TRAFFIC TRICKS
Traffic Generation for Newbies: How to Get Started for Free
Traffic is the lifeblood of any successful online business. You may have the most perfectly constructed website on the whole worldwide web, you may have the most innovative product ever seen in the world of Internet Marketing, but if there are no visitors to your site, all is wasted. A steady stream of targeted traffic is vital to your online success, no matter what your niche is.
No traffic, no visitors, no sales.
There is a confusing number of traffic generation methods and systems available, some free, some quite costly, and as a complete beginner you will receive a lot of conflicting advice as to the best way to begin.
You will hear about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), PPC (Pay Per Click) Social Bookmarking, Video marketing and so on. The list is endless and particularly with Social Networking, is growing all the time.
So let’s say you are a typical newbie with very little spare cash (there are newbies with plenty of cash to invest, so this article may not be of interest to them!) and you want to make a start with traffic generation, where do you begin?
As a general rule, getting traffic to your website comes down to either time or money, and here I am going to give a brief overview of three of the best free ways for a newbie to get started.
1. Traffic Exchanges.
Manual traffic exchanges can be a bit controversial as many people will tell you that they are rubbish and not worth spending time on, while others consider them one of the best and easiest ways to get free traffic. They are free to join, and you can sign up for as many as you feel you can handle.
You build up credits by viewing other people’s sites, and these credits are then used to have your site viewed by other people.
Yes, they can be boring, and are certainly time consuming, but if you are willing to spend that time regularly and consistently, then you will see results.
2. Forums.
Forum marketing is another free and effective traffic generation method.
By joining and participating in forums in your niche, you are not only building your online presence, but by using your forum signature to best effect, you can attract like minded people to your website and optin page.
Bear in mind that these will be people who are already involved in your particular niche
so building relationships with them will be well worth the effort.
3. Article Marketing.
This is always considered to be one of the most effective ways of driving targeted traffic to your website, splash page or blog.
Write quality articles with careful use of keywords and submit them to article directories with a link to your site, making sure you follow the editorial guidelines of each particular directory.
When your articles are published, the potential is there for them to be taken up and included on other sites in your niche, giving you a valuable boost in traffic.
These three methods are a great way for a newbie to ease gently into the minefield that is traffic generation before embarking on more complex or paid systems.
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