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Unfortunately, with our hectic schedules, life happens and cleaning doesn't. But don't worry, you can clean up and declutter fast in just 5 easy steps.

The S.P.A.C.E. formula, recommended by organizing guru Julie Morgenstern, is an easy formula you can follow to give you a great start at decluttering your house. You can use this formula for any area in your home. But, we'll start with the incredible collection of mail that adorns your kitchen table every week for our example of how this formula works.

1. S – Sort your items into categories.
If you are dealing with mounds of mail on your kitchen table, go through it and sort it into smaller piles. Junk mail, bills, magazines, items that need a response, etc. Separate it out.
2. Purge – Throw away, (or in our case, place in a recycle bin) any item you don't absolutely have to have. You have to pay your bills, so keep those, but do you really need to keep a sales flyer from three weeks ago? Recycle it!
3. A – Assign a home.
The end of your kitchen table is probably not the most appropriate place for your mail to live. Find a space close to where you walk in with your mail. And designate that space as the mail area. A shelf or cubby would be fantastic.
4. C – Containerize and make it pretty.
Buy yourself some decorative containers or baskets and one recycling tub (if you do not already have one). Label your containers. Use one container for bills. Use one container for items that need attention (invitations etc.). And use another container for sales flyers, newspapers and magazines you want to go through. Recycle the items you don't need. You can buy as many containers as you need to keep it organized and sorted.
5. E – Equalize and maintain.
If you diligently sort every day when you come in with your mail, you will find that the clutter that once resided on your kitchen table has completely vanished. Instead, you have a manageable, organized system at your disposal. You will periodically need to go through the purge step to get rid of the items in the containers that you no longer need. For instance, if you paid a bill, file it. If the magazine has been read, recycle it. Don't leave the items in your containers for too long before tending to them.

So, you can see how the S.P.A.C.E. formula works. You can repeat the same process with your overflowing closet. Or your grungy garage. Simply sort, purge, assign a home, containerize and equalize. No more pig's sty. Every area will be organized and clutter free.





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If only there was a better way.

Well, there is, of course. There's a couple of better ways.

First, you could hire a company to submit artcicles for you. For example, one company will submit your article to 357 article directories for only $14 per article. You buy credits via Paypal or Credit Card, and they can submit the articles under your own account (you have to provide the usernames and passwords) or their account.

It's a good option. Especially if you are short on time. To submit articles manually to article directories takes a ton of time. Fourteen dollars for 357 directories is a steal.

But there are some drawbacks.

One drawback, you lose some control over the category selection. If the subject of your article is something like, article submitting software, and your submission is put under the category, business, well, that's just not good enough. You want it placed under something more in line with Search Engine Optimization or Link Building, or at the very least, Internet, right?

Another drawback is you lose your ability to edit the article later; or see stats for the article if you choose to use the article directory's username and password.

If your plan is to become an aggressive affiliate marketer, you will be writing and submitting tons of articles to market your website. You are in it for the long haul, right? If you crank out 5-10 articles a week, paying someone to submit articles for you could become REALLY expensive.

In this case, article submission software is not just a luxury, it is a must have. Here are five points to consider...

TIME SAVINGS

Since content is king, your time is best served creating content for your sites. Any extra time you can save is time you can be using on some other way to promote your business. Article submission software will save you hours of tedious manual submitting. No more copy paste, copy paste. You copy paste ONE time, and you are off and running.

OVER 1400 DIRECTORIES

It would take you almost two days working non-stop to submit to this many directories manually. The best article submission software cuts this down to just a few hours. You can pick every directory in the list, just a few, or add your own depending on what kind of time you have. Google Pagerank for each directory is listed, so if you want to submit to only PR6 directories, you have that option.

USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS SAVED

If you don't always use the same username and password, remembering these for different article directories can be a nightmare. Most article submission software stores this information for you so you don't have to remember.

CATEGORY SELECTION

Some of the cheaper article submitters ask for you to give you a preferred category up front. Then when you submit, you're not ever sure what category your article is submitted under. This is bad. The best article submission programs allow you to hand pick each category. No more articles in random categories.

PRECIOUS ONE WAY LINKS

What every affiliate marketer needs to be shined down upon by the search engine gods is credible one way links. There is no better way to get these links than article marketing. The more articles you can crank out and send to article directories means:

* the better your standings in the search engines
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* and the more PROFITS you make.

So, what are you waiting for? Time is money.



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Cherie Stirewalt , a successful affiliate marketer and freelance writer, operates a practical guide to affiliate marketing. Providing in-depth reviews of affiliate marketing tools and easy-to-use tips for maximizing success on the internet. Get her in-depth analysis of the best article submitter software.

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