Into Generating Traffic to your Web Site

Generating traffic to your web site or 'Getting Visitors'.

Just as a traditional shop owner uses certain strategies to entice people to visit their store and buy their products, so the web site owner needs to be active in generating traffic by directing and drawing people to their website (Internet store).

There are dozens of ways to get traffic to your website and it would take many pages to explain them all in detail. So I have listed below the most common in bullet points only and if you want more details, either email me for more info or simply search that topic on the web.

Typical methods used by Internet marketers to drive traffic to their sites include:

* Optimizing their website for a high search engine ranking -SEO

* Link popularity and back links - article

* Placing E-zine ads - Paid method

* Banner Exchanges - Advertising banners on other websites and putting their's on yours.

* Traffic exchanges - You visit other peoples websites in return for them visiting yours.

* E-mail campaigns with good sales letters.- HAVE AN EMAIL or SUBSCRIBER LIST!!

* Articles and press releases. Free method

* Giving out free/complimentary E- Books and 'Reports'.)

* Endorsement Letter(s)

* Bonus products and offers

* Social bookmarking sites like Facebook, Bebo and 'Zenzuu'

* Blogging

* Joint Venture campaigns

* Forum advertising - Free method (comment and leave your link at forums - subtle promotion)

* PPC- Pay Per Click advertising - Paid method such as Google's Adwords

* Viral traffic - eg ebooks, you tube, free brandable software etc

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