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3 Fast Ways to Getting Free Traffic

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3 Ways to Get Free Traffic Fast!

Traffic is the core to building and maintaining a success online business. Without traffic, a website, blog - or an Online Business - will suffer, deteriorate, wither out, and eventually die.

You don't want just any traffic will do - you need targeted traffic.

If you want to see results in your traffic generation... Or you're fed up with the lack of visitors coming to your websites... then it's time to put an end to your website traffic deprivation.

Let's look at 3 ways you can get free traffic to your blog or website fast: Forum Marketing, Article Marketing, Squidoo Marketing.

Forum Marketing

Drive Free Traffic with Forum Marketing

Forum Marketing is a great way to drive free traffic to your blog or preferably your squeeze page.

What is the objective of Forum Marketing?
Drive traffic for the forum your blog or website.

How do you find forums to market on?
  • You want to join forums in the niche you are marketing to.

  • Google "list of 'your niche' forums".

  • Visit different forums and pick 5 to 10 active forums.

  • Join/sign-up to the 5 to 10 forums.

  • Set-up signature file with link to your blog, website or both under the Profile section on each forum joined.

  • Suggested signature files

    • I have a great free gift on my website your website link

    • Hey checkout a great free gift at your website link

    • When you get a chance, check out my latest blog post at your website link"



Forum Marketing Dont's
  • Don't make your comments about ME, ME, ME!

  • Don't be SPAMY, only posting links to your blog or website. That's why you created a signature file.

  • Don't send private messages to answer other people's posts.



Forum Marketing Do's
  • Participate in discussions to get a flavor for the forum.

  • Ask questions.

  • Answer questions.

  • Offer opinions.

  • Review people products.

  • Give help to other people.

  • Take an interest in other people

  • Overall, ADD VALUE!


Doing these things will help you build your credibility and people will look to you for help and will search you out through your signature links.

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Article Marketing

Drive Free Traffic with Article Marketing

Article Marketing is another great way to drive free traffic to your blog or preferably your squeeze page.

Article marketing is about submitting short informational articles that are related to your niche.

How to create Articles
  • Keep articles to between 300 and 500 words.

  • Use keywords in title and throughout the article.

  • Write 2 powerful opening paragraphs to grab the readers attention.

  • Make sure the body of the article answers questions like: Who, What, When, Where, or How?

  • Don't be too specific - Give Value but leave them wanting more!

  • Keep it Simple!

  • Create link to your blog or website in Bio/Resource box. Create a Call To Action. For link ideas look, use the same as the ones in the Forum Marketing area above.



Now What?
  • Register and Submit Article to Several Article Directories

    • EzineArticle.com

    • GoArticles.com

    • ArticleDashboard.com

    • ArticleBase.com

    • ArticleRich.com



But I hate to write!
  • You can always outsource your article writing with Elance.com or Guru.com.

  • Make sure you get full copyrights to be able to claim authorship rights.

  • Don't use PLR, you don't own the exclusive rights to the article(s).

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Squidoo Marketing

Drive Free Traffic with Squidoo Marketing

Marketing on Squidoo is another great way to drive free traffic to your blog or website.

Squidoo Lens Building Dont's
  • Don't be Spammy.

  • Don't overload your lens with affiliate links - use 4 or less.

  • Don't start a lens and never finish it.

  • Don't use offensive language on your lens.


Squidoo Lens Building Do's
  • Use good keywords wherever you can.

    • "My Lens is About" field when creating your lens.

    • In the URL you create.

    • In the Tags fields

    • In the Title and subtitle fields

  • Use good eye catching images. This will make you lens more appealing.

  • Provide Valuable content.

  • Create Guestbook for people to leave comments.


I've created my lens, now what?
  • Join Squidoo Groups

  • Participate in the Squidoo forum - See Forum Marketing above.

  • Rate other lens.

  • Leave comments on other lens with a link back to your lens.

  • Review your website stats and see how many visitors you are getting from Squidoo.

  • Tweak your lens as necessary.

  • Create another lens.

  • Create a Lensography about yourself


Squidoo is another great tool to build you credibility...provided you create valuable content.

Squidoo ranks well in the search engines. Linking to you blog or website from Squidoo will also help your ranking.

Squidoo gets lots of traffic. That traffic can be forwarded to your blog is done correctly.

Squidoo allows you to make as many lenses as you want.

So go ahead and get started Today!
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  • Giofranco Jun 15, 2010 @ 6:32 am | delete
    Hi Rick,

    Very helpful guide to three main traffic generation methods. Thank you
  • pastella Jun 1, 2010 @ 3:09 am | delete
    I'm going to try forum marketing for my sites now, as traffic is alot slower than I'd like. Lots of info. Thanks.
  • LKW31 May 30, 2010 @ 4:15 pm | delete
    This is super useful! I have favourited for future reference! Thank you for writing this!
  • PeteBurns May 27, 2010 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    Hi there Rick great Lens loads of helpful info

    Pete
  • willfrogner (alexjeffreystudent) May 26, 2010 @ 4:19 pm | delete
    Very nice lens Rick and good content I retweeted
  • nickstentiford May 26, 2010 @ 6:26 am | delete
    Hi Rick
    Your lens looks great. Well done!!
  • Rick_Byrd May 29, 2010 @ 8:07 pm | delete
    Nick:

    Thanks for stopping by and let me know what you think!

    - Rick
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