I see hundreds of websites saying that if you pay a certain amount you will receive thousands of visitors to your website each day. I would like to know how this is possible, what type of software they use and the technique.
2006-10-18 15:32:06 · 6 answers · asked by Shy 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Advertising & Marketing ➔ Other - Advertising & Marketing
I would advice you to stay away from the sites that promise thousands for visitors for $59 or some other price. These are often low quality traffic -- e.g. traffic that is NOT interested in your website or whatever it is you are selling. If you are running programs such as Google Adsense, you'd even run into trouble with this type of traffic generation.
Getting traffic is a combination of a lot of things. The key to success is to create great content that visitors want to use, search engines will love and other websites will naturally link to. Of course, it's easier said than done.
You can use pay per click advertising in the search engines to reach audiences looking for your products. You can use Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com
Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible:
1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.
2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!
Recommend Site Scripts (various) http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/
Big Nose Bird Recommend this Site http://bignosebird.com/carchive/birdcast.shtml
CGI Resource Index http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/
Hostscripts http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Site_Recommendation/index.html
3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.
If you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm
4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.
http://www.prleap.com/sign_up.html
http://i-newswire.com/
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/
http://www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/add.cgi
http://www.pr.com/press-releases
http://www.prfree.com/
http://www.clickpress.com/releases/index.shtml
http://www.theopenpress.com/
http://www.przoom.com/
http://www.prweb.com
http://www.newswiretoday.com/
http://www.free-press-release.com/
5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.
Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AhzreGmnCUicOoyedqypscUjzKIX?qid=1006022407481
6. Improve your conversion. Getting visitors is one thing; getting them to buy your products is a whole different story. Read the article "10 Ways to Convert Visitors to Buyers" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/072005/conversion.htm for tips on how to improve your conversion rates.
7. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:
Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com
Google Base http://base.google.com
Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/...
Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/
Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/
Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/
US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/
2006-10-18 15:52:00 · answer #1 · answered by imisidro 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most powerful traffic vehicle is links from prominent sites. Identify the big sites in your content field using alexa and see what you anc do about getting links on those sites.
Also you can buy a 1000 clicks from yahoo / google in a day if you have budget. depending on the industry it might only be $.05 a click
Whatever you do don't drive traffic to a site that is not ready for it. Have a few outsiders navigte your site and give you feedback
2006-10-19 10:19:53 · answer #2 · answered by Elusive Black Marlin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great tips from "imisidro"!!!!
Define your market!!! WHO is your target market? Find out what they read, visit & do, then get your URL into their field of vision.
Don't waste your efforts and money with mass appeal or scams with promises of 1000's of hits, quality leads not quantity. Check out Perry Marshall for Adwords trainings.
And learn Guerilla Marketing techniques....learn to describe your business within a 5 word sentence and a 20-25 word paragraph.....for ads and directories. Good luck!
2006-10-18 23:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by Timeless Mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well - you can pay to drive traffic to your site or you can build a content based site that is optimized for search engines or you can post ads on free classified sites.
It really boils down to how much money you want to spend. Personally I like the FREE route.
http://www.preferredpromoz.com/free-online-classifieds.html
2006-10-20 10:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by JLMelvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a porn word and you will have more visitors than you will know what to do with. The down side is that it probably won't do you any good since they won't find what they are looking for!!
2006-10-18 22:45:02 · answer #5 · answered by funtym888 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what's the website? and i'll help you pass it along
2006-10-18 22:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by Amy H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋