There are several article directory sites on the web that will allow you to submit a free article.
If you can write a compelling article that will be of interest to people, your article may get posted. If you write the article about
the industry your website is in, you may be able to include a link to your website if it is directly relevant. So, for example, if you have a website about weather reports;
you can write a detailed article about the recent weather and then you can include a link to your website in the article. If the link directly relates
to your useful article; your article and link may get posted for free.
There are three advantages to posting an article about your industry with a link to your website in it:
The link can help you with your link popularity in Google
The traffic from the link will be more traffic to your site
Somtimes, these articles can get published on other websites as well; resulting in more traffic to your site.
Here are some article directory sites to consider. Obviously there are more but here are some we'd suggest:
goarticles.com
ezinearticles.com
thecontentcorner.com
articledashboard.com
amazines.com
Once your article is written, you can also create a free blog and post it. This will get more links to your site and potentially, more traffic. Plus,
with blog sites, the article can be posted instanstly whereas with article directories, the article usually first has to get approved.
Here are some free blog sites that will allow you to easily post a blog - and you can use your article which has a link to your website - as your first blog entry. And,
over time if you add more interesting information to your blog, you will then give yourself a better chance at attracting traffic.
squidoo.com
blogger.com
wordpress.com
