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Obviously
it is better to find the ideas that take the least amount
of effort. How do you find this out? Through using a
website tracking service. For example: www.statcounter.
There
is only one free way
to get traffic to your website.
If
you find where your visitors are coming from the most -
then concentrate on replicating what you have done to attract
them.
Really
- Internet Marketing is about
-
Product
And
- Traffic.
So
how do you get traffic?
1.
Be wary of traffic generators
Be wary of traffic generators websites or those websites
that you pay to get traffic. 9 times out of 10 you won't
get any and your money will be wasted. Also - these are
often against the Terms and Conditions of Adsense.
2.
You need relevant traffic.
You need relevant traffic. Put it this way - if you are
a person looking to buy some jewelry. You end up at an website
trying to sell an eBook on how to fix computers. What is
the likely chnce of you buying the eBook. - YES - Almost
Zero. Therfore your traffic is irrelevant and wasting your
time.
"Obviously
it is better to find traffic ideas that take the least
amount of effort."
3.
So how do you get relevant traffic?
One of the easiest ways is to join forums SPECIFICALLY
for your niche. You need to be genuine about this - register
and provide feedback to others about topics on the forum.
Include your web address details in your signature.
If
you show credibility and become a regular part of the forum
- people are likely to visit your website and then are more
likely to buy your products.
4.
Organic Traffic
Make sure you have your keywords in your domain name. This
will attract the search engines and generate traffic naturally.
There
are thousands of ways to generate traffic. Here is a huge
list of ideas that you can try.
Here
are some ideas for generating traffic to your webpage.
1.
Write unique content. Do this daily and add pages daily.
Traffic will follow organically.
2.
Create a signature link in forums. This will direct traffic
to your site. Choose forums that are relevant to your niche.
3.
Leave comments on other people's blogs that link back to
your site. Check out any Blog. You will see the place to
leave a comment. Make sure you write something worthwhile
- so that there is more chance of the owner approving your
comment.
4.
Write a controversial topic in a forum. This will create
many varied opinions and therefore - much traffic.
5.
Answer questions on Yahoo Answers - be careful how much
you do this as you are likely to get kicked out.
6.
Post in Yahoo and Google Groups with a link to your site
in your signature. Be careful here as well as sometimes
you may get a spam warning.
7.
Make sure your 404 page redirects to your homepage. This
means if there is ever a page that is missing or has no
reference on your site - your visitors will get redirected
to a part of your site instead of a standard Not Found 404
page.
8.
Create a freebie product to give away
9.
Trade links with other webmasters and advertise their site
on yours and vice versa.
10.
Write articles and submit them to article directories
11.
Write a Press Release and submit it to several of the Press
Release websites. Optimize the titles of your pages for
keywords people will search for.
12.
Use PayPerClick Traffic e.g Adwords
13.
Mention your website in a post on Craigslist
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