subject: 5 Reasons for Article Marketing [print this page] Article marketing is one of the best methods of getting the word out about your site and establish your online presence. Basically how it works is that you write an article and then submit it to an article directory in exchange for a few links pointing back to your website or blog.
Even though they take a lot of work they are very effective and worth every effort that you put into it. Here are 5 reasons why you should take part in article marketing.
Generate Free Traffic
With each article that you submit to an article directory, you get a few links pointing back to your website. This helps you to generate free traffic, as every time your article gets read, the reader has a chance to click through to your website for more information.
Build Back Links
But not only do article directories help you to generate free traffic, they also help you to build back links, as each link usually is a link for the search engines to follow back to your site. Thus it helps you to rank higher in the search engines so that they will start to send you more traffic as well.
Establish Your Credibility
Writing high quality articles is a great way for others to get to know you and learn to trust you. Thus when they click through to your website or blog, they are more likely to make a purchase, than if they had not read your article.
Improve Your Writing
Even though article directories are tough on the articles which they accept, they still do not have to be perfect. Thus writing for article directories is a great way for you to practice your writing as well as your typing skills. The more that you write the easier it gets.
Make Money Online
Your ultimate goal however, is to make money with your articles. Even though you cannot earn directly with your articles, they will generate traffic and increase the authority of your website so that your earnings from your site will increase.
All the articles that you write will keep working for you for years to come provided that you write evergreen articles that will be just as fresh 5 years from now as they are today. Thus, article marketing is a great way to help you to earn a residual income that will keep paying you over and over again.
