Author: TJ Philpott
Article:
Being that viral marketing is all the rage and highly effective
at passively spreading the word on your opinion, or for
promotional purposes, article writing has grown in popularity
amongst internet marketers. Considering the amount of time and
'labor' it takes to research, organize, and compose an article,
the million dollar question here is how to 'maximize' the return
off your efforts. Plainly speaking, how can you use an article
you toiled over for not only 'publication purposes' via RSS but
also for your own blog post and side step the duplicate content
policies?</P>
Well one approach you can follow without violating any policies
would have you make a blog post first and assuming that you've
pinged all the directories, wait 24 hours and then submit your
article to as many directories as you wish. This way the
directories would already recognize you as being the author.</P>
Another approach would be to include the url of your blog in the
resource box, (about the author) of your submission to the
article directories. With this back link to your blog , the
original content is now being referenced and you're
'covered'.</P>
At this point lets 'step back' and look at yet another approach
which, in my opinion, would address exactly what it is we're
trying to accomplish.</P>
When submitting to article directories, there's a certain
protocol that needs to be followed or your article will not get
published. The length of your article is one factor directories
consider. Referencing other sources of information such as
websites within your article is also a negative factor that
directories will frown upon.</P>
</P>
When making a blog post you can make it as long or as short as
you please. Adding personal insights or url's is also your
choice. It is after all your blog. If you are so inclined and
feeling passionate enough about your posting you can even go
into a 'Dennis Miller' rant.</P>
My suggestion is this: compose the post for your blog first with
all the 'personality', insight, and references you may want to
add. Then after allowing the 24 hours for your post to
'circulate' submit to the article directories a 'recomposed'
version of your post. This 'new' version may mean 'cleaning up '
the posting by removing any included references, altering it
length accordingly, and rewording it to make it more appealing
to the more mainstream readers you encounter thru article
publication as opposed to readers of your more personalized
blog.</P>
Adopt the mindset that one is a casual blog posting while the
other is an article which generally is more structured. </P>
Reworking your post should take minimal effort since you've
already got the content laid out and the end result will be that
although the general content of both will be similar it's
doubtful that it would be viewed as 'duplicated' content. With a
minimal amount of effort you've insured that both your blog post
and your article are appealing to their respective targeted
audiences getting you maximum results for your efforts!</P>
About the author:
TJ Philpott is an author and Internet entrepreneur based out of
North Carolina. For additional success tips and a free guide
that demonstrates how to find both profitable markets and
products visit: http://blogbrawn.com
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