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When a business mentor suggested to me that I write and submit some articles to Ezines and another competitor for content purposes only, I thought he was nuts. Struggling to make money as a writer, the thought of giving away my valuable services for nothing was incredible. To be honest, at this point, I was thinking of getting a new mentor. What I did not understand was that this so called FREE content was really an advertisement of my ability to produce content and a marketing tool to use for clients.
Over the past few months since I have been seriously marketing articles to content buyers whether it is online or in print, I have found that many of the clients come from referrals of the so called FREE articles I have produced. I am not necessarily an expert in article marketing, but it has been proven to me that this form of marketing my services has worked tri-fold. (more…)