How to Get Your Promotional Articles Accepted by Publishers

By Aaron M Spelling

October 12, 2025

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As the publisher of a post directory, I see this all the time: authors and other marketers who are so desperate to get their marketing seen they truly don’t think of how they are marketing, where they are marketing, or who they are marketing to.

As an article author myself, who has actually gone from practically no listings at all in the last year in Google, to over 46,000, I ‘d like to offer you a little insight into to how you can get your short articles read and seen so that get you the traffic and sales you are searching for.

1. Target your market
If you’re writing posts about genuine estate, discover sites that accept posts on real estate. Your article is more likely to get accepted.

Some article authors presume, incorrectly, because a particular kind of post is related to a subject, that short article will be released on a specific kind of website.

Not so. It’s an excellent concept to check out the material of a website prior to sending, unless it’s a general post directory. This will inform you whether this article is a great fit or not.

2. Don’t submit an advertisement or a press release
I get this one a lot. My question to individuals like this is, “What makes you think I’ll release your advertisement?”

I spend for my webhosting, domains, and all the other expenditures incurred in running an online organisation. Why should I assist you? Why do I have to lose my time deleting your junk from my website?

I’m an author and then an online marketer, but in the case of website material, I’m a marketer. I want top notch material on my website. Excellent short articles. Articles that will assist my readers. The very best way to help my readers is to publish posts that are related to my subject.

Now, if the site does release advertisements and press releases, by all means, send. Nevertheless, ensure that you have actually properly targeted your market. Website publishers are busy people, and it just takes a second to strike that delete key.

3. Make your post fascinating
One of the first things I discovered in journalism school is to translate technical material into plain language so that readers can understand it.

The same applies with short articles. If you utilize a term that is unknown, describe it in the body of your article. Do not send your readers on a wild goose chase attempting to figure out what you indicate.

Make your short article easy to understand.

Use brief words, short paragraphs, and brief sentences. If you have actually ever read a paper, or “Time” magazine, and even a romance novel, you’ll discover that these are composed on about a seventh grade level.

This is so that readers can survive the material quickly. It’s easy to understand.

4. Do not utilize HTML to format your short article unless the publisher particularly states you can.
One of my article directory sites does all of the HTML format for the writer. When the writer utilizes HTML in the formatting, those characters reveal up.

I either need to eliminate the HTML or erase the short article. The post usually gets deleted unless I actually want the post on my website. The writer gets a personal email.

5. Inspect your work
Now I will be the very first to confess that I am guilty of this one.

I write at the speed of light and type at the speed of sound. This suggests that I’m believing faster than I can get the words down on paper. This can quickly make a mess of my posts.

The easiest way around this one is to read your short article out loud. This forces you to slow down. You’ll capture a lot of your grammar and punctuation errors, and smooth the circulation of your writing.

Give your links one last check to make sure they work, and you’re ready to go.

If you want to get more mileage from your articles, the very best method to do this is to target your market, compose a great short article, and offer your reader information that is useful, interesting, and easy to understand.

You’ll optimize your listings in the search engines and multiply your traffic and sales exponentially.

If you’re writing short articles about real estate, find sites that accept articles on real estate. Find directories that accept short articles on real estate. Your post is more most likely to get accepted.

It’s a great concept to check out the content of a site before submitting, unless it’s a basic article directory site. The article nearly constantly gets deleted unless I truly want the article on my website.


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