Article marketing is pretty awesome. I obviously think so, or I wouldn't be doing this right now.
Incredibly, most article marketers destroy a potential direct revenue stream with their articles by simply submitting them to article centers, and then deleting them. This is pure folly.
The typical marketer doesn't want to put the article on his main website, which is completely understandable. I wouldn't either. However, remember the first principle of guerrilla marketing: think outside the box.
Go to Blogger, and set up a blog. Make it look kind of nifty, and put ads below your posts. Then after you submit your articles to thousands of little article centers all over the Internet, put the article on that blog as well. I do this over at my blog about blogging, Blogging Blog.
So, make a blog for your article marketing. You have nothing to lose, and an income to gain. Every pro-active step is a step in the right direction. Don't waste your articles by not doing this.