All you need to get started is around 10-20 well written 300 to 400 word articles.
When I say well written, I mean original high quality articles that have your primary keywords included in the titles of each article, as well as in the content.
Some article marketing revolves around re-writing private label content.
This practice is acceptable providing that the articles are indeed totally re-written.
Some article directories will not allow PLR content submissions.
When your articles are available, you can start submitting them to the various article directories.
Begin with EzineArticles.com and when the article is published, submit the same article to the other directories.
Each of your articles should have an author's resource box tagged with a back link to your website or business blog at the end of the article.
Although some article directories allow anchor text back links in the body of your articles, EzineArticles.com and a few others only permit back links in the resource box.
As long as your articles are compelling enough to hold your reader's attention until they get to read your resource box at the end of your article, you should have no problem acquiring a sufficient number of back links to increase traffic to your site.
When using article marketing to attract back links, the more articles you have in circulation, the more exposure you will get from both your article's resource box and your directory profile.
The major article directories provide the "link juice" necessary for your site because of the authority and weight that the search engines give to these directories.
Google in particular ranks EzineArticles.com at the top of their search engine results and once your keyword rich article is published by them, it will rank high in the results page for that keyword.
When you create articles that have your primary keywords integrated into them, you will be able to rank effectively for some of the most competitive keywords and phrases in your market niche.
When webmasters reprint your articles, they must retain your author's resource box along with any included back links to your website.
This can generate a flood of targeted traffic from every website that publishes your original content and is the primary reason why using article marketing to attract backlinks is so effective.
