A client is doing a bum marketing campaign and I'm picking your brain to find your favorite article venues. Below are a bunch. Your faves? http://www.google.com/Top/Business/Publishing_and_Printing/Publishing/Services/Free_Content/?il=1
This is a great list Webgal..thanks. One that I use all the time but isn't listed here is free-press-release.com but the problem is that I think lots of people (and maybe Google) see it as being spammy. However, the site is really powerful and almost anything you post there will get indexed. But like I said, the position on SERPs are temporary at best.
My favorites are actually AC, Associated Content and Helium, although Helium is not ideal for bum marketing unless you are going to stay with one website. These are better to me because you can make money on the article itself, through views and even upfront payments. Yes, these fees are small but it all adds up.
I have tried a bunch on them. Ezinearticles is the most poewerful. If you have $97 get the premium account from them. It has made a WORLD of differnce for me. You get to tell EZA exactly when to publish your article and your articles usually get approved within the hour. Having control of WHEN your articles show is very powerful. Choose late in the eening and your article stays on the top of the"most recent" section for a longer time----> more views
I can't find any good ones, Catwoman. They are all just lame, no substance, VERY short articles. Still looking, though.
We can publish your articles direct to Google News, complete with a link to your site. See the link in my sig..
My experience will tell you to start with "Triond" - You won't be rejected for quality compromise Then, AC, Helium, e-How etc eZine Articles will give you confidence as an "Expert" author. See you then as a reputed "Writer"
As a link out to other article sites I have also used nullbyte.info It can be spammy but it's a free PR3 with social bookmarks and an international following. I'm still interested in ezines as well!