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Are You Getting This Free Website Traffic?
By Jim Daniels -
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There are some great ways to get free website traffic online. During
my own start-up years I relied heavily on no-cost web marketing strategies. And
some of the strategies and resources I used back then are STILL bringing me
traffic today, some six years later.
That's the beauty of the free website traffic strategies I'll cover today.
Each one brings LONG-TERM traffic to your website. You can't say that about most
paid advertising.
So if you're on a tight budget, take the time to try every one of the
strategies below. Believe me, they really do work. And you just can't
beat the price...
- Start Page Networks
Start page networks are fairly new online. The way they work is pretty
simple. You join for free and then click a link to set your browser's home page
to a "network page". Then every time you start your browser (or click home) you
will get a page from the start page network you joined. The pages promote sites
from all members in the system. And you earn traffic from the network every time
you either open your browser or refer a new member.
If it sounds confusing, it really isn't. It utilizes a basic viral marketing
strategy to grow your traffic. And while it may not be the answer to all your
traffic needs, it can certainly help.
There are a number of these systems available online now and I've tried a
few. Recently I recommended StartBlaze (see http://www.bizweb2000.com/startblaze.htm
for that write-up) and now there is a new one in town called TrafficSwarm. "TS"
is from an ol' web friend Sam Robbins and it is pretty slick. TS works as both a
start and exit system, so you can earn traffic from it even faster.
I set up a TrafficSwarm account (for free of course) just two weeks ago. It
was directly responsible for $750 in sales the first week. That's pretty
impressive. I believe the quality of traffic from TS is higher than most start
page networks for one simple reason... the client chooses what they want to
click on, rather than forcing them to see one specific page they may not be
interested in. That means better CONVERSION since you have a much more targeted
visitor when they click.
Click to http://www.trafficswarm.com/go.cgi?21488 to try it today. It takes
just a few seconds to set up and can bring you quite a bit of decent quality
traffic.
- Articles
If you can put together a website, you can write an article or two every
month. Yet it still surprises me how many people don't use articles to grow
their website traffic.
All it takes is a few hours each week or month to write about what you know
and then have it looked over by someone with editing skills. Then, you tack on a
small footer with your URL and fire it off to a list of ezine and magazine
editors who publish material related to what you're marketing. That's it!
You can also post the articles at your own site with re-publishing permission
for other webmasters. See http://www.bizweb2000.com/articles.htm for an example
of how I do this.
Anyone who reads my stuff regularly knows how much I like this promotion
method. The fact is, it was responsible for a large part of my traffic early in
my web marketing campaign.
So if you're on a limited marketing budget, you should start committing time
to writing at least one article each month. Then grab a good email merge program
like the one I use called WorldMerge <http://www.bizweb2000.com/wm> -- it lets
you contact your list of editors personally via email. It's a great tool for
establishing relationships with key people in your industry and getting
visibility for your website.
Oh yeah, in addition to submitting articles via email, there are also a
number of websites online where you can submit your articles. See http://www.ideamarketers.com
for just one example.
- Links
You've probably read about how important it is to have lots of links on the
web pointing to your website. Not only does it grow your traffic, it helps your
search engine ranking as well.
There are lots of ways to grow the number of links into your site. Some
webmasters simply search the web and then email related sites asking for a link
swap. In my opinion that is too time-consuming and tedious.
And while there are lots of automated solutions available, such as link farms
and the like, many of these are not search engine friendly. So you have to be
careful when selecting a link strategy.
Your link strategy has to include a way for people to get a link from your
site to theirs, as well as create a link from their site to your site. And if
you can automate the entire process you'll save lots of time.
With all this in mind, I set up my link strategy using a type of directory.
You can see it (as well as grab a high-profile link swap!) at...
http://linksmanager.com/bizweb2000/
What you'll find there is my "Internet Marketer's Resource Directory."
Basically, it's my link swap strategy. And it works quite well. It generated
more than 250 links for me over the last 12 months, which would have taken me
quite a bit of time and energy. The links have brought fresh traffic to my site
as well as improved search engine ranking. I wish I had set it up when I was
first getting started online! Unfortunately, I did not give linking a high
enough priority back then.
So learn from my mistake. Set up a link strategy at your site early on in
your campaign. It will help you more than you realize as time goes on.
- Search Engines
Every month my sites receive thousands of visitors from search engines. Most
of the traffic I don't pay a single penny for. And you can do the same thing.
But you have to submit your URL's to the right places -- the top search engines
and directories on the web.
And yes, there ARE still search engines that will accept your site
submissions for free. There are actually six extremely busy search engines that
have not (not yet anyway) migrated to requiring payment for listings.
So before you dig deep for those search engines requiring "paid submissions",
you should first submit your site to the still- free search engines. Here are
direct links to these top search engines
Google
| NorthernLight |
DMoz |
Fast |
AltaVista |
Lycos
As I mentioned, those five search engines above have been responsible for
sending literally thousands of visitors to my websites and they will send
thousands more.. all for free.
So take the time and get your site registered at these engines today, while
they are still a no-cost strategy!
* This online business tip by Jim Daniels of JDD Publishing Co., helping
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