Making money online pretty much boils down to one thing, getting traffic to your site!. If no one goes to your site, how are you going to make any money??. What many first-time webmasters are neglecting are all the free methods that are available to drive traffic to their website. Sure, these methods are a little more time consuming than ones you can pay for, but it is worth it in the end!
Here are the 5 best ways to drive traffic to your website without spending a dime. Even if your paying customer to visitor ratio is lower than you would like, just remember that you didn't spend a dime to get that traffic to your site!
Exchange Links
This is a sure and proven method. Rarely do you see a site that has no links to other sites. There are alot of webmasters that are willing to exchange links with one another so that they could produce more public awareness about their sites. It's a win win situation for both parties! You'll soon see and feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to your site from other sites.
Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high rank in search engine results. It is known that search engines give higher rankings to sites that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. You have to make sure that when you are exchanging links that the other site's content is related or compliments yours. Search engines are very particular when it comes to this. If they feel that you have links on your site just for the sake of having them, you'll be banned in a heartbeat!
Traffic Exchange Websites
Traffic exchange has become one of the most popular ways to get free traffic mostly because you can receive traffic simply by surfing the net! You are surfing other sites that are included in the traffic exchage service. Everytime you surf a site, you get credits that are used to display your site. The most websites you surf, the more your website is displayed. You can also buy credits to display your website, but I recomend that you take the time to surf for credits!
I have just release a FREE ebook on my website, The Incredible Traffic Formula. This free ebook reveals a secret that will maximize your time spent on traffic exchange websites. With the methods included in this ebook, I guarantee that you will increase the amount of traffic you recevie 10 fold! Check it out by clicking on the link in the resource box.
Write and Submit Articles
If you enjoy writing, this could be the easiest way to get traffic to your site. If you don't like writing, you better start enjoying it now!! All you have to do is write a short (about 400 words or more) article that is related to your site's content and submit it to the hundreds of article directories that are online today. All you have to do is type 'submit articles' into a search engine and it will display the most popular ones.
I also have a free ebook on writing the perfect article, you can download it by clicking on the link in the resource box.
Make a Newsletter.
This may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may need to use to build a newsletter but on the contrary, this is not so. There are many writers and sites that are willing to provide free articles as long as they can get their name in on your newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as well.
As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your public awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly visit your site.
Join Online Communities and Forums
This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your knowledge and expert opinion with many online communities as well as your website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with your site. Be sure to have a link to your site in your signature.
Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are with the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business that could be visited and trusted by many people.
As you can see, there are many ways that you can generate traffic that won't cost you a dime. Of course these methods are more time consuming than ones you can pay for, but you will feel much better in the end when you realize that it didn't cost you anything. So stop being so lazy and try some of these methods!
