"Do you want to make money? Sure, we all do." If you're younger you may not remember Sally Struthers' infomercial, but her words still ring true today.

One way to make money is the Internet. One specific way to make money is by using article internet marketing.

Article internet marketing refers to the practice of writing, you guessed it, articles and distributing them online via article directory websites. Basically, you write an article about a topic you know a lot about and put an information block at the end of the article telling a little about yourself and your website.

Other webmasters can then use your article as content on their site, with the agreement that they'll keep your information block (and links) at the bottom of the article.

Webmasters love free content. Even more than that, they love free content that's written by a human and not a seemingly neurotic computer program.

This desire for content creates a market for you to be able to get your name out there.

There are quite a few benefits to article internet marketing. For one, you increase your brand awareness. Whether that's your own name or the name of your company, the little information block at the end of your article will let people know about you.

Another benefit is links. Google and other search engines use links to your website as one (out of many) means to rank your website and determine where it will end up in the SERPs (search engine results pages.)

Another benefit is that if you do something you gain experience and get a little better. Simply put, the more you write, the better at writing you'll become. So why not write something (an article) that can be used to help your Internet marketing?

Writing good articles to include in your Internet marketing plan isn't easy work (if you keep the quality up), but it's not too difficult either. And the benefits are huge, especially if you write an article that a lot of people will want to read and market it on the Internet smartly.

So take your time and concentrate on quality of articles rather than quantity. It's much better to slave a few hours over a solid article than to crank out three or four sub-par articles that people won't want to read, let alone use on their website.

Article internet marketing is just one way to keep you one step ahead of the competition online, but it's a relatively cheap and simple way to get you, your message and your brand onto the internet in a big way.