Why traffic is so important? Traffic is the one of the essential elements of a successful online business. Together with good products or services and content, traffic to the site determines whether a good level of income can be generate. Potential customers come from the visitors who are brought to the site by the different advertising and other traffic methods used by the site owner.
These are what maybe called traditional ways to generate more traffic to a site. The following are some of the paid (items 1 to 5 ) and free ( items 6 to 10 ) traffic-driving methods usually used by internet marketers:
1. Submit Press Releases
Articles about the site are submitted to paid ad sites. There are varying fees for ads that usually run for at least 30 days. the advertiser, with additional fees, can put eye-catching background, logos or fonts to make the advertisement stand out from the rest.
2. Google Adwords
Be sure to understand the rules to get the most out of the advertisement.
3. Submit to the major and even lesser-known search engines.
See http://www.payperclicksearchengines.com for information about lesser-known and cheaper ppc search engines.
4. Banner Advertising
Be sure to have an eye-catching banner to standout from the rest.
5. Send Mails
Some internet marketers start without a mailing list. Be creative and find some lists you can rent or buy. You can start with the direct mail marketing service at the US Postal Service ( http://www.usps.com )
6. Article Submission
As visitors to the article submission site read your articles, they come across the resource box where the author's contact details are found. If the reader becomes interested with the information in the article, then, the author can be easily contacted. That would be part of the author's own mailing list.
7. Link exchanges
Some sites check before they agree to link with other sites. Choose sites related to your product or services offered.
8. Blogging
As in article submission, the blog's content will make the reader interested or curious enough to visit the site.
9. Submit Videos in You Tube or Myspace
The membership of both sites attest to the popularity of videos. Think of the potential traffic an interesting video can drive to your site.
10. Offer affiliate program
Very cost effective because somebody really works to make a sale and you pay only for actual sales.
The above-mentioned methods have been tried and tested in their effectiveness. However, with the stiff competition in internet marketing, the results of the traditional methods need to be significantly improved through traffic generating software.
Actually , there are many free traffic generating software available with different capabilities. Following are examples of the functions traffic generating software are capable of:
1. Can drive 1000+ visitors every hour to the site running. Just run the software and you start getting traffic. It's difficult to get this kind of traffic based on manually posted advertisement. ( TrafficPlus Software )
2. Fast submission to 40 of the top search engines. Manual submission to 40 search engines should take several hours. With a traffic generating software, just fill out a form with the appropriate information and the site is submitted simultaneously to the several top search engines
3. Traffic Virus Software automatically blasts ads to 225,000 different sites.
4. A software called Magic Subscriber lives up to its name because it captures the e mail addresses of the site visitors even if they do not fill out any form. Isn't that some kind of magic?
From the examples of what the traffic generating software can do, there is no doubt that they have vastly improved with less effort the traditional methods of getting traffic. With the amazing amount of work the traffic generating software do, the site using them surely gets a lot of traffic. But internet businesses don't make money just by having a lot of visitors. Income is derived from the conversion of the first-time visitors into buyers of the site's products and services.
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2008-09-07
Tips of Low Cost Ways for Traffic to Your Website
As we know Website traffic is not something that is easy to get. In today's busy Internet marketplace, nearly everyone who has an Internet connection, computer, and some sense on how to work the keyboard and the mouse can make a website. Nearly everyone who has a website, some monetary and moneymaking sense, and web design savvy can earn from a website.
I,m sure this can make traffic gathering an extremely difficult enterprise, which has made some people resort to high-cost marketing techniques; on the other hand, some marketers have resorted to sleazy techniques that are more annoying than fruitful.
Having traffic is one thing, but keeping it coming is another. This means that your job as a marketer is two-fold: you need to get people to notice your site, and you need to get them to keep on coming back as well. Believe it or not, there are ways to do this that do not entail you having to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars in order to be successful. You only need to know your market well enough, and know how to please people constantly without over-indulging them.
First, you need to know what your market is like. You should have a marketing scheme ready by this time. What is your target markets average age? Does your target market have any other interests? Is your target market most likely Internet savvy? This can help you look for your target market through social networks online.
Thanks to the paradigm of Web 2.0, more people are online and are aware of the Internets ability to connect people. You can exploit this by joining social networks and posting your URL, then looking for friends amongst people who have common interests.
Another more precise way of getting into Web 2.0 is through harnessing the power of forums and online groups. Join such places and simply post your URL, but do not advertise your site explicitly or sell any products and services just yet. Instead, help people out with their problems, offer advice, and present your opinions.
As your reputation builds up, start being more up front about your website: when people ask questions, direct them to a place in your URL, or say that you offer more things online. A forum or an online group is a great way to get more people to notice you, and to spread the word about your websites, products, and services.
Supplement your potential income by enrolling in an affiliate program, and by posting advertisements on your site. You can get commissions through clicks on these advertisements, thanks to programs such as Widget Bucks or Google AdSense. Although the money will trickle in, you can at least have some residual income to add to your profits.
Make sure that the ads that you post are relevant not only to your site content, but to the needs of your target market. When people see that your site is not only useful, but is giving them useful links, then you will be able to get more traffic to your site.
These are only a few tips on how you can get more traffic to your site of the Internet universe, and without spending too much. Sometimes, without spending anything at all! As long as you know how to market your site, products, and services, and as long as you know the behavior of your target market without appearing like a creep or a stalker, you will be able to get traffic to your website and have it rise in the ranks of the online elite.
:)
I,m sure this can make traffic gathering an extremely difficult enterprise, which has made some people resort to high-cost marketing techniques; on the other hand, some marketers have resorted to sleazy techniques that are more annoying than fruitful.
Having traffic is one thing, but keeping it coming is another. This means that your job as a marketer is two-fold: you need to get people to notice your site, and you need to get them to keep on coming back as well. Believe it or not, there are ways to do this that do not entail you having to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars in order to be successful. You only need to know your market well enough, and know how to please people constantly without over-indulging them.
First, you need to know what your market is like. You should have a marketing scheme ready by this time. What is your target markets average age? Does your target market have any other interests? Is your target market most likely Internet savvy? This can help you look for your target market through social networks online.
Thanks to the paradigm of Web 2.0, more people are online and are aware of the Internets ability to connect people. You can exploit this by joining social networks and posting your URL, then looking for friends amongst people who have common interests.
Another more precise way of getting into Web 2.0 is through harnessing the power of forums and online groups. Join such places and simply post your URL, but do not advertise your site explicitly or sell any products and services just yet. Instead, help people out with their problems, offer advice, and present your opinions.
As your reputation builds up, start being more up front about your website: when people ask questions, direct them to a place in your URL, or say that you offer more things online. A forum or an online group is a great way to get more people to notice you, and to spread the word about your websites, products, and services.
Supplement your potential income by enrolling in an affiliate program, and by posting advertisements on your site. You can get commissions through clicks on these advertisements, thanks to programs such as Widget Bucks or Google AdSense. Although the money will trickle in, you can at least have some residual income to add to your profits.
Make sure that the ads that you post are relevant not only to your site content, but to the needs of your target market. When people see that your site is not only useful, but is giving them useful links, then you will be able to get more traffic to your site.
These are only a few tips on how you can get more traffic to your site of the Internet universe, and without spending too much. Sometimes, without spending anything at all! As long as you know how to market your site, products, and services, and as long as you know the behavior of your target market without appearing like a creep or a stalker, you will be able to get traffic to your website and have it rise in the ranks of the online elite.
:)
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