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It is a pretty well known tactic to submit articles to article directories as a marketing tool for your business or writing career. Whether you are a freelance writer, a small business owner, an entrepreneur aiming for expert status, or desire to do one of these things - article submitting may be the thing for you.

Many article directories do not pay money. And while that may deter you - consider some of the non-monitary rewards that you may reap from submitting original content in a subject matter that interests you.

Tip: Quality is Key! Make sure your articles are well researched, spell-checked, and edited! Poor articles make you look bad & may be rejected for quality standards.

Marketing - when you want to get the word out about you, or what you do - you use marketing to do it. Rather than paying for advertising - you can submit your articles to content directories and include a promo blurb about you or your business. People that read your article about the stock market and find the free information helpful will be very likely to click through to your website to find out more about your expertise in that industry.

Google Page Rank - this is especially important if you have a website that relies on SEO, search engine placing, search engine ranking, and advertising to pay the bills. Many article directories, like the one linked here, allow search engines to follow the links in your bio. More quality pages that link to yours - the more value the search engine robots see in your site. That improves ranking and exposure. This generally leads to hits, sales, and making money.

Note: The article directory that I’m checking out now is currently accepting original submissions. They must not be published elsewhere. Feel free to check out if Web Articles is the right site for your article marketing.

These are just a few of the benefits an author gets when they market their ideas through writing articles and publishing them in directories. Research the industry a bit and you’ll find out what features would most benefit your online business and help you make money online.

I’m really excited by my latest project. I think entrepreneurs young & old will be psyched by this, too!

Imagine a collection of 100 of the best thing to get you started making your first entrepreneurial profits! Easy, quick, pre-selected for quality, consistency, and helpfulness to the budding business owner.

Whether you work from home, dream of working from home, own a business, are a student, or are already a professional entrepreneur - this collection will be essential to your bag of tricks!

At this point, I imagine it will take a bit of research to whittle my favorites and recommendations from other entrepreneurial professionals down to the 100 that will make it easiest for a new or struggling entrepreneur to start up, then crank up the business profits!

If you have a favorite resource for entrepreneurs, or even have created a tool that you think needs to be included, whether you are a newbie with a great idea or a seasoned “guru,” leave a comment on this post & I’ll have my team take a look!