When you take this to the next level, article submission really can translate into a lot of traffic. For example, now that you have written one well written article and got some action off of it, you are ready to do this again and again. That's because you can write any article and get the same results.

There are dozens of article submission directories you can use to submit your articles manually. This is free but is very time consuming and your time and effort could be used on other important things that you have to do by hand like managing your Pay Per Click campaigns.

Article marketing lets your reach your target readers without the need to pay advertising fees or doing the tedious task of link building. Based on studies, using this strategy can pull up your ranking in as little as 15 days depending on the number of your submissions and their quality.

Reputable article directories will have templates that you can follow, in case you doubt how the articles must be formatted. Such templates are usually found at the bottom at the page. When it comes to article submission the optimal length is generally 1000 words and you are best served if you stick to the word limit.

Before you submit article, you need to plan in advance in terms of topics, article submission service and various associated costs. Many people don't do this and they suffer. You also need a specific objective in mind.

Automate your submission. Manually submitting your articles to hundreds of article submission sites and directories can take a lot of time and energy. Thus, I recommend using automatic submission software that can electronically distribute your articles in just few seconds.

You need to produce quality articles yourself. They need to be written with proper spelling and grammar while also presenting bright, relevant information. You will want to have several different versions of each article prepared for different directories.

One of the ways to make sure that your lucrative article marketing is really bringing in profits is to test each aspect of your campaign. When you do this you will find the areas that are successful and those that are bringing little or no traffic. In this way you can build on your successes and learn from your mistakes.

Ask for a list of the directories that your articles will be submitted to. There are services that state that they submit your articles to over 500 directories. While there are more than 500 directories I have discovered that only around 150 of them are worth the effort involved to use them.

If you have the budget, invest on reliable article submission software that can electronically submit your articles to hundreds of publishing sites so you can save more time that can you spend on multiplying the number of your articles.

Article marketing has earned the nods of millions of webmasters. However, there are still quite a few who do not fully understand the process and particularly concern about duplication of content that may result from submitting the same article to various publishing sites.

Optimizing your article submissions with key words, titles, SEO (search engine optimization) and sentence structure is absolutely vital to any successful article submission business.

So, now that you have your articles written and submitted, you can count on receiving some traffic. The more well written the article is, the more attractive it is for other webmasters, the more it will be picked up and used. That means more and more back links to your website.

Your goal in article marketing, just as with other types of business advertising is to increase the revenue earned from your web site. The nice thing about this type of advertising is that you have very low investment. If you find a particular article or submission location is not bringing in extra revenue, you can try the same article on another free site.