A classic tool in the hands of internet marketers is having someone do submissions for you. They could be Video, Audio, Directory, Social Bookmark, Blog/Niche Directory, RSS Feed, Article or Press Release submissions. Most service firms have a package deal they offer on their website and on DP as well. Something like 100 submissions for $20 etc... Many hold their list in high regard and won't share it for fear of creating even more competition in the industry, others offer the list to potential clients freely in exchange for a name and email address (used for marketing communications in the future). As a frequent buyer of this type of service I would trust the latter of the two types of offerings far more than those who refuse to share the list. So that's where you should begin. 1. Make sure your service provider is ready to send you a list of sites they intend on submitting to. 2. Double check that list! I just had a blog directory submitter send me a list of 140 URLs they wanted to submit my blog to. 86 out of 140, or 61%, were junk websites. The list included Google.com, HilaryClinton.com, Answers.com, BoingBoing.net and the website for the USA Air Force Museum. It's annoying to know I was going to pay for submissions that could never conceivably occur. 33 websites were completely offline, that's roughly 24% or roughly a quarter of their list. Another 15 sites were niche directories that did not match (mostly business, art and tech only directories) and the rest were actual blogs that belonged to others. 3. After checking the list for dead, unusable or unrealatd websites recontact the service provider with your now cleaned up list and offer them an adjusted rate. For example if they were doing 100 submissions for $20 that would be $0.20 per submission. Take $0.20 x # of submissions and you have the rate you would like to pay. 4. If the service provider agrees and makes the submissions make sure they are providing you a report. Cross-reference that report with your cleaned up spreadsheet to ensure they have submitted to all of those on the list. pro tip: create a new gmail, aol, yahoo or hotmail account so you can track those submissions that require an email as well. 5. If the provider has claimed submissions to a site like Google or HilaryClinton.com you need to let the rest of the community know. These are just fillers in a submitters report that they use to inflate the billable URLs.
Good tips. As a provider myself I can agree with a lot of these things. Try to find providers that will also answer the emails for you as well.