Search engine marketing and website promotion can be done with no cost, and just a little bit of time, using this free method. Use it, and your web site traffic will increase, as well as your search engine rankings. It is called article marketing.

Content really is the king on the internet and words are still the top choice for website owners to create content. even those sites that are now full multimedia still need to surround the videos with solid content, and they are looking for new material all the time.

E-zine publishers (electronic online magazines) also send content via email, and they need new material all the time to pad out the advertisements they use to make their income. Your words can be in the hottest e- zines and websites, just by writing an article.

The best way to leverage an article is by submitting it to hundreds of article banks, where website owners go to find new content.

Articles that are syndicated to article directories and article banks normally need to meet certain standards, and you will fail to get accepted if you do not conform to what they are looking for.

It is important to note that the main purpose of writing an article is not get to paid for it. You want to use your article to get people to your site, where you are making money.

A successful article must contain these key features in order to get published all over the Internet:

1. Keep your article word count to between 300 and 700 words.

2. Each article should contain a keyword that people actively search for.

3. Create a title that is attention getting and includes your keyword.

4. Make an attention getting first line that also includes your keyword.

5. Your article should be informative, helpful or fun to read, and never should include affiliate links or advertisements.

6. Include a “resource box” (or “bio box”) that includes your name and website url. Hyperlink your website address.

Articles can be writing by you or anyone you can get to do it for you - your wife, husband, kids, ghost writer, or the girl next door, just as long as it is original content that you control. You can even by “private label right” content and rewrite it quicker than starting from stratch.

You can either do the website submissions to the article directories manually yourself, or you can use submission software that semi-automated the process. The easiest way to submit your article is by outsourcing - getting an article submission company to submit your article for you. The best outsource companies do a great job, and they make sure your article gets accepted.

Whatever path you decide on for getting articles written and submitted will work. You need to get started today, because this is one of the best free advertising methods ever invented.

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