It is surprising how many online businesses are doing article marketing. However there are many offline and Internet businesses who have been slow to get started marketing with articles.

If you are considering Internet article marketing this article will give you some important things to keep in mind.

1. What is the reason you are doing article marketing? Most people will say they are doing it for traffic, but that is not always the case.

You can also benefit from article marketing in terms of giving additional exposure to your business. There's also search engine benefits making advertising via articles a good long term traffic method.

2. Who is going to write your articles? Initially you might be excited to do it yourself until you realize how much work it is.

It takes some skill to write a good article. Understanding the basics is something that will take a little time to learn.

There are plenty of freelance article writers you can hire if you choose to outsource thise task. You can find them online and in discussion forums eagerly waiting to write for you.

3. Create a swipe file and put article titles in it. Draw on these for future articles.

4. Write about interesting things. The only way to benefit from an article is to have somebody read it. The more interesting your articles are the more readers they will get.

5. Think big when it comes to writing and submitting. Some of the top article directories now have over one million articles published. As you are just starting out you are already dealing with a very large competition pool so you must pick up the pace from the very beginning.

6. Put together a good distribution strategy for getting your articles online. Generally this will include submitting to a handful of article directories.

However there are submission services that reach hundreds of directories with the click of one button. And you can do this at a reasonable price every month.

7. Do get your articles in other places such as Squidoo, Hubpages, blogs, video marketing and so on. People access the Internet for information in various ways and you need to expand your presence to really be effective.

These are a few tips to keep in mind if you are considering Internet article marketing. If you do it properly this can be a great way to promote anything online.