20+ Methods to Quickly Boost Your Websites Traffic
By Debbie Ray
How am I supposed to get traffic coming to my website? A lot of new website owners out there think that simply having a good website is all you need to get visitors coming your way. I wish it were so simple but this is completely wrong. No matter how good your site is, it won”t grow without traffic - and visitors.
All webmasters, new and old, realize soon enough that traffic is the lifeblood of their website. Without lots of traffic a website will simply be lost in the ether somewhere out there on some server on the internet. Traffic brings a website to life - the importance of this one fact cannot be under estimated or under stated. This is vitally important. Bringing in traffic to your web site is not easy and it will take a lot of hard work. Of that I can promise you, but without traffic your website will not thrive.
Making people aware of your website and getting your site lots of frequent traffic takes a lot of hard work and planning. This growth will not happen overnight either. How will visitors find your site if you don”t tell them where it’’s at? You simply have to advertise - whether it be on the search engines, in the article directories or on the links of other websites.
Without getting too technical I”ll try and list just a few ideas below to help you start getting traffic directly to your site right now. These 25 things below are great places to start. Try one or all, it’’s up to you.
1. Use the best keywords or keyword phrases for your site.
2. Create valuable, original content.
3. Make sure you don”t have broken links on your site!
4. Create a blog to build traffic to your website
5. Join the SiteBuildIt! Value Exchange link exchange program
6. Let your audience see you in the writing of your website.
7. Create an XML sitemap for your website, then submit it to Google, Yahoo!, and MSN.
8. Write and submit articles to article directories.
9. Create an e-zine and offer free subscriptions to your visitors.
10. Offer free online services or utilities from your own web site.
11. Join forums and form online communities.
12. Regularly post on forums related to your sites topic.
13. Submit your web site to social book marking sites like Squidoo, del.icio.us etc.
14. Add a sitemap to your site.
15. Participate in Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising.
16. Using on page website optimization methods (ex. page title, META tags, use of your headlines, etc).
17. Create and submit press releases to various Press Release sites.
18. Use viral marketing to grow your traffic and spread the word.
19. Write and ebook and give it away for free.
20. Know your website’’s users needs and interests.
21. Add video clips to your website that supports your websites topic.
22. Consider giving something of value away to your customers.
23. Once you”ve established your site, set up your own affiliate program.
24. Keep your web site content fresh and new and upload frequently.
25. Submit your site to all the major search engines using a service like Selfpromotion
A piece of advice first. Before you start spending a lot of time and money on getting visitors to your site, be sure your site is ready for them. After that, try a few, or all, of the 25 methods to boost traffic to your website, above.
About The Author
Debbie Ray, owner of www.the-website-doctor.com is a successful affiliate marketer. Want to learn more about website marketing and design? Visit us anytime.
