Reciprocal links use to be the order of the day but now one way links are given more importance by the search engine Google and the easiest way to get one way links is to write articles and submit them to article sites..

Writing articles is a simple process, you just decide the theme of your article and build it up from there. If you are promoting your website or blog then it makes sense that most of your articles are based  upon the content of your website.  You probably already have plenty of content on your website so you can get ideas and leads from that.

Never copy content, your work must be original if you are going to place it on an article site. Make sure you have no mistakes in your text. Many article sites provide a spell checker if you are not sure.

When you write your article make sure a paragraph is not too long, a reader will soon get bored if he has to read long lengths of text without a break, on the other hand unless you are making point don't make them too short. Short paragraphs look like lists in disguise.

If you are writing an article for an article site you should aim for a minimum of at least 350 to 400 words, this would be a short article but quite acceptable.

Keywords are important but they must look natural amongst the text, don't try and stuff them in and make your article look stilted. If it is a serious subject you are writing about then then keep it serious, but if it is light hearted you can ad some humour to it as many people like these kind of articles and will happily place them on their website.

Write your bio at the end of your article with a few words about your expertise, then include your website url. As the rules state if the article is used by others they must keep the bio in place and this provides the many one way links you are striving for.

Below you will see a short list of article websites where you can submit your work. For more exposure submit your article to a few of them. 

You will find plenty more article sites on the internet these are just a few of the more well known ones, but unless you are dedicated to your job you could find submitting to the multitude a bit of a bore.