Looking for some effective cost
free online marketing techniques to jumpstart or grow your
internet business? Online success for anybody is ALWAYS
interrelated to the amount of traffic they can attract to their
site. Whether your online business is new or established the
more traffic the better. But how do we advertise to more
customers on a shoestring budget?
Here are 5 low or no cost traffic
generation techniques used with great effectiveness on the
internet that should keep your business rolling along:
1st Technique – Launch a
Blog
Start a blog with a theme based
upon whatever it is you may be promoting. Thru the proper use of
keywords you should be able to attract a significant amount of
targeted traffic to your site.
An important note here is that
in order for your blog to be an effective source of traffic
generation you need to post to it frequently. With each new post
comes fresh content and this is what attracts the search
engines. The more they visit your blog the higher your site
ranks in the search results. You are now developing 'long term'
organic traffic for your internet business and it's free!
By placing the blog on the same
server as your website (recommended) you're now going to
increase the search engine ranking of that website.
2nd Technique – Article
Marketing
By writing articles and
submitting them to article directories you can create a flow of
traffic to your site that can continue for quite some time. The
key is to be sure your article contains some useful information
and contains a link to your site in the article's resource box.
Never directly promote anything in your article but instead
focus on dispensing tips, instructions, or information of use to
the reader.
Your articles can also be use
by other sites on the internet but they must keep your resource
box in tact. This now exposes your articles (with the link back
to your site) to any visitor of that particular site creating
another avenue of free traffic for you.
3rd Technique – Submit Press
Releases
By submitting to many of the
press release sites you'll once again be increasing your
exposure.
Your website also gets a boost in the search engine rankings.
SEO benefits are gained here in a similar fashion as they are
with article directories. These high ranking PR sites and
article directories help to 'pull' up your search engine ranking
now that they have links back to your site.
4th Technique - Forums
The use of and participating in
forums is encouraged for many reasons. Firstly you build up
relationships with others who have similar interests which may
result in an online business venture with them down the road.
Secondly you'll want to stay on
top of what's going on in your niche.
Lastly by participating in
forum discussions you'll want to include a link back to your
site in your signature file. Anybody interested in your past or
present participation or comments may elect to visit your site
to see what you're involved in.
Always be sure your comments
are meaningful and constructive. If people identify you as a
'spammer' whose motivation is solely to siphon traffic back to
their site you will be ignored and tagged with a bad reputation.
5th Technique – Get Social
With the availability of the
many social networking sites online comes an excellent
opportunity to generate traffic.
An advantage here is the
ability to develop stronger bonds thru casual sharing of
personal interest. These bonds naturally lead to a greater trust
and loyalty making your marketing efforts all the more
effective.
Much like forums however only
get involved in discussions and leave comments when you can do
so in a meaningful and helpful way.
These online marketing
techniques we've discussed here are both cost free and extremely
powerful. Wouldn't you like to boost your business without
deflating your pocket book?
