الاثنين، 9 أبريل 2012

Does Your Website Need More Traffic? Here's 5 Essential Techniques

"How can I increase traffic to my website?" is probably one of the most frequently asked questions in the field of website marketing.

The obvious reason for this is due to the fact that website traffic is essential if you want to make money online. To define what is meant by website traffic, it is not only the number of visitors that go to your site, but also the total amount of data that is transferred through your website. If you are planning to market your business via the internet, then you need to send as much traffic as possible to your website.

A website without traffic is akin to a store without shoppers, hence attracting customers to your web business is absolutely crucial to your online success. It is quite pointless having a fantastic website for your products or affiliate business if no one knows it exists or, to put it quite frankly, no shoppers equals no sales!

Most people believe free website traffic is the best and most desirable source to a web marketer, solely due to the fact that it is exactly that, free. This idea may sound great, but is somewhat misguided. In fact, it is significantly more important to focus on the quality rather than just the quantity of traffic, as this is what will be instrumental to the success of your site.

It goes without saying that any website traffic is good, however, unique targeted website traffic is far better. Targeted website traffic is the dream of every online business, whether a multinational conglomerate, or an independent work from home Mom. Free targeted traffic is even more desirable than targeted traffic.

Why, you may ask, targeted traffic in particular? This is because it is key to a successful online business, this kind of traffic will have a much higher conversion rate i.e. converting visitors into buyers, compared to random non-targeted traffic. It's basically giving an interested party what they want rather than attempting to sell something to a bunch of tire kickers with no intention of buying.

Enough significance cannot be put on this type of traffic as it is crucial for any website hoping to create revenue. As I wrote earlier, it's not simply the quantity of traffic that you generate, but more so the quality of the traffic. The higher the quality, the higher your conversion rates and the greater your income.

So how do you increase traffic to your website? Here are a few very good tried and tested methods:-

Good keyword research may be long, tedious and sometimes boring but it is essential. Don't forget to include these targeted keywords throughout the content of your website, this alone will attract traffic.
Another vital way to improve the quality of traffic is through S.E.O (search engine optimization.) S.E.O techniques significantly improve website traffic by helping your site rank higher on large search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo
Join online forums on the subject of your website and get involved, make comments, offer help etc, etc. Make sure you fill out your profile and signature details that will include your website URL, this will naturally help promote your website, and generate targeted traffic.
Another very similar and very useful marketing tool for generating targeted website traffic is to frequently update your blog, if you haven't got a blog, get one! Also comment on other blogs within the same business as your business, again leaving your website URL in your signature.
Last, but certainly not least, is email marketing. This has to be one of the best methods to generate targeted web traffic, the twist in the tail with this technique is you need a list of subscribers to your site. So you will need to build a list first.

All five of these techniques will drive targeted website traffic to your website, admittedly these are not the only methods and there is not enough space in this one article for me to go into great detail, but you can download my free e-books on,Viral Traffic, S.E.O Tactics blogging for cash, affiliate income, Web 2.0 and more at, http://www.rodforte.com As I said earlier any traffic to your website is good, but targeted website traffic is what will put money in your pocket.

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