Tags |
|
|
Links |
|
|
Will You Add? - 10 Free or Low Cost Ways to Generate Traffic to Your Website
Most of us have difficulty with negative feedback. We tend to become angry, defensive, or hurt when people offer negative feedback. We blame the bearer of the information. Many leaders avoid it altogether, because it strikes at one of our most prized possessions--our image of self. We like to see ourselves as effective, skilled, and capable both with people and task. Negative feedback is an opportunity that should be welcomed and valued as a great gift.It is unlikely we can prevent ourselves from experiencing negative emotion when people give us negative feedback, yet we need to welcome it anyway. Negative information is better than no information. If my people are unhappy, if my customers are unhappy, or if those closest to me
9. Start An Affiliate Program
If you don't know about affiliate programs, then you've been hiding in a cave. FOr many successful businesses, the affiliate program equals much higher than 50% of their sales. Running your own affiliate program is the killer traffic generation tool.
An affiliate program gives you the ability to tap into other people's traffic, other people's lists, and other people's customer relationships. No matter what you're selling, you should find a way to put an affiliate program into the mix.
10. Set-up Joint Ventures
Joint ventures include affiliate programs, but they also go beyond them. Who can you trade an article with? Who could you run co-op advertising with? Who could you trade ads with? How can you help others while generating traffic for your own site?
You might have your "normal" offer on your site that all affiliates refer their visitors to. How can you set-up a special deal with better pricing, more bonuses, or some other type of special offer for the customers of a large opt-in list or buyer's list? If you want a surge of new sales, find a way to crea
What is your firm’s first reaction to a recession? If you think that you should lie off the seemingly unnecessary staff, stop production, and institute a massive price cut, then think again. These, in fact, are ways to welcome the undesired recession in your business. Instead, consider gearing up and facing the tough times as if they are alternatively an opportunity to step up the success ladder and vanquish your competition. Bad times, if analyzed carefully, can be a tremendous opportunity for your business.A Time To ResearchRecession give you a much-sought time to research. Costs are dwindling and so are your expenses, so plan for the next stage. A downturn usually does not last forever. Sudden reversals are common, a
Too often any advice on generating traffic is given with an ulterior motive behind it. Or you're given advice about some whiz bang super duper new system for generating traffic by some type of spamming (spamming blogs, search engines, email, etc.).
Here are 10 low cost methods of generating traffic that will stand the test of time. They're based off of giving value instead of spamming and taking advantage of others.
1. Publish Good Keyword Rich Content on Your Site
Search engine optimization is a popular subject and there are all kinds of experts ready to teach you exactly what to do. Systems have come...and systems have gone.
Publishing good keyword rich content on your website has lasted the test of time. While spamming techniques constantly fall by the wayside. Good content will continue to be the primary way to generate free traffic from search engines.
2. Write and submit good articles.
The Internet is based on content. I have used this method for a decade now to drive traffic to my sites. Take a portion of the content you create and submit it to article directories and lists for ezine publishers.
This is a primary traffic driver for a large number of businesses. Even when it's not one of your main tools, it still drives some of the most qualified and highly valuable visitors you'll have at your site. If you haven't been producing articles, then why not?
3. Publish a Blog
Even corporations have jumped on the blogging bandwagon. This is based on the same principles already given. You have a simple tool to create and add content to your site. You also are provided with tools to network with others online and share in each other's information.
Start a blog. Add other blogs to your links. Visit and comment on other's posts. Become a part of the blogosphere, and take part in the discussions by watching where other blogs are going with their discussions.
4. Send a Press Release
Very few small business owners take advantage of the media's willingness to spread their story. Write a press release or hire someone to write it for you. Then publish it on a site such as Prweb.
Because of the low costs involved in sending out press releases, this should become a part of your monthly promotional plan. What's the big news this month? What big stories are in the media that you can piggyback on or identify with?
5. Participate on Discussion Boards
Find discussion boards in your niche. Participate in them regularly. Instead of promoting, be an expert who helps those on the site. Give them advice. Answer questions. Help beginners in your niche.
At the bottom of all your postings, you can have a link to your website. When I have followed this, I've been surprised at just how many visitors you get through these little links at the bottom of your postings. Plus, you're building a relationship with these visitors before they even get to your site.
6. Start a Link Campaign
Want more search engine traffic? Create more incoming links to your site. Many of the strategies we've already mentioned do this...a blog, article submissions, press releases, and links on discussion boards. They're all incoming links.
You can also take another step and activiely search for sites to link to you. You can do a simple search on Google for "link:http://www.acompetitor.com" to find sites linking to your competition. Contact them and find a way to get them to link to you as well.
7. Create a "Viral" Video
Video is part of the future of the Internet. Where we used to talk about viral ebooks, now we talk about viral videos. Create an informational or entertaining video and use sites such as Google Video and Youtube.com to distribute it for you.
Make sure to include your web address on the video. Create multiple short videos. Look into the communities being built up on these video sites, and find a way to tap into the ongoing video discussions.
8. A Good Offer on Your Business Card
This is a simple one. The entire backside of my card is an offer for a free report you receive at my website for subscribing to my newsletter. It has the headline and several bullet points along with the URL for the site.
This simple strategy is so effective that I've attended seminars where I've seen quite a few people have printouts of my free report the second day. They took my card and signed up for my list that night! Are you using this simple strategy with people you meet?
9. Start An Affiliate Program
If you don't know about affiliate programs, then you've been hiding in a cave. FOr many successful businesses, the affiliate program equals much higher than 50% of their sales. Running your own affiliate program is the killer traffic generation tool.
An affiliate program gives you the ability to tap into other people's traffic, other people's lists, and other people's customer relationships. No matter what you're selling, you should find a way to put an affiliate program into the mix.
10. Set-up Joint Ventures
Joint ventures include affiliate programs, but they also go beyond them. Who can you trade an article with? Who could you run co-op advertising with? Who could you trade ads with? How can you help others while generating traffic for your own site?
You might have your "normal" offer on your site that all affiliates refer their visitors to. How can you set-up a special deal with better pricing, more bonuses, or some other type of special offer for the customers of a large opt-in list or buyer's list? If you want a surge of new sales, find a way to creat
Do I sound dramatic in the title? I hope not. What I wanted to convey is which method or tool is efficacious in cyberspace marketing. Well, what I refer here is marketing of internet business and not brick and mortar business. Nowadays offline businesses also resort to internet marketing! That is a different story.Coming to my main topic, everybody who is in the internet business, including the novices, knows that the different tools employed, inter alia, are:E=Mail MarketingFree reports on one-page websitesWriting Articles and ReviewsGiving away freebies-e-report, e-bookUsing your signature in the ForumsPop-up advts.Classified advt.Pay per Click advt.Well, there ar
This is a primary traffic driver for a large number of businesses. Even when it's not one of your main tools, it still drives some of the most qualified and highly valuable visitors you'll have at your site. If you haven't been producing articles, then why not?
3. Publish a Blog
Even corporations have jumped on the blogging bandwagon. This is based on the same principles already given. You have a simple tool to create and add content to your site. You also are provided with tools to network with others online and share in each other's information.
Start a blog. Add other blogs to your links. Visit and comment on other's posts. Become a part of the blogosphere, and take part in the discussions by watching where other blogs are going with their discussions.
4. Send a Press Release
Very few small business owners take advantage of the media's willingness to spread their story. Write a press release or hire someone to write it for you. Then publish it on a site such as Prweb.
Because of the low costs involved in sending out press releases, this should become a part of your monthly promotional plan. What's the big news this month? What big stories are in the media that you can piggyback on or identify with?
5. Participate on Discussion Boards
Find discussion boards in your niche. Participate in them regularly. Instead of promoting, be an expert who helps those on the site. Give them advice. Answer questions. Help beginners in your niche.
At the bottom of all your postings, you can have a link to your website. When I have followed this, I've been surprised at just how many visitors you get through these little links at the bottom of your postings. Plus, you're building a relationship with these visitors before they even get to your site.
6. Start a Link Campaign
Want more search engine traffic? Create more incoming links to your site. Many of the strategies we've already mentioned do this...a blog, article submissions, press releases, and links on discussion boards. They're all incoming links.
You can also take another step and activiely search for sites to link to you. You can do a simple search on Google for "link:http://www.acompetitor.com" to find sites linking to your competition. Contact them and find a way to get them to link to you as well.
7. Create a "Viral" Video
Video is part of the future of the Internet. Where we used to talk about viral ebooks, now we talk about viral videos. Create an informational or entertaining video and use sites such as Google Video and Youtube.com to distribute it for you.
Make sure to include your web address on the video. Create multiple short videos. Look into the communities being built up on these video sites, and find a way to tap into the ongoing video discussions.
8. A Good Offer on Your Business Card
This is a simple one. The entire backside of my card is an offer for a free report you receive at my website for subscribing to my newsletter. It has the headline and several bullet points along with the URL for the site.
This simple strategy is so effective that I've attended seminars where I've seen quite a few people have printouts of my free report the second day. They took my card and signed up for my list that night! Are you using this simple strategy with people you meet?
9. Start An Affiliate Program
If you don't know about affiliate programs, then you've been hiding in a cave. FOr many successful businesses, the affiliate program equals much higher than 50% of their sales. Running your own affiliate program is the killer traffic generation tool.
An affiliate program gives you the ability to tap into other people's traffic, other people's lists, and other people's customer relationships. No matter what you're selling, you should find a way to put an affiliate program into the mix.
10. Set-up Joint Ventures
Joint ventures include affiliate programs, but they also go beyond them. Who can you trade an article with? Who could you run co-op advertising with? Who could you trade ads with? How can you help others while generating traffic for your own site?
You might have your "normal" offer on your site that all affiliates refer their visitors to. How can you set-up a special deal with better pricing, more bonuses, or some other type of special offer for the customers of a large opt-in list or buyer's list? If you want a surge of new sales, find a way to crea
Are public relations and crisis management planning important to your business? The answer is simple and direct. Public relations and crisis management planning are not only important to your business, they are both CRUCIAL to your business, regardless of your type of business. In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, business is news. Plant closings, mergers and acquisitions, unemployment, strikes, labor negotiations, company expansions, building projects, construction-related accidents and catastrophes are often the lead story on the front page or the six o’clock news. Yet many organizations are totally unprepared or at least ill-prepared to handle the public relations and crisis management aspects of these events. This unprep
Because of the low costs involved in sending out press releases, this should become a part of your monthly promotional plan. What's the big news this month? What big stories are in the media that you can piggyback on or identify with?
5. Participate on Discussion Boards
Find discussion boards in your niche. Participate in them regularly. Instead of promoting, be an expert who helps those on the site. Give them advice. Answer questions. Help beginners in your niche.
At the bottom of all your postings, you can have a link to your website. When I have followed this, I've been surprised at just how many visitors you get through these little links at the bottom of your postings. Plus, you're building a relationship with these visitors before they even get to your site.
6. Start a Link Campaign
Want more search engine traffic? Create more incoming links to your site. Many of the strategies we've already mentioned do this...a blog, article submissions, press releases, and links on discussion boards. They're all incoming links.
You can also take another step and activiely search for sites to link to you. You can do a simple search on Google for "link:http://www.acompetitor.com" to find sites linking to your competition. Contact them and find a way to get them to link to you as well.
7. Create a "Viral" Video
Video is part of the future of the Internet. Where we used to talk about viral ebooks, now we talk about viral videos. Create an informational or entertaining video and use sites such as Google Video and Youtube.com to distribute it for you.
Make sure to include your web address on the video. Create multiple short videos. Look into the communities being built up on these video sites, and find a way to tap into the ongoing video discussions.
8. A Good Offer on Your Business Card
This is a simple one. The entire backside of my card is an offer for a free report you receive at my website for subscribing to my newsletter. It has the headline and several bullet points along with the URL for the site.
This simple strategy is so effective that I've attended seminars where I've seen quite a few people have printouts of my free report the second day. They took my card and signed up for my list that night! Are you using this simple strategy with people you meet?
9. Start An Affiliate Program
If you don't know about affiliate programs, then you've been hiding in a cave. FOr many successful businesses, the affiliate program equals much higher than 50% of their sales. Running your own affiliate program is the killer traffic generation tool.
An affiliate program gives you the ability to tap into other people's traffic, other people's lists, and other people's customer relationships. No matter what you're selling, you should find a way to put an affiliate program into the mix.
10. Set-up Joint Ventures
Joint ventures include affiliate programs, but they also go beyond them. Who can you trade an article with? Who could you run co-op advertising with? Who could you trade ads with? How can you help others while generating traffic for your own site?
You might have your "normal" offer on your site that all affiliates refer their visitors to. How can you set-up a special deal with better pricing, more bonuses, or some other type of special offer for the customers of a large opt-in list or buyer's list? If you want a surge of new sales, find a way to crea
Getting opt in email leads is not that hard and there are many ways to get as many opt in email leads as you need.What follows are a few great ways to get hundreds of opt in email leads.#1 - Use coregistration.Coregistration is simply "purchasing" subscribers so you can get a list of opt in email leads.With this method of obtaining opt in email leads you will place a small ad on a network of websites.The opt in email leads are collected and then they are forwarded to you.You can get opt in email leads for just about any type of topic using this method.Do search on google for more help on this method of getting opt in email leads.#2 - Give away a free report.This is
7. Create a "Viral" Video
Video is part of the future of the Internet. Where we used to talk about viral ebooks, now we talk about viral videos. Create an informational or entertaining video and use sites such as Google Video and Youtube.com to distribute it for you.
Make sure to include your web address on the video. Create multiple short videos. Look into the communities being built up on these video sites, and find a way to tap into the ongoing video discussions.
8. A Good Offer on Your Business Card
This is a simple one. The entire backside of my card is an offer for a free report you receive at my website for subscribing to my newsletter. It has the headline and several bullet points along with the URL for the site.
This simple strategy is so effective that I've attended seminars where I've seen quite a few people have printouts of my free report the second day. They took my card and signed up for my list that night! Are you using this simple strategy with people you meet?
9. Start An Affiliate Program
If you don't know about affiliate programs, then you've been hiding in a cave. FOr many successful businesses, the affiliate program equals much higher than 50% of their sales. Running your own affiliate program is the killer traffic generation tool.
An affiliate program gives you the ability to tap into other people's traffic, other people's lists, and other people's customer relationships. No matter what you're selling, you should find a way to put an affiliate program into the mix.
10. Set-up Joint Ventures
Joint ventures include affiliate programs, but they also go beyond them. Who can you trade an article with? Who could you run co-op advertising with? Who could you trade ads with? How can you help others while generating traffic for your own site?
You might have your "normal" offer on your site that all affiliates refer their visitors to. How can you set-up a special deal with better pricing, more bonuses, or some other type of special offer for the customers of a large opt-in list or buyer's list? If you want a surge of new sales, find a way to crea
With a little knowledge, skills, and determination, anyone can start an ecommerce business. In this article, I'll go over a few of the basic components that you'll need when starting your ecommerce business.1 – Product or serviceIf you don't have your own product or service to market, you can market other people's products, either via affiliate programs, dropshippers, or network marketing programs. Once you've found a top quality product or service to market, you're ready to get started!2 – Shopping Cart softwareTo sell products online, you will need some kind of shopping cart software, to facilitate online ordering and order processing. I recommend Oscommerce - It is free, very flexible, and feature-filled
9. Start An Affiliate Program
If you don't know about affiliate programs, then you've been hiding in a cave. FOr many successful businesses, the affiliate program equals much higher than 50% of their sales. Running your own affiliate program is the killer traffic generation tool.
An affiliate program gives you the ability to tap into other people's traffic, other people's lists, and other people's customer relationships. No matter what you're selling, you should find a way to put an affiliate program into the mix.
10. Set-up Joint Ventures
Joint ventures include affiliate programs, but they also go beyond them. Who can you trade an article with? Who could you run co-op advertising with? Who could you trade ads with? How can you help others while generating traffic for your own site?
You might have your "normal" offer on your site that all affiliates refer their visitors to. How can you set-up a special deal with better pricing, more bonuses, or some other type of special offer for the customers of a large opt-in list or buyer's list? If you want a surge of new sales, find a way to create exclusive deals at times.
HTTP = HTML link (for blogs, profiles,phorums):
<a href="http://www.atriclecheck.com/article/67037/atriclecheck-10-Free-or-Low-Cost-Ways-to-Generate-Traffic-to-Your-Website.html">10 Free or Low Cost Ways to Generate Traffic to Your Website</a>
BB link (for phorums):
[url=http://www.atriclecheck.com/article/67037/atriclecheck-10-Free-or-Low-Cost-Ways-to-Generate-Traffic-to-Your-Website.html]10 Free or Low Cost Ways to Generate Traffic to Your Website[/url]
Related Articles:
Skills Make Labor More Valuable
The Benefits of Hiring Forum Posters
Bookmark it:
|