Writing articles for syndication is a great way to attract people to your website. When building links, two things will happen:

1. Search engines will rank your page higher than one with fewer links to it

2. People will be able to find you more easily.

Although your web stats may only make it seem like 3 or 4 people are visiting your site each month from any of these sources, imagine the long-term impact and compare that to an AdSense or similar campaign where you might pay $0.30-$3.00 to bring a highly focused visitor to your site.

For example, if you write one article per month, by the end of month six you will have more than 60 people visiting your site each day.

In dollars and cents, instead of PAYING $100-200, you are GETTING free traffic that you know is interested in you and your business, because they just read your article.

Now you are the expert, they want to know more!

Fortunately, there are dozens of free sites that will allow you to post articles and some of them will also distribute them so that others can spread their knowledge through newsletters and other sources (which will increase the impact of your article).

While writing an article may seem like an easy thing to do, you have to remember that it’s also easy for someone else to do. To make your article more popular, pay attention to the following:

Be unique: Write about something that not everyone already has, or write it differently, with a new twist. For example, there are dozens of articles that just list a few shipping sites and that’s it. This article lists as many as possible AND helps put article marketing into context by providing tips and expectations.

Optimize text naturally: You want your article to appear at the top of a list when someone searches for it, and in search engines. To do this, make sure your keywords are included in the article, but not too blatantly. It is very important that your article is well read by humans.

Write short, quick one-thought paragraphs: In school you were taught that a paragraph should be 4-5 sentences long and should include an introduction and a conclusion. That’s accurate, but it’s not always best when writing on the internet. Instead, make your text readable to someone just scanning it. You want that person to quickly find the new and important information that you are offering.

If you like to write articles for free (and find that people like to read them), you might consider submitting some of them to local magazines or newspapers. Even some online web magazines pay for content. It may not be a lot of money, but you will get more exposure and a lot more traffic.

So who can write articles?

Everyone can!

Garden store owners can write about the correct way to prune roses.

Lawyers can write about public speaking techniques

doctors can write about the first signs of various diseases

Marketing company executives you can write about article marketing and other ways to help small business owners

Mechanics you can write about how to fix common car problems like a wiper blade

tutors you can write articles on memorizing the order of the planets or mnemonic devices to help in algebra or other subjects

Everyone has something interesting that they are experts at. If you need help finding yours, write to me and I will help you.

Here is a list of some popular sites to help you in your article marketing efforts:

One of the best sources is Ezine @articles. Their website is http://www.ezinearticles.com

Other great sites include the following:

Home

http://www.internetbasedmoms.com/

[http://www.marketing-seek.com/articles/submit.shtml]

http://clearviewpublications.com

http://www.ideamarketers.com

http://www.goarticles.com

http://www.freelancewriting.com

http://www.empresarialknowledge.com

Homepage

[http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/articles/submit.shtml]

http://www.thealigned.com

http://www.mujeres-digitales.com/submitarticle.htm

http://www.equipodeconnection.com/submit.html

http://www.makingprofits.com

[http://www.boconline.com/sub-art.shtml]

http://www.addme.com

http://www.articlesubmit.com

http://www.theezine.net

[http://virtual-professionals.com/articles.shtml]

http://www.web-source.net/articlesub.htm

[http://www.tigrafix.com/articles/submission.htm]

http://ebusinesshelpsite.com/

http://www.businesstoolchest.com/articles/submit.shtml

http://www.writerswrite.com

Accueil

http://school-china.netfirms.com/

http://www.toupin.com

Home

http://www.business-opportunity.biz/addarticle.php

http://www.selling-it.com/Add_article.htm

http://www.homebiztools.com

http://www.palabrasdemarketing.com

http://www.amrithallan.com

http://www.workoninternet.com

http://www.executivecoachingstudio.com

http://www.home-based-business-opportunities.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/article_announce

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/articles_archive

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Free_eContent/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freezinecontent/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/netwrite-publish-announce/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/netwrite-publish-announce/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Free-Reprint-Articles

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/free-content

Home

http://amazines.com/

[http://www.mbnet.com/article_add_form.asp]

http://www.family-content.com

[http://www.clickforcontent.com]

http://sbinformation.about.com/library/blsubmission.htm

[http://www.optimizemag.com/mediakit/contribute.jhtml]

http://www.site-reference.com

http://www.isnare.com

[http://www.trade-show-tips.com/interactive]

http://www.click-partners.com

http://www.traffic-advisor.com

http://www.ezinesearch.com/

[http://www.marketing-seek.com/articles/submit.shtml]

[http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/articles/submit.shtml]

http://ezinearticles.20fr.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freeezinearticles/

http://www.articleproject.com/