According to some publications, article marketing expert Timothy Gorman makes 5 figures monthly using the method on his own niche websites, but I haven’t gotten to the interesting part yet. He has been doing so in his spare time while working full time as a Captain in the US ARMY!

Mr. Gorman is not the only one making a killing in article marketing. Many others have reaped similar benefits from this no frills method of online marketing. But don’t be fooled, making big bucks in online marketing requires lot’s of hard work. So if you’re serious and you’re willing to put in the hours there is money to be made.

The web is filled with article submission sites or article directories are they are sometimes called. Some of these directories are bad, some good, and some are AWESOME! The top quality article submission sites have the deadly combination of high PageRank combined with lots of traffic.

These sites provide a two-pronged method of generating traffic to your site. The first and most important comes from there enormous value they provide in terms of search engine optimization. Most article directories allow a single backlink to be included at the end of every article that you post. These backlinks are of high value not only because of their PageRank but due to the fact that the “referring page” (article) contains relevant content. The search engines pay attention to not only the anchor text of the link but also how closely related the referring page is to the landing page.

The second, bonus method of traffic are the unique visitors who come directly to your site by following your links. Please keep in mind that it is not just the links at the bottom of your articles that provide traffic. Many article directories have an author bio-page for each author and this page can be an excellent source of traffic to your site.

Please keep in mind that when it comes to author bio pages, you have to SELL IT. People will click on your bio page based on the quality of your articles. Once they get on the bio page they will decide whether to click through to your webpage based on how tantalizing you can make yourself and your site seem.

If you are interested in the subject of backlinks, check out our article, “Backlink Building”. Your choice in anchor text is extremely important when building backlinks, for more information on this topic be sure to look out for our upcoming post, “The Anatomy of a Text Link”.

As far as figuring out the number one article directory on the planet, the gold star goes to EzineArticles.com If you want to submit to several directories that’s fine, but make sure to focus the bulk of your effort towards Ezine Articles.

Mr. Gorman has a free ebook out that outlines his method of using article marketing to drive website traffic, to check out this free ebook, click here.