There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your
website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it
hardly bares a chance of generating an income. Many sites have tried and failed
in doing so, and these results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain
an income generating site; it also takes money to make money.
BUT, it doesn’t take a whole caboodle of cash to generate website
traffic for your site.
Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top their site?
Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites,
investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing
schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile because, well, they are what
they are now, high earning, big hitting websites.
You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have their resources.
There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to
spend what you don’t have or can’t afford. Many people have banked on high cost
methods and have ended up losing their shirt over it.
Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost
website traffic that could help your site a whole lot. Even if you only get a
small percentage of successful visitors in to client ratio it still works
especially if you get a high number of website traffic.
Exchange 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 could produce more public awareness about their
sites. You’ll soon see and feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to
your site from other sites.
A major prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having
the same niche or content as the other site. They should share a common subject
so that there is continuity in the providing of service and information to what
interests your target traffic.
Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking
in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines ranks high
sites that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a good ranking
position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic in your website
without the high costs.
Traffic Exchange
This is like exchanging links but on a different higher level. This
may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper
because you get to earn credits. You can use those credits when viewing others
traffic, while you earn credits when someone views yours.
Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another’s site or
page. This is done vice versa where a site can use your sites contents and so
can you to his or her site. You both benefit from each others efforts to
generate traffic. The other sites visitors can go to your pages and know more
about your site as well as theirs. Once again the public awareness of your
sites existence is boosted.
Write and Submit Articles
There are many e-zines and online encyclopedias in the internet
which provides free space for articles to be submitted. If you want to save
costs, you can do the articles yourself. There are many freelance writers who
are willing to write for you for a small fee, but to save money, it is wise to
do those articles yourself.
Write articles that are themed along with the niche of your site.
Write something that you have expertise on so that when they read it, they can
feel your knowledge about the subject and will be eager to go to your site.
Write articles that produce tips and guidelines to the subject or niche your
site has.
Include a resource box at the end of your article that can link
them to your site. Write a little about yourself and your site. If you provide
a light, information-laden and interesting article, they will go to your site
for more.
Make a Newsletter.
This may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may
need to use to build a newsletter but on the contrary, this is not so. There
are many writers and sites that are willing to provide free articles as long as
they can get their name in on your newsletter. This will also provide free
advertising for them as well.
As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your public
awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly visit your site.
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 could be
frequented and trusted by many people.
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