How to Get Free Traffic

Traffic is the life blood of any business. Without it you will fail. Online marketing is no different to off line. True, off line location, location, location may be the only way to get footfall and customers into shops, clubs and restaurants and so on. Online, however, it doesn’t matter where your website is located – generally speaking - but I will deal with hosting and traffic in another related article later on.

Every online business needs traffic. And the best website traffic in the world is targeted customers who want to buy from you. If you’re just starting out do not use Pay Per Click paid advertising such as Google Adwords. You are almost an odds on certainty to lose money. I know because I’ve done it. Some marketers insist it is the way to get fast instant results. Yes, it is but it’s also a way to kill your business dead before you even begin. Let’s be honest: most of us starting out have nothing or nearly next to nothing. What you need is advice on how to get bundles and bundles of FREE targeted traffic to your site.

If hard work is not your thing then don’t read any further. The most important time you spend on your business is marketing. But the good news is you don’t have to do it all at once. What I’ve set out is a staged programme to help you drive traffic to your site. Yes, it involves work and yes, your results won’t be immediate BUT you will be building a business that will grow and grow and grow. And best of all it will be FREE and won’t be subject to the whims of Google as long as you do it properly.

Below is a list of what you should be doing:

1 SEOn2 Article writing
3 Viral marketing
4 Traffic Exchangesn5 Bloggingn6 Craig’s Listn7 Youtube
8 Squidoon9 MySpacen10 Twitte
11 Facebookn12 List Building Networkn13 Signature files
14 Press release
15 Affiliate programs
16 Joint Venturesn17 Ad swaps

I’ll deal with each point in detail in further related articles.