Traffic is King, but this comes FIRST
October 11, 2011 by Linda
Filed under News & Articles
Visitors to your site are critical – getting them there automatically is even better. Here’s how…Traffic is useless . . . unless…Before you begin trying to get traffic to your site, you need to do your keyword research first. Why? Because you have to target these keywords if you are to have any hope of actually generating traffic for them. So you need to make sure the keywords you’re targeting are worth targeting. While doing your keyword research, keep the following in mind: Will you be able to rank for these keywords? Take a look at the “strength” of others websites (and how many) are already targeting these keywords.Are these “buying” keywords? Some keywords will bring lots of traffic, but none of them will buy. What you want is buyers! Will these keywords bring affiliates? Nothing brings more buyers like an army of affiliates. So make sure you are also targeting keywords to attract affiliates. Of course, this all takes time if you plan to do it yourself. And hiring an expert is very expensive. Which is why practically none of your competitors will do this! The smartest marketers use website traffic software to automate this and other aspects of their business. This way you get this critical step done fast and done well. OK, now we can talk about traffic…Only after doing your keyword research correctly can you start targeting these keywords to get you traffic.Here’s a short list of sneaky traffic techniques:Something you may not have ever considered is Surveys “Traffic Traps” Video Surveys The truth is that people really enjoy taking surveys and finding out what other people think. And if you make it interesting, other people will post your survey on their website. They benefit by getting free content for their site and you get a link to your site under the survey. This allows you to get free website traffic from other people’s sites! Using just this one extra idea will put you ahead of your competition . . . who think surveys are for gathering information! So, get creative and make up a survey that’s wacky to get other people interested in putting it on their sites.”Traffic Traps” Maybe you’ve seen these help sites where people post questions and other people answer them. Once again, the main reason for this site is not the reason you’re interested. You are going to generate traffic, leads and sales from them. Of course, the process of digging through these sites and pulling out the content info of leads for your business is very time consuming. So, if you’re smart, you’ll use









