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How to get Targeted Traffic to Your Website
How do I get targeted traffic I hear
you ask?
The following are tried and tested methods
Everyone who has a website knows that to have sales
you must have traffic, but not just any traffic it has
to be targeted traffic.
What is Targeted traffic? It is simply
visitors to your website that are interested in what
your website is about. For example, people interested
in buying jewellery will find jewellery websites interesting.
Forums: Subscribe to forums that discuss
your topic. Answer questions and join in the debates
there. Become an expert in the field. Then with each
article reply you write have a discreet link to your
website in the signature file. What can be placed in
your signature is often determined by the forum moderators.
Do not spam the forum or you will be stopped from posting.
This is one of the most productive ways of getting free
traffic as those who click your link have already read
and liked your style.
Linking from/to other websites: Contact
website owners that have similar but not competitive
websites to yours, ask them for a reciprocal link from
their website to yours. Be sure to select your link
partner to match closely your customer profile. Software
programs such as Arelis are very helpful in this process.
E-Zines: Contact e-zine owners
that have your target readership and buy advertisements
from them. Be sure to have a test run to see that the
return on investment is sufficient to cover the costs
involved. If you are buying an extended run of advertisements
haggle with the e-zine owner over price. You may save
a considerable amount.
Newsletters: When people visit
your website offer them something of value for free
if they sign up to your newsletter (like an e-Book).
Your newsletter should be written tightly geared towards
your topic. It should be published regularly at weekly
intervals.
E-Books: Often used, these are
usually free informational books for your clients and
for others to give away free if they leave your links
in the book itself. You can place links back to your
website in the books you sell or give to your clients.
Joint Ventures: Contact online
marketers looking for new products to sell. They often
have large mailing lists with eager to buy customers.
Normally they are willing to email their list for a
cut of the sale price. This works particularly well
with informational products. It has several advantages.
It can give a very sizeable boost to both your sales
and mailing list within a very short period.
Buy Traffic: This is probably
the cheapest in terms of time and most expensive money
wise. It gives a traffic boost normally within 30 days.
What are you buying? You are buying traffic from expired
domain names which the company selling the traffic has
bought. They are domain names still registered on the
search engines which get a considerable amount of traffic.
The previous domain name owners have either lost interest
in the name or simply forgot to renew the registration.
This means that the traffic from the expired domain
name is simply redirected to your website. This is usually
high quality traffic as only websites with traffic such
as you want is redirected to you. As always, a test
run to see if this traffic is suitable should be undertaken.
When you combine these techniques and
apply them consistently over time you will find a rich
source of targeted traffic coming to your website. This,
combined with quality products will ensure the success
of your online business.
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