The more publishers you can send your articles to the better your chance of success. As the technique of writing articles is catching on and the competition is getting hotter, you cannot rely on just using one publisher. However, there are tens of thousands of publishers out there, so where do you start? Looking up, registering with, logging into and submitting articles to a high number of publishers can be a long and tedious job. If you are still working a full time job and have a family you may not be able to submit enough articles to enough publishers to make it worth your while.

At first I experimented with software that can be downloaded onto your PC. This held a database of over 800 publishers. I had register with one site at a time, whilst the software stored my usernames and passwords. Registering with over 800 sites took me days of cramming it in every spare minute. I then put my personal details and first article into the software system expecting it to send my article out to all of those sites for me. However, I still needed to submit to one site at a time. As many sites generate unique passwords, it was much quicker and more efficient using the software to remember them than trying to do it myself. Having logged onto the sites the software would automatically fill in all my stored details and the article, saving me more time.

But still, doing this with over 800 sites, then submitting one article a week can still take up a lot of time. Furthermore it can cost you the best part of $100/month. Bare in mind that when somebody recommends this type of software, some of them are part of affiliate programs and the recommender may be getting paid. Although I joined such an affiliate program I do not feel comfortable recommending it as the time it takes can be prohibitive if you have work and family commitments.

What I would recommend though is that you look for a website that is can submit your articles to publishers without you having to download software onto your computer. There will still be a charge, but it can be much cheaper than downloading software. Basically you submit your article, pay a small fee and they send it the publishers for you.

I have started to use http://Isnare.com (not an affiliate program and I don't get paid for this recommendation). For a very small fee, they can send your article to over 40,000 publishers. Very wide distribution, very low cost and very little time spent on the distribution process. Also, you don't get inundated with emails from all the publishers that you have registered with.

I would rather spend spare time creatively writing more articles then cramming all I can into distributing them. Especially as it will take a number of articles to build up a rapport with your reader.