What makes an internet business profitable? If it makes a lot of sales of course. Now, the next question is how does an internet business make a lot of sales. This is where a site’s traffic stat comes in. It is no secret that the more traffic a website receives; naturally, the more likely that it will earn more. So the bigger your online business’ traffic, the more profitable it will be.

Here are some tips on how to drive good traffic to your internet business website.

1. Optimize your website for the search engines. You can do this yourself or you can hire the services of an SEO specialist. If you know nothing about SEO but you don’t have the budget to hire an SEO professional, don’t worry because SEO is not that difficult to learn. There are a lot of tools and resources online that you can use to teach yourself SEO. Most of these tools doesn’t cost a thing so there’s no risk to using them. What matters most is that you have your website optimized so that people may be able to find it via search engines. Search engine traffic which is commonly referred to as organic traffic still is the best source of traffic out there. It’s very targeted and they convert more.

2. Integrate a blog into your website. A blog will give visitors a reason to return to your website. The beauty of a blog is that it is regularly updated so it’s very friendly to search engines. Search engines love sites that get regularly updated with fresh and new content. A blog also enables you to monetize your site in different ways. You can use the blog to review affiliate products related to what you are already offering on your main site.

3. Write articles and submit them to online article directories. This can be very time consuming because most of the time you will be writing articles but it is still a very effective way to drive traffic to your site. It also passes link juice so it is beneficial as well to your site’s search engine rankings. You have to make sure though that the articles you write and submit are related to the topics or theme of your main website.

4. Be active in social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social networking sites are all the rage in the internet right now. If you and your business does not have a presence in them, then you are missing out on a lot of opportunities. You don’t have to join a lot of social networking sites, just join those that are suitable or shall we say appropriate to the kind of internet business you are running.

5. Join online forums, participate on the discussions then promote and market your business. Do this strategy in a responsible way or you will be tagged by a spammer by fellow forum users.

An internet business website that receives minimal traffic will only earn a minimal traffic. So spend as much time as you can driving traffic towards it to boost its earning potential.