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da3gan
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 3:50 pm
Post subject: Has anyone bought Article Announcer yet?
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I've seen it advertisied everywhere.
Has anyone here bought it?
Is it infinitely better than posting
articles on your own or is it like
ezine announcer - something that
just saves you some time with
the process of article distribution?
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dgoliath
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 5:10 pm
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I was probably one of the very first to purchase AA on Tuesday after the ordering snafu got ironed out.
I have not yet rec'd AA and will post here when I do. However, that may be a while. iFulFill is doing the shipping, and I never rec'd an email from them acknowledging my order. Jason was I think not really ready for the flood of orders, and has not set up a separate support site for AA, despite having sent a message to that effect on Friday. I did open up a ticket in his EzineAnnouncer support queue on Friday, but as of the 48 hr mark absolutely no action has been taken on it.
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I've ordered it, but haven't received it yet. It's a physical product, and I have to wait for it to arrive. It seems jolly expensive.
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Phil Tanny
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:20 pm
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| AllanGardyne wrote: | | It seems jolly expensive. |
And that's jolly funny. 
My very uninformed guess is that the AA author is a student of John Reese and others whose strategy is to use multimedia to boost the perceived value, and thus price, of the product.
A lot of info that is available for free on the Net is jammed on to a bunch of CD's and then sold with a strong pitch. You have to wait on the postman to deliver info that could have been delivered instantly over the Net, but folks will pay more for a tangible product they can hold in their hand.
I'd like to repeat that I haven't purchased AA, and am just reporting a first impression.
My other impression is that the software alone could be worth the price IF it works as advertised (which I don't really doubt) and IF we actually use it diligently.
And we should probably add UNTIL everybody and their brother starts flooding the article directories with articles, most of which will likely stink.
It's the same old story. When we empower everybody with technology, we speed the rate at which the lowest common denominator becauses the norm.
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Excellent points, Phil.
It reminds me a bit of the days when posting links on free-for-all sites worked, and then some clever guy invented software for distributing links to FFA sites and it all soon collapsed.
I'm hoping that the high price of ArticleAnnouncer will scare most people away.
Also, some of the article directories place limits on the number of articles that people can use on their sites, so that should slow down the distribution of articles a bit.
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Phil Tanny
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:55 pm
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| AllanGardyne wrote: | | I'm hoping that the high price of ArticleAnnouncer will scare most people away. |
Yes, and a lot of folks will buy it, but not use it.
| AllanGardyne wrote: | | Also, some of the article directories place limits on the number of articles that people can use on their sites, so that should slow down the distribution of articles a bit. |
Not sure how this is enforced but...
Yes, sure, one obvious solution is that the directories can tighten their standards. And directories can use technology to empower themselves to auto-ban routine abusers etc.
If a lot more people started writing articles, it could increase the quality level, if the standards and editing advanced as well.
Here's an idea, something I could use.
How about a forum where you could submit articles to be reviewed and edited by other writers.
Good writing is really all about good editing, and the writer themself is usually the worst person to do the editing.
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:08 pm
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I haven't bought it
My own thoughts based on all the marketing materials is that if it would be good value for you to buy it for $200, it is probably still worth buying at the price set.
If you are making good money from multiple websites, it is going to save you a lot of time, and maybe increase your exposure, thus traffic and PR.
If you are not making serious money, there are probably better things to spend your money on.
The higher price certainly makes it more exclusive, thus helping longevity.
I am sure there will be RSS based alternatives in the future.
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:35 pm
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| Quote: | I'm hoping that the high price of ArticleAnnouncer will scare most people away.
If you are not making serious money, there are probably better things to spend your money on. |
I was thinkin of buying it.. but the way he talks about it..
Like the incoming links n stuff like that..
well most people don't link to u.. n it's hard to chase them all..
some who link will do a redirect sort of... there r rarely people who'll link to u.. and I think they dont make much difference
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:14 am
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hi:
I received Michael Campbell's newsletter today.
He mentioned a articles submission service which is almost identical to the software features of article announcer, but at much cheaper price.
You can check it out here:
http://www.articlemarketer.com |
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:08 am
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ArticleAnnouncer concentrates on teaching you how to do this stuff, via a comprehensive manual, videos, etc.
For example, the Article Blueprint Training Guide is a 104-page conversation between John Reese and Jason Potash which discusses tips that most people trying to promote their sites via distributed articles obviously don't understand.
If you already know how to do all this stuff effectively - there's a lot to learn - you could safely buy the cheaper option. Otherwise, I think ArticlerAnnouncer is by far the better buy, even though it is jolly expensive.
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Jabon
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:11 pm
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Hi all,
I think the software is way too hard on the pocket. I automize my article submissions with ezine announcer which is much cheaper. With a couple tweaks I suspect ezine announce does almost exactly what article announcer does. I just create auto forms for login and passwords, and auto forms for the article submissions. It's still work to submit articles to the 40+ directories in my list. Don't see any reason to buy article announcer, excpet for the info if you're new at it.... on the other hand artcile submission has given me great results, specially with msn. I got this one site ranked #7 on msn with just incoming links from good quality articles i had written by professionals.
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:25 pm
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Hi Everyone,
My name is Chris Ellington and I am the CEO of Article Marketer - the aforementioned low-cost alternative to Article Announcer. I'm not going to blather on about my offering, my intent is simply to introduce myself and let you know that I'm here and willing to answer any questions you might have.
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Lynn Terry
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:58 pm
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| Phil Tanny wrote: | | My other impression is that the software alone could be worth the price IF it works as advertised (which I don't really doubt) and IF we actually use it diligently. |
This was a good point, Phil.
I always think that the actual price of a product alone should be a good motivator to turn normal Joe's into good marketers. Who would want to spend 400 bucks and then let the product collect dust??
It's an investment... for those that make good use of it and continue to follow through!
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:24 pm
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Well I purchased Article Announcer and I have to say that, while the cost was high, I've been very pleased with the quality information provided.
There was a lot of stuff in there that I found I could apply not only to distributed articles but to articles on my own site as well.
Jason Potash and John Reese demonstrated a lot of "lateral thinking" to get around some common problems and mistakes.
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AndyBeard
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:58 am
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I quite like Article Marketer as a service.
You have to look at the price of Article Announcer and think from a newbie's perspective too.
It would cost me $600+ for Article Announcer including shipping.
$600 = 2 SBIs (maybe more using promotion)
Article Marketer actually has a totally free service too, and whilst the results are not going to be as widespread as those you can obtain by Article Announcer, it is far better than manually submitting articles to 5 directories.
You have to be making significant income from your online business to justify $600 that could be better spent elsewhere.
There are service that offer less than Article Marketer's free service, that charge a premium price for it.
I promoted Article Announcer, but it is not something I can yet afford myself.
Article Marketer on the other hand is a service you can "grow into"
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