Increasing Web Site Traffic

If you are just starting out there is no way you can afford to get website traffic the way the big boys do. They get traffic the old way and that is spend spend spend. Unless you just got a big inheritance or won the lottery you have to find a cheaper way to generate web traffic. Below are listed the top ways to get that traffic and some sites that will help.

Exchange Links

Believe it or not there are many webmasters out there in the same boat as you. They can’t afford to buy traffic or are unwilling to but they know they need it. A sure and proven method is to exchange links with these guys. You will hardly ever see someone running a website who doesn’t want to exchange links with you. It would be like turning down good free advertising and if someone turns that down they need their head checked. I have found a couple of social sites that are full of webmasters looking to get with other people and promote each other’s sites. Just keep in mind that your site needs to be legitimate enough that someone would want to be associated with you and most importantly for both of your sakes the niche and the content of the sites should be the same. Here are two I recommend:

MyBlogLog – This site is made up of communities that are actually just links to your blog. Join a blog’s community and message the owner offering to exchange links. I caution you to check out their blog first because I have noticed some people are just putting a sales page out there and are not interested in exchanging or even communicating with you.
Blog Catalog- Check out the groups especially the ones dealing with promoting your blog. You will see many offers for link exchanges.

Write and Submit Articles

I know I bring this one up a lot and there is a reason, it works. One of the fastest and easiest ways to generate targeted web site traffic is writing and submitting articles to the e-zines and online encyclopedias. Link back to your site in the biographical section and you will see increase in your web site traffic.

GoArticles
Article Beach
Ezine Articles

Join and Contribute to Forums

This may take up some of your time but you can use forums to not only share your knowledge on your niche but you get backlinks and advertising for your site. As with doing any of these ideas, please stay within your niche.

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Everyone these days are looking for ways to increase their web site traffic. From posting on forums to spamming through the email, internet marketers are looking for a way to get their product or company in the face of the public. To get most people to go to your website you must present something of value to them. A free e-book can be just the thing that will attract folks to your site.

In the not so far past printed word on paper was the only way information could be sent out to the masses. Printed books could be taken with you just about anywhere and when you didn’t use them they could be put on a shelve. E-books will never entirely replace printed and bound books but are quickly becoming more popular.

Some of the most popular e-books are marketing e-books. They are a little different usually from a plain old e-book. Marketing e-books contain links to websites and can also contain navigational controls while viewed in a reader. You use a marketing ebook to present your product or company effectively and include links to your website. Using an e-book as a sales tool can become one of your best traffic getting ideas.

You need for your e-book to become viral which means you distribute it to someone and they pass it to someone and so on. If you present your material in an interesting and original way people will want to share it with friends and acquaintances. This just happens to drive more people to your site increasing your website traffic and getting you more leads. Add a part to your introduction of the e-book to let people know they have full distribution rights.

One last thing is to do a good word spelling check and grammar check to your book before distribution as this may be the first impression that someone has to your business. It will either show you as a professional or it could show you as someone who they don’t want to deal with.

Keyword Elite 2.0

As I have stated before on this blog one of the biggest struggles in internet marketing is increasing web site traffic. When getting started, internet marketers face so much information on this subject and much of it is wrong and only worked pre-Web 2.0. If you can learn to master the new ways to generate web traffic you are on your way to success. There are a few simple strategies that when followed will increase traffic to your website.

Social Media Marketing is not only fun but an easy way to get you free web site traffic if it is done right. Twitter and Facebook would have to be the top two sites you should use to begin your traffic getting strategy. Although there are many others, developing a strong presence in these two will begin your rise to the top. You should avoid spamming your connections in any sites but you should share information that is helpful and adds value to the reader’s lives.

Video marketing is extremely effective in driving traffic to my website and it can be for yours also. Whether you are using someone’s video to sell their product as an affiliate, or you are making your own, video gives people a graphic view of what you are saying. It’s a fact that people will click and watch a video before they would read an article. For this reason Google holds more value with a video and it will rank faster and higher than other forms of content.

Lastly, article marketing is one of the best ways to generate web traffic. Writing good articles and linking back to your website not only increases your targeted website traffic but also makes you a subject matter expert on whatever you are writing about. This in turn leads to people checking your site more often to see what you are saying.

These three strategies alone if mastered will have you far ahead of many of the newbies as well as the veterans out there. When I am trying to increase website traffic I follow a step by step check off list from Jeff Johnson’s underground training lab I obtained from his site CLICK HERE. It is free and has been a great help in me obtaining the success I have gotten in my IM career.

Just as there are many ways or methods to build a website there are just as many to immediately increase traffic to your website. Many times this increased web site traffic can cost you a bunch of money but usually companies or individuals just starting out need ways to get inexpensive or free web site traffic.

One of the first ways and easiest ways is to offer a free product or service. What I do on some of my websites is go to eBay and get some eBooks with private label rights (PLR) and offer them to subscribers to my websites. PLR material for the most part gives you the right to redistribute the material for free, if you wish, to anybody. This free bonus can usually get a website going right away. Be warned though many times the internet traffic your get from these are just someone looking for something free and not targeted website traffic. But it’s a start and it gets your site out there.

Take advantage of the directories that you can add your website to as this is one of the simplest and least expensive ways to increase traffic to your website. Many people use this as a beginning step and coupled with good content will build traffic, leads, and sales.

Article marketing also builds traffic especially when you start writing high quality articles and submitting them to popular article submission sites. If you can get some testimonials from people on your articles you can link back to your website and you will see more people head there. Of course, commenting on blogs especially ones that are supporters of the CommentLuv plug in will get your website in front of more eyes and increase your website traffic.

For more information on how to increase traffic to your website immediately I recommend you check out this free information from one of the pros. This guy goes over the procedures of increased website traffic step by step and even provides a checklist for you to use. Click here for the Traffic Getting Jumpstart

With the increase in web sites and blogs these days it’s a fight to get good targeted web site traffic without having any knowledge of strategies to do it. Many people diving in to internet marketing find that they are wasting their time and money on increasing traffic to websites with no results. Many don’t even realize the advantage of this type of traffic.

There are some successful strategies that the gurus use and recommend that have made them millions of dollars and it is best to study what these people have to say. You don’t have to buy all the stuff they sell and many of them give out good information for free to get you started. You should look up people like Yanik Silver, Jeff Mulligan, Jeff Johnson, and others and spend some time reading what they are willing to give you about their traffic getting experiences.

Some of the stuff I’ve pick up by studying these guys include:

- Successful backlink techniques
- The importance of good content
- Finding the right niche and keywords
- How to advertise

These guys are at the top of the field of internet marketing and affiliate marketing and their time proven techniques have gotten them millions of visitors to their websites. Not only visitors ,but buyers, which are better. Again, study some of the top names in the industry see what they are doing and copy it to become successful traffic getting, affiliate product selling, millionaires.

Listed below are some of the sources for the IM gurus. Some sources are free and others you can get at a minimal price but all are very helpful.

Jeff Johnson – Create Traffic and Money on Demand

Howie Schwartz- Howies Pool Party

Various – Millionaire Mentors Seminar

Frank Kerns – Mass Control Revelaed