Creating Great Author Bios

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How To Submit Articles Online The SEO Content Solutions Way!

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How To Submit Articles Online

The SEO Content Solutions Way!

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We submit to 4 different article directories

Article Marketer

eZine Articles

Go Articles

Article Alley

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General Submission Info

Articles a file title that includes “AM” are submitted to Article Marketer

Articles with a file title that includes “eZine” go to

eZine ArticleGo ArticleArticle Alley

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Submitting to Article Marketer

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Submitting to Article Marketer

Log in to article marketer

Click the big “submit an article” button

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Copy and Paste Text From the Word Doc Into the Correct Fields

The “brief description” is notated as “summary” on the Word doc (don’t include the word “summary”)

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The “about the author” section is critical because this is where the links are. If the links aren’t right - the article has no value to the client and that can be a disaster!

The Very, Very Important “About the Author” Section

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DELETE the default text in the “about the author” section.

Copy the “without HTML” author bio into the “text only field

Copy the “with HTML” author bio into the “with HTML” field

The Very, Very Important “About the Author” Section

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Choosing Categories

Choose up to 3 categories that relate to the article

These must relate to the article, otherwise, the article will be sent back and ask you to choose another category.

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Enter Keywords and SubmitEnter keywords related to the article separated by commas. (These should be on the word doc)

Ignore the “auto pilot” section

Accept the agreements and click “next”

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Reviewing Your ArticleNext, you will be taken to this page to proof your article.

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It is very common to see gobbly gook like this:

Reviewing Your Article

This is due to formatting issues when converting apostrophes and dashes from Word to AM. Take note of these, then click “next”

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After clicking “next” you will be directed to this page. Click the “Visit your Author Account Page” link.

Getting Rid of Gobbly Gook

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Click the “edit” button next to the title

Replace the gobbly gook with an apostrophe, quote mark, or dash

Scroll down and click “save changes.”

Getting Rid of Gobbly Gook

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Check HTML Links

Click the title of the article

Scroll down to the “About the Author (HTML)” part and click “render this HTML” to check the links.

(It should look like this)

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Submitting to eZine

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Under “Article Manager” click “submit a new article

Select a category

Enter keywords

Enter title

Enter Summary

Submitting to eZine

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Before copying and pasting from Word, make sure the page looks like this.

You want the WYSIWYG editor OFF when pasting in text.

Submitting to eZine

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AFTER copying in the text, you can turn the WYSIWYG editor ON to enable the visual editor.

Submitting to eZine

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Using the Visual editor, highlight the subheadings and make them bold.

Submitting to eZine

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Copy the HTML version of the author bio into the Author Sig box.

Agree to the guidelines and submit

Submitting to eZine

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Submitting to Go Articles

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Click “Submit Articles” at the top of the page

Log in

On the next page, click “add new article”

Submitting to Go Articles

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Enter the Title

Enter the author name

Enter the author bio WITH HTML

Submitting to Go Articles

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To make subheadings bold, wrap <b></b> tags around them

Select category and click “preview”

Submitting to Go Articles

If everything looks ok, click “Add Article”

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Submitting to Article Alley

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Click the Author Area link and login

Submitting to Article Alley

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wrap subheadings in <b></b> tags to bold

There is no “about the author field - the HTML version must be added to the bottom of the article.

Submitting to Article Alley