5 Free Ways To Generate Traffic by Lynne Sherman

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5 Free Ways To Generate Traffic
by Lynne Sherman

5 Free Methods to Generate Traffic

Usually it takes money to make money, but thanks to the great diversity of the internet, there are free ways to generate traffic to your site. They will require drive and persistence and research, but all this can be done without spending a cent.

1/ Take advantage of online forums and online communities.

Here you can target a certain group or demographic that would be interested in what you have to offer. Join in the discussions, post useful comments, and make sure you have you have your link set up in your signature file. Online communities are a great way to build your reputation and gain trust with the people who read your posts.

2/ Start a newsletter.

This takes a bit of work, but can be simplified. Provide your readers with entertaining and informative articles, and provide a list or catalogue of your products or services in the newsletter. It is relatively easy to find free content on the net. Just pull them all together with clever editing and re-writing, and your newsletter is done. Then all you need to do is generate a list of subscribers by advertising your newsletter with an opt-in form. Squeeze pages work best for getting subscribers through the traffic exchanges.

3/ Trade links with other sites.

All you have to do is make an arrangement with other webmasters to put your link on their site and agree to display their link on your site. This works especially well if you're both in the same, or at least in a similar, niche. All the traffic that goes to their site could potentially click on your link, and vice versa, so both parties benefit from the exchange.

4/ Write articles that relate in some way to your product

Especially popular are articles that provide tips and guides for marketing on the net. Try to provide valuable information that will help your readers in their endeavours. There are hundreds of article directories that provide free submission and posting of articles. The author bio is where you post your link, and hopefully if they liked your article, they will click on the link and visit your website.

5/ Write good content for your site.

Many search engines track the keywords and keyword phrases your site uses and how they are used. Just make sure the content for your site is entertaining as well as informational. You should have quality content and not just copy that is loaded with your keywords. Ultimately your goal is to entertain and inform the people who read your content, rather than trying to please the search engine spiders. Keyword choice for your site is crucial, so do your research and target keywords that people are using in their searches.

All of these methods and more will drive more traffic to your site for free. All it takes is a bit of effort and time. Learn all you can about the methods outlined here and you will soon have a site with a great traffic flow without costing you a penny.

Author's Biography:

Lynne Sherman is a successful internet marketer with numerous streams of income. For mare info, please visit her site at http://www.home-based-marketing.com

Posted on: May 1,2008

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