What part does advertising really play in running your online business?
Let me start by saying that it dose not matter what kind of Internet website that you may have from blog to product or service site the very existence of your site can depend on some sort of advertising, or traffic directed to that site. I would say that advertising or traffic is very important to running a healthy, vibrant, and productive website.
Now that we know that traffic is indeed a necessary force to keep our website at it's best. What type of traffic should we be among at our site for the best possible results, no matter what that may be, we may just want a large readership, or we may need traffic that will convert our product or service offers into sales. Is all traffic the same? what is more important in the traffic sources that you use? Is it a large quantity of traffic you should be wanting or good quality? Keep this in mind when it comes to website traffic, quality will out do quantity in all cases.
There are hundreds o free traffic exchanges on the Internet today, although these programs can deliver a large amount of traffic to a website you should be aware of the kind of traffic that the free traffic exchange is delivering to your site after all if you have a blog about let,s say how to sell vintage baseball cards, you will not want traffic that leans more towards how to grow beautiful tomatoes. you want to first find out who or what the traffic exchange caters to, if the traffic there is right for your website.
For the most part with some exception the average free traffic exchange will lean towards delivering the kind of traffic that would benefit you if you are an Internet marketer or webmaster. Traffic exchange programs can also be time consuming to use since you have to spend a certain amount of time viewing others website to earn a credit towards getting a visitor at yours, if You don't mind spending your time clicking your mouse over and over then you will be just fine. For some of us this process can be boring and seem a waste of valuable time.
Let's get to the point, what you need for your website to survive is quality, targeted traffic. Please consider some methods of generating traffic to your website that seem to work very well for myself and others alike with out putting you out of your valuable time or money.
1. Content
You want to make sure your website design is one that is conducive to drawing quality traffic. Make sure your website has lots of relevant content to keep your visitors interest. It is also a good idea to have links to sites with more interesting information in connection to the subject matter of your site. The posting of new articles about your product, service or niche on your website is yet another way to not only keep your visitors happy, it is also good for your search engine rankings.
2. Talk about your experiences in your subject matter.
It is never a bad thing to talk a little about your self and your positive personal experiences that you may have had or others that you know who have something to say that will back up the information that you display on your website, weather that be a product, service or informational tool or niche. Internet marketers call these testimonials, they help to create trust between you and the visitor at your site.
3. Forums and bulletin boards.
By adding a forum or bulletin board to your site you will create a hub of information and exchange of ideas that will definitely be a benefit to new and experienced visitors. A website that offers answers to questions and gives a space for visitors to pot their needs and opinions on a niche, product or service will go a long way towards getting your site quality traffic. Being the host to a forum may not be as difficult or time consuming as it may sound. By doing a web search you will find many free as well as paid solutions for this function on your website.
Not only can you add a forum to your site to boost your quality traffic, you can also visit existing forums and bulletin boards that have the same type of niche, product or service and join in the activities there post your information, ask questions, and leave a link to your website if it is allowed by the forum host. be sure to check because you do not want to violate any rules or regulations of that forum or bulletin board.
4. Start a blog.
Starting a blog is a rich source of free quality traffic they are not only popular with your potential visitor but are very search engine friendly as well. the idea here is to keep fresh informational posts on your blog that your readers will find interesting and useful, you may also want to put links of resources that support your particular blog subject. you can and should add fresh and new information to your blog as often as daily. You can find all types of information about blogging on the Internet. so getting started should be no problem. There are also free online services like WordPress And Blogger that will take a lot of the work out of starting and running a blog out of your hands.
5. Write articles.
Wriing articles about the different facets of your niche, product or service is a wonderful way to get targeted traffic to your website. The great thing about it is it is not hard to do, you do not have to have a degree in English literature to write interesting informational pieces talking to others about the subject that you know. Then all that is left to do is to add a resource box where you will explain a little about yourself and what it is you do, you can also add your website URL and email then submit your articles to to the different article directories where they will be posted for readers interested in your articles subject. you will not only get some of the best traffic available for your site, you will also be building your reputation as an expert on your chosen niche, product or service. Two birds with one stone so to speak. For this traffic building strategy to work at it best I suggest that you write and submit at least 2 fresh articles a week to start.
The object of this article is to give you some ways of getting free quality traffic to your website. If you try the methods here I am sure you will get a generous and positive outcome for the time that you invest. "You will be amazed at what you can do!"
