Most effective ways to get traffic to your site ;)

[MrCat]

Hi everyone!

Traffic, Traffic, Traffic! How do we get it? There are lots of possible ways to get traffic. All you need is to look at this list for your reference and check if you have done any of this yet.

Free methods:
Submission to SE's and directories
Article marketing
Email campaign
Forums, blogs and board postings
Social Bookmarking
Etc. etc.

Premium ways: (Should require a budget)
Pay-Per-Click (PPC)
Targetted Link backs
Professional SEO services
Ad spaces
Offline campaigns
Etc. etc.

Random and unique traffic is good to any site but getting targetted traffic is what makes the difference. This kind of traffic yields the highest conversion which would determine your site's success. Given a budget, I would always opt for PPC. PPC is a very effective way of getting targetted traffic given the proper treatment. Identify your niche and select the market you want to cater to and start from there. Research also on the keywords your desired market would most likely be looking for. IMO, one should be more focused on getting targetted traffic than just page views. Buying targetted link backs are also effective at getting targetted traffic. It really all boils down to what your site offers to your traffic

Another great way of targetting your desired audience is through forum posting on similar niche with your link on your signature. What I like about this forum posting is that it is totally free.

My question is : What methods do you use to draw traffic to your site? Random and targetted alike.

Hoping to hear from you!

MrCat

[Linda Buquet]

Great ideas and good list. Thanks MrCat.

Here are some other threads about generating traffic.

This may be helpful if you want to learn about social marketing.


Web 2.0 Traffic Generation Blueprint - FREE + Good Reviews

Here's another with ideas:
What's Your Favorite Traffic Source?

Who wants to add to the list?

[newyorkshopping]

Yes I agree I believe also in the press release!Thank you for that!

[richkid]

Hi there, given a budget i would also go for ppc. Heaps of people are searching on google every single day and minute, therefore it will help you build your business at a much quicker rate for the little effort it takes to create your campaign

With articles and all you have to write so many b4 you can get traffic , then comment on other articles etc

Well your list is good, even squidoo is a good way to generate traffic, but its also similar to article writing.

[cowy]

For me, SEO is always the best

The rule of SEO is create good content and support it with relevant backlinks.

[Andy Choopa]

Originally Posted by cowy

For me, SEO is always the best

The rule of SEO is create good content and support it with relevant backlinks.

For the most valuable traffic, SEO is the best

[Bryan Zimmerman]

For quick traffic, you can go to yahoo answers and leave links pointing to where you want the traffic to.

Blog commenting on blogs that have the plugin "comment luv" are great because after your comment it leave a link to your last blog post.

Twitter is also great for traffic too.

[Niche]

It really all begins with having some good search engine optimized content on your pages.

[pengerik]

Search engine optimized pages are the way to go if you want relevant traffic - and supplement that with good relevant backlinks.