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More and more online business owners are recognizing the importance of submitting to article directories and website directories. This is a legitimate and effective way to build an online presence and credibility. The problem is, though, it can take a lot of time to submit articles and website information to all these directories.

The Niche Idea: You can submit articles and website descriptions to relevant directories for clients.

Research Required: Before you offer a submission service, you will need to create a list of article & directory websites to submit to.  On your worksheet, you should list the name of the site, the URL, a description of what content the site will publish (i.e. only certain types of listings, or all types?) You can find these by doing some Internet research of your own. You may also need to sign up for an account before you can submit.

Six major article directories you want to include are:

Software You Need: Submissions can be done by hand, but it is very time-consuming. You will find it much more profitable to acquire a software submission program.

Here are some programs you may want to look at:

Skills Check: You should be able to write site descriptions (unless your clients will be doing that part themselves). You must know how to submit content to various article and web directories.

What You Can Charge: Prices vary, but you can charge $35 an hour or more for submitting to article and web directories. What you charge will depend on your target market and what they are willing to pay for this service.

Potential Clients: Clients for this niche will be website owners and online business owners who want to establish more credibility on the Internet, and gain more traffic for their websites.

How to Sell This Service: To sell a submission service to prospective clients, you may need to educate them on the value of links created by article and website directories.

Focus on the benefits this service provides. For example, it can take hours to submit to directories by hand. You save them time and by submitting for them, and money because you’re paying for the software yourself and can do more submissions per hour than VAs who submit by hand.

You will also increase your clients’ profits because these links will ultimately mean higher rankings in the search engines and increased traffic to their websites.

D.L. Willms is a web writer who built her virtual assistant business in 30 days with The Virtual Business Startup System. Learn more about starting your own virtual assistant business at her blog, Virtual Assistant Resources