How To Drive More Traffic In Cheap Way

francis84 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 03:49 AM

1)Take advantage of online forums and online communities.
The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can discuss about lots of things about the niche that you represent or offer.

2)Make use of newsletters.
Provide people with a catalog of your products and interesting and entertaining articles. If you make it really interesting and entertaining, more people will sign up for your newsletter and recommend it to other people. The more people who signs up for your newsletter, the more people there will be that will go to your site increasing your traffic.

3)Trade links with other sites.
You don’t have to spend a cent. All you have to do is reach an agreement with another webmaster. With exchanging links, the efforts both sites do will benefit both sites. Every traffic that goes to the site could potentially click on the link of your site and visit your site as well. This works well especially when both sites feature the same niche.

4)Write good content for your site.
Many search engines track down the keywords and keyword phrases your site uses and how they are used. It is not a requirement that a content should be done by a professional content writer. You could do your on but you have to make content for your site that is entertaining as well as informational. It should provide certain requirements as well as great quality. Generally, internet users use search engines to find what they are looking for.

**Ne0** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-29-2008, 01:04 PM

We're discussing this post on the air now!

tune in Free Internet Radio, Podcasts for Marketing and SEO...just load Webmaster Radio 24/7

db

jabo · #3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2008, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by francis84

1)Take advantage of online forums and online communities.
The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can discuss about lots of things about the niche that you represent or offer.

can forums really deliver huge traffic?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ne0

We're discussing this post on the air now!

tune in Free Internet Radio, Podcasts for Marketing and SEO...just load Webmaster Radio 24/7

db

really? could you say hi to my mom for me... just kidding...lol

kronikmedia · #4 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 06:49 PM

Yes forum can deliver significant traffic. If you post in the right forums that are directly related to your line of business then it certainly can. The advantage is two fold; firstly you get backlinks and secondly you are discussing with others in a related field so you can win customers. If the posting is genuine and adds value you will see that that you will have significant referral clicks form the post itself.

CLSbrunette · #5 (**permalink**) 06-25-2008, 11:15 PM

I truly agree with that. Especially if the forum sites you are participating on are closely related to what your site is all about.

Webnauts · #6 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 10:56 AM

This month our site had a bit more than 8000 unique visitors. From WebProWorld here we only had 35 unique visitors. If that is what you mean traffic generator, I am impressed.

textlink969 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 02:38 PM

blogs and social media are also a good way to deliver traffic

mjsmith · #8 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 12:58 AM

Nice post francis84. Also you could add there "submit your site to free directories".

and

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ne0

We're discussing this post on the air now! tune in Free Internet Radio, Podcasts for Marketing and SEO...just load Webmaster Radio 24/7 db

This is a great site.

sohel08 · #9 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 09:22 AM

The problem is when you vote and go back to that page, the stars are blank. I asked the creator (AKA the one who helped me.) and got this respone:

To display a number of stars you need to query the database to get the current rating and then in the page include a switch statement:
switch(currentRating)
{
case 0: // don't do anything
case 1: // set the 1st div's background to filled star
...
case 5:// set all 5 stars to filled star
}

erikko · #10 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 11:52 PM

so far i use communities and social media to gather traffic and forums on the other hand is my second option

pbradish · #11 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjsmith

Nice post francis84. Also you could add there "submit your site to free directories".

That probably won't do much. I always hire out for that sort of thing, and focus my directory time on:

1) niche directories
2) quality, paid directories (yahoo dir, botw, etc)
3) ehh dmoz.org

sheena · #12 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008, 05:30 AM

Quote:

2) quality, paid directories (yahoo dir, botw, etc)

If I submit my links to paid directories do I guarantee a good result for the site?

guppyman · #13 (**permalink**) 07-29-2008, 02:17 AM

Hi,

Thanks for the article.

Does trading link still work?

sheena · #14 (**permalink**) 07-29-2008, 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guppyman

Hi,

Thanks for the article.

Does trading link still work?

Yes it is , trading link still work for directory submission and reciprocal link website.

avoir des goûts simples · #15 (**permalink**) 07-29-2008, 08:40 PM

Quote:

1)Take advantage of online forums and online communities.

I agree with this ...

egbsystems · #16 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 02:29 PM

I agreed your article.
Forums ,free classifieds ads and social media way get more traffic.

Thanks for your Great Information...

Webnauts · #17 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 02:42 PM

But not spamming the hell out of the forums.

sryk · #18 (**permalink**) 08-02-2008, 06:53 AM

I like to trade in link exchange and make contents for my website. Thanks!

Webnauts · #19 (**permalink**) 08-02-2008, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sryk

I like to trade in link exchange and make contents for my website. Thanks!

I repeat: Not spamming the hell out of the forums.

KarenCharin0 · #20 (**permalink**) 08-12-2008, 11:06 PM

One thing I do is when I get an email from a friend that I want to forward on to other friends I put my sig on the bottom of it that has my website links in it. Hopefully that will encourage my friends to visit my sites now and then too to see what I've updated on them.

I also write my forum website address at the bottom of my return address on all my snail mail.

I have one forum for all my websites ( and my friend's web sites ) rather then a separate forum for each site, no one ever joins or posts but me but I get a lot of traffic to it, but they don't seem to click on my ads. I'm not really sure what they do there... People don't seem to join multi-topic forums, but I do get a question now and then from someone who visited one of my sites then that gives me new ideas for content by finding the answer to their questions.

will22 · #21 (**permalink**) 08-13-2008, 03:22 AM

Indeed, these are good ways to drive traffic to your website. I got some ideas also :P

marketingworld · #22 (**permalink**) 08-13-2008, 10:39 PM

You can do manual submissions to directories for free (that's very cheap)... but of course, keep in mind that not all for free are beneficial... But if you're looking for a cheap way, that would help.