With the increasing cost of advertising, it is getting very hard to find targeted free or low cost traffic.

A great method is by writing articles for traffic and letting websites and ezine publishers reprint them including your resource box which includes a link back to your website. Website and ezine owners need constant fresh content to publish. A great way to build one way back links to your website and increase branding.

Getting started

Decide on relevant keywords. You could use software, like clickadequalizer from www.clickadequalizer.com, this software finds alternative keywords, the number searches for that keyword as well as the amount of competition. Try to find keyword with high number of searches and low competition. You could also use www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion which is a free tool.

Do some research on the topic you wish to write about. Read some books and search the internet for information. Information for ideas and increase your understanding of the subject, so that you can put it into your unique thoughts.

Get some ideas for your article with some brainstorming, as thoughts come to you write them down. It does not need to be in any order or make sense, as you are only collecting your ideas. This will give you a starting point for some topics to include in your article.

A very important part of your article is the title, it should be catchy so that people will read it and will improve your chances of been published. Try incorporating your most important keyword or phrase into the title.

The ideal length of article is between 300 to 850 words.

If don’t have the time or feel writing is not for you, then you could hire a ghost writer who will write an article. A ghost writer is a writer that will write content for you, this material remains is your own.

The next step is to submit to article directories. You could login to each directory one at a time or use a service like submityourarticle.com, which cost $37.00 per month.

You should aim at submiting a new article once a fortnight or month.

You can find major article directories using your favorite search engine, try typing in “article directory”. Signup to them and submit your articles.

The number of incoming links to your site is major factor in determining search engine ranking. One way links are the most important and can cost $40 or more per link. Writing free articles you can get hundreds or even thousand or these links free.

Best of luck

Richard Wright