Before we even start writing articles for submission to ezine directories, bear in mind  that as far as internet marketing is concerned we write because that is part of the business. We are not writing for the sake of writing or because we love to write!

It’s a bonus if you happened to be a great writer and love to write, but that’s another story. As internet marketers, we write articles for submission to ezines to get our websites indexed by search engines so that web surfers may be able to find us. If you submit your articles to ezines, and people like your article, they may CLICK the link(s) that you put in your resource box. And when they click that, they will go to your website and see what you have to offer!

So it’s important to have something to offer in your websites. It could be :-

• offer to opt in for your free weekly newsletter
• download free ebooks / reports
• visit  affiliate links site that you’re promoting

It’s pays to focus on these when writing your articles for submission. You wouldn’t want your visitors to click back button because they can’t find anything interesting to make them want to stay on your webpage.

So How To Write Articles that editors Will Love ?

It’s important to give Editors of ezines what they want otherwise they won’t get your articles published!. If they don’t like what you wrote then you can’t do much but to have your articles re-written and re-submitted again.

So how to write articles for submission that editors will love? Well, you may follow the tips below.

1. Submit “original content” articles (preferably 500-700 words long). Although 500-700 word articles are optimal, some ezines directories may also accept articles between 400-1500 words.
2. Use your keywords in your titles and body content (use your keywords at least once in each 80-100 words) as well as in your “article summary” section. Doing these will help improve your chances of your article being found. So it’s worth to plan ahead on how to make your articles keyword -rich.
3. No mention of “By: Author Name” in the title (you get this down later in your Resource Box). It should be about 3-6 lines long and should be written in the third person as they look more professional and bring more traffic to your site(s). You can also put your affiliate links in the resource box as most Article Directories will NOT allow you to include any direct Affiliate Links in the articles.
4. Don’t write your articles like sales letters with all those sales pitch or with excessive self-promotion.
5. Make sure your article is interesting and informative. Informative articles are well received and that include strategies, how-to’s,tips, case-studies, ideas, opinions, reviews,tricks and commentaries. Normally readers will ask “What’s in it for me?” and ”will this benefit me?’ and are more responsive to this kind of articles.
6. Format your article to 60 characters in width and use a text editor to get rid of all word processor’s formatting
7. Let your text wrap naturally. Use the [Enter] key only after you’ve completed a paragraph. Leave an empty line between paragraphs.
8. Your articles must not contain ‘illegal or immoral’ information or have elements that promote hate or violence
9. Don’t submit the same article twice to the same directory but you may do so only after making minor “tweaks” to them
10. It would be better for the first letter of the words in the title to be in capital except for minor words eg ‘and’, ‘is’, etc
11. Titles are not expected to have quotes around them so avoid using them.
12. Ttiles should not have any punctuation marks including period and especially double exclamation marks!!
13. Don’t use any HTML coding in your Title
14. Author name must be in full (First and Last Name or First Initial, Last Name) although some directories allow the use of pen names. Don’t include any title (i.e. Dr., MD, PhD, etc.) with your name
15. Generally you can have up to three (3) live links in your article body but these should be “resource” links and not link to your own sites
16. Your articles should be listed in the proper category and or sub-category. This makes it easier for Ezine Publishers and Webmasters to find your articles.

Try them. Your have higher chances of getting your articles widely distributed and bring endless traffics to your site(s).