Article Marketer Changes Name And Services

Article Marketer (www.articlemarketer.com) was a popular site specializing in article distribution since 2005. However, this past year the company split into two new article submission services offering unlimited distribution to "the industry's largest publisher list." Now members can choose between Distribute Your Articles (www.distributeyourarticles.com) and Content Crooner (www.contentcrooner.com).

While some members were irked by the way AM handled the abrupt separation without much fanfare or warning, most people found a happy home with one of the other two similar service providers, which honored their AM memberships in full.

Article Marketer founder Chris Ellington explains, "I have now launched Distribute Your Articles because there are so many features and tools I have been aching to bring to the community that simply couldn't happen at AM. Some of those customer service issues you mentioned were among the first improvements. Distribute Your Articles is getting rave reviews for quick turnaround on article review and customer service tickets. We also have an active forum for peer-to-peer assistance."

Ellington adds that the price is $29.95 for unlimited articles, unlimited pen names and a ton of extra features being added all the time. He says that Distribute Your Articles is similar to AM in "spirit and intent" but is now found by article marketing professionals to be "the juggernaut tool for article distribution."

Kenneth Vogt, former Chief Technical Officer of Article Marketer, says much of the ingenuity of the original site is accredited to him. He adds that, "Article marketing continues to evolve in the face of a changing Internet and Content Crooner is part of that evolutionary process." He promises better customer support, with complimentary personalized article coaching, ample support staff and even distribution reports/statistics to help authors write marketing articles that sell. He said the monthly subscription rate is $39.99, which includes unlimited submissions.

The Article Marketer split occurred rather quickly and people on both sides say that there have been some technical glitches when trying to submit an article or when waiting for an article to be reviewed. "I have one article that has been approved and waiting for distribution for 4 days now. And I have 2 other articles pending human approval for 3 days (they are supposed to be reviewed within 1 business day)," writes one Content Crooner user at The Warrior Forum.

Users also seem to be confused about the new pricing models. One person reported they were offered unlimited pen names with Distribute Your Articles, only to find they were offered 4 additional pen names for $40. Apparently, only lifetime members receive the unlimited pen names bonus feature.

Another person complained that they were offered 4 months for the price of 1 to switch to Distribute Your Articles, but never received the discount due to fine print no one bothered to mention. Perhaps it's best to wait a few months while these glitches iron themselves out.