1. By submitting articles, you'll brand you, your business and your web site. To promote your business, you can use what's called a resource/bio box that gives you the opportunity to tell people about you and your business.

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 against your competition. Now, a lot of people tell me that they are not experts about anything to which I always reply "At one time every 'expert' from Bill Gates to Stephen Hawking knew nothing about what they are experts on." So don't let being a beginner stop you!

3. Your article might also be placed on the publisher's home page. This means that your article will be read much more since the home page is the most viewed page of any web site. In addition, your web site will get indexed faster and more frequently because the web site's home page will usually have a higher page rank than it's other pages.

4. If the e-zine publisher archives their e-zine on their site, you will get extra exposure well into the future with no additional work. People might want to read the back issues before they make the decision to subscribe. Additionally, if the info in the e-zines they are receive is very good, often times they will visit the publisher's web site to read back issues of the e-zine.

5. It's FREE advertising!It's advertising that doesn't cost you a penny! But it will generate profit that you can use on other types of advertising. You could buy advertisements in other e-zines or web sites that don't publish your articles or through Google Adwords or text/banner ads. Your advertising options will grow more and more varied.

6. You might get extra income from people wanting to hire you to write other articles, books, or even ask to speak at seminars. Just watch your income and business grow larger and larger without additional work. The major benefit of this is that it grows on its own because it feeds itself.

7. Grant e-zine publishers the right to publish your articles in free e-books. Since the e-books don't cost anything, people are willing to take it and read your article. If they like the e-book they will forward it to friends, family and business associates. And if they like your article, they'll visit your web site. The really cool thing about this method is that if they don't like your article, they still might forward the e-book on to others and one of those people might really like your article. So there is a good possibility that your article will get read a lot! I can't tell you how many times I receive e-books that have my articles from friends that I never even sent the e-book to in the first place! 8. Submit your articles to article directories and it will get published all over the internet. They'll grant their readers or visitors the right to copy your article and publish it on their web sites... provided that they give you credit for writing the article and link to your web site as well.

9. Your readers will trust you. If they read your article and like it, they won't be as hesitant to buy your product or service. You will then be able to increase your profits!

10. You could get your article guaranteed to run in an e-zine. You can create a win/win situation by agreeing with another publisher to trade articles to be published in each others' e-zines.