Article writing and publishing has become the latest “buzz” in the internet website marketing world. If you search Google or Yahoo! for the phrase “article marketing,” as of the date of this writing you will see 911,000 search results. Think about that for a moment: That's almost a million articles and websites devoted to getting articles out on the web.

Article writing and posting, done correctly, can be a very rewarding part of your marketing efforts. If done improperly, it can have no effect on your website popularity, or worse, be detrimental. No one wants to be accused of “spamming” articles that are churned out by mass-production article software. If you do choose to write articles or have them written for you, make sure they are unique and have value for those who read them.

E-zines, or email magazines, are very popular on the internet. They are published by people who have a desire to educate or entertain those who read their content. E-zine editors are hungry for good quality writing to fill their pages, and to get their ad messages out to their readers. There are as many varieties and topics of e-zines as there are e-zines, so finding one that you could write an interesting article for should be fairly easy.

Listed here are 10 Benefits for you and your website when you submit unique, relevant articles to e-zines.

1. You'll brand your web site, business and yourself by submitting articles to e-zines. You could include your name, business name, your credentials, web site address and e-mail address in your resource box. This is invaluable for spreading the word of your product or service.

2. You will become known as an expert on the topics you write about. This will give you and your business extra credibility which will help you compete in a very competitive arena, the internet. It is said that 20% of the people produce 80% of the results. You can be ahead of those who will not take the time to write articles.

3. Your article might also be placed on the publisher's home page. If they publish each issue on their home page this will give you some extra exposure. Your resource box will be spidered regularly by the search engines, which can help your website gain popularity and exposure.

4. You will get extra exposure if the e-zine publisher archives your article on their site. People might want to read the back issues before they make the decision to subscribe. Your resource box with your information will remain on their site for as long as it is archived, to be seen by all the search engines.

5. You will get free advertising. This will allow you to spend ad money on other forms of advertising. You could buy advertisements in other e-zines that don't publish your articles.

6. You might get extra income from people wanting to hire you to write other articles or books. They might even ask you to speak at seminars. This is a great way to multiply your income, and spread the word about your product or service.

7. You could allow e-zine publishers to publish your articles in their free e-books. Since people give them away, your advertising could multiply all over the internet.

8. You will get your article published all over the web when you submit it to an e-zine publisher that has a free content directory on their web site. They'll allow their visitors to download and republish your article. Your article could appear in many e-zines, blogs, or Websites. More advertising!

9. You'll gain people's trust. If they read your article and like it, they will gain a measure of trust in your product or service. You will then be able to increase your sales and profits.

10. You could make a reciprocal agreement with the editor of another e-zine. You could agree to run one of their articles in your e-zine if, in exchange, they run yours in their e-zine. It's a win/win situation.

I am sure there are more reasons to have your articles Published in e-zines. I hope that these 10 reasons will get you excited about writing and publishing your article.

If you get one published, you will want to get another, And another. Good luck to you!