something that you can do...

1. Search for Blogs in your niche that accept guest posts.

2. Email them and tell them that you want to write for them, BUT ask them if they would like to share a topic with you. Since blog and website owners need unique content, a lot of them will happily provide you with a topic.

I hope this practice will help you convince more website / blog owners to publish your articles.

[brittlesnc]

Still working on article 7 but it will be most likely be completed before I turn in for the night.

As for creating a system for emailing website owners/publishers I think I have 1 down that's not too bad...

Also, I submitted articles 4 and 5 to Ezinearticles so I'll be waiting for those to be approved...still waiting on article 6 to be indexed before submitting it to Ezinearticles...

Fixed up my Ezinearticles profile a bit so it's a bit more polished and professional so when I do get all 10 of my articles approved by Ezinearticles (hopefully) I can not only provide a sample or 2 of my articles in emails to website owners/publishers but I can provide a link to that Ezinearticles profile that will include my articles, author accomplishments and more information about myself...not to mention it will hopefully demonstrate that I'm serious...

Didn't get a whole lot accomplished today but after I complete article 7 I'll be able to focus more on contacting potential syndication partners (website owners/publishers)...but I will continue to publish a new article to my website and Ezinearticles profile (once it's been indexed on my site 1st) every 2 weeks...

Email a minimum of 20 new website owners per day...reconnect with those 20 website owners if I don't hear back from them in 3 days...and from there if they still don't reply keep trying off and on for a few months...or until they respond with a 'yes,' 'no,' or until they say to quit bugging them...

For the ones that reply but want 'unique' content not published anywhere else I will do as warrior myob suggests and be truthful about it being an article that will be syndicated but to keep sending them articles until 1 really resonates with them and they publish it anyway (not caring that it's syndicated) or until I've sent articles over a few months time and they still haven't said 'yes' and I quit sending them articles to use...

For the ones that flat out say 'no' I just move on and stop emailing them with my articles...

The biggest factor with working with emailing website owners/publishers more systematically will be tracking who I've emailed, when I emailed them, what their response(s) is, and how often I've emailed them...I know it's not perfect but at least it will probably be a bit more organized than what I've been doing...

[brittlesnc]

Oh and I almost forgot to mention that 1 of the 3 website owners that have said 'yes' to publishing my articles is going to use 1 of my articles and publish it to their site on Friday...and that they want to use a couple of my other articles as well...

The other 2 haven't set down a concrete date for publishing any of my content yet...not certain why they haven't but there's nothing I can do about it but hope they publish my content sooner rather than later. :p

[danr62]

Good luck! I'll be checking in Friday to see what happens with that article.

[brittlesnc]

It was a bit of a struggle but I finally got article 7 done.

Also, I emailed 26 website owners today...but on a bad note I got replies from a few website owners (9 to be exact) I've emailed that have said they're not interested...

Moreover, still waiting on article 6 to be indexed to my website and also waiting on approval of articles 4 and 5 by Ezinearticles...but now I've just posted article 7 to my website so I'll be waiting for that article to get indexed as well...

[ignmmulia]

Good luck bro

[brittlesnc]

Today I emailed 47 website owners...and I also heard back from the 2 other website owners today...1 is going to publish 1 of my articles on Monday and the other will be publishing 1 of my articles on either Tuesday or Wednesday...

Also, I'm glad that I checked over the analytics for my site because it wasn't set up properly...

Moreover, articles 4 and 5 were approved by Ezinearticles, and article 6 and surprisingly article 7 is already indexed on my site so I will be submitting articles 6 and 7 to Ezinearticles for approval...and then I'll be able to use my Ezinearticles profile as a kind of 'marketing tool' to market my articles and myself to website owners when I contact them via email.

So tomorrow is going to be interesting in seeing how much traffic I get and how many opt-ins...I hope it's a decent amount...I don't expect thousands or even hundreds of visitors to flood my site but it would be nice to bare minimum get a few dozen (to start) and to get a few subscribers...

Wish me luck guys.

[davaone1]

We are all rooting for you bro. I wish you the best of luck and I will be keeping very close tabs on your progress from now on.

[brittlesnc]

Ok...moment of truth lol...

Today I got 103 visitors from the site that syndicated my article and of those visitors I got 17 opt-ins...I was hoping for more opt-ins but it's not bad (remember my visitors are clicking through to a site with content not a squeeze page)...

Once I get more visitors to the site I might have a better idea of my visitor to opt-in rate...but I obviously have quite a bit of room for improvement as far as the opt-in rate...could be 1 or more reasons why my opt-in rate isn't higher...the appearance itself of the opt-in...the freebie offer...I guess the copy to entice visitors to subscribe...I might test a few changes later on...

Also, today I contacted 31 website owners...however, no replies today from any website owners I've previously emailed...but I'll reconnect with some of them in the coming days...

And I don't know why I just realized this but I also need to create more messages for my autoresponder series, especially the autoresponder series for my 'freebie' list...can't believe that almost slipped my mind lol :p

So from here on out I will not only be contacting as many website owners as I can and creating a new article for my website and for syndication but I will also be creating messages for both my autoresponder series (but for now mainly the autoresponder series for my 'freebie' list)...