PLR - I have 19000 articles, what do do with them?

by icun
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Hi all,

I have 19000 PLR articles and I can't decide what to do with them all and dont want them to just sit on my hard drive.

I have used a couple for niche sites but I was thinking of selling them as 1 big zip file of PLR, what do you think? Would you buy something like that?

Another idea I had was to code an application in PHP where all the PLR is in an easily searchable and accessible system with a database. That way, it would be easy to manage your PLR. I know a problem I have had is drilling through all the directories to find the stuff I need.

Cheers,
Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
    19,000 Articles?

    How long (word count) are these articles generally?

    ...that is ALOT of articles....

    A friend of mine is earning upwards of $1,000+ consistently, each month, with around 300 articles, just from revenue share....

    Perhaps you could consider hosting them on a platform?

    Originally Posted by icun View Post

    Hi all,

    I have 19000 PLR articles and I can't decide what to do with them all and dont want them to just sit on my hard drive.

    I have used a couple for niche sites but I was thinking of selling them as 1 big zip file of PLR, what do you think? Would you buy something like that?

    Another idea I had was to code an application in PHP where all the PLR is in an easily searchable and accessible system with a database. That way, it would be easy to manage your PLR. I know a problem I have had is drilling through all the directories to find the stuff I need.

    Cheers,
    Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    I'd say most are over 500 words anyway, not really too sure as there are so many.

    I just see that a problem I have now myself might be something other people who have PLR content have - organising it, finding good quality stuff in what you have and storing it (including storing respun articles, manually rewritten articles, articles combined into ane book....split into a course etc.)

    At the moment, I wont have time to work on developing something for 5-6 weeks from now but in the meantime, do you think it would be a viable idea to put these up as Warrior Forum Classified advert with a $xx for xxx number of articles?
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by icun View Post

      I'd say most are over 500 words anyway, not really too sure as there are so many.

      I just see that a problem I have now myself might be something other people who have PLR content have - organising it, finding good quality stuff in what you have and storing it (including storing respun articles, manually rewritten articles, articles combined into ane book....split into a course etc.)

      At the moment, I wont have time to work on developing something for 5-6 weeks from now but in the meantime, do you think it would be a viable idea to put these up as Warrior Forum Classified advert with a for xxx number of articles?
      oh boy....I wouldn't sell any of those articles, icun....but, that's just me....

      I'd head right over to Info Barrel and host them all there and earn a 90% revenue share for lifetime residuals there....seriously....I would....
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    Well I acquired this collection off someone recently enough and to be honest, it has just sat here on my PC as I have been very busy.

    Did you write all of them yourself?
    Sorry, didn't clarify - none of these were written by me, I just have them all now and want to do something with them that will be automated and passive if possible....
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  • Profile picture of the author nizldy
    Originally Posted by icun View Post

    Hi all,

    I have 19000 PLR articles and I can't decide what to do with them all and dont want them to just sit on my hard drive.

    I have used a couple for niche sites but I was thinking of selling them as 1 big zip file of PLR, what do you think? Would you buy something like that?

    Another idea I had was to code an application in PHP where all the PLR is in an easily searchable and accessible system with a database. That way, it would be easy to manage your PLR. I know a problem I have had is drilling through all the directories to find the stuff I need.

    Cheers,
    Martin
    Hi Martin,

    I actually like the ideas you came up with. I had not thought of those.

    The speed of things that pile up quickly can be shocking, can't it? Oh, my gosh. Don't despair, though. Have you gone through all of the possibilities and closely examined them to see which is the best option for ROI in terms of time and money? Just some quick thoughts I have are:

    Add them to your blog/blogs.
    Create a newsletter.
    Put out a special report.
    Offer an Ecourse.
    Off line, there is direct mailing if you have a list of addresses.
    Using PLR for a podcast it neat, too in that you already have your script!
    Can be used in a You Tube vid.
    Of course, make Ebooks.

    Just tossing out some ideas that first came to mind. I do understand that time is money, so whatever fits into your business model is what is best for you time and money-wise, of course.

    HTH

    Take care,
    Rosie
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    Thanks for the replies guys.

    Some good ideas Rosie. They are a bit time intensive for me at the moment as this is just part time for me, I have another full time career (at the moment anyway!)

    I'd head right over to Info Barrel and host them all there and earn a 90% revenue share for lifetime residuals there....seriously....I would....
    Hadn't heard of this site, I'll go and check it out. Is a good place to earn some residual income? That would appeal to me and then, once I get time, I can work on some other stuff.
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      I have to tread cautiously here, icun, because I did complete a project two months or so that is associated with it.

      In my defence, though, I joined that site and began submitting content way back in August 2009....and promoted it long before that. Their growth has been nothing short of staggering....and, I attribute that to the genius behind the management, the innovative platform incentivization and functionality, and, of course, their very generous revenue share (75-90% lifetime residuals on Adsense, Chitika, Amazon, etc....)

      I can show you graphs from Quantcast, Compete, and Alexa until the cows come home....lol

      (Compare their revenue share to HubPages' 60%, Squidoo's tiered payment arrangement, etc...)

      I can give you more facts on the earning's potential there, if you'd like....

      With 19,000+ articles, if they are even somewhat decent, I really bet you can earn thousands a month, and the sky is the limit when it is a PR8 website, and your articles have matured....

      Originally Posted by icun View Post

      Thanks for the replies guys.

      Some good ideas Rosie. They are a bit time intensive for me at the moment as this is just part time for me, I have another full time career (at the moment anyway!)

      Hadn't heard of this site, I'll go and check it out. Is a good place to earn some residual income? That would appeal to me and then, once I get time, I can work on some other stuff.
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    • Profile picture of the author Vogin
      19000 articles... well, first of all, you should somehow get them categorized, so that you know what exactly do you have, that should be your priority...
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  • Profile picture of the author Sandycmy
    The answer to this seems to be both simple and very complicated !

    There are some people who are selling 110000 articles for a few dollars -- all PLR ! I'm sure you know about them I too have them on my hard drive.

    1) All I plan is to segregate them, organize them, prioritize them,
    polish them ..
    2) Buy some excellent adsense wordpress templates
    3) and then upload to websites/blogs and

    expect lots of money ........... I understand that's not the case, there is something still missing.

    I have even gone through some PLR courses which teach what to do with PLR .. LOL

    Still not convinced. The bottom line is people should find it really useful ( I know I'm not Wikipedia)

    When it's useful to readers we should NOT be too much in the CTR Race, because many of the templates out there just distract readers ! Once they get distracted you might make some money, however you can be guaranteed that it's not going be continual.

    I hope this thread can help us out to find --- THAT missing Link !
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      There's also the question of whether you have resale rights for the articles or not.

      If I acquired that many PLR articles at one time I would assume they were already widely distributed.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    I'd head right over to Info Barrel and host them all there and earn a 90% revenue share for lifetime residuals there....seriously....I would....
    They allow you to put PLR on there?
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    Maybe they are, I don't know but they do have resale rights.
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    Almost all of them are categorised already.

    This is kind of what I was thinking of with the thread (and maybe should be 2 seperate threads). The organisation of PLR content must surely be a problem for a lot of people, would that be right? I'm a PHP developer amongst other things and was thinking of working on an application to sell maybe as a WSO.

    What to do with my own pile of PLR articles is just something else I was musing over.
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    Ok, well I'll look into info barrell for my own original articles or rewrite some of these and maybe sell these seperately or something.
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by icun View Post

      Ok, well I'll look into info barrell for my own original articles or rewrite some of these and maybe sell these seperately or something.
      I know there's a thin line here, but if you can rewrite them so much so to the point that they are completely original....it'll take a bit more work and effort....but, I'd do it....it will be WELL worth it....

      But, just be weary of the TOS of sites like Info Barrel....they will require all original articles....

      If you ever want to host them there, I can give the owners (Ryan/Kevin) a heads up....I speak to them frequently. Real stand up guys.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        If you decide to use them yourself, here's a tip for you.

        I'll take 3-10 PLR articles that are in the same topic - copy them into a worddoc and then use "summarize" in worddoc tools.

        That highlights the sentences with keywords it's easy to simply write quickly using the highlighted sentences in your own words - and end up with one unique article.

        kay
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  • Profile picture of the author Sandycmy
    Hi Thanks x3xsolxdierx3x ,

    Infobarrel is an interesting concept. Could you share more what we can do with PLR/original articles?
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    Some good info on this thread, glad I started it!

    Stepping away from infobarrell for a second - how much would you pay for 19000 articles?
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    They cover all kinds of topics.....lasik, teeth whitening, home and contruction, marketing, landscaping, las vegas, law, mexican vacations, cholesterol, mountain biking, moving house, pregnancyskin care......100's of topics!

    I don't really want to give away what I paid if I plan to sell them.
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    On infobarrell, can you link to affiliate products? I have a website that redirects straight to a clickbank product that I use in my resource box on ezinearticles.
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  • Profile picture of the author theultimate1
    19,000 articles...

    You plan to sell xxx number of articles for $xx. I'd hate to say this, but I better warn you - Forget It! There are tens of people (at any given point) selling 100,000+ articles for less than $10. Chances are pretty high what you have is from the same lot.

    However, the articles could still be very valuable. Here's what I've done (once or twice in the past) and will be doing again in the coming weeks... Take 10 articles from a hot niche, rewrite them completely to make them 100% unique, and passed by Copyscape. Sell each pack (of 10 articles - each preferrably 400+ words long) for $10 [or $7 or $8], and limit your sale to 10 copies. Cash in a cool $100. :Bling: :Bling: :Bling:

    However, be mentally prepared... You may not always make 10 sales of every pack in a day, in a week or even a month. Heck, at times, you may not sell even one pack. And in these cases, use Plan B. If you haven't made any sales from a pack at all, submit the articles to revenue sharing sites (I'm not a member at InfoBarrel yet, but it sounds pretty good to me too). If you've made 9 sales and are pretty content with $90 [or $63 or $72, as the case may be], rewrite the articles from the last (10th) pack again (or you could even do it after you've sold 10 copies too LOL) and submit it to the rev. sharing site.

    There ya go... 19,000 articles. 10 articles selling 10 times, each for $10 = $100. That's 19,000/10 = 1900 packs of 10 articles each. 1900 x $100 = A GRAND FRIGGIN' POTENTIAL $190,000. FTC wants me to say you might make less than 1% of that amount [LOL, I'm sorry to bleep the FTC rule up... I don't even know what the rule is, as of now :p], but hey look at the potential. It's HUGE.

    Let me know what you would decide to do with it.

    But selling them for $xx?! I'm not sure you'd have many buyers. You could always try though. All The Best
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    Yeah, I have seen the "9 million articles for 10 cents" type offers so dont think my 19000 would compete. Think I'll work on rewriting them and adding them to infobarrell as well as making some original article packs. I know theres something better than just letting them sit on my PC.
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  • Profile picture of the author icun
    I think I'll start rewriting them and go with infobarrell for some, article packs for others and see how it goes.
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