The Secret of Article Marketing For Affiliates

Writing articles is a great way of generating traffic to a website. Sometimes called 'bum' marketing, article marketing is something that many people use to generate affiliate sales, and in this article we're going to look at how you can do this too.

The basic method of article marketing for affiliates is that you write your article, and at the end you include a link to a website of your choice in the resource box.

You write a high number of articles centered around the subject of the products you're promoting, submit them to the leading article directories, and hopefully people come across them and click on your links. If you make a sale, you'll earn an affiliate commission.

As an affiliate marketer using articles, I highly recommend that you send people to your own website first, and then point them towards the affiliate link afterwards.

The reason for this is that firstly many of the leading article directories do not allow you to use an affiliate link directly, but also because it is more effective in terms of conversions, and in addition it allows you to take greater control because potentially you can capture their email address at the same time.

There are several ways of doing this.

This is my favorite method of article marketing for affiliates because once they are subscribed to your list you can make affiliate sales from them time and time again. You could also use a combination, for example you could link your articles to a review site, blog, etc, and that also includes an opt-in box.

There are several important things to consider when using article marketing. It's crucial that your articles are well written, are centered on specific, relevant keywords, and that they actively encourage people to visit your website.

The key to this is to make your articles informative and interesting, but not to include ALL the information. Tell your reader that if they want to find out more information they should visit your website.