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10 Proven Ways to Send
Targeted Traffic to Your Website by Jason Oickle
It is truly a webmaster's dream to get quality
traffic to consistantly come to their website.
You can pretty much do what you want with your
visitors when you get good targeted traffic. You
can test and track your conversion rate, do list
building and click throughs just to name a few.
There are a variety of traffic sources you can
pursue such as traffic from a search engine. It
is not wise to rely solely on search engines for
your traffic or from any one source for that
matter. You need to diversify your tactics to
create a well-rounded game plan in order to
drive traffic to your site.
One thing you are going to need in order to
satisfy the search engines and website visitors
is content. You know the saying, "Content is
king!" How will content bring traffic to your
website? When your visitors see that your
website is a good and relevant source of
information, other people will hear about your
website by "word of mouth".
The following is a list of 10 foolproof ways to
drive traffic to your website using content.
1. Keyword rich articles
As you research popular keywords for your
product or topic, you can place these words into
the context of an article for your website.
Websites need pages so the more the better.
In order to get your web pages ranked higher,
you will have to utilize a number of strategies.
For example, titles that are carefully written,
a key-word rich body text, meta tags and many
incoming links. One very important thing that is
overlooked is using keywords in your headings.
The name of your page or article is the most
important heading on that page. This is
different from the Title Tag that will show up
on search engines. If you don't know what a
heading is, it is the large font headline that
tells you what is on a web page.
Websites that offer pages of real content will
become a feeding frenzy for major search
engines.
2. Newsletters
Approximately 80% of all sales take place after
the initial contact. That is why having a
newsletter is a 'must' for every website. The
percentage of sales increases with each contact.
The highest percentage is realized after 5 to 7
contacts. You have to be persistent in order to
get a sale. That is why an autoresponder is a
very beneficial tool to use.
You must have good content if you want to have a
top notch newsletter. Begin putting ideas
together and start writing those newsletters.
You don't want to have a hodge-podge of ideas.
Make the newsletter relevant to your website or
the product or service you are offering. Watch
for follow-up traffic as your customers open
their emails and soon return to your website.
3. Free reports
If you offer free reports, this is a great way
to attract subscribers to your newsletter. It is
best to create viral reports.
These reports can also be given away by other
people on related websites by having a link to
your website. You provide these people something
that they can give away to their customers for
free and you, in turn, get a lot more traffic to
your site.
4. Submission to relevant websites
Another great way to use articles is to offer
them directly to sites you would like to share
an audience with. You will gain much needed
credibility for your topic, but this will
provide useful hyperlinks all over the Internet.
5. Forums
Search for forums that are relevant to your
website.
In most cases you will be able to post a link to
your website in your signature, or you will be
able to share information that arouses questions
about your website from other posters. In some
forums, you will only be allowed to post
articles.
6. Link pages
You want something more than a bland list of
"linking partners". You could be putting your
links to better use by gaining more credibility
and providing more content for search engines.
Create a separate page for every link category
and then write a 200-400 word article on the
corresponding subject. Offering your recommended
links at the end of your article will make you a
source for information rather than just a
catalog of links. 7. Press releases
This should be an important marketing tool for
you. If you create a press release to announce a
new product, a related news event or the results
of a poll, you can get free advertising in the
media.
8. Article announcement lists
These are similar to article directories. Your
article will be put before an audience of
publishers and webmasters who may wish to use
your article in their newsletters or on their
websites.
9. Affiliate programs
If you have affiliates, encourage them to drive
traffic to your website by giving them reports
or letters to put up on their websites or place
in their newsletters. Your affiliates will also
need content from you in order to pass on to
their customers. If you are providing free
content, they will be more successful in sending
their visitors or subscribers your way.
10. Blogs
If you create a blog that is related to your
niche or business, this will allow you to
attract visitors who may not respond to a sales
page.
Provide news and content about your topic with a
hyperlink to your sales pages or articles. This
will indirectly send you more traffic.
You may not realize it but your content may be
valuable to other bloggers who may have a rough
time finding content to share with their
customers. Allow others to syndicate your
content through RSS feeds with a backlink to
your website.
About the Author
Jason Oickle is a full time internet marketer
who enjoys helping others succeed online. Visit
Traffic Secrets Unleashed right now to get more
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