| How do I get traffic to my site? This is the $50million | | | | interested in and to post often. You can link back on |
| question.You've spent a lot of time and money | | | | your blog and you can also offer an RSS feed which |
| getting your website or blog to look great, now you | | | | basically means people can sign up for your blog |
| are ready to start converting those prospects. | | | | posts and they are automatically delivered to their |
| But you have to have traffic to convert. Here's some | | | | inbox every week! |
| tips to get your traffic coming to your site quickly. | | | | 4) Podcasts. Everyone loves to hear a good story. |
| 1) Articles. Start writing articles on your product or | | | | Use podcasts to add flavor to your business and |
| services and post them on the many Article and | | | | marketing campaigns. All you need is a telephone, or |
| Ezine directories on the web. This is a great way to | | | | mic and a computer and you're in business. There |
| reach thousands of people looking for your services. | | | | aremany cheap and free podcast services that will |
| At the end of each article, put your contact | | | | broadcast yourmessage to huge audiences. You can |
| information, website, and a sentence explaining what | | | | put a podcast link on your site,register with Podcast |
| you do.Published articles also position you as an | | | | directories and build a listener ship that may not have |
| expert, and don't forget you can always re-purpose | | | | come across your ezines or site, but love your |
| your articles for other uses such as Ebooks, Free | | | | podcasts. Podcasts can also be put in your RSS feed |
| Reports. | | | | so your customers have yetanother great way of |
| 2) Social Networking. Don't get left behind! There are | | | | keeping in touch with you. |
| many Social | | | | 5)Affiliate Marketing. Set up an affiliate marketing |
| Networking sites that are great for getting traffic | | | | program on your site and have other people |
| such as Facebook, Myspace and Youtube. You can | | | | (affiliates) promote your services and products for |
| post comments on popular sites and include a link | | | | you. They ultimately drive traffic from their |
| back to your site, create Community pages that | | | | webpages to yours for a commission.Yes you pay |
| encourage discussion, and create a Professional | | | | them an affiliate fee, but you get a customer |
| profile. | | | | (potentially for life) in return. |
| 3) Blogs. These are so easy to do, even a child can | | | | 6) Pay Per Click. A more expensive option, but very |
| master it. Sign up with a blog service (again there are | | | | effective too. |
| many out there), and start writing on your expertise | | | | Research your keywords and create an ad linked to |
| or products. You can post audio and video to blogs | | | | your site. Theimportant thing is to do your research, |
| to bring them to life. The key to a successful blog is | | | | stick to a budget and test, test, test. |
| to write about relevant topics that your customer is | | | | |