I’m finally getting good at this stuff. I had a goal in the past of just submitting 20 links to directories per week, whether it was one site to 20 different directories or several sites to several directories. But now I’ve speeded things up and can do those submissions in so little time that I’m hoping to do 20-40 submissions a day until I work my way through my list of sites and through the list at Vilesilencer, which has a very good list of free search engine friendly directories.

What’s the secret? Same as for submitting articles quickly - automation! All I have to do is find the right category, which I still do manually since directories are not terribly consistent, and fill in the form automatically. It gives the directories the same quality as if I filled out the form by hand, but I don’t have to waste my time typing.

Now, if you visit the Services forum at Digital Point, you can find people who will submit your site for you too, so if it’s a time issue that’s a good option. Some of them are very affordable at around $10 for submission to 100 directories. Others cost more. Just check the provider’s feedback before signing up with anyone. It’s a new feature on that forum, so most don’t have a lot of feedback yet, but if you see the little number off to the right and click on it, you can see what people have said.

These kinds of things are always a balance between sticking to your home business budget and doing what is most effective for your business. If you can earn more money in the time it would take you to pay someone else to submit your site for you, isn’t it worth the money? I’m at the borderline myself for having someone else do that work now that I have my automated system figured out. There are just so many other things I could be working on that it has to be fast. Fortunately, the automation means I can submit sites while holding my 11 month old son, since I only need to click, not type into the sites (aside from those with verification codes), so it’s a good thing to do when I can’t do other kinds of work effectively.