Article marketing is one of those marketing methods that has received a lot of attention as of late. It makes sense. Article marketing provides many benefits and is probably one of the best free methods for generating traffic and increasing sales for your business. In this short article we will discuss some of the benefits of article marketing.

The first benefit of writing articles and submitting them to article directories is that it establishes you as an expert in your particular field. People who read your articles are more likely to perceive you as someone who knows what they are talking about and more prone to want to work with you.

A second benefit to writing articles is that you are allowed to place a small resource box where you can provide the reader a link to your website. If a reader enjoys your information or wants to learn more they will more than likely click on to your link to get more information. This will help to increase traffic and drive targeted visitors to your primary website.

A third benefit to article marketing is that it helps your visibility in the search engines. By posting your articles to article directories you give permission for people to publish your articles on their websites. This will increase the number of incoming links to your main website and drive more targeted traffic from the search engines.

So those are just some of the primary benefits of article marketing. I think article marketing is a great way to generate free targeted traffic to your website. It