Link Exchange Traffic

Article by Stuart Treadwell

There is one hard and fast rule in making money online. A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of producing an income. Many businesses have tried and failed in doing so. It takes money to maintain an internet business, it also takes money to make money.

But, it does not take a lot of money to generate traffic to your site.

Ever wonder how the big hit sites drive traffic to their website? Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different types of marketing tecnique’s.

You do not have to do this, if you do not have a huge resource of ready money. There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend more than you can afford. Many people have banked on high cost methods of advertising, and ended up losing their shirt over it.

Five Ways To Generate Free Website Traffic

Exchanging Links

This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a site where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one another so that they can produce more awareness of their websites. You will soon see an upsurge of traffic coming in to your site, by exchanging links.

A prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having the same niche or content. They should share a common subject so that there is continuity in the providing of service and information to what interests your target market.

Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines rank sites that have inbound and outbound theme related links. With a good ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic to your website without the high costs.

Writing And Submiting Articles

There are many ezines and newsletters on the internet which provide free space for articles to be submitted. There are many freelance writers who are willing to write articles for you, for a small fee. Although, to save money it is wise to write the articles yourself.

Write articles that are themed along with the niche of your site. Write something that you have expertise on so that when people read it, they can feel your knowledge about the subject and will be eager to visit your site. Writing articles is not hard, just think about your niche and give tips about what your website and niche have to offer.

Include a resource box at the end of your article that includes a little about yourself and your website. Also, add the link to your website.

Start A Newsletter.

This may sound like hard work, as you will need content for your newsletter. There are many writers that are willing to provide free articles as long as they can get their name and website link in your newsletter. Just do a search for free article directories and you will have more than enough content for years to come.

As your newsletter gets passed around, you can widen your public awareness and build an opt in list that can regularly visit your site, you can also sell directly to this list to make some quick easy money.

Join Online Communities And Forums

This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your knowledge and expertise with many online communities as well as your website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with your site.

Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are with the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business that can be frequented and trusted by everyone.

Traffic Exchange

Trying methods such as this is a great way to do all you can to make the success of your business a reality.

Traffic exchange services are websites that allow you to show your business to people and reciprocate by viewing other websites. Usually, you visit a web page for 10 to 20 seconds and earn credits to allow other surfers visit your web page.

By doing this you get free traffic and increase hits to your website, these hits are recorded as traffic to your site, improving your search engine page rank, and hopefully sales. Although these visitors are not targeted, if your main index page is a sales page don’t use it in these exchanges.

Build a short squeeze page offerring a free gift and place a signup box to collect names and email addresses. Then you can send them to your sales page. Most traffic exchange users are there for the same reason you are. Trying to make a sale.

About the Author

Stuart is an affiliate marketer. He likes to share his marketing strategies, to help others achieve success. You can learn more about Stuart and get more marketing tips at his Making Money Ideas Blog. Or http://makingmoneyideasblog.info/