5 Ways To Generate Low Cost Website Traffic

By Michael Ladd

www.SuccesswithMichael.com

There is one rule when it comes to generating money from your website – you can not succeed without a steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it barely stands a chance of making an income. Many sites have tried and failed in doing so, and this usually results in the sites demise. It does take money to maintain an income generating site.

BUT, it doesn’t take a whole lot of cash to generate website traffic for your site.

Ever wonder how the big websites drive traffic to their site? Most of them are spending tons of cash to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing schemes and gimmicks.

You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have their resources. There are many ways to generate low cost 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 shirts over it.

Here I present to you the top five ways to generate cost effective website traffic that could help your website a whole lot. Even if you only get a small percentage of successful "visitor to client" ratio it still works, especially if you get a high number of website traffic.

Exchange Links

This is a sure and proven way. Rarely would you see a website where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one another so that they can 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 helps your chances of getting a high ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines rank sites highly that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a good ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic to your website without the high costs.

Traffic Exchange

This is like exchanging links but on a different level. This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper because you get to earn credits.

Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another’s site or page. This is done vice versa where a website can use your websites content and so can you to his or her site. You both benefit from each others efforts to generate traffic. The other websites visitors can go to your pages and know more about your website as well as theirs. Once again the public awareness of your websites 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 people read it, they can feel your knowledge about the subject and will be eager to go to your website. Write articles that produce tips and guidelines to the subject or niche your site has.

Always include a resource box at the end of your article that links back 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 website 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 your newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as well.

As your newsletter gets passed 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 experience 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 as your website.

Share your two cents worth and let them see how knowledgeable you are on the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your website, making it a reputable and honest business that could be frequented and trusted by many people.

Michael Ladd online marketer, trainer, coach to help people to become successful in there business.

Our training blog: www.SuccesswithMichael.com