Traffic Generation Methods For Your Web Site
How many traffic generation methods do you know? And how many methods do you use daily? Here is a list of top 10 sources of traffic you can use to get visitors to your website:
Article marketing
Write articles (400-600 words) and submit in major article directories. After each article provide a signature file – brief information about you (the author), your business, your offer and a link to your web site.
Social networks
Create a profile on MySpace, Facebook etc. Invide and add new friends, join interest groups or create new groups targeted to your potential customers.
Blog comments
Read popular blog posts in your niche and leave your comments with a link your web site. Usually there is a special field for website address in comments’ submission form.
Blogs
Create a blog and start posting regularly. Submit your blog into blog directories. Submit your blog RSS link into RSS directories.
Classifieds advertising
There are a lot of websites where you could post an online ad, for example, Craigslist.org, Vivastreet.co.uk.
Video marketing
Create a short video about your product or service and post it on Youtube.com, MySpace.com e.o. When writing description of video, don’t forget to include a link your web site.
Forums
Join online forums and at first create a signature file in your profile. Then just read forum posts and take part in online discussions. Every time you post a reply, your signature file will appear under your post automatically.
Email List
Start building a list of subscribers. Provide them with useful information and advertise your web site.
SEO or search engine optimization
Make sure your web pages contain keywords realeted to your niche market in meta tags (title, keywords, description), in heading (h1) and content text, image tags and alt descriptions, page names. When you link from other sites, include a keyword in anchor text.
PPC or pay-per-click marketing
You can start generate traffic instantly with PPC. Most popular PPC advertising programs are Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing and MSN AdCenter. After signup create an ad, choose revelant keywords and start receiving visitors to your web site.