Some of the article spinning versions of article submission software produces nothing short of crap.  I use The Best Spinner for my article spinning by the way. It gives you full control and uses a database that is constantly updated by the thousands of users. Awesome.

Every now and then I try out trial versions and have even tried some of the free ones.  Most (read all) of them are rubbish. But then I received an email from one of my IM gurus that I follow who was recommending a totally free article submissions piece of software. I wasn’t expecting much but thought it was worth a try. There is an optin to download it but I don’t think I get bombarded from the author. I might because I get so much trash it’s ridiculous but I haven’t noticed.

This software is fantastic. It works and it works well. It comes with a list of article sites. Well over  a hundred and closer to two hundred. It can totally automate the login procedure and sign up procedure. The URL’s you submit your articles to can be saved and you can make your own personal list. If you have a compatible article spinner you can put the spun article in the box and it will spin if for you at the click of a button. If you can be bothered to put the brackets in yourself you wouldn’t even need to have an external spinner. I’m too lazy for that and will continue to use the Best Spinner because of it’s user database and the fact  it keeps track of the opening and closing brackets for you.

I used to be able to spin and submit a measly two articles a day (can’t wait until I can outsource). Now I can do about 10-20. I should be able to do more but I’m IM’ing at home with four kids who suck up all my time. I find that I also enjoy it more.  It use to be a real drag as I use to spin the articles manually.

If you’re a lone wolf like me and just starting out but need something that’s affordable because you’re making bugger all money then check it out at Article Submission Helper. The Best Spinner software can be found here. (Affiliate link so I’ll get commissions for lollies and shiny things).

James has come out with a fantastic new piece of software for those of us who struggle to find ideas for articles or have an inkling to create an ebook.  He calls it the Ultimate PLR Article Collection and I would have to say that the title is right on the money as it definitely is the best private label rights articles collection I have come across.

I’ve spent a bit of money on PLR articles. More than what this software is being charged at and I haven’t received a tenth of the articles that this software provides.  There is about 16 categories with 29,768 articles total.

Using this piece of software is extremely easy. You can select your category and then drill down further into the sub categories. Typing in a keyword of your choice will also help you narrow down the selection process.

To create an ebook you simply create a new project and save your selections to it. Then you load the project, select the articles you want to include in the project and  click on the ebook creator button.  You are then given a bunch of options for the ebook such as title and table of contents.  At the end of it you are given an RTF file to save. From there you can edit the RTF as you see fit by adding pictures, changing fonts and all that stuff. All very easy and intuitive. For the best results you should edit the articles themselves so they’re not the same as a bunch of other peoples stuff.

Editing articles in the Ultimate PLR Software Package is also extremely easy. James gives you a link to a video on how to use the software for spinning. The video only mentions changing a few words here and there but I have used the same technique for changing entire sentences and it works a treat. Each time I spin an article the software automatically picks a random sentence that I have included and presto I have a completely original article.  I recommend writing at least an extra two sentences for best effect but the more there are for the software to randomly choose from the more articles you can have.

In short I will probably never have to buy another piece of PLR again thanks to James software. In the future, according to an email from James, there is going to be an option to add your own articles. This is going to be awesome as you will probably be able to store all your articles in one convenient location. At the moment I’ve got them all over the place in an effort to keep them organized. Plus you will also have the ability to add other PLR articles and spin them if you do decide to purchase more.

For the minimal investment required to get this collection you can’t go wrong. If your favorite stay at home job is niche websites and article marketing or even creating ebooks for sale then you should seriously consider this excellent piece of software for your tool collection. Not only do you get the software but it comes with James 8 week guarantee and free upgrades for life.

I thought that I was getting pretty good with niche marketing and finding good leads on creating niche websites. I’ve created a few in the last couple of months and one of them is even starting to trickle in the adsense revenue. Not much but it’s a start. Turns out that I got lucky with that particular keyword phrase.

[Edit: Feb 11] As a result of my trial with The Keyword Academy I’m now a fully paid member and plan to stay. Go to the Keyword Academy to check out their stuff. I’m impressed and I think most people will be.

It’s not a get rich quick scheme and requires a lot of work so be prepared. The business model is a monthly subscription service but for a $1.00 [edit: first month is now free] trial you get access to everything in the course  and you can cancel at anytime in the first month with no fear of being charged.

Mark and Court now have a $1000 / month team which I have signed up for. It’s no extra charge and you get extra emails giving you motivation and making you accountable to yourself. Apparently they have 100 or so members making a cool grand every month and want more (members making a grand that is).

When I first tried their course some months ago they taught you how to do the research on keywords manually. This was serious dullsville involving lots of cutting and pasting and Googling to find out page rank. In short it sucked and I hated it. I was all into one keyword, one mini site at the time so built a couple which are now paying for my subscription plus a bit extra. I’m now in the mind set that mini sites suck (too much work and too many domain fees) and I think Google is saying they suck now too.

Mark and Court now have some seriously useful software which cuts all that monotonous crap out. All you have to do now is use the Google adwords tool to find a lot (I’m talking thousands or tens of thousands) of keywords which you download as csv’s and paste into their Niche Refinery software. Job done . Now you just have to wait for it to spit out a list of your valid keywords.

So what will you actually learn at The Keyword Academy. As mentioned above you will learn the importance of keywords and how to pick the ones that are worth going after.  Your first port of call will be the core videos. Things have changed a bit since these went up but they are still excellent at giving you a good overview of what’s going on.

From there you read a series of articles or chapters which details step by step exactly what you should be doing at each stage of the program. If you are stuck you can email them anytime for clarification but unless you are completely new you should be right. If you are nervous about building your first website Mark and Court give you the rundown on how to do it and make it look easy. They also give you some excellent pointers on making your site SEO friendly.

After you have built your first website the articles then guide on the best ways to write articles for your websites and how to go about promoting them so they get to the top spot in Google.  Monetizing your sites is covered as well but it’s recommended that you don’t load your site with ads  until you start getting some traffic. This is good advice considering that some newbies i.e. me find stat checking very distracting and at times soul destroying.

That’s it in a nutshell. When you’ve been around Internet Marketing for a while you soon learn that it’s easy in that it’s not complicated and hard in that it is a shit load of work. There’s no such thing as a push button system that you can set and forget.

For incentive to hang around and keep paying the monthly fee you have access to a forum where you can hang out with like minded individuals. Webinars are also a monthly thing and they are jam packed full of information on things from managing your time, motivation and that all important keyword research. Internet Marketing changes all the time so the Webinars are a good way for Mark and Court to give you the low down on what’s occuring.

If you want something that will definitely work if you do the labor and get it into your head that your going to be slogging away for a long time before seeing any dough then give Mark and Court a chance to show you how to do it right.