How to Drive Laser-Targeted Traffic - 7 Ways
by Fred Farah
How to Drive Laser-Targeted Traffic - 7 Ways that you can use,
and really benefit from.
As an affiliate marketer you may have all the attributes needed
to succeed. You may have the necessary drive, diligence and
perseverance to be able to understand how the system works. You
may even have all the tools necessary to maintain the business,
including a really unique and interesting website which could
earn you a fortune.
If only the whole world could see it!!
However, all the above would prove useless if you don't know how
to drive traffic to your website. Your business would sink into
oblivion unless you knew how to actually drive traffic
effectivly.
Getting people to see your website is a difficult undertaking if
you consider that your rivals are waiting to cut your legs out
from under you. The immensity of the internet as well as the
affiliate marketing world, has given birth to fierce competition
between affiliate marketers, each of whom has his own great
product to offer.
With all the websites piling on top of each other, how would you
be able to stand out? Here are the seven best ways to drive
laser-targeted traffic to your own website.
1 - Know your market through and through.
It's important for traffic to be targeted to those who have a
special interest in the theme or topic of your website. This
way, a solid customer base is going to be created. Once a
potential customer shows an interest in your website and your
newsletter, then don't lose them by failing to provide great
information they're looking for.
2 - The next step in driving traffic to your website is by
relying on search engines and what they can do for the
affiliate marketer concerned. Because they are popular for
driving free targeted traffic, they should not be ignored by any
means. Having top search engine rankings is vital to building
popularity links, and the use of the right keywords is important
in attaining this goal. Once a website is on top of the list, it
is easily accessible to anyone who wants to find it for himself.
3 - The next step is link exchange Contact other
webmasters for a possible link exchange partnership. Locating
websites that are related to yours is the primary task. Once
there, you need to establish communication by personalizing your
communication with other webmasters. If you use a plain form
letter, it may not get read.
4 - The next step is through writing your own articles.
or at least posting releveant guest author's articles on your
site. This is an effective way to promote a website, because
good content is what people are looking for.
If satisfied with the quality of your content, they will come
back for more. And what's more powerful than repeat visitors who
have grown to trust you and your site. At the time of this
writing, Best Affiliate Products reached 330 pages of great
content. Search engine traffic is increasing daily, and people
are staying longer and reading more pages.
5 - The fifth is through joining affiliate programs.
Having affiliates to do the work means allowing them to
bring tons of traffic to the merchant's website through their
promotion of his product. Increased sales would be realized as a
result, and both the affiliate and the seller will benefit.
6 - The next step is through joint ventures. This is one
of the most effective ways of promoting a product or a service.
Having a partner with a targetted list is beneficial to both
parties, as it allows them to reach a wide customer base in a
short amount of time.
7 - And finally, have a list of subscribers that you can
write to on a regular basis. This is your most valuable
asset. The use of autoresponders to send out your personalized
newsletters is the best way of benefitting from your list.
Letting them know about new products and services through a
cleverly prepared regular newsletter is almost a guarantee of
success.
Traffic generating strategies are important in making your
affiliate marketing career surge forward. It's always to your
advantage to plan your moves in whatever business you undertake.
This is particularly so in affiliate marketing. Once you know
how to get people to see what your site has to offer, then
you're on the right track to affiliate gold.
Now it's time to move forward, by taking action on these tips. 7
tips or 20 tips will achieve nothing until you act. Just do
it...now!
by Fred Farah
copyright 2005