It is a proven fact that article marketing works for a large number of internet marketers in a variety of niches. This has been proven repeatedly. However, those who have never engaged in article marketing tend to think it is more difficult or time-consuming than it actually is. It starts with writing an article. You can do this yourself or hire a ghostwriter. The cost of ghostwritten articles is usually less than $10.00 for a 300 to 500 word article.
It is important that the article is informative and relates to your niche. The article should not sound like a sales letter. At the end of the article, include your 'resource box' A resource box is simply information about the author and usually includes a link to the author's website, a link to subscribe to a newsletter and possibly even an email address to contact the author.
If your article was written by a ghostwriter, you are still the author. Under the resource box, you make a declaration granting others the right to reprint the article free of charge as long as they do not change it and keep your resource box. This way, others can help your article go viral. Once the article is written, you should distribute it to as many article directories as you can find. It's also helpful to send the article to the editors of ezines in your niche.
You can find lists of ezines in the various ezine directories available on the Internet. There is article submission software that you can use to speed up the submission of your article. An example of this type of software is Instant Article Submitter at www.instantarticlesubmitter.com. There are also services that will manually submit your article to directories. This is highly recommended as many article directories do not allow or accept articles submitted with software.
One such recommended service for submitting articles is We Submit Articles at: www.wesubmitarticles.com . Submitting the articles yourself is a time-consuming task. If you can hire someone to do this work for you, you will have more time overall to focus on other marketing tasks, including creating more articles.