Saturday, January 31, 2009

3 Top Strategies to Drive Traffic to Your Website

There are many ways to drive traffic to your website. Lets face it, no matter what you are selling online, if you don't have anyone view your site, you will not make sales. And sales is what this is all about...Right?

The first way, and the fastest way to start to get immediate traffic to your website is to use Google Pay Per Click or PPC for short. Now, PPC will cost you some money, but, it also will send immediate traffic to your site.

The trick to conquering Google PPC is research! Find a niche keyword that does not have a lot of competition. This is where you use your imagination. Ask yourself one simple question..."If I were looking for this product, what would I type in Google?"

This simple technique can save you hundreds of dollars and lots of time.

One other big tip for Google PPC is to remember. People come to the internet to solve a problem! What problem can you solve for them. This is another great source of keywords.

Many people start with "How do I....." or "How can I...." See what I mean? If you can answer a problem question like this and provide a solution you may have just found a winner of a keyword!

Another great way to drive traffic to your website is to write articles. Ezine articles just like the one you are reading right now are ways in which people not only give out valuable information but also get their websites seen in exchange.

Think of it like this. If I give you valuable information in my article. Aren't you going to want to know what else I have to share with you. Sure you are!

So when you write an article you are allowed to put your link at the tail end so that the people who are interested in what you have to say can visit your link to see what else of value there is for them. After all who doesn't like free information!

The third way that can drive massive traffic to your website is Traffic Exchanges. Traffic exchanges or auto surf sites have become very popular as of late.

These are sites where you can either join for free and usually receive a 1:1 ratio for sites that you surf vs. your site that others will view. Or you can pay a nominal amount and actually earn money for surfing others sites and also get the same benefit of your site also being seen.

I use auto surf sites daily and I receive tons of traffic from them. They take some time. I spend maybe an hour a day surfing 3 different sites I belong to. But the point is, they work!

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