'How to
increase your website traffic with zero cost'. It's a bold
statement don't you think. But, believe me it's true. You
can increase your traffic by 1000% with no cost involved if
you do it the right way. Continue reading if you want to
know how.
I've outlined 5 ways to reach your target. But, please keep
in mind that these are not the only ways that you can do to
increase your traffic. There are hundreds of techniques to
increase traffic. But these one are the proven one. I've
used it personally. More importantly, these techniques can
get you FREE traffic. You're money is saved in your pocket.
Let's go to the
first one.
Technique #1: Linking strategy
Linking strategy is the easiest way to get free traffic.
When I say "the easiest way" it does not mean that you can
ask everybody to link to your site and do nothing after
that. Compared to other techniques that you'll discover,
this one will take less time to do.
Here's how to do it. First select the site in your niche
market. Be selective. Choose one that has a high traffic.
Usually a high traffic site is pretty stingy to put link to
your site. So, the key here is to be persistent. Ask them
how many visitors do they received per month and if they
could link to your site. If they don't answer your request,
email them the second time. Be persistent. If they don't
want to link to your site, ask them to trade link instead
(reciprocal link). This is the last resort you want to have.
Word of warning: Don't crowd your site with too many links.
Only accept link trading if it's really worth it.
Technique #2: Offer Free eBooks or articles
You'll fall in love with this technique if you see what it
can do to your site. This technique can create an
excellent'Viral marketing' effect. It can multiply the no of
visitors to your site in a matter of days.
This most important thing about this technique is that to
offer something that is really useful to your visitor. So
useful that they can only get that information from you!
You need to the 'wants' in your need market. What problems
do they encounter? Solve these problems and you have a
killer articles or e-book that you can give away for free.
Remember, don't sell it. Give it away for free. If you feel
really reluctant to give your article or e-book for free,
you can give your visitors a partial of it. But, make sure
it's really useful. Don't forget to put your name and your
contact information in this article or e-book. Usually, if
you write an article, you need to include your resource box
at the very bottom of your article.
The most important task in this technique is to offer a
reprint right to your visitors. What this mean is that your
visitors can publish your articles or e-book to anyone in
any medium; email, Ezine, website or anything. But please
state your condition: Include your contact information or
resource box. This will create viral effect to your
visitors.
Before I forgot, there is one particular e-book compiler
that is good in doing this kind of task. The name of this
e-book compiler is 'E-book Edit Pro'. With this compiler,
you can offer your visitors a customizable e-book. This is a
great incentive for them to distribute your article or
e-book since they can put their name
and information in it. If you like to know more about the
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Technique #3: Classified Ad
This is the most time consuming technique compared to all 5.
While it is time consuming, it is really worth it.
Tips - This technique should be used together with the above
technique. Let me explain:
First, you need to write an e-book or article that you can
give it away for free. Then, you need have an autoresponder.
If you don't have an autoresponder (your hosting company
should provide this service for free), you can get one for
free. Just type 'free autoresponder' in your search engine
and you'll get hundred of sites that provided free
autoresponder. If you're searching for excellent
autoresponder, I'd like to suggest these autoresponder:
1.
http://www.getresponse.com - Most online marketers used
this service. You pay monthly to them for providing service.
The most important feature is that you can personalize your
autoresponder with your visitor's name. They also provide a
free service. The only catch is that there will be an ad in
your email.
2. http://www.aweber.com
- One of the first companies to provide autoresponder
service. Try to visit their site if you want to learn more.
Basically, it offers the same kind of service as
getresponse.com.
3.
http://www.autoresponseplus.com - You only need to pay
one-time fees for this service since the software will be
installed on your server. It's great in you don't want to
pay high monthly fees. The only drawback for
Autoresponseplus is that you need to have a little bit skill
on how to install cgi (Common Gateway Interface) on your
server.
Enough talking. Let's continue.
After you have your own autoresponder, place your free
article in this autoresponder. Now, you need to advertise
your autoresponder address in the classified ad website.
Don't put your email address but your autoresponder address.
The best part with this technique is that you can capture
you visitor's email. You can contact them again and again if
you have any offer in the future.
Technique #4: Deliver informational pack Ezine/newsletter
People surf the net to look for information. Out of 100,
only 3 people surf the net to buy something. But others are
doing some research or try to find something informational.
With this keep in mind, you can attract people to come to
your site if you can deliver them timely information. By
producing timely information, you glued these visitors to
your site preventing them from going elsewhere. This can be
done by giving them free newsletter or Ezine.
This is not an easy task because there is abundance of free
information on the net. You need to give them something
different from these 'free' stuff. Try to provide something
unique in your Ezine. For example, if you're publishing
music Ezine, try to make a deal with music label so that you
can give special price to your subscriber. Make sure your
subscriber cannot get this of kind if deal in other place.
If you can create this unique proposition, you're already on
top of the world. Your Ezine will spread like fire. More
people will come to your site to subscribe your unique
newsletter.
Technique #5: Offer affiliate program
This is the greatest FREE traffic generator technique out
there. With this technique both parties win; you and your
affiliate program participant. You get more traffic and
sales, they get more money from referral commission.
This topic is really a large topic. I can write a whole
e-book about how to create a successful affiliate program.
But, I'll discuss the basic thing about affiliate program in
here.
Basically, to create an effective affiliate program, you
need to create an interest for your visitor's to join your
affiliate program. You can do this by giving them high
referral fees and marketing tools for them to use. Above
all, you need to make them easy to promote your product or
service. Don't make them do all the hard work. It is your
job.
The next thing you need to do is to motivate them to spread
the word about you. Contact them in a timely manner. Don't
forget them after they've joined your program. Make them
feel special. In fact, they are special since they are the
one who will do the promotion and advertising.
A well designed affiliate program can increase your website
traffic and sales by unimaginable amount. But again, you
need to devote all you effort in this technique if you want
to have a successful affiliate program. Don't do it half
way. Even if you've to work 18 hours a day to create your
own affiliate program, it's really worth it in the future.
The payoff is going
to be thousand times your initial effort.
All of these techniques are free. You don't have to spend a
dime on them. Try it on your site. I've tried all these
techniques. And they work!
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