Get Traffic Soon and Surge Ahead or You'll Get Lost in the
Internet Wilderness.
Getting Traffic or more precisely Targeted Traffic to your
website is the most important strategy for the Survival and
Success of your Internet Home Based Business. It is a well known
fact that the vast majority of the new Home Business
Entrepreneurs have only a small marketing budget. Not that they
are all short of funds but it takes time for them to be
convinced about spending money. It is their desire and
determination to cash in on the vast potential the Internet
offers that has thrust them into this field of activity.
Follow these free, reliable methods and get the traffic you
desperately need to get noticed in the Internet. Some methods
are time consuming and laborious but when money is the critical
factor, Time and Labor should not be of major concern.
1. Reciprocal Linking. Reciprocal linking is one of the most
popular ways to get traffic to your Home Based Business
site and also boost your rankings in the search engines. The
strategy you should follow is: (a) Go to search engines such as
Google, Yahoo or MSN and identify the websites that are similar
or relevant to yours with high page ranks. (b)Eliminate those
that are in direct competition to you. (c) Persuade and convince
the webmasters to exchange links with you. (d) Identify quality
websites i.e. websites with PR3 and over that have high traffic
and exchange links with them.
2. Writing Articles. One of the best ways to get high targeted
traffic and one way links to your Home Business is to
write articles and submit them to (a) Article Directories, (b)
Ezine Publishers, and (c) High traffic websites that accept
article submissions. Quality articles are in great demand and if
you can write quality, thought provoking and educative articles
in your field of expertise, your articles will definitely be
accepted for publication. You should ensure that (a) you have a
Resource Box at the bottom of the article. (b) And have your URL
in the Resource Box. If your article is impressive you can
expect a massive influx of visitors to your website via the
resource box. 3. Submitting to Directories. Once your website is
ready with good content and quality links, you should start
submitting your website to Search Engine Google and the
Directories. Submitting to Directories is another way of getting
additional targeted traffic to your website. This also increases
your site's overall importance to obtain a high page rank. If
you want to be visible in the internet world, getting listed in
Directories especially in Directories with high page rank and
traffic is the fastest way to do it. Some charge a fee for
listing while others are free. Among the free directories some
insist on a link back from your site. Link back to them happily
and get listed.
4. Posting at Forums. Another great way of getting free traffic
is to post at discussion forums on a regular basis. If your
contributions at these forums display good knowledge and
authority, an immediate increase in your website traffic will be
seen. To get the maximum benefit, (a) visit high traffic forums,
(b) display your knowledge and (c) include your signature file
and URL there. It is this URL that will siphon traffic to your
site.
5. Emails. The emails that you send out, whether it is personal
or business can be a source of traffic. You have to ensure that
your advertisement or signature is there at the bottom of the
page with your URL. Though it might not be much traffic,
nevertheless it is free traffic. Make the best use of it.
6 Tell a friend/Refer a friend/Recommend us. Another source of
traffic which is often overlooked is through your own website.
Place a "Tell a Friend" or "Refer a Friend" image or script on
your website. This can be obtained free from several sources, by
searching in the search engines. Visitors, who sincerely
appreciate your site and are grateful for the information and
the resources provided, will pass on the good news to their
friends. Many of our visitors do recommend us.
7. eBay Traffic. Traffic from eBay is not the normal channel but
it is working for many. Any traffic that is free is what you
need most. So (a) register yourself with eBay, (b) go to the
"about me" page and fill in useful information with a link to
your website. If done correctly, you are certain to get a
significant amount of traffic since millions visit eBay every
month.
8. Fresh Content. It is surprising that many webmasters spend
much time in finding various avenues to attract visitors to
their sites but overlook the importance of adding fresh content
to their sites. Content is King and Search Engines love fresh
content. Your visitors love them too. It does not cost you
anything so add fresh content regularly and they will keep on
returning again and again.
Millions of websites are lost deep down in the Internet
Wilderness unheard of and unsung. Certainly you don't want to be
one of those! Get started. Start making money from home by
implementing your Internet Marketing program.