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More and more people are beginning to realize the benefits of writing articles. It is most definitely one of the easiest ways to promote your online business fast and for “free”. Although I say free, writing articles and then submitting to directories and webmasters can take a bit of time. However, with a bit of practice, you will soon be churning out articles in no time.

Article Marketing works like this:

You write an article or more on your niche, which should be related to the website that you are aiming to promote. You then submit your article to free article submission sites in return for a link back to your site. A massive benefit of doing this, and one that can accumulate over time, is the fact that there are many webmasters and ezine publishers that will be looking for fresh content to publish to their visitors and customers. This increases the exposure of your article and as a consequence the link to your site, and the number of links pointing to your website in the eyes of search engines.

As you will probably know, one of the major factors in search engines algorithms is the number of relevant links pointing to your website. The number of links that are possible to gain from article submissions should not be underestimated. In a short amount of time, it is not uncommon to achieve tens, hundreds, or even thousands of one-way links from just a few submitted articles. This will obviously vastly improve how important the major search engines will view your website, and in turn place it higher in their search results.

The consequence of this is obvious; more visitors, more sales, greater profit.

In my opinion, the old style of reciprocal linking is not as powerful as article marketing. Finding relevant sites to approach to exchange links with can be very difficult, depending on your niche. And even then, it can be argued that search engines are not placing as much relevance on these reciprocal links as they once did. Without good software, link exchanges could literally take hours for just a handful of links. In that time you could have written several articles, submitted them to your favorite article directories, and sat back to watch your incoming links and number of visitors stack up!

What is best about this sudden surge of website traffic, link popularity and interest in your products or services is the fact that you have obtained it all for free .

If you aren’t already using articles as part of your marketing strategy you really are missing out. What better way to entice visitors to your site than to educate them on a subject, and show them how much you know about your niche, whilst providing a link for them to find out more at your site.

Recently, the concept of marketing your website with articles has gained popularity. Many site owners are having articles written and published on various article directories. The reason is simple, traffic.

Why Article Marketing?

The demand for quality content online never ceases. Smart webmasters realize that by providing this quality content and giving permission for other webmasters to republish their articles results in an excellent opportunity to expose their website to their target audience.

Each article that you write and distribute gives you the chance to plug your site or newsletter in the about the author section. You can typically link directly to your site, and sometimes even can use HTML and link your primary keywords in the anchor text. This gives you some nice, relevant backlinks. Its not uncommon to receive thousands of unique backlinks for each article submitted, as over time your article will continue to be picked up for redistribution by other webmasters.

That’s why article marketing is so popular, its a winning situation all around. Other webmasters can add your quality articles to their sites for free, and you get exposure and links. Everybody is happy.

But I cant Write!

Writing a good article is actually surprisingly easy, especially if you are already an expert on your topic. Articles only need to be about 300 – 500 words, and be well written and without spelling and grammatical errors. Even if you are trying to write about a topic that you are not as familiar with, you have options.

Many webmasters outsource the creation of articles. If you visit any web freelance site, such as elance.com, you can usually find someone to write articles for you on any topic for between $10 to $40 per article. As with anything, buyer beware. Its best to give a prospective writer a small assignment first of only a few article to get a feel for the quality of their writing. Remember, the articles that you submit are representing you and your website. Quality matters.

How and Where to Submit Articles?

So, you have written your article, checked it for spelling and grammar and its ready to go…now what? You need to distribute your article to Article Directories, Article Announcement Lists and you can even submit your article directly to industry specific sites.

Many article marketers find that using an article submission software can speed up the time it takes to submit your articles. Article submission software also can help with the “where do I submit to?” question as well. The article submission sites and announcement lists come pre loaded with directories and other sites that accept submissions. You can also add your own sites to the list.

I highly recommend using an article submission software package to submit your articles. The time savings alone is substantial. Personally, I use the article submission software to submit to the “basic” directories & portals. Then, I go to Google and type in my topic and “submit article”. Usually, I will have tens or even hundreds more sites that cater specifically to the niche I am promoting. I then submit to those niche sites as well. This technique is not something I see being widely done, however, so there’s a good tip for you!

The traffic from articles submitted to niche sites as well as the directories is substantially higher than the traffic from articles submitted to directories alone.

There you have it. Marketing your website with articles is a great way to get traffic, links and expose your website to new visitors. Its easier than it sounds, even for those that think they cant write. Just try it! Chances are you will be adding Article marketing to your standard internet marketing box of tricks.