How to get Website Traffic ?

[DeirdreJ]

Hi all. Asked in the brainstorm session but thought maybe it was too off topic. I was looking for some good ideas or learning products for driving traffic to a new site. Yes I am still very green on this topic so even the most basic suggestions may be helpful to me.

I have used PPC, twitter, facebook but it never seems to really drive much traffic so I was wondering if I could get some suggestions from the group.

Thanks!

[Lynn Terry]

Hi Deirdre- Great topic!

My recommendations for getting website traffic are:



Article Marketing more (http://www.clicknewz.com/2031/article-marketing-for-beginners/)
Forum Marketing more (http://www.clicknewz.com/1408/babb-26-how-to-use-forums-to-get-blog-traffic/)
Publish short reports & start an affiliate program more (http://www.clicknewz.com/577/writing-reports/)
Social Networking (twitter/facebook/etc) more (http://www.clicknewz.com/1953/twitter-marketing/)
Blog Commenting
Guest Blogging
Press Releases
SEO - search engine optimization more (http://www.clicknewz.com/2042/seo-fast-start-review/)

If you have specific questions about any of these methods, you or anyone reading along, just ask - and we'll do individual posts to this thread with more detailed information.

[David Jackson]

I was looking for some good ideas for driving traffic to a new site.

Hi Deirdre:

I'm a huge proponent of article marketing. Writing articles allows you to present yourself as an expert in your field. This not only gives you instant credibility, it also gives you a leg up on your competition.

Let me explain: When someone reads an informative, value-packed article written by you, at the end of the article, they click on the link in your resource box which takes them to your website or a page of your choosing.

The prospect is much more relaxed and less apprehensive when she arrives at your website, because she arrived via an informative article as opposed to an advertisement. And since she just read your article, she feels as if she knows you and is much more likely to purchase whatever it is that you're selling.

Another reason I like article marketing so much is because it allows you to target your audience. That's because people generally read information that focuses on the subject matter that they're interested in. For example, pet owners enjoy reading information related to their pets. Car enthusiasts enjoy reading information about cars, and so on and so forth.

That means readers of your articles are already targeted - because they wouldn't be reading your article if they weren't interested in the topic at hand. And if what you're selling is related to the subject matter of the article (which it should be), you have a better than average chance of making the sale.

Articles are viral. That means if people find value in what you write, they will pass along your articles to others voluntarily. I can't even count the number of times friends and colleagues of mine have e-mailed articles to me they thought I might be interested in reading, and vice versa.

If your article is well-written and contains valuable information, it could be passed along and seen by thousands of potential prospects.

Now I realize not everyone is capable of writing articles. However, you can still participate in article marketing, because there are services that will write articles for you affordably and allow you to claim ownership of those articles. For example, ArticlesBase (http://www.articlesbase.com/article-writing-service.php) has an article writing service.

David Jackson

[Lynn Terry]

Anyone else want to add Traffic Questions or Traffic Tips?

[David Jackson]

Anyone else want to add Traffic Questions or Traffic Tips?

I don't know about you, Lynn, but I was somewhat surprised at the minimal response this thread has generated. Because of the nature of the subject, I expected this thread to be on fire.

David Jackson

[David Jackson]

Signature files. Add your link to every signature file whether in forum, e-mail, membership site or anywhere else.

That's actually a great point, Jeffery! One many of us don't think about, or may take for granted. People really do click on interesting, well-written sig files. I certainly do.

David Jackson

[DeirdreJ]

Thanks for the great advice everyone! David I believe the reason the response is so lite is because I am already on page two of the forum page. This info will get me started though. I think I will do some research on all of the topics provided here and then create a post to help my readers as well.

Thanks again!

[TrishL]

Hi Deirdre

For me, the three things that have been working best are: social media (especially Twitter), commenting on related blogs and forums, and daily blogging (offering updated content can really help increase repeat visits).

Article Marketing is also very beneficial and should yield long-term results for you.

If you are interested, I am currently running a 90-Day Content Marketing Challenge on my blog, and just published traffic results after the first 30 days. Here is the link: http://www.webcopyresults.com/2009/10/90-day-content-marketing-challenge-september-results/

Good luck!

[Lynn Terry]

I agree - I mentioned Twitter in my reply above. It has consistently been one of my top referrers for new unique visitors for more than a year now.

[Lynn Terry]

Welcome Sorayathomas :)

iPhone & Blackberry apps are hot right now. Not something I've tried myself - yet, but I have my son (a programmer) learning app development as we speak.

This may make for a good side topic if you'd like to start a new thread?

[webguru2011]

Here are a few more:


#1 – High quality, unique content.
#2 – Keep adding content.
#3 – Memorable domain name.
#4 –Easy to read domain name
#5 – Keywords in image files.
#6 – Serious keyword research.
#7 – Improve page titles.
#8 – Organic SEO.
#9 – Submit to directories.
#10 – Submit to niche directories.
#11 – Article distribution.
#12 – Write articles for other sites.
#13 – Submit articles to newsletters.
#14 – Keywords in online profiles.
#15 – One way links.
#16 – Invite others to publish content.
#17 – Newsletter publication.
#18 – Newsletter directories.
#19 – Write testimonials.
#20 – Be helpful in forums.
#21 – Post free ads in forums.
#22 – Be helpful in discussion lists.
#23 – Keyword rich press releases.
#24 – Create a lively blog.
#25 – Blog RSS feeds.
#26 – RSS to email.
#27 – Remove broken links.
#28 – Podcasting.
#29 – Use reliable hosting.
#30 – Tweak internal linking.
#31 – Chase new fads and hot topics.
#32 – Chase new affiliate programs.
#33 – Analyze your logs.
#34 – Join business associations.
#35 – Add a forum to your site.
#36 – Write free reports or white papers.
#37 – Write brandable reports.
#38 – Submit to ebook directories.
#39 – Offer to be a columnist.
#40 – Offer to moderate part of a forum.
#41 – Do something funny.
#42 – Be outrageous or controversial.
#43 – Tag your blog.
#44 – Newspaper websites.
#46 – Upload and tag your photos.
#47 – Syndicate your material.
#48 – Position yourself as an expert.
#49 – Try offline advertising.
#50 – Place a link in Yahoo! Answers.

- TechnShare

The trick is to find out which ones work best for you. Good luck. :)


Edit: Btw, Lynn is lovely

[MeekMike]

The ideal answer to this will make an article. I suggest you read as much as you can about creating website traffic. Research the may ways to get traffic like advertising and SEO. Almost all the methods are discussed here so there's not much for me to say. I will say this, social media are good to draw traffic because it is highly effective, it is good if people talk about your site and get traffic for you. So do not ignore it.

[MagClick]

Best way to get going is to write articles and publish it on word press. The trick is to make sure that it is SEO friendly not too many keywords and not too few either. Make sure you do a thorough Keyword Research first. Just my thoughts

[MagClick]

Thank you for all your suggestions and I will try to use these. It is always work in progress though

[MagClick]

I just found out something that is very important and some thing that is overlooked. Make sure that you have your settings right with Wordpress as I found out that on some of my sites that this was not the case. This may well affect traffic to the site

[FrenchRose]

Based from what I have read from other forums.

Create a Team to:
-Develop your website - cutting edge
-Facebook & Twitter Manager
-Forum Poster
-Blog Commenter
-Article Writer


Thats the Basic thing you will need. For starters.

[MagClick]

Thanks FrenchRose.

I do have a website actually more then one - and have over 3000 facebook members and over 15000 in my twitter account.

I also post in Forums and have started doing posts on my blog and have done some articles.

I hope that this will get me results

[ttgfish]

I have my first niche site going and have been trying to post on twitter and facebook about the topic of the site, but I am not sure what strategy is best. I don't have info products or courses just an affiliate site featuring physical products. I have seen people post direct links to products, anecdotes about the products and personal stories in their social media posts. So what is a good strategy for using a twitter account to drive traffic to a niche site featuring products?

[ttgfish]

Thanks Edward.11. I will try those strategies. I have been looking for forums around my niche topic. Do you mean I should link back to a social bookmark/page of my own after commenting?

[marketingwarrior1141]

Article writing is something I'm not really good at myself. I built a couple of adsense based sites, one of which I had to take down because representatives from the company e-mailed me and told me to take down the site and cease any use of the domain because I was violating their trademark policies by having the name "porter cable" in the domain. But for that site along with another site that I still have up for the time being, I had all the articles written for me except for the one on the homepage of the site I currently have up. That one I wrote myself, but it sure wasn't easy writing that article. Took me over two hours to write it.

[marketingwarrior1141]

Now a days, it's illegal to use google adwords for affiliate marketing sites, so be really careful.

[MagClick]

wish you all the luck

[MagClick]

you can get others to write it for you the cast is $3 dollars per article

[MagClick]

yes that has been a problem abut use Microsoft for ads and it is cheaper

[MagClick]

What is it?

[derek miller]

SEM and SEO are the biggest ways to gain traffic for your website. And SEM is gaining importance like never before with Twitter including Brand pages and Facebook's new Timeline feature. Pinterest is also creating waves everywhere and pretty sure it will be on the top in coming days. :)

[MagClick]

You have to do it regularly

[MagClick]

Have blog and give out information

[Advant]

I recommend Contextual backlinks. But your overall SEO strategy needs to be comprehensive (social bookmarking, article marketing, guest blogging, commenting, web 2.0 pages.

[Fiffe]

hello. you can also join safelist and traffic exchange sites - they are a great way to "get the thing seen" :-)