Now, most of the people who start promoting products as affiliates online start because it can be done without any investment.

I cannot think of any other business that can be set up with zero investment.

However, you need to get your facts straight otherwise you can end up being one of the 90% people who fail at affiliate marketing.

Only those who are able to put their plans into action are the ones who actually succeed.

If you want to begin as an affiliate, the best thing to start with is article marketing.

Just run a google search with the term article directories and you will come with thousands of directories online.

However, you need not submit articles to all of them. Just a few high PR directories are good enough to send traffic and keep sending you traffic.

Ezinearticles.com is the most popular and effective article directory when it comes to submitting articles. They do not accept duplicate content and preview each and every article before publishing it.

It is easy to set an account with them and submit articles.

If you have never written any article, just go to ezine and search on any topic like. You are most likely to come up with articles on virtually topic you can think of.

Though it takes a little time for them to initially approve your articles, once you get upgraded to the platinum level, your articles get approved within 48 hours.

Other directories that you should submit articles to include:

• ArticleDashboard
• ArticleAlley
• Goarticles
• Amazines
• Searchwarp
• Buzzle
• ArticlesBase
• Hubpages and
  
• Squidoo

Focusing on long tail keywords and linking back to your site with this keyword within the article or resource box is the most effective strategy that not only drives traffic to your site but also helps you get valuable back links to your site.

One of the mistakes I initially did when I began article marketing is that I was writing all my articles on the same site- Ezinearticles.

Though there is no harm in it google prefers your site and rates it higher in search results when you have different sites linking back to your won site. This is why it is important to submit your articles to various article directories.

Make sure you link all the pages on your site to articles and not just the index page.

By taking this approach you will find yourself ranking higher in search engine results and traffic will keep coming back to your site.

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