Review: Instant Article Wizard 2.0

Well, I admit I’m pretty amazed. Jon Leger’s new Instant Article Wizard is every bit as good as it’s hyped up to be. But, let me regress in time a little bit here…

Several month ago I started looking for a better way to write articles. If you’re a web publisher (blog or whatever), you’ll know why. Using article directory stuff only goes so far (the current search engine mantra seems to be “Unique, Relevant, Original Web Content is King“), and getting someone to write good articles (even PLR) can be quite spendy – especially for someone just starting out (like I was).

As it turned out, I was impressed and at the same time a bit disappointed. On my Windows XP laptop, I never got the sub-topics function to work right, and many times I got very limited results in my searches. I complained to Jon (just a little bit, mind you), and he offered to upgrade me to the Pro version (very nice guy).

I took him up on the Pro version option (which meant I now had both versions available). But, the Pro version is limited to querying a database of articles rather than searching the web. So, I was limited to only what was found in the database. Sometimes I got excellent results, other times the results were “skimpy”. I tried combining results from the Pro version with the Desktop version, and got some usable results, but it never seemed to be a great “solution”.

I never completely tabled either version of the software, but as time went by I relied on them less and less. I made a couple (I think good) suggestions to Jon via his help desk. He told me he would think about the suggestions, and perhaps include them in a future version. (He did!)

Over the next couple of months I searched extensively for something to help me write articles. I purchased a few “guides” (30 Minute Article Writing System, Write an Article a Day – The Easy Way, and Write That Article. All of the guides were quite helpful, and I highly recommend them to help you create your own “voice”). I looked into some “mind mapping” software, and some “article spinning” software (some of which was unbelievably expensive). Nothing really fit. So, I continued on with scouring article directories for good articles, and then adding an intro plus a summary with photos or videos to make each post as unique as possible (it does work – up to a point).

Then, in May of 2007 I received an email from Jon asking if I could help beta-test the newest version of Instant Article Wizard. You bet I would! I literally jumped at the chance.

First, I watched the demo videos (Jon always makes good videos). The new interface looked great. Next, I downloaded the beta version, unzipped it, and installed it. That was easy. Then, I tried it out. All I can say was – WOW! This Article Wizard had almost everything I could hope for. I actively commented and made suggestions in his development blog (a couple of the nicer features he added were my ideas ), and saw a truly fantastic product as a result.

To get the real flavor of the product you need to go to the Instant Article Wizard site and watch the videos Jon has produced to really see the software in action. I can’t do it justice just by describing it in this post. I’m sure you’ll be just as impressed as I was, – and the price tag of $67 makes it affordable for just about anyone.

Once you get your own copy of Instant Article Wizard, drop me a line. Since I would be considered a “power user”, I can help with any issues or questions you might have. If I can’t help, then there’s always Jon’s Help Desk – he’s always been really responsive.

I highly recommend Instant Article Wizard. If I were the type who assigns stars to everything, it would definitely get five out of five stars. It’s really cool.

In future articles I will provide some examples of how I am using Instant Article Wizard along with a couple of other cool tools that make up my “Article Arsenal”. Stay tuned.

In case you missed it, here’s the link again ==> Instant Article Wizard.