| It seems to be the first question every newbie online | | | | situation! |
| asks in the popular marketing forums. How do I get | | | | A third method of generating free traffic is using a |
| more traffic for free? There are many answers and | | | | banner exchange. It's best if you have an attractive |
| many experts on this subject who will share a few | | | | banner to the site you're promoting so that when it |
| tidbits of their genius every once in a while, yet many | | | | appears on other people's sites, you will attract visitors |
| still struggle with traffic. | | | | away from them and directly to you. The drawback is |
| Here's a short guide to help every marketer in the | | | | that you in turn, need to display banner ads as well. I |
| world boost their traffic without paying a nickel for it. | | | | recommend using banner exchanges, but not the |
| Let's start with the basics. | | | | traditional way. Using a combination of them, you can |
| First, get a blog on either Blogger or Wordpress. | | | | exponentially increase your free advertising credits in a |
| Blogger has the advantage of being owned by Google | | | | short period of time. |
| so your blog can quickly appear in the search results | | | | Fourth and final method for today is make use of the |
| and it's easy to add Adsense to monetize your blog. | | | | "about me" page on eBay, no matter what you're |
| When you choose the content for your blog, make | | | | selling. Posting links on your about me page is a great |
| sure the keywords that attract visitors to your site | | | | way to attract visitors since eBay is one of the top |
| appear in the title, description, and posts on your blog. | | | | ten most trafficked sites every day. Make use of |
| Add links to whatever site or sites you are promoting. | | | | eBay's hard work as leverage to get some of those |
| Then visit other blogs with those keywords and leave | | | | visitors to come to your site as well. |
| comments of value, including a link to your blog as well. | | | | This is hardly a comprehensive list of free traffic |
| A second free traffic generating method is searching | | | | generating methods, but these can be powerful and |
| for directories that accept free submissions to get | | | | should not be overlooked when planning a site |
| listed. These are great because the listings are all | | | | promotion strategy. Think of ways to use other highly |
| related to the same niche so people will see your site | | | | visited sites to attract folks to yours, qualify your |
| listed among other prominent sites within the same | | | | prospects before you sell to them, and give them |
| market. This is also a great way of acquiring more | | | | exactly what they buy. They'll only complain if you |
| one-way back links to your site which can help boost | | | | don't, and I know that when I don't receive what I buy I |
| your search engine rankings and at the same time | | | | get irate. So sell what you have and give 'em what |
| improve the quality of the directory and the experience | | | | they buy. Use the free traffic to generate new |
| of its visitors. That's what we call a win-win-win | | | | customers and hopefully future referrals. |