Every internet marketer knows that if your webpages are buried in the middle of the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages), then there's no chance that you'll ever gain enough exposure to make any money. This is especially true for anyone who is running an e-commerce type site. Once, these was easily remedied simply by purchasing a great many one-way backlinks from other, high PR sites; but with so many of the different search engines currently changing their algorithms for page rank, marketers are having to look to other methods to increase their positions in the search engine results.



One of these methods which internet marketers around the world are finding most effective, is writing and submitting a great many articles to article directories. These directories work in such a way that ezine owners and bloggers are able to use the articles listed in these directories, in their publications for free in exchange for leaving the author's resource box intact. The resource box contains a short biography of the author, along with a link back to their website. When your articles are used by these publications, you are receiving completely free backlinks, along with the added benefit of establishing yourself as an expert in your field.

Writing Your Articles

If you've decided to use article directories to boost your profits, then the first thing you will need to know is the best way to write an article for one. Since not everyone is a natural born writer, we wanted to show you the easiest way to get started. The first step to writing articles for article directories, is having something of importance to say. Whatever your business currently is, then that is where your expertise should lie. Think about what others who are not in your business who might like to be, or others who may be in need of your products or services would want to know about what you do. Think about the products you sell, and the problems they solve for people. These problems, along with a few, short solutions, should be the primary focus of your articles for the article directories.

Once you have a topic for your articles, the next step is to write down the exact solution to whatever problem is your primary focus, in a short and succinct manner. Articles for article directories should be no more than approximately 450 to 500 words in length. It has been proven that the average reader will not read much more than 500 words at one sitting online, so by keeping them short, you will increase the number of people who not only read your article, but also those that make it all the way to the end where your resource box (and your link) is.

If you are a terrible writer, as so many are, you can always come up with a specific topic that you are knowledgeable about and use a recording service to record yourself speaking your article. Then, you can easily have these articles inexpensively transcribed into written word, then submit them to your chosen article directories.

Wash, Rinse, Repeat

Once you have created your first few articles for the article directories, you will find that the process becomes much easier. But don't just stop with one or two. Try to set a goal for yourself to write at least one article each week to submit to the article directories of your choice. The more articles you write, the more your website will gain exposure. And the more exposure your website has – the higher your profit margin becomes. By writing articles for article directories, and having them published by ezine owners and bloggers across the internet, you will give yourself so many free, one-way backlinks, that soon your site will rise in the SERPs. When that happens, your profits will rise as more people are able to easily find your site without having to dig through hundreds of pages of search engine results.

So what are you waiting for? Get started submitting to article directories today, and watch your profits soar!