One important part of a web promotion plan is submitting interesting, relevant articles to article directories. There are hundreds of free article directories, where you can place articles for free. In exchange for placing your article, you are allowed to include an author byline at the bottom of the article so that your reader can visit your website for more information



Whether you're an expert or just getting started in your business, promoting your articles in article directories gives you the chance to position yourself as an expert to potential interested customers. Article Directories are great for getting exposure to your articles, and ultimately your website.

Even if you don't consider yourself a writer, you can always hire a freelance writer to generate articles for your website promotion. The costs can range from $3 to 30 depending on the service you use, the quality and the length. And while that may seem expensive up front, the article should bring in more business, increase sales, and create profit, and more than pay for itself.

Let's take a real life example. Imagine that you are an computer programmer working from home. You write an article on various programming techniques and place it on various article directories. Those who are looking for the subject you wrote about will read your article, see that you have the knowledge and skill that is needed to do a project for them, and visit your website or contact you via e-mail. Your article just gained you a new client who may use your services regularly, but will definitely give you a nice profit at least once.

What isn't immediately evident is that having your articles on the article directories is just the first step. You'll find that many article directories have loyal users who scour the postings in an effort to grab new content for their websites. If they have a relevant and related website, they may choose to use your article, and because your author bio is kept intact, you have the opportunity to get traffic off of their website as well.

The blog world is one of the main consumers of information from article directories. Many blog owners are always on the hunt for relevant, useful articles. And you can find your article get picked up by multiple blogs. Some of these blogs have extremely high traffic. This high traffic count can end up bringing tons of potential clients to your websites.

Don't just submit your article to one directory. Try to submit to dozens or hundreds, as each article directory is another potential source for traffic/customers/client. You will find that the more instances of your articles are out there, the more potential profit you can uncover.

For the time or money invested, article marketing is a very effective means of getting visitors and business for you online.