What is Article Marketing?

It's surprising to know that a lot of people have no idea what article marketing is. Many of my clients are asking me to write articles for them to submit to article marketing sites. Why? Because it's a great way to get traffic to their business websites. Here's how it works. I will create an article, complete with keywords, on some aspect of their business or product. For example, I just did some articles for a client who is in the skin care industry. Some of the topics that I used for her articles were: Organic Skincare, Benefits of Unrefined Skincare Products, and Different Uses for (Product.)

Then, the client or myself will submit these articles (usually 500 to 1000 wds) to an article marketing site. Some of the best ones are http://www.ezinearticles.com/ and http://www.associatedcontent.com/. By writing the article for the client, I am freeing up their time so that they can work on other things. When a potential customer searches for a product or information that contains the keywords I used in the article, my client's article will pop up. The potential customer can either be searching major search engines, or on the article marketing site itself.

When the article comes up for the potential customer to read, a link to my client's website is provided as well, along with a company bio. The customer gets excited about the information, and clicks on the link. Plain and simple, this is a great way to get more traffic and potential customers to your site. Hiring a ghost writer to write your articles is great, because you can put your name on the articles you submit. Some ghost writers will even offer the service of handling submissions and things like that as well.

Article marketing is truly an under-utilized option for getting more traffic and customers. If you have doubts, visit one of the above mentioned article sites and check it out for yourself. Read one or two of the articles and see what you think. Or, visit my content producer pages on either site. The links are http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Samantha_Cummings and http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/89052/samantha_cummings.html. You can also visit my website to learn more about what you can do to bring traffic and customers to your site. http://www.your-writer.com/