Articles directories are a great place to put your articles so that they will make you money. By using this method, people who are interested in your product or service will see your article, view you as an expert in the subject, and will visit your website. Even if you cannot write or do not have any knowledge on the subject on which you are promoting (for example for you run an affiliate website), you can always hire a writer to do the work for you. Are Your articles making you money?
Article Submissions (for me) is for website traffic purpose only. Having good articles in some GOOD and AUTHORITY article directories like Ezines are a good web portal for your website.
I have counted that a good article in 5 different directories (different version of the article ofcourse) can bring be about 1000 visitors per month, in my case it equals about 80 clicks and about $16. so its for surely big income boots per article.