Articles are a funny business. You see, if you have 100 or so published articles, odds are you are a die hard believer in article marketing. If you do not, the jury is still out for you.

If you have only written a few articles and had them published, you might even think article marketing does not work and that everyone that talks about it is crazy or has some ulterior motive. You are wrong – you just have not done the work.

Article marketing is not magic, it does not work overnight, it is not get-rich-quick.

Article marketing builds a long-term traffic source which you can use to build a long-term income.

So, where does list building come in? You know you need to build a list, that is the only reason you should be reading this article. Whether you found this via a search engine or on my favorite article directory, you have an interest in list building.

Chances are, you do not have a big list and you do not have a responsive list.

Article marketing can change that. You see, when you write articles and people read them, the people who read them already trust you by the time they click on your link. They already trust you. So you can send them quality information and they can open up their wallets and their credit cards and their paypal accounts because they already trust you.

My opinion is, if you have not guessed already, that articles are a better source of qualified traffic than any other form of traffic online, free or paid. Period.

Write articles or get off the internet.