There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for
your website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it
hardly bares a chance of generating an income. Many sites have tried and failed
in doing so, and these results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain
an income generating site; it also takes money to make money.
BUT, it doesn't take a whole caboodle of cash to generate
website traffic for your site.
Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top their
site? Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their
sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing
schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile because, well, they are what
they are now, high earning, and big hitting websites.
You don't have to do this if you don't really have their
resources. There are many ways to generate low cost website 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 shirt over it.
Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost
website traffic that could help your site a whole lot. Even if you only get a
small percentage of successful visitors in to client ratio it still works
especially if you get a high number of website traffic.
Exchange Links:
This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a
site where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to
exchange links with one another so that they could produce more public knowledge
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 boosts your chances of getting a high
ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines
ranks high sites that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a
good ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic in
your website without the high costs.
Traffic Exchange:
This is like exchanging links but on a different higher
level. This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be
made cheaper because you get to earn credits. You can use those credits when
viewing others traffic, while you earn credits when someone views yours.
Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another's site
or page. This is done vice versa where a site can use your sites contents and
so can you to his or her site. You both profit from each others efforts to
generate traffic. The other sites visitors can go to your pages and know more
about your site as well as theirs. Once again the public knowledge of your
sites existence is boosted.
Write and Submit Articles:
There are many e-zines and on-line 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 they read it,
they can feel your knowledge about the subject and will be eager to go to your
site. Write articles that produce tips and guidelines to the subject or niche
your site has.
Include a resource box at the end of your article that can
link them 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 site 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 on your newsletter. This will also provide
free publicity for them as well.
As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your
public awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly visit your site.
Join On-line Communities and Forums:
This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share
your knowledge and expertise with many on-line communities as well as your
website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same
subject or niche with your site.
Share your two cents and let them see how
knowledgeable you are with the subject. As you build your reputation, you also
build the reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business
that could be frequented and trusted by many people.
