Pssst. How'd you like to get swarms of prospects visiting your website... for free! Sound a bit shady? Think there's a hidden cost?
Well, if you consider that time has a cost, perhaps you're right. But for many of us small business owners and entrepreneurs, we've often got more time than money. And that means the 'free' traffic will likely fit nicely in our budgets.
Below you will find some great sources of free traffic. Some will have paid options, but if you don't mind trading time for money you can still achieve great results from the free methods.
Your goal when driving any traffic to your site is to aim for high quality sources. Those that are tightly related to your niche. This traffic will be highly targeted and natural. This is a huge plus in the eyes of Google. Your site will be seen as an authority site and this is something that you definitely want.
Yahoo Answers
This site can help you in two different ways. First you can use it to find out what questions people in your niche have. This can provide you with some great content ideas for your website.
The way to get traffic from your site is to get into the habit of answering the questions. By providing helpful information the person is more likely to follow any links back to your main website. So answer the question but get the reader to follow a link to your site for even more information.
Quora & Ask
Quora works in a similar way to Yahoo Answers. It is a question and answer based site, as is Ask. They are both great to use as a resource site and to generate traffic.
Blog Commenting
Leaving comments on related sites can really be a fantastic source of traffic. Search out high ranking and highly visited sites that are related to your niche. Then make a point of leaving comments on a regular basis. Always leave helpful comments. Don't just leave a one sentence comment such as "Great post, thank you".
Add some insights into the topic being discussed. By doing this you may also attract the attention of the blog owner. They may even ask you to write a guest post for their blog. This can open up a door of streaming visitors to your site.
Forum Posting
This is another excellent way to drive traffic back to your site. You want to find forums that are related to your site and then visit them regularly. Again leave helpful comments and insights.
Don't even think about promoting your site at first. Concentrate of getting your name seen by the other members regularly. This way you will get noticed and people will start to click on your signature link back to your site.
Just select one or two of these free traffic sources to get started with. Then make a concerted effort to visit and post regularly.
And for even more proven resources for no cost site visitors, grab yourself a copy of my guide, Introduction to Free Traffic, and start building multiple channels of free traffic over the coming months and years.
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