The best expectation for respect for copyrights is a site that specifies one time reprint/republish rights. In other words, user may publish writer’s article one time, to any media. But, user may not publish it to multiple print media such as books or magazines. However, this would only be of concern to professional writer, because any other writer submitting his article to an Article Exchange hopes and prays that their article gets widest and farthest distribution possible.

That raises another issue from article written by writer that prompted this article. That writer spoke of a selection process for what sites to submit articles to. This only applies to Professional Writers. It does not apply to Professionals that write and submit their work to Article Exchanges as a means of web site promotion. “Professionals that write” want their articles to be reprinted everywhere, even if they have to do it themselves. Each reprint read is a prospective visitor to their site, a link for a search engine, and an online atta-boy by those that use it.

In closing, I note that some of my favorite Article Exchanges advise Users to contact writer for reprint permission. I have spent hours trying to ascertain how to contact most of writers whose work I have used. No writer should expect to be contacted regarding reprint rights of articles from Article Exchanges if they don’t affix a contact method to their article. Failure to provide such information is indicative of writers release of obligation for such contact.

Rich Brunelle is CC&BW of datajam’s Internet which also is a FREE Article Exchange site. Comment regarding this article may be directed to mailto:datajam@comcast.net

>> 4. Blogs drive traffic to your sales site.

If you have a web site that promotes your services, then you'll want to have prospective customers hear about site, visit it and then contact you.

Blogs are a great way to get more traffic to your site.

This happens in two ways.

First, if your site is rich in articles and other useful resources, you can link to these pages from your blog, as and when relevant. People who respect you because of your blog will then click through to your site and read articles.

Second, Google and other search engines will find links in your blog quite quickly and then they will follow link to your sales site. Google likes quality, relevant links and will reward your site with higher listings for certain pages.

>> Concluding thought...Blogs are not a quick fix.

As I mentioned before, if you need a quick, targeted promotional hit, choose another medium.

But if you want a presence online where you can showcase your expertise, build a reputation, reach thousands of potential customers, build traffic to your sales site and improve your search engine listings, weblogs are a wonderful tool.