| Free Traffic Methods for Website Promotion |
Getting free targeted traffic to promote a website has become a relatively easy task. With the explosion of social networking sites like myspace and Facebook and video sites like Youtube, millions of people are visiting these sites every day. All you have to do is create media or advertisements in cases of sites like Craigslist and you can get your share of all that free traffic
One of the most direct and labor intensive methods to promote a website with free traffic are traffic exchanges. A traffic exchange is a website where you view other people's sites to gain credits to show your own. It is best to only use the most effective ones and use a traffic builder to refer people into many exchanges at one time and to increase your own traffic. A really great builder for traffic exchanges is called traffic hoopla. They only use the top 20 exchanges which they test every week, so it is a great place to get started. You can visit their site here: http://traffichoopla.com/cgi-bin/ref.cgi/40008/
Video is exploding on the net and people respond to a quick, clever video very well. Plus this free traffic method requires very little effort. once it is up, it will continue to drive free traffic to promote your site. If you have a digital camera or cell phone that will take video, you don't even need to get a web cam. In addition to sites like youtube.com and revver.com you can do a google search for "video website" or "video hosting" and literally find dozens of places to host your video for free. Just be sure to include a link to your site in the video or description box and use keywords that you think people interested in your product or service would search for.
Social networks are a great method to promote a website with free traffic. You can easily set up a page on myspace.com or facebook.com. But there are also many other variations out there. And if you are going to use this method, you need to be active about acquiring "friends" or contacts.
Blogs are web pages where people talk about things that interest them. You can set one up for free at blogger.com. Blogs are very search engine friendly and if you optimize one for a specific keyword (use it in the title, description, and throughout each article) you should be able to get listed in search engines, like google very quickly. Here, try this: do a google search for "$200 blueprint". The low-cost-income-online.blogspot.com is a blog for one of my businesses.
Squidoo.com is another kind of site similar to a blog, where you can set up a page for free and use it for anything you want.
Craigslist is a very useful place to promote a website. Posting on Craigslist has become a science and if you want to get serious about it you will have to invest some money. That said, you can also put up 20-40 ads a day that will bring you leads and sales if you are consistent. Just remember to post no more than 5-10 using the same email address.
The last free traffic method I am going to talk about is forum posting. You must be aware that you have to intelligently contribute to the specific post or topic. If you simply promote your website, you will be banned. What you need to do is place the url of the website you want to get free traffic for in a signature when you set up your forum account. That way when you respond to what has already been posted the signature (with your link) will be displayed below every single one of your posts. Forum traffic is highly targeted and usually converts very well! When you have made some posts at moneymakergroup.com , conqueryourniche.com and work-at-home-forum.com , do a google search for "marketing forum" and "internet business forum" to find some more.
I hope this article has helped shed some light on the fact that it doesn't have to be difficult to start getting traffic to any website for next to nothing.
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Adam Raley is a successful internet marketer. You can find useful resources to help drive traffic and top-notch business opportunities at his website: http://incomegenerationonline.com
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