Internet traffic is the life of any website, and the fact is that good traffic is not always easy to obtain. However, there are some easy and effective ways for getting quality traffic to your website. You have to be patient and you're going to have to put some time and effort into it.
* Get your own domain name. Be sure to choose a short and easy to remember domain name that is suitable for your business. People will never forget catchy domain names.
* Submit your website to search engines. This is one of the first steps towards increasing your website traffic. Don't wait for the search engines to find your site, go ahead and submit it to them. Visits by the search engine robots are a key way to boost website traffic.
* Add your website address to your own email or blog signature. This way each time you send an email or write in a blog you'll promote your own website.
* Ask your visitors to bookmark your website. They may see your website listed in their bookmarks and visit again.
* Ask your visitors to sign your guest book. When people sign your guestbook you may get valuable feedback or constructive criticism on how to improve your web site.
Update your website. Your website should always be up and running. Maintain a clean design and check for broken links, images and pages. If visitors always find what they want and need, they will definitely be coming back. Plus, search engine robots love a website with changing content.
* Pay-Per-Click Campaigns (PPC). Almost all search engines offer some sort of Pay-Per-Click advertising. This is a great way to get targeted traffic to your website. Keep in mind that major search engines will charge more than smaller ones.
* Put yourself in the shoes of your potential clients. Ask yourself what search words they would use to find your types of services and implement them in your site.
*Print T-shirts. Order custom-made shirts and wear your web address on your back. Sponsor a local sports team who will wear them, or use them as promotional giveaways.
* Traffic Exchanges. Traffic exchanges offer a webmaster an instant, free way to get traffic to their website. The way most traffic exchanges work is pretty straightforward: I view your site, you view my site, the ratio of sites you view to your site views varies from site to site, usually 2:1 but keep in mind that some of the traffic those websites generate is very low quality, so you'll have to keep an eye for that.
• *Tell a Friend. Another great way to boost your traffic is by a Tell a Friend form or button that you can put on your website. This way your visitors can invite their friends and their friends, on and on. Your traffic will keep flowing if this happens.
* Give away stuff. Purchase things like key chains or mouse pads with your website name and URL on them and give them away to your visitors.
* Writing articles. Writing articles is a great, free way to promote your website, and can bring in a substantial number of targeted customers to your site, usually within a few days.
Link exchanges. Link exchanges are another way to get traffic, and the benefits are twofold. Not only do you get traffic from the linking website, you also get the added benefit of better search engine placement through link popularity. Again you have to look for quality websites.
* Buy web traffic. This is a more "hands-off" way to get traffic to your website. Pricing for quality, targeted web traffic can vary greatly from site to site, be sure to look for campaigns that offer targeting to your particular audience.
* Sponsoring. Although this more of real world approach, it is also a good way to promote you website, you can try; sponsoring a car, purchasing a billboard or printing out flyers.
* Copy winners. If there are sites in your topic area that already get lots of visitors, go to their website, and see what they do that is different from your website. If possible, mimic what they do to add the same value on your website.
* Free advertising sites. There are many websites, newsgroups, directories that will allow free publicity of your website. You can post ads there and promote your website.
* Test your website. Test your website frequently for ordering glitches, bad links, broken graphics, etc. Those types of errors will make your website look unprofessional. If your visitors can't order, navigate to where they want to go or see pictures of your product, they likely won't revisit or order.
* Get your own domain name. Be sure to choose a short and easy to remember domain name that is suitable for your business. People will never forget catchy domain names.
* Submit your website to search engines. This is one of the first steps towards increasing your website traffic. Don't wait for the search engines to find your site, go ahead and submit it to them. Visits by the search engine robots are a key way to boost website traffic.
* Add your website address to your own email or blog signature. This way each time you send an email or write in a blog you'll promote your own website.
* Ask your visitors to bookmark your website. They may see your website listed in their bookmarks and visit again.
* Ask your visitors to sign your guest book. When people sign your guestbook you may get valuable feedback or constructive criticism on how to improve your web site.
Update your website. Your website should always be up and running. Maintain a clean design and check for broken links, images and pages. If visitors always find what they want and need, they will definitely be coming back. Plus, search engine robots love a website with changing content.
* Pay-Per-Click Campaigns (PPC). Almost all search engines offer some sort of Pay-Per-Click advertising. This is a great way to get targeted traffic to your website. Keep in mind that major search engines will charge more than smaller ones.
* Put yourself in the shoes of your potential clients. Ask yourself what search words they would use to find your types of services and implement them in your site.
*Print T-shirts. Order custom-made shirts and wear your web address on your back. Sponsor a local sports team who will wear them, or use them as promotional giveaways.
* Traffic Exchanges. Traffic exchanges offer a webmaster an instant, free way to get traffic to their website. The way most traffic exchanges work is pretty straightforward: I view your site, you view my site, the ratio of sites you view to your site views varies from site to site, usually 2:1 but keep in mind that some of the traffic those websites generate is very low quality, so you'll have to keep an eye for that.
• *Tell a Friend. Another great way to boost your traffic is by a Tell a Friend form or button that you can put on your website. This way your visitors can invite their friends and their friends, on and on. Your traffic will keep flowing if this happens.
* Give away stuff. Purchase things like key chains or mouse pads with your website name and URL on them and give them away to your visitors.
* Writing articles. Writing articles is a great, free way to promote your website, and can bring in a substantial number of targeted customers to your site, usually within a few days.
Link exchanges. Link exchanges are another way to get traffic, and the benefits are twofold. Not only do you get traffic from the linking website, you also get the added benefit of better search engine placement through link popularity. Again you have to look for quality websites.
* Buy web traffic. This is a more "hands-off" way to get traffic to your website. Pricing for quality, targeted web traffic can vary greatly from site to site, be sure to look for campaigns that offer targeting to your particular audience.
* Sponsoring. Although this more of real world approach, it is also a good way to promote you website, you can try; sponsoring a car, purchasing a billboard or printing out flyers.
* Copy winners. If there are sites in your topic area that already get lots of visitors, go to their website, and see what they do that is different from your website. If possible, mimic what they do to add the same value on your website.
* Free advertising sites. There are many websites, newsgroups, directories that will allow free publicity of your website. You can post ads there and promote your website.
* Test your website. Test your website frequently for ordering glitches, bad links, broken graphics, etc. Those types of errors will make your website look unprofessional. If your visitors can't order, navigate to where they want to go or see pictures of your product, they likely won't revisit or order.
