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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Business Portal

The Ultimate Free Traffic Guide for Your Websites

Posted: 19 May 2008 10:05 PM CDT

I’m sure that when you first started your online marketing career, you were bombarded with sales letters from individuals trying to sell you on “getting traffic for cheap.” Whether it was an e-book, or actually purchasing traffic from a traffic broker or other source, the sales assault was probably fierce. Who knows, maybe you even bought into it. But, I’m here to explain to you (and if you bought into this kind of traffic you already know) that cheap traffic is cheap for a reason - because it’s usually low quality traffic as well. So the key lesson here - avoid cheap traffic.
So, to help you cut the learning curve, I’m going to share with you 4 methods of getting FREE, but HIGH QUALITY traffic that will absolutely increase visitors and sales (if you have good sales copy). Remember, quality traffic typically means you’ll make more money assuming these folks buy what you have to offer. So here are my top 5 free traffic sources:

1) ARTICLE MARKETING - the process of actually creating articles may be tedious, but the long term commitment to creating article pays huge dividends. Plus, it has the added benefit of increasing credibility so reader’s are pre-sold to your offers.

2) JOINT VENTURES - if you know how to approach individuals whom have already established a sphere of influence (large or responsive membership base, list, customers, etc…) and establish a win win relationship, joint ventures are an absolutely unbeatable way to generate traffic and sales.

3) PRESS RELEASES - if you create relevant news information that can be attached to your offer, you can literally see more traffic than you may be able to handle: scratch that, you should be able to handle any amount of traffic, barring of course, your web server’s limitations.

4) SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION - volumes can be written about the ever changing method of traffic. Rather than stay up on the latest and greatest techniques, I simply prefer to stick with the basics. Also, did you know that writing good key word dense/focused articles is one way to get search engine traffic?

5) WEB 2.0 - here’s my advice. Learn to use web 2.0 sites or social network sites like myspace, youtube, squidoo, stumbleupon, and the like garner free traffic. If done correctly, you should really see a good amount of traffic coming back your way.

If you use these 5 free traffic sources, you’re sure to get a steady stream of qualified buyers to your products. Good Luck!