• By Chris Kennelly
• Published 12/29/2008
• Article Writing

Welcome to the information age, as boosted and maintained by that fantastic medium we call the internet. The internet, well the users really, have created a huge database of information relating to all sorts of things that affect everybody and everything in life. One of these phenomena are the article directories which enable writers to submit an article or many articles to be stored and viewed within these directories. These also allow publishers to access these articles for potential publication beyond that specific directory. Over and above the publishers are the readers, people seeking information on or about items that affect their lives. They might be looking for information on traveling to a certain destination, or perhaps they might be looking for some help with a personal home or house related problem. This is where the writer can provide essential and very helpful advice to these people seeking the information, the point is that the writer must submit an article to address or help these concerns.

Hence one is encouraged to submit an article in line with special circumstances or experiences that one has gone through and might be able to provide the guidance to others, so that they may avoid any unpleasant or difficult situations. Some might want to be paid f

or this advice or help, in which instance it would be recommended to go and open a business and see how many people will pay for that advice. Unfortunately if you have answers to a limited number of issues, you business will most likely not take off and you would have been better off providing the help and information via the article directory. One should bear in mind that when you submit an article, you can use this as a very cost effective marketing tool, bearing in mind that you should sell when you submit an article. You should provide the valuable solutions or anecdotes when you submit an article, in such a way that the reader will follow you to your website and therefore potentially buy from your business. The article merely serves as a tool or a teaser that entices the reader to come to your virtual showroom, in other words your website.

When you do submit an article, pay close attention to the requirements of the article directory, as mentioned above do not sell, as the editors are extremely strict on this. Also ensure that you have the correct layout and content in the article to be able to have it accepted by the directory as well as the reader. Remember that even though the reader is seeking the information from your article, you must try to capture their attention in the first few sentences, as there are many articles in contention for the readers time and money.