Comments on: Article Marketing is About as Dead as a Hundred Dollar Bill

By: Courtney Ramirez

Courtney Ramirez — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:09:37 +0000

Thank goodness! Although I’ve stayed quite busy with my $15 to $30 prices, there are still a lot of people who wonder why I don’t write for $5. Quality writing is always going to be more valuable…and I’m glad that Ezine articles is starting to see that. I agree with Hunter…what I’ve seen there has been downright pitiful.

Can’t wait to see more of this series! And huzzah for quality writing coming back to the forefront!

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:27:19 +0000

I recently started writing articles for EzineArticles. I thought it was funny how much they emphasize quality content and an extensive review process, while a quick look through their archives turned up more spam than you can shake a stick at.

I think 400 words is a perfectly fair minimum. It’s possible to communicate something of value in fewer words, but it just doesn’t happen often. Setting the bar at 400 will hopefully scare away the people who can’t be bothered to put in a modicum of effort.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:27:44 +0000

I knew you were busy. Busy is good though. Can’t wait to hear the maniacal laughing.

You make such excellent points in regards to the editing that goes on with an el cheapo article.

A lot of IM’ers have this fantasy that they can get everything for cut rate prices, or put forth BS work, and make a million dollars overnight. (yawn!)

As with any other form of online marketing, if you do things right the first time, you don’t have to worry about doing it 100 times.

Writing a few really good articles is better than distributing 200 articles that really don’t say anything. The Google rank for the good articles alone makes the extra effort worth it. I’ve got 6-7 year old articles that still deliver traffic. Quality pieces, not articles that could lose street credibility with the next Google update.

So maybe I’m old fashioned in that way, but so be it.

Alexis

By: Isabella "Niche Lady" Murphy

Isabella "Niche Lady" Murphy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:05:17 +0000

Sorry to hear you’ve been sick. I’m in the middle of a few projects and I’m absolutely *drowning* in the production process. It’s all good – another week of pushin’ it and I should be laughing maniacally soon

Woo – I got mentioned! On the great Queen DBO’s blog? *fans self* OK, ego moment over.

Moving on – yes, I really think that people are waking up to the fact that $5 for 500 word articles are not cutting it anymore. I’ve explained to my little circle that these articles are usually more expensive in the long run. When’s the last time you’ve purchased a $5 article that didn’t require massive editing? That didn’t have to be rewritten? That passes Copyscape?

The articles that people find the most intriguing are the ones that have great lead-ins, that flow beautifully, and feel more cohesive and put together than a crochet blanket.

Can you buy a $5 quilt? Sure you could – but I highly doubt it would be of fantastic quality. The work that goes into one of those masterpieces is similar to what goes into a good article. Open up a magazine sometime – that’s where we’re going online. I already see it, and I highly doubt someone’s going to realistically write a piece of that length, style, and depth for $0.01/word.