If you are going to take article marketing seriously, you will want to become a platinum level author at EzineArticles.com. EzineArticles (the name is usually shortened to “EZA”) is the premier online article directory. There are several other valuable article directories where you should also submit articles, but EZA is the biggest and the best, so getting your articles accepted there is important.

The Benefits Of Achieving Platinum Status

The reason it is important to achieve Platinum level is that Platinum level authors are given priority over Basic level authors. The main benefits of Platinum status are:

• Unlimited article submissions accepted.
  Basic members are allowed to submit a maximum of ten articles for approval at any one time.
• Priority Approval for new submissions (usually within 48 hours)
  Approval for Basic members can take a week or even longer during busy periods.
• Priority Approval for modified articles if you edit them (normally 24-48 hours)
  Approval of minor amendments to articles also can take a week or more for Basic members.

If you are completely new to article marketing, the benefits of Platinum author status might not seem like a big deal. You will soon find out that waiting for days on end to have articles approved is a major inconvenience and will slow down your progress. Getting to be a Platinum author definitely is a big deal if you want to succeed at article marketing.

The Process

Achieving Platinum status is a simple process: you need to get your first ten articles approved on their first submission. It’s easy if you do it right. This is the advice posted on the EZA website:

• Follow the Editorial Guidelines on EzineArticles.com
• Submit Original Unique Articles with Exclusive Rights
• Get Your Articles Approved on the First Submission

Most reasonable people will appreciate that EZA’s strict rules and stringent quality control are part of the reason the directory maintains its #1 position. But the process of getting to Platinum level can be very frustrating. The cause of most frustration is the requirement to have your articles approved “on the first submission”.

This rule about approval on first submission means that if nine out of your first ten articles are approved but one is declined, you will have to do extra work to get to Platinum author status. You might need to submit a further 25 or 50 articles (or even more). You could become a Platinum author within a week, but if you don’t get to Platinum on the first try, it could take months before you make it.

Read the following article to discover how to get to EzineArticles.com Platinum author level.

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