In general, when you use CN newsletter services and buy the articles I write, they can be used to help you build your credibility and expertise through your own newsletters, blogs and website copy. This is why you buy the content with “full reprint rights.” You can modify them, add your own stories, or use them “as is,” and put your name on them.
If you wish to submit them to article directories for distribution on the web, however, you must rewrite them so that they are original and personal. Make them shorter by half. Add your own examples of the work you do with clients that are appropriate to the topic. Change the title. This way you will avoid being perceived as an author who uses some other writer’s materials.
You have reprint rights that are not exclusive, therefore it is in your best interests to add your own personal experiences and stories to the articles you buy from me. This will also make them more interesting to readers. I provide research and studies on the topic, with appropriate citations. It is up to you to personalize the articles to make them less academic, and more of your own.
I got an email from a CN subscriber who wanted his (my) article reprinted in a local newspaper. He asked if this was permissable. My answer: "Yes, by all means. Make sure they spell your name right and include your website and email address."
I want my subscribers to get maximum mileage out of the articles purchased from me. That is the whole purpose: to provide quality content you can use in your newsletters, blogs and websites.
In the interest of full disclosure, I submit my own modified version of each article to article submission directories with my name and website urls, for marketing purposes. I always change the title, and shorten the articles and revise them. Some article directories discourage the use of other people's written material unless you have exclusive rights and the material is 100% original. Other directories will take articles as long as they are not duplicate articles. It is up to you to modify article content to make it your own.
