Perhaps you already know some of the benefits you get from submitting articles to article directories. However you probably didn't realize how valuable article submissions can be:

* Increases Both Your Business and Personal Credibility.

For one for the simple reason that you're the writer of an article, and on top of that because when you submit frequently to several directories, your name starts to keep cropping up in searches on your topic.

* Totally Free Targeted Newsletter Ads.

Your About The Author Box at the foot of your articles acts as an ad for your business. You are essentially enjoying a free ad in their ezine whenever ezine publishers use your articles.

* Drives Highly Targeted Visitors to Your Website.

By the way they found your website, visitors who click on the About The Author Box link(s) in your article are already highly-targeted. You get traffic from both the readers of ezines and visitors to sites that republish your article, and also from article directories themselves

* Offers Free Advertising That's More Powerful Than Most Regular Advertising.

Your article makes you an expert on the topic. Before they even arrive at your website, prospects have warmed to you and have relaxed their guard. Article marketing is the best way to "pre-sell" your prospects.

* Enables You To Get More Out Of Content You Already Have.

It's easy to rewrite your current website content numerous times to submit to article directories.

* Increases Recognition Of Your Brand.

A connection is made in the reader's mind between the subject of your article and you.

* Begins To Develop Trust In You.

The knowledge shown in your articles leads your prospects to think of you as an expert, and pre-sells them. They are then more likely to check out your products when they go to your website.

* Causes Your Site's Alexa Rankings To Increase.

Alexa ranks sites according to how many visitors received. People clicking on the links in the Author Bio brings more traffic to your site

* Sends Free Visitors To Your Website For Several Years.

These visitors come both from your article in the directory itself and from the sites of those who republish it.

* Prospects Are Drawn That You Wouldn't Have Found.

With each submitted article, you cast your net wider, reaching new customers and traffic that would have never discovered your website otherwise.

* Leads To Higher Google PR And More Links To Your Site.

Search engines rank web pages by looking at the quality and number of incoming links, in conjunction with the relevance of the anchor (link) text. Clearly you will have a greater number of backlinks the more websites your articles are on. This is from websites using your articles and also the directories themselves.

* Increases Your Sales.

Naturally, the targeted traffic and leads brought by the links in your About The Author Box creates increased sales. Visitors from articles frequently become purchasers. And they will very probably click on your Adsense ads if they don't find what they are looking for.


A knowledgeable Internet marketer online a decade, Azam Corry is always ready to share his experience and was using articles for marketing & promotion before article directories existed. Benefit from actionable no cost article marketing tips or stop by his Internet marketing blog. © 2007 Azam Corry. Download your own fresh re-spun version of this article for your website FREE.