By Howard C. Gray
Writing articles is a great way to build traffic, improve SEO, increase your email lists and build consumer loyalty, all the while continuing to brand your website and increase sales. So how does one make sure more than just visitors to your site are reading your articles?
Simple: submit your articles to Article Directories. Here's the benefits you'll gain:
1. Free promotion for your website.
2. You'll be informing your readers and giving them useful information. This is important, especially in light of the current economy as buyers tighten their pocket books and look for increasing "value" to their purchases.
3. Free exposure of your content to thousands of readers.
4. Search engines love original content, always have, always will. This is a tried and tested method to building ecommerce.
5. It's easy. If you can write, you can do it. If you can't, hire a freelance writer from Elance.com
How to get started
1. Pick a well written article that's informative and useful or create one.
2. Make sure it's free of spelling errors and grammatical mistakes.
3. Add a copyright notice at the end of the article.
4. Include a "resource box" after the copyright notice. In the resource box include a link to your newsletter sign up page.
5. Submit your article to the directories of choice.
6. If possible, to save time and money, automate the process.
