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How Do I Get Traffic To My Website?
Posted by randy on: 2005-10-18 14:05:21
How Do I Get Traffic To My Website?
By Vickie J. Scanlon
Internet Marketing requires you to sale other peopleГѓВў??s products
or services, or if you have decided to create your own product,
sale your own. But whether you are selling your own or others,
we all have one thing in common ГѓВў?? getting traffic to our
websites. But what is most important is not just getting
traffic, but targeted traffic. Thus, How Do you or I get traffic
to our sites?
In my early beginnings on the Internet, I tried many methods of
getting traffic to my website. I was definitely a newbie in
training ГѓВў?? some of the software or services that I bought did me
no good. I found, at times, that it was truly difficult to
decipher which was a good deal and which was not ГѓВў?? who was
honest, and who was not ГѓВў?? but I guess it goes with the Internet
territory ГѓВў?? and you must always do your due diligence.
However, I have found three methods of getting traffic to my
site or affiliate product or service ГѓВў?? Buying it ГѓВў?? PPC, such as
Google, Mamma, Overture, linking or the hard one Search Engine
Optimization.
Pay-Per-Click
If you have the money to invest in Google or some of the other
search engines pay-per-click programs you can make some money.
Here you create an ad or ads relevant to your affiliate program,
and place a bid on the keywords you select. This takes time,
energy, persistence and money ГѓВў?? and research. Also, I would
advise that you read your affiliate programs rules, as well as,
the rules of Google Adwords before jumping into the
pay-per-click arena. You usually have to put ГѓВў??affГѓВў?? after your ad
or something similar to that ГѓВў?? itГѓВў??s dependent upon the affiliate
program you are in. The idea with pay-per-click is that you pay
only when the individual clicks on your ad.
Linking
Linking can be by either paid or unpaid methods. The paid
methods are paying for your link to be shown in Ezines,
newsletters or on other peoplesГѓВў?? sites. It can be costly, so the
best suggestion that I can give you is to research the Ezines,
newsletters and or other people sites that you want to link with
before buying. In most cases, if ezines are accepting
advertising, you know they must have at least 500+ subscribers,
or I should say, be sure that they have at least 500+
subscribers before advertising in their ezine. Know what you are
getting before you put your money down ГѓВў?? and as they always say,
be sure to read the fine print.
The unpaid method is through article creation. This requires
hard work on your part, but the return will be seen in the long
term. Keep in mind, your articles should be relevant and address
the subject matter of your site and products. Content reigns
king on the Internet ГѓВў?? and if it is relevant to their needs ГѓВў??
they will eventually come to read.
Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization is basically the optimization of your
web pages so that you can get a decent ranking by the search
engines, and thus, to pull people to your website by it
relevance. This is a difficult chore and needs to continually be
worked at ГѓВў?? and within the ethics of the Search Engines.
To conclude, getting targeted people to your site is really part
of growing your business. And Internet marketing ГѓВў?? well, itГѓВў??s
not for the faint-hearted, but for the determined, persistent
individual who wants to really make a living on-line. Thus, if
you really want to make a living on-line ГѓВў?? donГѓВў??t give up and
promote.
About the author:
Vickie J Scanlon has a BBA degree in Administrative Management
and Marketing. Visit her site at:
http://www.myaffiliateplace.biz for free/and need to buy
promotional tools, articles, ebooks, how to info, affiliate
opportunities, services and products ГѓВў?? to meet your budget and
needs.
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