Wed 25 Nov 2009
The key to any web based business, is the ability to get people to visit your website. If you don’t have people going to your site then your not going to make any money. So below I am going to let you know the best ways to keep visitors coming to your site so you have the opportunity to succeed where others fail.
1) Link Exchange: One of the best ways to get traffic is by exchanging links with other websites. This is when you place a link to there website on your website and they do the same for you. This can get you traffic from the links themselves and will help in getting your website noticed by the search engines.
2) Commenting In Forums: If you comment in forums you are helping yourself in two ways. First, you can leave a backlink to your site in the signature, which means that other people in the forums can check out your site. Secondly, the search engines love links.
3) Blog Posting: Find blogs that are in the same niche as yours and leave a comment. And make sure you leave a link back to your website. Again this is what the search engines look for.
4) Traffic Exchanges: Using traffic exchanges is a great way to get instant traffic to your site, but you need to make sure you are using them correctly. You can find a free ebook on how to use traffic exchanges and other viral traffic programs at webbasedbusiness.ws/viral-traffic
5) Starting Your Own Blog: If you start your own blog you can start getting more traffic than you can imagine, and you can direct these people to visit your sales pages. You can leave links and advertise any programs you want on your blog. People will come to your blog if for nothing else, so they can leave a link to there website. This of course gives your blog more content. You may want to check out “The WP Blog Starter” you can find it in the SE’s.
6) Building an Email List: Building your own email list is one of the best ways to have continuing traffic to your site for years to come. In time you could have a list of over 100,000 people if done correctly. There is a great list building program, actually the best online, called MyHugeList. They can help you build your list for free..
7) Safelist Programs: Using safelists can get you steady traffic if you find the right ones. Most safelists are a waste of your time and effort, but some really work. My favorite is MoneyListPro. It’s not just a safelist, but they also offer banner and text advertising for members.
Writing Articles: By writing articles you can get great traffic to your site. First you will get traffic from the articles you submit to the directories, and you can place your links at the bottom of the article for the search engines to eat up.
9) Press Release: Writing and submitting a press release will get you some huge traffic. Hundreds even thousands of people read these press releases so you can start getting huge traffic from them.
10) Search Engine Submission: Submitting your site to the search engines every month will guarantee that the search engines get and keep your website indexed in there results.
By following the above steps you will find that you can drive steady streams of traffic to any website or affiliate link.