Affiliate and Article Marketing Guide for Marketers on a Shoestring Budget

If you are just starting with affiliate marketing and don't have a lot of money to invest in pay per click advertising and other forms of paid promotions, you may want to try article marketing.

Don't worry, you don't need to be a writer. Let me ask you a question? Can you tell a story to someone else? Can you explain how to perform a complicated task to a brand new beginner?

If yes, then you have what it takes to become a super article writer. Article marketing all boils down to explain something to one single person.

Let me give you an example. Let's suppose that you are promoting a product in the "forex market" niche (note that you will be more successful if you have some knowledge in this niche).

You are going to write your first article to explain to one person what the forex trading market is all about. Imagine that you are talking to your brother or sister.

Imagine that she asked you: "What is the forex market?", and that you are actually replying to his question. See how it's easy?

In fact, I am following this exact method right now with this article. I picture someone brand new to affiliate marketing. A newbie who wants to make money, but can't start a paid advertising campaign.

This article is exactly what I would say to him if he was in front of me.

Now that you know how to write a good article to promote your affiliate products, you need to find article directories to submit your articles.

Just perform a search in Google. All you need to do is typing: "article directory sites" or "article directory submission sites", you can also add the word free to your research.

You can earn thousands of dollars in affiliate commission just writing these articles and adding a link in your resource box. This method is also known as bum marketing.