Article marketing is a great way to market your ebook. Basically, the way this works is that you write articles that are related to the topic of your ebook. You take the articles and post them on Article directories. Anyone can go to the articles directories and copy the articles and place them on their websites and in their ezines. This way the articles spread around the web.

Your articles do not need to be long. 400-600 words is a good length. Start your article with an eye-catching headline. Then write several information-filled paragraphs about a topic related to your ebook.

At the bottom of these articles, there is an author’s biography box. This is not the place where you write your life story and tell everyone how much you like chocolate. This is a place to introduce yourself and a place to market your ebook. Write a brief ad for your ebook, and place a link to your sales page. When someone copies the article, they must include this author bio box with the link to your ebook.

Article marketing has two important affects. First, it spreads information about your ebook around the web. Second, it increases the number of links coming to your website, which helps your website move up in the search engine ratings. This, in turn, will help more people find your website.

Post your articles on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday between 3-4 p.m. Research has shown that more articles are read if they are posted during this time. I’m not sure why. If I had to guess, I would guess that the day’s work is done and people are browsing the internet. So if you post your articles in the middle of the week late in the afternoon, you’ll probably get more readers.

Consistency is important. You will not see the effects of article marketing immediately. It takes a week or two for you to see traffic from your articles. Once you get the momentum going, you want to keep it up. People will begin to regard you as an expert in your field. Write and post 2-3 articles every week.

You can submit these articles to the many article directories on the web. Here are a few article directories you can use.

Ezinearticles.com
Goarticles.com
Articledashboard.com
Searchwarp.com
ArticleBase.com
iSnare.com
Buzzle.com
ArticleCity.com
ArticleAlley.com
IdeaMarketers.com

I wish you ebook success!
Julie Coan