High Powered Ways To Increase Your Traffic

by: Dan Brown
1. Trade links with other web sites. They should berelated to the subject of your web site. Instead oftrading links, you could also trade banner ads, halfpage ads, classified ads, etc.2. Start an e-zine for your web site. When peopleread each issue they'll be reminded to revisit yourweb site. They'll see your product ad more thanjust once which will increase your orders.3. Form an online community. It could be an onlinemessage board, e-mail discussion list or chat room.When people get involved in your community theywill regularly return to communicate with others.4. Write articles and submit them to e-zines, websites and magazines that accept article submissions.Include your business information and web addressat the end of the article.5. Give away an electronic freebie with your ad onit. Allow your visitors to also give the freebie away.This'll increase your ad exposure and attract peopleto your web site at the same time.6. Combine your products or services into one bigpackage deal with other businesses offerings. Youcould share a web site and advertise the packagedeal; which means double the traffic.7. Submit your freebie to the online directories thatlist your particular item or service for free. If you'reoffering a free e-zine, submit it to all the free e-zinedirectories on the internet.8. Participate on message boards. Post answers toother people's questions, ask questions and postappropriate information. Include your signature fileat the end of all your postings.9. Exchange classified or sponsor ads with otherfree e-zine publishers. If there is a huge subscriberdifference between e-zines, one can run more adsto make up for it.10. Post your ad on free advertising areas on theinternet. You can post it on free classified ad sites,free for all links sites, newsgroups that allow ads,free yellow page directories, etc.