Traffic to Your Website
10 Proven Ways to Send Targeted Traffic to Your Website by
Jason Oickle
It is truly a webmaster's dream to get quality traffic to
consistantly come to their website.
You can pretty much do what you want with your visitors when
you get good targeted traffic. You can test and track your
conversion rate, do list building and click throughs just to
name a few.
There are a variety of traffic sources you can pursue such
as traffic from a search engine. It is not wise to rely
solely on search engines for your traffic or from any one
source for that matter. You need to diversify your tactics
to create a well-rounded game plan in order to drive traffic
to your site.
One thing you are going to need in order to satisfy the
search engines and website visitors is content. You know the
saying, "Content is king!" How will content bring traffic to
your website? When your visitors see that your website is a
good and relevant source of information, other people will
hear about your website by "word of mouth".
The following is a list of 10 foolproof ways to drive
traffic to your website using content.
1. Keyword rich articles
As you research popular keywords for your product or topic,
you can place these words into the context of an article for
your website. Websites need pages so the more the better.
In order to get your web pages ranked higher, you will have
to utilize a number of strategies. For example, titles that
are carefully written, a key-word rich body text, meta tags
and many incoming links. One very important thing that is
overlooked is using keywords in your headings. The name of
your page or article is the most important heading on that
page. This is different from the Title Tag that will show up
on search engines. If you don't know what a heading is, it
is the large font headline that tells you what is on a web
page.
Websites that offer pages of real content will become a
feeding frenzy for major search engines.
2. Newsletters
Approximately 80% of all sales take place after the initial
contact. That is why having a newsletter is a 'must' for
every website. The percentage of sales increases with each
contact. The highest percentage is realized after 5 to 7
contacts. You have to be persistent in order to get a sale.
That is why an autoresponder is a very beneficial tool to
use.
You must have good content if you want to have a top notch
newsletter. Begin putting ideas together and start writing
those newsletters. You don't want to have a hodge-podge of
ideas. Make the newsletter relevant to your website or the
product or service you are offering. Watch for follow-up
traffic as your customers open their emails and soon return
to your website.
3. Free reports
If you offer free reports, this is a great way to attract
subscribers to your newsletter. It is best to create viral
reports.
These reports can also be given away by other people on
related websites by having a link to your website. You
provide these people something that they can give away to
their customers for free and you, in turn, get a lot more
traffic to your site.
4. Submission to relevant websites
Another great way to use articles is to offer them directly
to sites you would like to share an audience with. You will
gain much needed credibility for your topic, but this will
provide useful hyperlinks all over the Internet.
5. Forums
Search for forums that are relevant to your website.
In most cases you will be able to post a link to your
website in your signature, or you will be able to share
information that arouses questions about your website from
other posters. In some forums, you will only be allowed to
post articles.
6. Link pages
You want something more than a bland list of "linking
partners". You could be putting your links to better use by
gaining more credibility and providing more content for
search engines.
Create a separate page for every link category and then
write a 200-400 word article on the corresponding subject.
Offering your recommended links at the end of your article
will make you a source for information rather than just a
catalog of links. 7. Press releases
This should be an important marketing tool for you. If you
create a press release to announce a new product, a related
news event or the results of a poll, you can get free
advertising in the media.
8. Article announcement lists
These are similar to article directories. Your article will
be put before an audience of publishers and webmasters who
may wish to use your article in their newsletters or on
their websites.
9. Affiliate programs
If you have affiliates, encourage them to drive traffic to
your website by giving them reports or letters to put up on
their websites or place in their newsletters. Your
affiliates will also need content from you in order to pass
on to their customers. If you are providing free content,
they will be more successful in sending their visitors or
subscribers your way.
10. Blogs
If you create a blog that is related to your niche or
business, this will allow you to attract visitors who may
not respond to a sales page.
Provide news and content about your topic with a hyperlink
to your sales pages or articles. This will indirectly send
you more traffic.
You may not realize it but your content may be valuable to
other bloggers who may have a rough time finding content to
share with their customers. Allow others to syndicate your
content through RSS feeds with a backlink to your website.
About the Author
Jason Oickle is a full time internet marketer who enjoys
helping others succeed online. Visit Traffic Secrets
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