Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Free Website Traffic Alternatives

If you've been involved in online marketing for a while you probably know how important good quality traffic is to the success of your website. There is several different ways to get your website noticed by people who are interested in what you have to offer. The best way is through Pay Per Click ads on a sites like Google or Yahoo. You can get good quality traffic almost instantly. However it can be very expensive. Chances are if you're just starting an Online Business you probably don't have the funds to spend on advertising. A great alternative is to use social networking sites, forums, and article submissions. Here are a few guidelines to follow.
Forums

Forums are a good way to get some targeted traffic in a hurry. They are free and easy to join and it's thousands of them on the internet. You'll want to find some that are relevant to your niche or your website's content. To find a forum in your niche just go to Google and type what your niche is about followed by the word "forum" without the quotes. Find one that is relevant to what your site is promoting so you can network with other forum members and pitch your products or services as well. Join as many forums as you can and this will create many streams of traffic.


Social Networking Sites
This method is probably one that most new marketers will be profoundly familiar with because just about everyone has a Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter account. However you may be wondering how these sites can bring you traffic. In order to utilize the power of social networking sites you must be active within the community. Tell them about your website. I would recommend creating a signature that you use every time you make a new post. If you don't know how to create a signature it's simply typing your name with a link to your website underneath. Doing that alone will bring a steady flow of traffic.

Writing Articles
Knowing your niche or products that you are promoting is detrimental for getting highly targeted traffic. This is important because you will need this information so you can provide good quality content on your website. Use your knowledge to write clear informative articles that are helpful to your readers. How knowledgeable you appear to be to your readers will determine whether or not they will visit your website. After you've written an article or two, you'll want to submit them to sites that allow you to submit your articles for free. When you join these sites they let you create a signature like I mentioned in the previous segment, or an Author Bio. This is where you place a link to your website. I would recommend writing and submitting at least one article a day and watch your visitor count increase daily.

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