EzineArticles Tutorial

EzineArticles.com is the most popular article directory online. Thousands of online marketers focus on submitting dozens of highly targeted articles into the ever-growing database available at EzineArticles.com every single day.   As a way of generating free traffic to squeeze and landing pages, there is no better method than article marketing.

To begin, you will need to sign up for a free Ezine Articles account. You can do so by visiting: http://www.EzineArticles.com

Step 1: On the registration page you will need to fill in your complete information, including your name, email address, website URL, and your password. Use a unique password on each article directory website, for security reasons. Once you have filled in the registration form, your account will be instantly created.  Click on the “Members Login” link to log into the article site.

Step 2: Once you are logged in, you will see several tabs and links that will take you to various areas of the publisher’s center. You should fill out the authors’ bio, profile page and your resource box before you submit your first article. That way, you can attach the resource box to each article as you go along.

Most of the article directories allow you to create multiple resource boxes. That way, you can associate a different resource box to specific articles in the event you wish to direct people to different websites or individual pages of your site.

At EzineArticles, you can access this area from under the “Profile Manager” area.

Once you have spent some time adding in your author profile, your resource boxes and perhaps uploading your photo, it’s time to submit your first article!

Under the “Article Manager” tab you will see a drop down menu that includes a link to “Submit New Article”. Click that to begin.

The article submission area contains a few different areas. The first section requires that you select a specific category. You want to be careful to choose a category that best fits your article.

As you can see, there are quite a few different categories and sub-categories to choose from, however, be careful to choose the correct category based on the topic of your article for best results (people will be searching for information within select categories using keywords).

In my example, I am submitting an article into “Movies/TV” by initially choosing the category and sub category.

Then, when I create my article I will add in relevant keywords within the title of the article as well as the content itself.

You want to try to get everything right the first time because even though you can change the category that your article is submitted into, as well as your article itself if you wish to edit or modify it, each time you make any changes, your article will be set to “Pending” and will require re-approval which can take some time, so do your best to choose the right category and proof read your article prior to submitting it.

At EzineArticles you are limited to 200 words in this teaser copy area, so be sure to include content that will entice your reader to continue onto the full-length view of your article.

Note: Formatting Options
After you have entered in your article content, you can use different commands to bold certain text, or add style to your article if you are familiar with HTML.

With most article directories, all submissions must be manually approved. The staff simply verifies that your article is original and that you are not writing an article simply to promote a product or a website which is why it’s very important to focus on writing informative, useful and well-written content.