Article writing is somewhat overwhelming if you’re pressed for time. The amount of blogs I maintain have doubled and now I am feeling the pressure to come up with content on a regular basis.

The fact of the matter is, when I only had a few blogs I still found I would have days that my mind just wasn’t ready for article writing.

When I get writers block, whatever the reason, or I don’t have the time, I like to have alternative methods for getting quality content which usually means outsourcing.

Article Marketing Method One – Get Guest Bloggers

During the search for guest bloggers I focus on just on blog at a time, using my main keywords to locate other blogs in the same niche, using the major search engines.

My first priority is to find good writers. There are a lot of writers who have english as their second language and may not always make good sense in their writing.

Next, I contact those I have located using their email address if it’s available, otherwise I submit a comment with my request.

Note: I I don’t just leave a comment requesting them as a guest blogger. I leave a value added comment sharing what I gleened from their post. If I can I will add something from my point of view, so the blogger gets a good vibe from me. Lastly I make my request.

I also try my best to be the first commenting on that particular blog post, that way it’s likely the author will see it, like it and respond to it in a positive way.

Article Marketing Method Two – Hire Content Writers

You will find numerous places to hire article writers for you article marketing requirements.

Message boards are good places to find writeres, just be sure to ask for examples of their writing.

I always rely on my favorite search engine, Google, to look for article writing services.

Article Marketing Method Three – Get Free Content

1. I have found article directories are great places to find articles. It’s important using article directories for your article marketing efforts to know you are not allowed to modify the artilces and you are legally bound to keep the author bio.

Again go to your favorite search engine and type in your keyword. Then add ‘article directory’ at the end.

You will usually find plenty of free articles.

I use a few services, where I can write articles and submit articles for other bloggers to use or for getting articles for my own blogs. A great way to get articles and to share articles to get more backlinks to my blogs.

2. Article Marketing Automation – AMA is a good way to get content for free. Due to the fact that others are writing these articles you must take the time go through each article to verify that they are well written.

Important: You should also click through to their site to make sure they go to relevant sites. As you know there are a lot of spammers who will use article marketing sites to get more backlinks to their spam.

3. SEOLinkVine – SEOLinkVine is another great service I use to get free articles.

It’s been my experience than even getting a few free articles saves me valuable time for other things.