Well, let’s just say that I’ve been scammed so many times now, that being positive is difficult. I’ve tried pay per click….it’s just not worth the money. Some companies are willing to pay $12.00 for one click, well, just starting out, I simply can’t afford those numbers.

Some marketers suggest forums. Well, I’ve tried that too. Somehow my little messages and small link back to my site get lost in those thousands upon thousands of pages. It is way too labor intensive and not something I want to spend my day at.

It would be nice if I ranked number one in the search engines and didn’t have to worry about getting the traffic to my site myself. But that will come later, hopefully. Then maybe we will be millionaires. I am not millionaire now, nor do I pretend to be. I’m am on my way though, It’s just a matter of time.

OK, back to traffic. So since forums are a waste of time and pay per click is a waste of money when then. Well, blogging can work if you already have a ton of traffic to that blog. I hear about press releases, but I can’t be bothered to spend the money. I would rather write an article that doesn’t cost me any money.

Then there’s social bookmarking. I still haven’t quite figured this one out. Isn’t it suppose to be others who bookmark you that make you popular, that can’t happen if you don’t have those people visiting you. Then there is MySpace or Facebook. Well you can tell you friends and family, but chances are they already know.

What I have come to learn is that article marketing is perhaps one of the cheapest, fastest and best ways to getting targeted traffic. Your reading this now aren’t you? Guess what, this is article marketing. Depending on which sites you submit to, you can potentially get hundreds and thousands of visitors per day, in less than one month. I know this from experience. Don’t just believe me here…TRY IT. Actually, it sort of depends on how many articles you write.

First you need to write an article or two. Next you need to submit it to a directory. One of the most popular is Ezine Articles. They also tend to have the higher standards. Submit to them first. If they accept it, you know it’s good. Then you can re-submit that article to other directories.

Free article submitters are available if you search them out. Usually, they are some kind of stand alone software that will run on your computer. These submitters can make your life a little easier and make the process faster.

Unfortunately, here is the down side. These types of submitters are not supported, they hold static information, and only for about 100-200 sites. Your article will be sent to a general article directory, which doesn’t rank as high as niche directories. Also, each article will be exactly the same. Search engines don’t particularly like that.

If you want to find out how to get your articles out to 1000′s of niche specific site visit my blog and article directory at http://livelifeathome.biz/

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