Targeted Traffic - Get It Free
Everybody wants more traffic, and not just any old traffic -
targeted traffic. Streams of prequalified visitors who are
genuinely interested in your website and product are every smart
webmaster's dream.
If you're mainly interested in your hit counter, you can sign up
with any old autosurf program and you'll soon be happy. However,
if quality counts for you, then here are 5 methods of getting
genuine, interested and ready to buy visitors to your site:
1. Testimonials.
2. Writing Articles.
3. Forums.
4. Press Releases.
5. Your Newsletter.
Testimonials
Sometimes it really is better to give than receive. Internet
marketers are always on the lookout for testimonials - it lends
them credibility. The next time you use a product or service
that you genuinely like send the supplier a testimonial. Include
a link to your website and, if they use your testimonial, they
will almost certainly include the link - so that their customers
can verify that you're a real person.
Depending on the product and the type of website that you have,
you could even host a review on your site. You would be highly
likely to get a link using this method. You will get traffic
using this method and, since the supplier of the product is
likely to be promoting his site quite extensively, you could get
a very high quality back link - which will help your search
engine rankings as well.
Only endorse products that you are genuinely happy with.
Remember, your name will be associated with it, so make sure
it's a good one.
Writing Articles
This is a great way to promote both yourself and your site. All
you have to do is submit articles on your chosen topic to one or
more of the free article banks available and content hungry
webmasters will use your work on their sites and in their
newsletters. It's amazing how quickly these can be distributed
around the internet.
Put a link to your site in your signature file, along with a few
words of explanation on the content and purpose of your site.
The visitors that you get in this manner have already read your
work and know about your site - so they are highly targeted.
Three of the best article banks on the net are listed below -
but just type "free articles" into google and you'll soon find
plenty more places to submit your purple prose.
http://ezinearticles.com/
http://www.isnare.com/
http://www.goarticles.com/
Don't worry if you don't consider yourself to be a great
writer. You can submit a list of 10 or 20 things to do in order
to ....... whatever.
Forums
These can be a really good way to get your name in front of
people. Put your website's URL in your signature - you'll be
surprised at how many visitors you attract by this method. The
good thing is that, as with the articles, they already "know"
you from your posts - so you can consider them to be "targeted"
visitors.
Press Releases
Press releases can be an amazingly powerful way to market your
website. You can pay for these but it is possible to get them
for free.
Don't worry that you don't know what to say - a couple of
paragraphs is all that's required. Visit the site below and have
a look at some of the live releases available - you'll soon get
the hang of it.
http://www.prleap.com
Prleap is free and has good statistical reporting so you can
keep track of how many views your release gets and which of the
search engine robots have indexed it.
Your Newsletter or Ezine
You should have your own opt-in list and be in communication
with your subscribers on a regular basis. Some webmasters send
out a full e-mail newsletter, with the contents in the
newsletter. Others just send a notification that the newsletter
is available to read online.
Whichever method you use, make sure that your newsletter
contains plenty links to your main site. For example, if you're
discussing a particular issue you could include a link to a page
on your site where it can be studied in more depth than would be
possible in a weekly ezine.
All of the above methods will provide you with very high quality
traffic. It may take time to implement them but it's well worth
investing a little time and effort.