I see affiliates complain all time about a lack of traffic and how they think “it’s too hard” to get qualified traffic, etc… But then when I ask them one simple question, 98% of them never answer correctly.

I ask them “Are you submitting articles?” They answer “no…”

Well, how can you run an affiliate business if you’re not using one of best forms of traffic generators in business! Submitting articles is one of best ways to guarantee yourself mass amounts of traffic that lasts forever!

Here are 10 reasons off of top of my head of why you should be submitting articles…

1. You'll brand your web site, business and yourself by submitting articles to e-zines. You could include your name, business name, your credentials, web site address and e-mail address in your resource box.

2. You will become known as an expert on topics you write about. This will give you and your business extra credibility which will help you compete against your competition. 3. Your article might also be placed on publisher's home page. If they publish each issue on their home page this will give you some extra exposure.

Internet marketing using blogs has quickly gained a lot of popularity as a wonderful way to promote your business.

There are many ways that blogging can help in promotion of your business. Since blogs are usually full of links and contain a large amount of keywords it will give your site a much better chance of being picked up by a search engine allowing more exposure for your business.

Taking a course on search engine optimization with help you determine best keywords for your blog.

You can establish yourself to be very knowledgeable about items your business carries and be influential in decision making process of your customers. This will give you credibility in your field and generate leads for your business.

You can use your blog as a method of introducing people behind your business to your customers giving your business a more personalized feel which will give you an edge on larger corporations. Also make sure that whomever you have creating entries in your blog has suitable writing skills because by keeping entries short and easy to read you will find it will bring your customers visiting often to see what is going on with your company.