Lets face it, who really wants to spend a lot of hours sitting in front of their computer writing articles and then more time submitting those articles? Many people do it for a short time, but for it to be effective and work the way it is meant to work one must spend several hours a week just writing. When the writing is done, then it is time to do the submitting. Article marketing is not a easy snap of the finger chore. The fact is it is probably one of the most time consuming ways of gaining back links.

If you put in the efforts that are required to gain the back link from a article then that link will most likely be there for a very long time. If you make it a one time article or a one time submission then it will be there along time and it will stand strong for years to come. If you submit it to many article directories then you take the chance of Google taking the article off line completely. Although they are not doing so yet it may happen, any thing is possible. They are getting more strict with duplicate content and the penalties may out weight the gains in the future.

There are many great benefits to submitting unique articles to each site you submit to. The benefits already out weight the negatives so why not write originals now and save yourself some time and the directories too. original articles are of great value and if you submit enough of them then other people will republish these articles. Every article you write will not get republished but if you put in a lot of effort and write many good ones then some will get republished and this is when your site really starts to get noticed.

Many people submit 10 or even 20 articles and then they stop and never submit another. Maybe they think it just is not worth their time to do it. I would say on average a person should submit a bare minimum of 40 articles on one subject in a rather short period of time before they make a decision on whether it works or not. Just try it one time for yourself, it is not as hard as it may seem.

The benefits of going through the actions are many. For starters when you write good quality articles then the directories will easily accept. If your content is not just grammatically correct but is also interesting and to the point yet detailed and vibrant then many people will read them.

The exposure that good original articles can gain for you and your business is quite amazing when one actually does the work to see the results for themselves. Start writing an article and see for yourself the traffic that they can generate.

The benefits of writing your own article are many so start writing and submitting as many as you can in …

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Being organized and managing projects is not as hard as you think. In fact, there is an entire approach called Getting the Things Done or GTD, originally created by David Allen.

You can define this method in 5 steps:

• Collect
• Process
• Organize
• Review
• Handle it now!

The purpose of the Getting the Things Done method is to provide more clarity and creativity. After all the tasks are defined, examined and documented, all of the incomplete loops in your mind should be on paper or in a software system. That's where the first step in the game comes into play. Gathering and collecting means to put everything you've got pending, such as to-dos, tasks, open the promises & commitments, into a collection system. This is a paper listing or a software tool. Most people prefer the electronic approach since you can take it anywhere or access it from any computer.

When you've got everything written down (on paper or in a system) you need to process it. Go through your items & manage outstanding to-do items. This step is key to success in Getting the Things Done. The first thing to consider, is it practical? Can you do anything with it? If not, then it will be filed as a reference, or maybe something to deal with in the future or it should be trashed. Do not be afraid to trash items. If the object is a measure of it, so you should decide is this something that should be done now or it may be scheduled for later, or will you delegate that to someone else, or you just do it. The rule that David Allen has put down is that if the task takes less than 2 minutes, you should just do it. If it takes longer time, set a time or date to get it done.

Next step is to organize. Things to be trashed should be treated of. What's to be stored out of sight is to be done. Things that are in the Someday or Maybe category are archived. Things that are quickly deal with should be done ASAP. This is an area you can use various tools, your computer to the Getting the Things Done by the Software, files, various management plans, & maybe even a mind map. Start using your creativity here.

There is also a review stage. The stage for Review should be done Daily, Weekly, & on other occasions. Daily, you should review your tickler file for your calendar, your to do list & waiting for items you've saved. Weekly, review projects, any files, organize all loose things from meetings or other record, & finally do a complete Mind Sweep to clear your head.

Finally the most important part of any organizational setting is the DO stage. Actually accomplish the work you've defined. You should be as David Allen puts it, "do it in the moment, guided by intuition, supported by the 4 previous sentences, & is influenced by the reality of …

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