Sep 01 2010
Traffic is King, but this comes FIRST
Visitors to your site are critical – getting them there automatically is even better. Here’s how…
Before we begin
The first thing you need to do before you start going after any traffic is keyword research. Why? Because you have to target these keywords if you are to have any hope of actually generating traffic for them. Which means you need to put some thought into the keywords you’re targeting.
Here are the important considerations for your research:
- How competitive are the keywords you’re going after? You’ll have to analyze the competition and see what’s out there for this.
- Are these “buying” keywords? If you don’t do your research you’ll end up with a lot of traffic that doesn’t buy from you. This is not what you’re looking for.
- Another thing to think about is affiliates. Nothing brings more buyers like an army of affiliates. So make sure you are also targeting keywords to attract affiliates.
Of course, this all takes time if you plan to do it yourself. Experts are expensive and don’t guarantee results. The upside is that these two factors keep most everyone from even doing their keyword research. If you’re smart you will use website traffic software to help you with this process. This will not only speed it up. It will give you better results, as well.
OK, now we can talk about traffic…
Now that you’ve completed your keyword research, you can begin using these keywords to get traffic to your website.
Here are a couple of clever ways to do this…
- Something you may not have ever considered is Surveys
- “Traffic Traps”
- Video Sharing Sites
Surveys
People love filling in surveys. And smart website owners know this, so they will include your survey on their site if you make a good one. And when they put your survey on their site, they will include a link back to your website. This allows you to get free website traffic from other people’s sites! Using just this one extra idea will put you ahead of your competition . . . who think surveys are for gathering information! So, get creative and make up a survey that’s wacky to get other people interested in putting it on their sites.
“Answer” Sites
These sites, like answers.yahoo.com are filled with people asking and answering questions for each other. However, you’re interest in these sites is not to ask and answer questions. You are going to generate traffic, leads and sales from them. One thing you can do is to visit sites like Craigslist and Yahoo! Answers and manually extract contact info to contact other users. So, if you’re smart, you’ll use website traffic software to do it all for you. These tools put the whole thing on auto-pilot and just deliver the leads to you each day.
Video Sharing Sites
Video is huge and sites like YouTube and Vimeo are extremely popular. YouTube is one of the most highly traffic and search websites on the entire internet! If you’re not taking advantage of this rich source of website traffic, then you are really missing out.
And don’t worry if you don’t have any idea of how to make a video. It’s really easy to just start with an article or something you’ve already written. And use free screen capture software to record yourself reading it. And like anything else, there is software available that will turn articles into videos for you automatically.
Summary
Getting traffic is not that difficult. Just be a creative and think outside the box a bit. Plus, there’s lots of great software out there to help you.
Don’t waste any more time:
- Do your keyword research
- Then create some surveys born to go viral
- Take advantage of the “help” sites
- And definitely include video sharing sites
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