This month we are spotlighting one of our flagship sites; Articlestorehouse.com.
Articlestorehouse.com is an article directory with an attitude. That attitude has the focus and goal of the site set on becoming one of the premiere article directories on the Internet. With complete respect, as it as been the model and inspiration for the site, look out EzineArticles!
Launching in June of 2009 with a package of “seed articles” amounting to no more than about 2,000 articles, Articlestorehouse has grown in just 7 months to almost 37,500 quality articles as this spotlight was being written and 5,880 authors. There have also been downloads of content from the site of 132,626 proving that quality counts.
And quality is what Articlestorehouse is all about. “I’ve witnessed so many article directories out on the Internet that accept any content regardless of how poorly it may written and that is just not acceptable for our growing article directory,” said Brad Hodges CEO and Publisher of the site. “We want our customers to know that when they come to Articlestorehouse to find free quality articles to use on their own websites and blogs that they are assured of finding only the best of the best, they deserve nothing less,” he added.
Because of this commitment to quality, all articles are carefully screened and edited before they are ever published. Spelling, grammar, punctuation and format are carefully monitored though a quality control process that insures they make the grade as prime “A” articles. Authors either submit their articles directly for approval through the site’s submission process or are received from carefully screened professional article distribution partners that have agreed to adhere to the same high quality standards for reviewing and editing articles prior to being submitted to Articlestorehouse.
“We are very proud of our authors, continued Hodges, and we treat each quality article as the carefully crafted art of the person who wrote it intended it to be; with respect and dignity.”
Quality authors are obviously the lifeblood of any article directory. Authors put their trust in article directories and their partners to distribute their carefully crafted material to the search engines and other website and blog owners as quickly as possible. By getting the massive exposure that Articlestorehouse provides for their articles, authors are assured of getting the message and information out that they provide in their content to as many sources as possible, and thus get the exposure and traffic for their own websites, products and services.
Although an article submitted cannot be an advertisement but must truly be an informational article that readers will find both interesting and useful, the author can still write about something they are making a living from that readers of the article and potential users of that product or service will find meaningful and helpful in assisting them to make a decision to purchase that product or service. The author is allowed what is called a “Resource Box”, an area at the end of the article, wherein they can provide web links, addresses, phone numbers, etc., that will direct an interested user to more information or a website or place where they may purchase the product being “artistically promoted” in the article.
On the flip side not everyone is an author or writer and many find it very difficult to articulate in a written article something about a product or service they want to sell or promote on their own website or blog. This is where the free content end of Articlestorehouse.com comes in whereby those who want to provide quality content and a good visitor experience to the visitors to their websites, but aren’t necessarily writers, can go to find articles they can use to help promote. The only caveat is that any article used by a that party must retain the full resource box information that the author provides in the article to prevent copyright issues. It becomes, however, a win-win situation; the website or blog owner can find good content to use that is pertinent to their site and helps keep visitors on it so they may ultimately purchase and the author of the article receives another potential conduit to drive readers to their offering from their resource box.
The question that may logically arise is “where does the article directory make money and why would they offer all this for free?” That is a logical question and the answer is from advertising on the pages of the article directory that is in harmony with the content being sought in the articles. The more quality content provided on or distributed from the directory, the more visitors to the directory seeking or submitting for distribution that quality content and thus more exposure to the advertising. The ultimate goal of Articlestorehouse is to consistently retain and globally distribute quality content to the users of the Internet for whatever reason the need may call for.
Since authors are the source for all content, Articlestorehouse also endeavors to provide benefits to authors in the way of article writing education and tools that will help them to continue to create quality articles and receive the maximum exposure for their hard work. At present the site provides a “Learn More” page that provides meaningful information but has aggressive plans to extend this with learning videos, training videos and tips and tricks that will help maximize the attraction of readers to their material by providing information to enhance or improve their writing skills. There is also an authors blog that caters to providing “inside” information and guidance to authors. Articlestorehouse also has a Twitter presence at http://twitter.com/ArticleStorhous where authors receive additional exposure by daily “Tweets” spotlighting quality, interesting articles chosen for additional promotion as well as article writing tips and tricks tweets in-between.
Articlestorehouse.com is on a fast track to the top of the article directory domain and if you are an author we invite you to get on board, submit your quality articles and reap the benefits of our quality growth plans and top exposure platform.
