1. By posting articles to sources like e-zines, article directories, newsletters or blogs, you will brand your web site, business and yourself. You could include your name, business name, your credentials, web site address and e-mail address in your resource box.



2. People with read your article and think of you as an expert. The major advantage of this is that you and your business will receive a huge boost in credibility thus beating your competition. Now, a lot of people tell me that they are not experts about anything to which I always reply "At one time every ?expert? from Bill Gates to Stephen Hawking knew nothing about what they are experts on." So don't let being a beginner stop you!

3. The publisher might also decide to post your article on their web site's home page. This means that your article will be read much more since the home page is the most viewed page of any web site. In addition, your web site will get indexed faster and more frequently because the web site's home page will usually have a higher page rank than it's other pages.

4. If the e-zine publisher archives their e-zine on their site, you will get extra exposure well into the future with no additional work. Why is this? It's because many people like to read past issues to evaluate the content they will receive if the subscribe. Furthermore, many people will want to read all of the past issues as well because the content of the issues that they are receiving is so good.

5. You will get free advertising! Since it's free, it will give you the money to spend on advertising elsewhere. For instance, you could take 50% of your profits and by Google Adwords ads and generate even more traffic. Your advertising options will grow more and more varied.

6. It's a simple fact that they more you write, the more of an authority you become both in the eyes of others as well as your actual knowledge. Authorities are in great demand as writers or speakers at events. Just watch your income and business grow larger and larger without additional work. The major benefit of this is that it grows on its own because it feeds itself.

7. Allows publishers to print your articles in e-books that they give away for free. Since the e-books don't cost anything, people are willing to take it and read your article. If they like the e-book they will forward it to friends, family and business associates. And if they like your article, they'll visit your web site. The really cool thing about this method is that if they don't like your article, they still might forward the e-book on to others and one of those people might really like your article. So there is a good possibility that your article will get read a lot! I can't tell you how many times I receive e-books that have my articles from friends that I never even sent the e-book to in the first place! 8. If you want your article to get published all over the internet then submite it to article directories or web sites that have free content directories on them. They'll grant their readers or visitors the right to copy your article and publish it on their web sites... provided that they give you credit for writing the article and link to your web site as well.

9. You'll build trust with your readers. Your readers won't be hesitant to buy your product or service if the like the article that you wrote. Your sales conversions and profits will go through the roof!

10. You could get your article guaranteed to run in an e-zine. Agree to run one of their articles in your e-zine if they agree to publish your article in their e-zine. Talk about a win/win situation!