Getting Traffic

Five Free and Effective Ways to Drive Traffic to a Website

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Now that you have built your website, you need to drive traffic to it. The top three question people always ask are:

“How do I get traffic to my blog or website?”

“How long will it take before I see traffic?”

“Can I drive quality traffic for free?”

If you have any of these questions please continue to read on.

So you want to know how to get traffic to your blog or your website.  First off I do not believe in any website traffic software, to me you run the risk of getting slapped by Google.  Then all of your hard work is gone and near impossible to make that ground back up.  Not to mention that costs money.  There are plenty of ways how to get traffic to your website, free!

 

Content, Content, Content

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You hear it all the time Content is KING.  That is true.  Does that mean you should set up an auto-blog and you will have all the content you ever need?  NO!!! It might help at first but you will eventually be removed from Google’s rankings all together as your site will be seen as spam.  By content you need original (not spun) content, regularly.  By writing original, natural, and keyword rich content, Google will love you and you will increase your rankings within Google and have tons of free traffic.  I said keyword rich not keyword stuffing.  Google can tell if you are stuffing your site with keywords as it is not a natural way to post.  The best keyword tool I have found is JAAXY.  Read more about it in my post on Keyword Research and Tool Reviews.  Give it a try for free see if you like it.  It can save you all kinds of time on keyword research.

 

Social Networks

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One of the easiest ways to drive traffic to your website is to self-promote it on social networks.  These networks get large amounts of traffic and you can redirect them to your site.  Sites like, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and even LinkedIn can drive large amounts of traffic to your site.  Why not share your posts on these sites?  If you have snappy headlines or a great picture or both the post might go viral and then you will have a large stream of free traffic to your site.  It is easy and it’s free.

 

Ping Your website

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After each update to your website, you should ping it.  What is a ping?  Well a ping is a digital handshake with other websites.  It is not a backlink.  What it does is it allows search engines to know that you have new content available and allows for quicker indexing.  The quicker you get indexed the more likely you will get traffic.  There are many services out there and some are free and some are not free.  They are easy to find with a quick Google search.  One free one I use is www.pingmylink.com it is simple just put the URL into the engine, click “submit” and wait, you don’t even need to sign up for that service.  It can take a while for it to complete the process but that doesn’t mean you can’t do other things while it is processing.

 

 

Guest Blogger

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Being a guest blogger is another great way to drive traffic to your website for free.  It does take a bit of writing skills and you want to be a guest on a reputable and established site.  Be careful not to spam because if you do you will lose your own credibility and will not see any benefit.  Then you can invite some of those writers that share your niche to be guest bloggers on your site.  What a great way to get that traffic and have a mutually beneficial relationship with others.

 

Forums

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If your anything like me I search forums on topics that interest me all the time.  Make yourself a leader in the forums of your specific niche.  Most forums won’t let you post a link to your site in a posting, so how does this help you ask?  While that is true, most forums let you put a link in your signature.  Make sure you use your signature line to your benefit.  Help others.

“You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”~ Zig Ziglar

 

But How Long will it Take

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So there are some tips for some free traffic.  It does take time.  How long you ask?  That is a tough question to answer.  The reality is it depends on your consistency of doing the all of the above.  The best part is once you start seeing the rankings in Google and other search engines it becomes a sustainable business process.  You can easily build an authority site with a little help and I am here to help you.  I would also suggest looking at my other sections, Getting Started and Build a Website.

If you have any questions or comments please leave them below.