10 Great Ways To Generate Website Traffic

By craig | July 17, 2007

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Traffic is essential. Generating a good income online requires a good product, good copywriting, and traffic to your site. If any of these three elements are missing from the equation, you’re level of income you generate will be adversely effected.

The one element I think most Internet businesses crave the most is traffic. Traffic drives your URL rankings higher. Traffic generates potential customers. Traffic breeds more traffic through referrals, postings, and back links.

If you’re like me, I always want more traffic. If you’re a newbie and just beginning your online career or if you’re a seasoned veteran, then you should constantly asking “How Can I Get More Traffic?”

Today I’m going to cover 10 Great simple methods you can start driving more traffic to your site. I have broken them down into two categories, paid and free.

PAID TRAFFIC -

Method #1 - Press Releases

Press releases can generate thousands of visitors if done properly.
I recommend: http://www.prwebdirect.com

Method #2 - Google Adwords

If you don’t have a Google Adwords account you need one now. This doesn’t have to be your primary source of advertising, but you should be using it to test and track your product campaigns when you first launch your products. I would stick with “Keyword Targeting” for starters and then move into “Site Targeting” later on (see method #4). Drive some traffic to your sales pages and split test or multivariate test everything to maximize your profits. Running Adwords as a primary source of advertising is a method that requires a lot more than just throwing up some ads. There is a lot of strategy and knowledge required to run a long successful ad campaign as one of your primary advertising methods. I will cover more of this in later posts. Don’t try it until you know the ropes. You will waste a lot of money and pull your hair out from many unsuccessful attempts.
Go to http://www.google.com/adwords to get your account.

Method #3 - Other PPC Search Engines

MSN and Yahoo also have excellent PPC programs with lower bids and could be another profitable avenue.

To signup for a MSN account, go to:
https://adcenter.microsoft.com

To signup for a Yahoo account, go to:
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com

There are many other ppc companies that are not well known where you can buy traffic for as low as a penny each.
http://www.payperclicksearchengines.com tracks and reviews these lesser-known ppc search engines.

Method #4 - Banner Advertising

Banner advertising has received a bum rap over the years as being ineffective and dead, but it really is quite live and well.

In fact, you can even start off your banner advertising right from your Google Adwords account. By creating a “site targeted” ad campaign, you can pick the exact sites you want your ad to appear.

Method #5 - Mailings

Find some mailing lists you can rent and mail to that target buyers in your niche. You can target specific groups by using the SRDS manual usually found at most large libraries.

You can also find a list to rent and mail postcards at http://www.usps.com

FREE TRAFFIC -

Method #6 - Article Submission

I don’t need to tell you that this is my absolute #1 way I generate free traffic, and lots of it. This is my all time favorite way to watch my rankings and traffic grow. I cover this method quite a bit on my blog so I won’t go into much detail.

Using software that can generate unique article versions to avoid duplicate content and allow your articles to create more back links is key to success.

Article Submission Software that I recommend which can generate 100’s of unique article versions to 1,000’s of built-in publishers can be found here:
http://www.articleprosoftware.com

Method #7 - Trade Links

Trade links with other sites. I highly recommend and use “Arelis” from IBP-Internet Business Promoter. Arelis is the link building software from Axandra. It is top-notch stuff. IBP can be found under “Top Recommended Products” over on the side of my blog.

Method #8 - Start a Blog

Blogging is one of the most popular ways to generate loads of free traffic. If you are serious about your Internet business then you need to have a blog to drive traffic to any other content sites or products.

My web hosting company that I use and highly recommend offers Wordpress blogs as plug-ins to their service. You can check them out over on the side bar under “Top Recommended Marketing Tools”. Click on the link “US Website Design and Hosting”. Or, if you don’t want to use their hosting service, just go to: http://www.wordpress.org and set one up on your domain.

Method #9 - Post Videos

Everyone is getting crazy today with Youtube and Myspace. Videos are really making the scene as a great marketing tool.

Create a video and post it for all to see!
http://www.youtube.com

Method #10 - Affiliate Program

If you sell any type of product, you must develop an affiliate program. It is one of my largest sources of revenue. One of the easiest and least expensive ways to get started is to sign up with ClickBank.
Go to: http://www.clickbank.com and get others to start making money for you while you sleep!

To Your Success!

Craig

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