Manual Submissions and Paying for Partners

[Simon IA Cash]

Hey everyone,

So I decided to follow the advice of the wise folks here and manually submit my free sites instead of using an autosubmitter. I have done the recommended multiple tab setup which has thus far seemed to work well. Manually submitting takes more time per submission, sure (and I know, begging to get off BLs takes more time ), and I think it'll be worth it. I'm just wondering, though... Roughly, how many sites should I be submitting to? I know I can do as many as I feel like, and the possibilities are endless, but I don't have the whole day to submit. How many link lists, on average, do people manually submit to? Ballpark figure?

Also, for the most part, is it worth it to pay for partner accounts? If I've got the money to invest into making my submitting more profitable, should I spend it on partner accounts? Buy traffic? Any other recommendations?

Thanks!