[ 19.03.2010 | sumberide.com ]
How many hits does your online business actually get in a month? A Thousand? Well, that is fairly decent, considering how heavy competition is in the online world. However, that is barely enough, especially if you are thinking of making your earn-from-home stint a full-time endeavor. In internet marketing, income is directly proportional to web traffic. More people who knew about your product means more buzz; more buzz means more brand recall and higher search engine rankings and higher rankings means more traffic; and so the loop goes. That is why you have to focus on the methods you will employ in order to increase web traffic for your online business.
With all the hype about paid advertising though – paid advertising being a surefire way to increase traffic, a lot of people are trying to find out whether it is possible to increase web traffic for free. Well, you certainly can do so, without breaking your bank account, although not entirely without breaking a sweat. Anyway, it is a given that an online business requires real work, so that part about breaking a sweat shouldn’t bother you (at least not as much as shelling out serious cash would).
Back Links
Posting back links is a way of promoting your website. You can leave links in social bookmarking sites such as Digg.com. These sites also sometimes employ a ranking system – which is evaluated by human beings instead of search engine bots. A site which has informative and relevant content would most likely rank high. There is the possibility of online business owners engaging in shady agreements about ‘voting’ for each other, in total disregard of the content-must-be-useful rule, but that is another story. You can also leave comments (and a back link) on an authority blog (if it is permitted). You can visit forums in your niche and post informative stuff. People tend to take attention when someone knowledgeable speaks, so that could work. Only, make sure that you let them know that in case they want to know more, they can visit your website and… You know the drill.
Article Submission
Article submission is a very powerful way to increase web traffic. As a matter of fact, a lot of internet marketers favor this method. You have to come up with helpful articles (mostly how-tos) that you and other marketers in your niche might be interested in. When you come up with an awesome write-up, one that viewers could not resist reading to the last sentence, other webmasters would probably want to have it on their website, by way of links. This will not only build your rep as an expert but it would also boost your link points with the search engines and consequently, increase your rankings.
There are resources online about article writing that you can get your hands on for free. You can also Google for tools that you can use in picking for the right keyword or keyword phrases – one that would be deemed ‘competitive’ in your niche.
The fact is there is no magic formula to increase web traffic. And your traffic boosting efforts should not stop at back links and article submission. However, it is a good place to start as any.
Source: articlesbase.com

