Getting Traffic, My Way
When you’ve been caught by scam after scam, it becomes very difficult to stay positive. Oh yes, I dabbled in the pay per click, didn’t know what I was doing, lost my shirt. I can afford 5 cents per click but when other companies are willing to pay 5 dollars, I’m smart enough to take myself out of the game.
You could join forums and place a link in your signature, I tried that. But for the small amount of info and the huge waste of time, well, let’s just say it’s not worth it. I have better things to do than search around forums and give little tid bits of information.
If god would smile upon me and place me at the top of the search engines, I guess I would have nothing to complain about. Hopefully, I will get there. I’m not a millionaire now, but I know eventually, I will be. It’s just a matter of time.
OK, back to traffic. So since forums are a waste of time and pay per click is a waste of money when then. Well, blogging can work if you already have a ton of traffic to that blog. I hear about press releases, but I can’t be bothered to spend the money. I would rather write an article that doesn’t cost me any money.
Social bookmarking can be effective, but it’s other people who need to bookmark you, so if they don’t get to your site, how can they know you are there?? MySpace or Facebook, again you are only reaching a limited number of people. Sure after you get going it can be a way to boost your traffic, but first we need to get started.
As far as I am concerned article marketing is one of the cheapest and best ways of getting traffic. Depending on which sites you submit to, you can get hundreds and even thousands of visitors per day in less than one month. It really depends on how many articles you write and what kind of quality they are.
First you need to write an article or two. Next you need to submit it to a directory. One of the most popular is Ezine Articles. They also tend to have the higher standards. Submit to them first. If they accept it, you know it’s good. Then you can re-submit that article to other directories.
Free article submitters are available if you search them out. Usually, they are some kind of stand alone software that will run on your computer. These submitters can make your life a little easier and make the process faster.
Unfortunately, here is the down side. These types of submitters are not supported, they hold static information, and only for about 100-200 sites. Your article will be sent to a general article directory, which doesn’t rank as high as niche directories. Also, each article will be exactly the same. Search engines don’t particularly like that.
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