Maximize Your Traffic
Let's discuss one of the most important issues about hosting your own online business in 2007: promotion and traffic. Everyone wants their site to be the buzz of their niche, but the truth is that sometimes it is easy to over-focus on your site's content and value (not that those things are NOT important), and forget all about how you will PROMOTE your site!The trickiest part about all I have described is that getting not only traffic, but also TARGETED traffic is one of the most difficult steps to building a successful business online. One of my greatest struggles when I first started doing affiliate work was to get over 50 people to my site each day so that I made at least 1 or 2 sales. Not only did I struggle with only getting a few people to my site, but I also found it difficult to get the correct target audience. I saw some moderate success with using Google AdWords; but advertising costs were equaling (and sometimes EXCEEDING) my sales and traffic came and went in bursts each day. This created emotional waves of highs and low. Enough was enough; I had to invest in my time and NOT my money by research and testing out proven FREE ways of generating traffic.The only question now was, "Which sites do I use?".Before I get too detailed I want to briefly list the different types of free traffic generating methods:1) Forums2) Article Submission3) Viral Rebranding4) MySpace5) YouTube6) Squidoo7) Ad CommunitiesI have dabbled in all of these areas and found most moderately helpful. However, like anything else in life...What You Put In Is What You Get Out. I ended up putting most of my time into forums, articles, rebranding, and ad communities; I am currently investing more time into MySpace for my younger-targeted brands (clothing). I can honestly say that by far the most helpful venues have been article submission and ad communities.I would love to give some more specific communities and details, but I do not want to directly advertise on this site. You can visit my URL and sign-up for my newsletter for details.
About the Author
Derek Huizinga is an independent marketer for several affiliate programs and 2 companies based out of Grand Rapids, MI. He is working on his bachelor's degree (FINALLY) in business and plans on involving himself in independent contracts in the future. He runs the 'Success Simplified' website for making money online at: http://www.jbrooksenterprises.com
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