There is hardly any other online marketing tool that is as effective and yet so low-cost as articles are when it comes to generating traffic.

Most people don't know it but low cost marketing articles are capable of generating tons of targeted traffic for any site. For instance a single article posted at an articles directory can end up in tens of thousands of other web sites. This in itself creates a marketing situation where there is a huge but low cost potential for traffic because even if your article in each of those sites generates the occasional hit, the numbers will tend to quickly add up into a very impressive traffic figure.

Marketing articles are actually so low cost that they tend to cost next to nothing. Apart from the time spent researching, writing and posting the marketing article, there is no other cost the site owner looking to get away from low traffic will incur.

Even if one chooses to hire a content provider to generate the marketing articles, the cost will still be very low when compared to other methods of advertising online.

What's more low cost marketing articles tend to generate highly targeted traffic that has already been pre-sold before they actually get to your site. This also makes low cost marketing articles very valuable sources of traffic for any site.

Here's a list i find very effective:

http://www.articlewheel.com

http://www.submityourarticlesnow.com

http://www.articles4cash.com

http://www.myarticlerepositories.com

http://www.placefreearticles.com

http://www.postarticles4free.com

http://www.repositorysubmission.com

http://www.myarticlecolumn.com

http://www.letusspeakout.com

http://www.articleadvisors.com

http://www.articlesubmission4free.com

http://www.free4allarticles.com

http://www.freearticleposting.com

Search for article directories and submit your article to as many directories as possible.