It is very common for webmasters to utilize articles as a way to promote their affiliate sites. This method is usually called article marketing. There are tons of free article directory out there and a webmaster or affiliate marketer can easily submit their free articles to these free directories.

A lot of webmasters will just put the links provide but the merchants in the articles and think that they have done the job. Yet you should never do that. You will not be able to make money if you just try to include the affiliate links in the articles.

Article directories do no allow affiliate links. Yes it is true that there may be some directories which will accept this links in the articles. However, the biggest directories just do not allow them. As a result, they will not accept your articles if you put the affiliate links in the articles.

You may wonder what the marketers do if you are not allowed to put the affiliate links in the articles. As suggested by most affiliate coach or experts, you will be creating your own affiliate site. To this end you can put the link of your affiliate site in the articles you submit.

This goes back to the question of what kind of affiliate site you should create. The most popular kind of site is of course content sites. This means that you will create articles about your niche and put them into your site. Of course you will be promoting the products in your site.

A business directory can also be a good choice. You may be trying to promote products related to wedding. And you will then create a business directory which contains the information of various wedding vendors.

You may also put the urls of a free report or free ebook created by you in the articles. Again, article directory will usually accept these kinds of links. Yet, you have to remember that you should try to create a report or book which is related to the products you promote.

Another plus of article marketing is that it will also help in the SEO of your site. This is mainly related to the external optimization of the site. You can build more back links to your site by putting the links of your site in the articles.