They say that writing articles and submitting them to as many of the article directory search engines, will get you lots of exposure. Because each article directory will also have your website links and a ‘bio’ of you.
They ideally need to be 300 to 700 words and contain lots of content, but no obvious sales promotion. You may get away with including links for enhancing your article, but beware! – It does put readers off! – aim for 400 or so words
Don’t forget to try to give the reader what they want and don’t make it too heavy reading. An article should be light, humerous and informative, the latter being the most important.