Sunday, March 1, 2009

7 Ways to Gain More Traffic

By John Savage

Without doubt, the most important thing for anybody trying to do business on the internet is traffic. You must have this.

At the end of the day, this is what will make or break your business. Yes you must have a good product or service, and yes your admin must be working efficiently, but above all you must have traffic otherwise all else is in vain.

If your site looks good, and yet you cannot get much traffic to it, then its time to sit down and ask why.

You cannot ignore this question, as the very existence of your program depends on it.

Traffic generation being so important, it is essential that you keep on your toes in this area. Never assume that what worked yesterday will necessarily work today, you need to be constantly alert, and aware.

So what will work today? Well let me give you 7 suggestions which if implemented will increase the traffic to your site.

1) Invest in good advertising with search engines

Googles Adwords and Yahoo provide great advertising schemes that are very truly popular and assures great traffic. Although with this surefire way to increase your traffic it will cost some money. While some would shy away from spending money to increase traffic, it is imperative in this case to do so because Adwords and Overture is the top surefire way to increase your traffic.

They do work, and have worked well for many successful business's. Just make sure that you learn to walk before you run, in other words, move ahead slowly at first.

2) The second thing you can do is to link with other sites.

The great advantage of exchanging links is that you open the door for so much more traffic, for both of you. It is true to say that the more links you have, the more traffic you will generate.

3) The next thing up is to use Viral Marketing

This is where you find something like an article or a popular wave about something, and somehow get your name attached to it. You need to think creatively here, but if you can hitch a ride on somebody's elses's wagon, you can get good publicity for almost nothing.

4) The fourth thing is to concentrate on getting good keywords.

Search engines are looking for the right content and they do so through keywords, so this is something you or a hired expert, must get right.

5) Next up is to have a program of article writing.

Submit articles to sites that would contain the same subject that your site deals in. If you sell car parts write press releases and articles about cars and car parts. Attach your sites description and services at the end of the article as well as the link.

6) The next way forward is to join some online communities and forums.

And start to make some helpful comments, or posts are they are called. Let people know that you are there, and give them something of value.

7) Last thing up is to offer newsletters.

These are a great way to get more traffic as you share certain pieces of information with others and so build up a following who in time will buy from you.

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