subject: Top Ways to Direct Traffic to Your Websites [print this page] Top Ways to Direct Traffic to Your Websites
You may have already heard about how easy it can be to direct traffic to your websites. The only problem is, you don't know how. To help you on that front, here's a short list of the top ways that can help you attract visitors to your site.
1. Use your email signature. Including your site's URL on your email signature is always a nice touch. It's subtle, yet effective.
2. Get indexed. Some people neglect the fact that they do need search engines to help them get found by many potential clients. Do not make this mistake. Submit your websites to Google and other relevant sites.
3. Submit your site to different social bookmarking websites. Another form of getting indexed is by submitting your site to different social bookmarking websites. A lot of people use these services to save space on their computer and to get more recommendations. You, on the other hand, can profit from this because you can get suggested to a good number of people interested in your field without having to break a sweat.
4. Try article marketing. Almost everybody turns to the internet nowadays for information. If you're able to provide valuable tidbits, you'll easily attract more people to check out your actual site.
5. Be on Craigslist and other free online classified sites. This adds to your web presence, plus, it's free, so why not take advantage of it?
6. Tap the social media. Building a good number of contacts can help you recycle traffic, which is always a great thing.
7. Leave inbound links. The more you scatter your URL, the better web presence you'll have aside from giving the people an easier way to check your site. It also helps in boosting your page ranking, as most experts say. So, make sure to always include your URL when commenting on other blogs or websites.
8. Join different forum communities related to your niche. Just like emailing, these places allow you to use signatures where you can include a link to your site that can be clicked by the others in the community, who you can be sure to be interested in the same field as you are.
9. Sell on eBay if you have a product for sale.
11. Most importantly, take measures to get something out of the traffic you're driving. Invite people to sign up for your mailing list, subscribe to your RSS feeds, follow you on Twitter, or be your friend on Facebook. Information and contacts like these will surely come in handy sooner or later. It's also a great way to recycle the traffic to your websites.
