You can make big money as an affiliate. In fact, many people make very nice six figure incomes using nothing more than products. To be successful online, you need to market the products you recommend effectively. If you are just starting your online business, you should begin by using free techniques to market your business.

Article marketing is a great way to market your products. It is an extremely effective marketing method. Writing articles, you can make big money as an affiliate. The advantage of using articles is the fact that your articles will continue to generate traffic as long as the articles are posted on the Internet. This can be a very long time. I am still getting traffic from articles that I wrote six months to a year ago.

There are five general rules to keep in mind when writing articles to generate income.

1. Always target your articles to the products that you are recommending. By writing articles that are related to your products, it is more likely that you will attract readers that are interested in your products. And interested readers are more inclined to click on your links.

2. Keep your articles short. Your readers did not come to the Internet to read a novel. The ideal article should be between 300 and 500 words.

3. ALWAYS include an author’s resource box that contains two or three links to your website or products that you are recommending. This, after all, is the reason you write articles.

4. Put some thought into each of your

links. Design each one to look like a small classified ad that entices your readers to click. Use anchor links if the directory permits it, otherwise, use the full web address (including http://).

5. Submit your articles to the 25 to 50 largest article directories. This will ensure that your articles will get good exposure and will remain live or a long time.

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