I have recently setup an article directory. I know it will take some time to get traffic flowing to the directory...so when I do get traffic to the directory, how can I use this to my own advantage, other then selling ads of course...I hear quite a few people say that they submit articles on their products and get sales that way... so do you guys think it would be a good idea to find a good product, and submit articles relating that product too my own article directory? I currently have two article marketing domains, one much better then the other ie: GotArticles.com - Sooner or later when I do have traffic, I would like to earn income multiple ways, rather then being locked into just google ads or whatever, which I do not like, as I think google ads just gives a site a less value in my mind because they look so generic, and I would like ways to earn income via several methods on 1-2 sites rather then trying to have 50 sites that differ. I would love to hear your ideas on what I can do with my article directory, and would appreciate your comments, suggestions, ideas, etc. The current directory is located in my sig...yes it is new, nothing special, nothing unique, but I will work on that as time goes by...but right now, I would love to hear what you guys think I can do with this. The article directory has only been up less then a week, already have 70 backlinks...not sure how that happened... although, I did submit a few articles to directories about a week before I opened the site, not sure how I could get that many backlinks on a brand new domain that quick...guess I can not complain..and hope good luck follows...