Article directories are websites that house free articles. These articles are usually put there by whoever owns the copyright to them, and each serves its writer in a promotional capacity in the sense that it includes a byline which appears under the article so that visitors who eventually read it will know who wrote it (or at least who owns it) and will be able to get in contact with him/her or visit the owner’s website for further information.
Article directories are a great place to put your articles so that they will – potentially – make you money if they receive enough exposure and readership. By using this method, visitors to the directory who are interested in your product or service will see your article, acknowledge you as an expert on the subject and will probably visit your website.
Even if you don’t have a lot of confidence in ytour ability to write, or have little or no knowledge of the product/service you are promoting (for example, running an affiliate website), you can always hire a writer to do the work for you. It is important to point out here, however, that getting quality articles written could be expensive at first, but they will pay for themselves in little time – either through affiliate sales or selling your own services – and the income from then on will be all profit.
Let’s take a real life example. Imagine that you are an accountant working from home and you write an article on an accounting topic and place it on various article directories. Those who are looking for the subject you wrote about will read your article, see that you have the knowledge and skill necessary to do a job for them.
In this scenario there is really nothing to prevent them from visiting your website or contacting you by email to learn more about your product or service. Your article will have gained you a new client who may use your services regularly, but will definitely give you a nice profit at least once.
Furthermore, since you have posted it on a free article directory, others who have affiliate websites about accounting will most likely use your article for their website; and since they must attach your byline to it, this will bring you even more exposure for every website that re-posts your article thereby providing even more benefits to you from the traffic that they get to their website.
There are numerous article directories out there for you to utilize. Among them is iSnare, eZines and Go Articles. That having been said, your bet best might be to put a copy of each of your articles on every one the free article directories for maximum exposure. It will eventually help to bring more traffic and customers to your website, which will lead to new orders and even more profit.
