Even the best website with the most attractive graphics and most persuasive copy will not get any sales or leads… unless you get some good traffic.

Some people think that they have to settle for whatever kind of “automatic” traffic they have (like that coming from the search engines), but they don’t have to and neither do you.

Here are some proven ways to get you some solid and steady traffic.

Traffic Technique # 1: Article Marketing – Source Of Steady And Indefinite Traffic

This is possibly the oldest way of generating traffic; but it’s been used so much because it has always worked. Seriously, even if you think you’ve heard it too much, use articles!

The more articles you have out on the web, the more your sites are going to be seen, and the more you can establish your credibility and expertise. And you may have heard that the more times people see you, the more they get to like you and be familiar with your business.

Article marketing also produces a steady and nearly permanent stream of traffic because once you’ve submitted them to the article directories, your article web pages would stay online indefinitely.

If you don’t have the time, or simply don’t want to write article after article, you can easily outsource this work for a small amount. Some writers from third world countries are charging rates for as low as $3 per short article. But beware! Many writers who write cheap also produce trash content; this doesn’t apply to everyone though. You just have to do your due diligence in locating these cheap yet excellent freelancers. And once you’ve found these “goldmine” writers, do all you can to satisfy and keep them.

If you’re in a tight budget, the cheapest way would be to write articles yourself; but if you’re pressed for time, you could pay for some articles to get done while doing some yourself.

This way, you could easily end up with hundreds of articles in no time. Once your articles have been accepted in the article directories, you have the potential to generate lots of traffic and backlinks (using the resource box at the end of each article).

The resource box (or author bio) is the most important part of the article because it is the only part where you get to promote your sites or offer. When someone finds, reads and likes your article, it would be useless if they cannot click a link to see what else you have to say or offer.

Getting backlinks is one of the most important functions of article marketing. Backlinks are important because they work somewhat like a vote. These votes tell the search engines that this is a site endorsed by other sites and it should pay closer attention to it. The more backlinks you have, the more “votes” you register and the higher up on the results page your website will be for your chosen keywords.

However, that doesn’t mean you should rush to write as much articles as you can (without looking after their quality) just for the sake of getting backlinks. The quality of your articles is still very important because your reputation is at stake. It is therefore important to maintain the right balance of quality and quantity.

Traffic Technique # 2: Bookmark Buttons, RSS Feeds And The Power Of Blogs

It is highly recommended to have bookmark buttons for visitors to put you in their favorite bookmarking sites. And make sure you have an RSS feed for visitors to subscribe to. You can search for a specific one on Google; a lot of people use Feed Burner.

An RSS feed gives your visitors a chance to subscribe to your blog. This means that every time you have a new blog post, subscribers will get a notification.

Setting up an RSS feed is pretty simple. Simply search for “How to set up RSS feed” in Google to find out how to do it.

You need to consistently give useful, entertaining or controversial information and update your blog often. This way, people would be willing to stay with you and even spread the word about your blog.

Traffic Technique # 3: Domain Name Misspellings

Now this doesn’t mean you should try to take the misspelling of a big company and make it yours. It means you can check how your domain name has been misspelled in searches, and then buy those misspelled domains to redirect them to your actual domain name.

This works well because even if the person searching doesn’t type in your address or search term perfectly, you can still show up in the results and get some decent sales and leads.

No one’s perfect with their typing and everyone has had a few Google errors, so capitalize on this common mistake. Make sure that your misspelled domain names point back to a correctly spelled domain name.

Use these tips in your marketing efforts now to get some steady traffic coming in.

Warm Regards,
Jeremy Gislason
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There are many different ways of generating traffic. Some of which are temporary solutions while others are on a more permanent basis. If you can combine all of these different traffic generating techniques, you can get that constant flow of visitors every online marketer is aiming for.

You can’t be afraid to try different things and drop one or two things if they are not working temporarily. Testing is key! In some circumstances certain techniques will work wonders; and in other situations, those same techniques could fail miserably.

The more tests you do, the easier it will be for you to figure out exactly how, where and why you’re getting traffic in the ways you are. Knowing what your public responds to will be the goal of your campaigns.

Here are 10 proven traffic tips that will help you get more visitors to your sites more often:

Website Traffic Tip # 1: Submitting Articles

This is one of the most popular, but sometimes overlooked traffic techniques. You can write several articles and submit them to high PR (page rank) article directories. To get a list, simply search for “top article directories” in Google.

As long as you optimize your article for your chosen keywords (putting your keywords in the title and spreading them among your content), write interesting topics that entertain or inform people, and create a powerful “call-to-action” resource box, you could generate tons of constant visitors to your sites.

Website Traffic Tip # 2: Flipping Articles

Don’t simply write one article and submit it to 50 directories. This is one thing you should do; but the problem with some marketers is that once they submit that one article, they tend to miss out on a whole lot of other traffic opportunities.

What you need to do is take that one article and turn it into an Ehow paper or Epinion paper. Reword it into a how to paper if it’s possible and turn them all into their appropriate sites. This will take one article and turn it into 4 or 5 separate traffic generators.

And while you’re at it, you can convert your articles to powerpoint presentations and upload them to slideshare.org. Then you can even convert these powerpoints into their video version, and upload into youtube, metacafe and other video sharing sites. The possibilities are endless!

Website Traffic Tip # 3: Exchanging Links

Getting links back to your website is vital. Sounds pretty self-explanatory but people seem to have a hard time with this. Backlinks are easy to build with some effort. Exchanging links with other sites of a similar niche or theme is a great way to accomplish this technique.

Website Traffic Tip # 4: Blogging

Blogs are a fantastic way to get some good referral traffic. Yes, you can give yourself referral traffic. How? Create multiple blogs, add some good content to them, and have them all link back to your webpage.

Ping your blogs when you create them and every time you make a new post. This will not only put backlinks on your website, but it will put a proverbial web of your content on the net all linking to
your main site.

Website Traffic Tip # 5: Social Bookmarking and Networking

Sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, Propeller and Delicious allow you to bookmark and share almost any information you’d like to. By placing your website and blogs all over these very popular social bookmarking sites, you are bound to create a following.

However, make sure you mix your bookmarks with much more non-self-serving sites than your own sites, as most bookmarking sites prohibit any kind of marketing activity. By posting more non-self-serving sites and joining online groups and conversations, you could avoid being tagged as a spammer and even become a valuable member of the community.

Website Traffic Tip # 6: Posting In Forums

When you become a member of forums, some will allow you to create what they call a signature file. This signature can contain your name and links to your blogs, articles or webpages. (Note: Make sure the forum allows you to add a signature file by reading their policies or checking in on other users; otherwise, you might get accused of spamming and have your account suspended.)

You can post a reply to a question or problem someone is having; and after they read your post they may want to know more and click on your link.

You need to be informative and helpful when forum posting. If you throw up one or two lines that no one can really use, they are not likely to find out what else you have to say. These links in your signature also count as backlinks to your sites.

Website Traffic Tip # 7: Submitting Press Releases

This is another great way to get direct organic traffic, but is widely overlooked. A press release can get the word out quickly and efficiently about your website and what you’re offering. Search for “top press release sites” on Google to get a good list.

Website Traffic Tip # 8: Posting On Related Blogs

Just as if you were posting on forums, you could find related blogs and comment on them. If you enjoy what the person is saying, tell them so and leave a link to your site or blogs. They might check it out and enjoy what you have to say; thus starting a whole new side of traffic.

I’ve even seen people start a few arguments just to get more traffic to come and join in the
conversation, pulling people into their site. This is not recommended though, as your aim is to build up and protect your reputation and credibility.

Website Traffic Tip # 9: Using Craigslist

Ever popular Craigslist is an amazing way of advertising yourself or your business. People are going there to find anything and everything these days; so why don’t you get a piece of that action? Posting some good information with your website link in it is a great way to attract new visitors.

Website Traffic Tip # 10: Offline Advertising

Most people think that just because they are making a business online that the “real” world doesn’t matter anymore. Well that couldn’t be further from the truth.

You can print out business cards and even post flyers around some highly traveled areas of your city. You’d be amazed at who will check you out. Don’t think just because you’re online, all of your efforts have to be as well.

Traffic is the number one concern of anyone trying to make money online. There are many ways to do this and some work better than others. Using good keywords and paying attention to what’s working for you and your site will determine how well you do.

Traffic generation is not a secret but it is an “art” that needs to be practiced. There is no magic traffic button. To gain the volume you want or need in your business will take some work. Using these easy traffic methods will put more visitors on your pages.

Test and test again and you will find what works; then you won’t need to worry about a magic button because you’ll have generated all the traffic you want.

Warm Regards,
Jeremy Gislason
MemberSpeed Inc
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