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Ten Ways To Get Web Traffic Fast - And Free
By James Gladwin (c) 2009

There are several ways to get website traffic fast and
free, and I'm going to share ten niche ways with you.

Article Submission

You don't need to be an award winning expert on the topic
you are writing about - just pick an area that is related
to the theme of your website, do a bit of research using a
search engine and before you know it you will have more
knowledge on that subject than most. Write in a relaxed,
straightforward way. And, of course, when you add your
details at the end of your article, make certain that you
include your web address as well.

URL Submission

This sounds so obvious, yet so many people overlook it.
Website URL submission is about getting more links to your
website to help your website get ranked high on major
search engines, thus getting more visitor traffic by, well,
submitting your website URL to the major search engines.
You can buy or subscribe to software that will do this,
but it is quite possible to get a good return by submitting
manually.

Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store,
classify, share, search and discover Internet resources
that they find useful. Since social bookmarks are saved
online, users are able to access them from anywhere - at
home, at work or while travelling.

These lists can be accessible to the public by users of a
specific network or website. What you need to do first is
register with a social bookmarking site which allows you to
store and tag bookmarks. Most social bookmarking services
allow users to search for bookmarks which are associated
with given "tags", and rank the resources by the number of
users which have bookmarked them. This means that other
visitors and members of social bookmarking sites can search
for resources by topic, category, keyword, tags, or
popularity to see what others have saved. As a user, social
bookmarking sites let you find useful, informative
resources through pages that have been tagged because
others have found them to be valuable sources. Voila - more
web traffic. Free.

Forum Posting

Forum posting is a hands down alternative to paid
advertising methods. For only a few hours of work every
week, you can capture batches of interested leads everyday.
The more forums you contribute to, the more you will gain
traffic. If you are an active forum poster, you will also
get a good feel about the kind of products that are hot on
the market.

Please don't overlook the forum signature or commonly
called resource box - it's a powerful free advertising tool
for you. What you must do is edit your forum signature.
Basically, a curiosity inducing one-liner and a link to
your website is great. Once you have edited and saved your
signature, it will appear at the bottom of all your
comments in the forum discussions. That means, the more you
participate in the discussions in the forums, the more
people see your semi-ad written on your signature. I
promise, this will encourage people to visit your website,
and hopefully buy from you.

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is one of the best ways to get the word
out about your website and can be done with very little
technical expertise and therefore is easy to start up. If
you have a product or service you believe in, visit a site
such as Clickbank and open an account. Follow the simple
instructions to gain affiliates - and traffic.

Press Releases

It's a fact that a well-written Press Release can
dramatically increase your sales, expose your company to
the masses, and greatly enhance the image of your business
or products. Publicity is the most cost-effective web
traffic building marketing tool there is, and,
surprisingly, web traffic can be generated by ink and paper!

Classified Ads

Again, it's easy to associate Classified Ads with
yesterday's technology, but they are extremely cheap and a
one line product or service description, together with your
website, will pay dividends.

Blog Comments

If you are an avid blog follower, you have to include Blog
Commenting in your web traffic arsenal. You will almost
always find a "comments" link at the end of each post.
Good blog commenters add to the discussion and are known as
knowledgeable, informative, friendly and engaged. Join them!

FaceBook

Don't forget that  you can use Facebook to its full
potential to attract more visitors to your website. You can
get away from just interacting with your school or college
friends and start interacting with people within your
industry or other industries that you want to get into.

An easy way to do this is to join groups that interest you
as well as make friends with people that you want to get to
know. Fill out your profile (fully) - the best profile on
Facebook is a complete one.

Videos

Finally, why not  make a video and post to video sites too!
This is not a Warner Bros. effort! Your PC or Mac may well
have a webcam, or you can borrow a camcorder or Flip. Write
a brief script - lights- camera - action -  and upload to
YouTube. (Just remember to be sure to link it back to you.)

Well - there you are. Not all of the ten suggestions I've
outlined may appeal, but if you select three or four, stick
with them, and  implement them on a regular basis, you will
see your web traffic increase significantly. My best to you.
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