Need Cheap Website Traffic? Here’s how to get it.
Without traffic, your website will fail: it’s not open to argument. The design can be terrific, your product may be wonderful, and your prices may be low, but none of that matters if nobody visits your site.
That is why website owners spend a large percentage of their time, and often lots of money, on online, print, and electronic advertising.
Instead, try the following.
1. My favorite traffic generating technique is article writing. That’s because it works…and it works quickly. The methodology is simple: write a few articles that the kinds of folks likely to visit your site will find interesting. Send them to article distribution websites…there are several services and software tools which make it simple. End each article with an author’s box (like mine, below) which includes a link or two to your website. Webmasters in need of content will reprint your article on their sites, and you will gain a link each time they do.
2. Exchange links with the webmasters of other sites. While a link on any decent site will help you, links on sites with content related to yours and links on sites with relatively good Google PR are particularly valuable in influencing your search engine rankings.
3. Got a really good site? Or, got something to offer other website owners (an e-book, a calendar, etc.)? If so, try for some one way links. One way links can move you up the search engine ranking ladder faster than reciprocal links because the search engines consider them a true endorsement of your site.
4. Blog. Blog. Blog some more. A post a week would be great. A goal of one post a month should be your absolute minimum. Blog on subjects related to your website, and be sure your blog links to it.
5. Just as website owners need content, so do bloggers. Offer to write guest blogs (followed by an author’s box with a description of and link to your site).
6. One of the least utilized traffic generation tools is the press release. Press releases can be picked up by hundreds of websites, giving you hundreds of (almost) instant links. There are several services which will distribute your website (some at no cost) and at least 3-4 pieces of software you can use to get your releases out.
If you do not have confidence in your writing skills, you can purchase private label rights (PLR) articles very inexpensively and/or hire a writer. If you do a little searching you can find writers who will produce blog posts for as little as $5 and articles for just $10. You will have to do some screening to find capable authors and the fees you pay may wind up being well above the aforementioned minimums. But, the investment is very small for the potential return. In fact, the strategies we have discussed can lead to relatively quick, significant search engine ranking boosts for your website.
Daniel Z. Kane is a career educator and self-taught online marketer. He founded one of the first online college websites and has assisted thousands of students in identifying online colleges which meet their educational and career needs.
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