by Azam Corry
You're sure to have heard of at least some of the benefits to be got from submitting to article directories. But I bet you didn't know quite how many powerful reasons there actually are:
Gives Both You and Your Business A Credibility Boost.
For one because of the simple fact that you're the author of an article, and on top of that because submitting frequently to several article directories will cause your articles to keep being seen in the SERPS.
Helps To Develop Trust.
Your articles pre-sell you to your prospects. When they arrive at your website, they are more likely to check out your offerings.
Assists In Building Brand Recognition.
In the reader's mind a connection is established between the topic of the article and yourself or your business.
Channels Quality, Targeted Prospects to Your Site.
By the way they reached your website, people who click on the Resource Box link at the foot of the article are already highly-qualified. You get traffic from article directories themselves, and from the readers of ezines and visitors to websites that reproduce your article.
Attracts Visitors You Wouldn't Have Reached Directly.
You are effectively casting your net wider with every article you submit, drawing in new prospects who would never have discovered your business if not for reading your article on another website.
Enables You To Get More Value From Your Content.
New and existing website content can be quickly and easily rewritten numerous times for submissions to article sites.
Provides You With No Cost Advertising That Really Works.
You are viewed as an expert by your article. Before they even visit your website, prospects have warmed to you and let their guard down. Article marketing empowers you to pre-sell your prospects effectively.
Gives You Free Newsletter Ads.
Your Resource Box at the foot of your articles is an ad for your website or business. You are essentially getting a free ad in their ezine whenever ezine publishers reprint your articles.
Increases Your Site's Alexa Rankings.
The more people who click on your links in the Resource Box, the more traffic your site gets. Since Alexa ranks sites based upon visitor numbers, this increases your rankings.
No Cost Website Traffic For Years.
This traffic comes both from the sites of webmasters who use your article and from the directory itself.
Leads To Better Google PR And More Links To Your Site.
Search engines use the number and quality of incoming links in conjunction with the relevance of the anchor text to rank web pages in the search results. Having your articles appearing on many sites obviously means you will have a greater number of inbound links. As mentioned previously is not only from the directories, but also from any other sites that found your article there and used it.
Increases Sales.
The quality traffic and leads from the links in your Resource Box naturally generates increased sales. Visitors from articles frequently become purchasers. And if for some reason you haven't got what they are looking for, they will more than likely click on your Adsense ads anyway.
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An Internet old-timer with a decade online, Azam Corry enjoys sharing his Internet marketing experience and was promoting with articles before article directories existed. Get free article marketing advice or head over to his Internet & affiliate marketing blog.
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