This is a little different from what most people are taught in terms of effective public relations. When submitting an article to a portal, you should never follow up. You should always follow up with the print media, after you submit an article. However, online portals are dramatically different.

Imagine you send in your article to an online portal. Several hundred other people every day are submitting an article to the same portal. Think about the editor on the other end of that. Imagine if everybody said, “Did you get my article? Are you going to use it? Do you like it?”

The fact is, that’s too much, and you overwhelm the editor. Most of the time, the editors actually write in the form, where you’re actually depositing your article, “Please do not follow up.” Eight times out of 10, the moment you deposit your article and submit it, it uploads and you can go back within the minute and actually see your article displayed online, because it’s all automated.

For a more in depth look at online portal editors’, and how they differ from print editors, check out How to Submit Online Articles That Pull Traffic to Your Website.