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| businesses. Most start sites with little or no | | | | invested with a copyright. This copyright protects |
| money to spend on marketing. Fortunately, there | | | | you against the unauthorized use of your article |
| is a free way to generate traffic to your site. | | | | by others without your permission. In this |
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| complete waste of money. At least, we should! If | | | | happen, we need to publish our articles in an |
| this is true, then how can this article be any | | | | article directory. |
| different? Well, the lords of the internet provide | | | | An article directory is simply a clearinghouse for |
| for all if you just know how to go about it. | | | | content. Your article is content. Other websites |
| Most sites are started these days by people that | | | | are looking for content. You are going to provide |
| don't have a lot of money to put towards the | | | | it to them. You do this by opening a free account |
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| come just because you have built a site. So, what | | | | to create a link to your site in the author byline |
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| visit your site? Yep. | | | | other sites, a certain percentage of readers will |
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| about a subject you have some interest in. In this | | | | money. |
| case, the subject is whatever your site is about. | | | | Writing articles is a great way to generate |
| If you've created a site about pumpkin carving, | | | | publicity for your site if you have no money for |
| you are going to write about pumpkins. These | | | | marketing. To maximize the benefit, write as |
| articles are going to be the traffic driving source | | | | often as possible. |
| you use to get people to your site. | | | | |