Tuesday, March 8, 2011

10 Website Traffic Ideas


webtrafficIf there is one thing that every Internet marketer wants it is more visitors to their website. This topic has been covered in various ways in the past. As a refresher here are 10 of the most popular ways to get more website traffic.


1. Pay per click advertising.
Google Adwords continues to dominate this advertising strategy. However Yahoo Marketing, 7Search, Bidvertiser, and many other paid search engines offer affordable alternatives.

2. Blogging. A well-written blog article can bring search engine traffic. It can also increase the number of subscribers to your RSS feed which can lead to repeat visitors and more traffic.

3. Social bookmarking. To bookmark your blog URL into some of the top social directories use a bookmarking sites such as Social Marker. This helps the search engines to find you and can lead to more website visitors.

4. Article marketing. This is still a great long term strategy for promoting a website. So the reader can easily find you include a link to your website in your resource box.

5. Article videos.
There are services such as Article Video Robot that will convert articles into videos. You then submit it to the top shared video sites such as You Tube and Yahoo.

6. Video marketing. Google owns You Tube which gets 85% of all video traffic. Doing video marketing is a good way to show up in the search engines and create website visitors.

7. Email marketing. Anytime you send a mailing out your list you can include a link back to your website. This should include blog updates and announcing new products.

8. Publish a newsletter.
These are known as Ezines and have been around now for almost 15 years online. This is a good way to provide useful information to people as well as promote products in your online newsletter.

9. Viral marketing. It is a good thing anytime you can get somebody to tell somebody else about your Internet business. Ways to create viral marketing include reports, articles, ebooks, and so on. This could also include posting the video on You Tube that goes viral all over the Internet.

10. Go offline. You can still drive traffic to your website the old fashion way including flyers, business cards, newspaper advertising, and radio. Many times this is dependent upon what your actual budget is as off-line marketing can be expensive.

These are 10 ways to get more website traffic. Rather than concentrating on one specific way if you spread your advertising tactics around your traffic will increase

BY: Website Traffic

How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic – The Ultimate Guide

Links and traffic… who wants some?
The number of excellent resources that have come out since the beginning of the year on attracting links and building traffic has really mushroomed. Plus there are some timeless classics that are still very relevant today.
I think it makes sense to compile the very best in one handy location and share it, so here’s my entire collection. If I missed your link and traffic resource let me know and I’ll take a look.
Now, it doesn’t matter if you like the term “link baiting” or not. It’s the process that one goes through to attract links that matters, not whether you prefer to think of your content as bait for links. I like to think that creating content that increases web traffic and builds links simply falls under the general social media marketing buzz phrase that is gaining in popularity.
So, here’s your ultimate “how to” guide to creating content that attracts links and drives traffic in the social media environment:
101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006 | SEO Book
101 Web Marketing Ideas and Tips | SEOpedia
25 Tips for Marketing Your Blog | Online Marketing Blog
10 Remarkably Effective Strategies for Driving Traffic | SEOMoz
8 Reasons Why Lists Are Good for Getting Traffic to Your Blog | Problogger
7 Ways to Get to the Top of the del.ico.us Popular Page | Problogger
3 Ways to Immediately Increase Search Engine Traffic | Performancing
How to Get Traffic For Your Blog | Seth Godin
The Art of Linkbaiting | Performancing
The Art of Blog | SEO Black Hat
What is Linkbaiting? | Modern Life is Rubbish
SEO Advice: Linkbait and Linkbaiting | Matt Cutts of Google
Problogger Link Baiting Series | Problogger
Secrets to Beating the Sandbox 2.0 Revealed | Link Building Blog
What Makes a Site Link-Worthy? | Eric Ward
Using Digg to Attract Hits | Slate
Using Digg and Netscape to Get Traffic | Pronet Advertising
Social Bookmarking for Traffic | SiteProNews
The Sandbox and Delicious | Graywolf’s SEO Blog
Unleashing the IdeaVirus | Seth Godin
Viral Copy | Copyblogger
Building Traffic to Build Your Fan Club | Copyblogger
Trust Rank and Your Domain | Link Building Blog
Generating Buzz With Link Baiting and Viral Campaigns | Search Engine Watch
Linkbaiting for Fun & Profit | Search Engine Journal
Link Building Guide | Jim Westergren
Link Baiting & Effective Link Building | Search Engine Journal
Link Baiting and Viral Search Success | Search Engine Roundtable
How Much is Link Bait Worth? | Cartoon Barry
Link Baiting (How Nick Wilson Created SEO Even Seth Godin Could Love) | Stuntdubl
Link Baiting Case Study from Search Engine Journal | Search Engine Journal
Link Bait | SEO Book
The 8 Free Things Every Site Should Do | Seth Godin at Squidoo
Building Traffic With Article Marketing | Copyblogger
Link Building Blog | Text Link Ads
Link Building Wiki | Text Link Brokers
Advanced Link Building Tactics | SEOMoz
Let me know in the comments if I missed something that isn’t covered by one of these resources. Happy reading!

BY: Internet Marketing Live Updates