There are many things you should prepare in having your own brick and mortar business. Starting and growing your own offline business is different from an Internet business. In other words, you need more capital to get your offline business up and running, and you need to spend more money to grow it. This is different if you have your own website. With the power of the internet, you are able to apply various methods in driving traffic to grow your online business.
Even though there are a lot of ways to drive more traffic and get more customers, many website owners do not possess the resources needed to get more visitors to their sites. If you are one of them, you should not worry since you can actually drive a lot more traffic to your blogs or websites using only free methods. But of course, you will also need an appropriate mindset as well as a strong eagerness. Don't forget that motivation and perseverance to work hard and research are extremely required so you are able to drive more traffic and get more customers.
Below are 5 proven free methods to drive more traffic to your website:
1. Go to Online Discussion Boards and Communities
This won't be instant, since you will need to spend some time. Once you do that, you will be able to target a specific group of people interested in the products or services you are offering. You can register for an online discussion board or forum and start discussing things about your niche. For example, if your products or services are related to Internet marketing or making money online, you can go to forums such as WarriorForum.Com. Or, you can also go to Facebook to find out the groups related to your niche.
You can answer questions or reply to threads to help the other forum members so you can build a reputation. You can show them that you are knowledgeable about the subject, so other members can trust you and won't be hesitant in visiting your website to become your customers.
2. Use Newsletters
You should use e-mail services like AWeber, GetResponse, Norabots, etc to send newsletters. Yes, the e-mail service is not free, but so are your hosting and domain. They are just some basic requirements for making money online. With your own newsletters, you can provide people with your product catalogues and also helpful and valuable tips or articles. If your newsletters are valuable and useful, then people may let their friends know about your website so you will gain more visitors and prospects. They may recommend your newsletters through their own blogs or also online discussion boards.
You may skip this method, though, but remember that it means you are not building a business. You just make sales. I, myself, have been making money from niche blogs without providing newsletters since my interest is actually Internet marketing. Therefore, I only provide newsletters for my Internet marketing blog.
3. Exchange Links
You don't have to pay for this, because what you need to do is find another website owner so you can exchange links. If you have a link to your website on another related website, people may be interested in clicking on the link so you will get more visitors. However, you need to remember that you should find a website related to the products you are offering, but it should not compete directly with your website.
4. Write Helpful Articles
Article marketing has been proven to be able to drive more traffic. You can write articles (write them yourself or hire a ghostwriter / freelance writer), that will provide useful tips to your targeted customers. After that, you can submit them to free article directories and don't forget to add your website's info and URL in the resource box. This way, people will be able to go to your website to find more information and finally be your customers. If they like your articles, they may also share them voluntarily to Facebook, Twitter, or social bookmarking websites like Digg.
5. Create Valuable Website Content
You should put up useful content in your website, but please not that you don't have to hire a professional writer for this. Just write interesting and useful content as if you were talking to your potential customers. Don't just copy and paste PLR articles on your website.
The 5 methods above will be able to drive you more traffic and therefore increase your income. However, remember that it takes time and won't be able to make you rich overnight. Another proven method of growing your online business is by getting targeted traffic using simple SEO (Search Engine Optimization) meth. Using this method, I am able to create niche blogs that make me money on autopilot, 24/7.
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