subject: Traffic Generation - Top 3 Free Methods to Generate Traffic to Any Website [print this page] Traffic Generation - Top 3 Free Methods to Generate Traffic to Any Website
Has Google AdWords burnt a hole in your pocket? If you are still using pay per click to drive traffic to your website, you have to check out these top 3 free traffic generation methods first.
Traffic is like the life force of every website. Having a website without visitors is like a shopping mall without customers. So how do you actually drive traffic to your website? Let me tell you how but before that I must warn you - do not expect instant gratification as you are getting with paid traffic.
These methods I show you are free and work very well as they are targeted traffic.
Here are the top 3 free traffic generation techniques.
1. Article Marketing
Article marketing is one of the BEST ways to drive targeted traffic to your website. Submitting articles to article directories brand yourself as an expert in your niche.
It is also the best consistent way to drive free and highly targeted traffic to your website. It can also help improve your search engine ranking as it can create thousands of backlinks to your website
Many people do not know that articles can be used in many ways. Many people just write an article and submit it to articles directories and that's about it. However you can also offer your article to blogs that have high a high traffic volume in return you can add a short resource box to it.
Also many people expect to post 1 article to many article directories and get tons of traffic but that is not the case. For your to be successful with article marketing you have to write constantly about one article a day to get tons of traffic.
2. Video Marketing
YouTube is now the world's number 2 website in terms of daily traffic and has replaced yahoo as the next search engine. This alone gives you ample reason to do video marketing. It is also a relatively 'new' traffic strategy.
Here are some types of videos that work best such as: Funny, Weird, Gross, Shocking, Interesting, Sexy, Inspiring and Instructional.
The video you create need not be professionally done but the message has to be clear. A video of 2 minutes or less works best. Make sure you include your URL in the video itself and in the description are.
Don't forget to include your keyword in the title, description and tags.
3. Blogging
Why Blogging works?
A blog is a website that is made up of frequent posts or messages. The human aspect draws people to blogs and visitors are able to converse with the owner through comments.
This encourages the visitor to come back again and read the updated blog and post more comments.
To really succeed in blogging you have to do some keyword research on what your blog is about. It is necessary to include good keywords and phrases in your blog post. Always choose keywords with low competition and a high click through rate. Blogging is very simple and anyone can use it to increase traffic to their website.
