There are many people who are quietly making money with article marketing. The great thing about using this method is that it is free.The only thing that it costs you is a little time and effort. How does this work? The following article marketing tips will show you how you can get your share of the profits.

Article marketing traffic:

One of the main advantages posting article content brings is traffic. There are two ways this happens. Your article that is posted to a directory will have live links included in it. These links will point back to the page you are promoting, and will bring direct traffic when a reader clicks on it, and also search engine traffic as these back-links improve your web page rankings.

Monetizing the traffic:

You can start making money with article marketing by converting this traffic into a revenue source. One way is by joining an affiliate program. If you offer products for sale on your website related to the niche you are in, then every-time a visitor buys you will get a percentage of that sale, or commission, from that affiliate program.

The other way to monetize the traffic is to serve adverts on your site. You can sell space direct on a monthly basis, and the more traffic you have, the more you can charge. The other type of advertising possibility is from a network like Google Adsense, this type automatically serves ads based on your site content, and gives you a payment each time someone clicks on one.

Direct linking.

This method works in two ways; one is by placing your affiliate link directly in your article. This is rarely allowed by the top article directories, and so is not a common method. The other type of direct linking is where you place code on your site that automatically sends, or redirects, your visitor to the affiliate program. If you own a domain name, then you can redirect this to an affiliate offer quite easily. Whilst some directories do allow you to use these types of links, they are becoming less popular.

Direct linking is not a good way to build any long term revenue from your article marketing efforts. One reason is that you gain little advantage from the back-link, as a site that redirects will not gain search engine rankings easily. The other is that your traffic is a one shot deal, if you have a website you have the possibility of getting your visitors email address through an opt in mailing list, plus they may bookmark your page to come back to. This recycling of traffic is not possible with a direct linking strategy, because they simply arrive at the affiliate offer, and either buy, or don't buy, and are then lost forever. Whilst you may make sales, it is not a good way to build a business.

Scale up your efforts:

More traffic equals more money. For this reason if you are trying to start making money with article marketing you need to write, and post, a lot of articles. These need to be good quality, and unique. You can make use of an article writing service if you find this too much work to keep up with.

Following the above methods will help you to see more success from your articles. However things on the internet change fast, and you should always keep up with the latest article marketing tips. Much of it is common sense. Ask yourself if YOU would enjoy reading what you have produced, and if the answer is yes, then you can't go far wrong.