Driving Free Targeted Traffic To Your Website
In order to make money in your online business, you have to make sure that you have a constant flow of quality, targeted traffic flowing to your website. A professional, eye-catching website doesn't mean a thing if no one knows it exists. Fortunately, there are many ways to drive high-quality traffic to your website. Some cost money and some cost time. Paid traffic obviously cost money while free traffic, while not costing money, is paid with your time. Typically, you'll see the results faster with paid traffic, but free traffic works just as well, if you're patient and consistant. So let's take a look at how to generate free traffic to your site.
Article Writing
Writing articles with quality content is an excellent way of generating targeted traffic. Each article you write and submit to article directories such as ezinearticles.com or goarticles.com will have an author bio box where you can place a link to your website. Keep in mind, that while you should try to submit your articles to as many article directories as possible, you should never sacrifice good quality content. The better the content the more quality prospects will check out your site.
Blogging
Another excellent way to generate traffic is blogging. You can add links to your website through out your blog. Just keep in mind that you will have to keep your blog updated on a regular basis for this to work. You should also post 2-3 times a day if possible. Google and other search engines will usually spider your blog to index all your new posts. Also, try to insert key words wherever possible.
Forum Marketing
Forum Marketing is another great way of generating traffic. Find a forum community that you would like to join (preferably one that has something to do with your website) and spend 20-30 minutes a day contributing to the community. When you can, post some intelligent comments. Do not make a post that is a blatant attempt to advertise your site as some forums do not allow this. Instead, contribute and put yourself out there and as you build your reputation in the community, people who find your posts interesting will seek you out and check out your website. Again, this may take some time but once you become known in your forum, this can lead to 10-30 targeted visits a day to your site.
Social Networks
The last avenue of traffic generation I'll write about is the Social Network Sites. Sites like Myspace, Facebook & Youtube. These sites are a virtual goldmine if you get good at meeting and talking to new people. There are million upon millions of people worldwide who are on these sites. Video marketing is probably the best form of getting yourself out there on the internet. People can get to know you and relate to you via your videos. Again, make sure the content you put out is of high quality.
Remember, free traffic is a great way to bring people to your site. It just takes a little time and patience but once you have enough material circulating you can have build a constant flow of traffic to your site. Even if you decide to buy traffic, I would still advise that you put some good free content out on the internet so you can brand yourself and your name.
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Article Writing
Writing articles with quality content is an excellent way of generating targeted traffic. Each article you write and submit to article directories such as ezinearticles.com or goarticles.com will have an author bio box where you can place a link to your website. Keep in mind, that while you should try to submit your articles to as many article directories as possible, you should never sacrifice good quality content. The better the content the more quality prospects will check out your site.
Blogging
Another excellent way to generate traffic is blogging. You can add links to your website through out your blog. Just keep in mind that you will have to keep your blog updated on a regular basis for this to work. You should also post 2-3 times a day if possible. Google and other search engines will usually spider your blog to index all your new posts. Also, try to insert key words wherever possible.
Forum Marketing
Forum Marketing is another great way of generating traffic. Find a forum community that you would like to join (preferably one that has something to do with your website) and spend 20-30 minutes a day contributing to the community. When you can, post some intelligent comments. Do not make a post that is a blatant attempt to advertise your site as some forums do not allow this. Instead, contribute and put yourself out there and as you build your reputation in the community, people who find your posts interesting will seek you out and check out your website. Again, this may take some time but once you become known in your forum, this can lead to 10-30 targeted visits a day to your site.
Social Networks
The last avenue of traffic generation I'll write about is the Social Network Sites. Sites like Myspace, Facebook & Youtube. These sites are a virtual goldmine if you get good at meeting and talking to new people. There are million upon millions of people worldwide who are on these sites. Video marketing is probably the best form of getting yourself out there on the internet. People can get to know you and relate to you via your videos. Again, make sure the content you put out is of high quality.
Remember, free traffic is a great way to bring people to your site. It just takes a little time and patience but once you have enough material circulating you can have build a constant flow of traffic to your site. Even if you decide to buy traffic, I would still advise that you put some good free content out on the internet so you can brand yourself and your name.
Do you want to learn how to build a full time income from home?
Check out my blog
[http://jaimesoriano.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/abundant-living-system-als-review-by-jaime-soriano/]