5 Easy Ways To Generate Low Cost Traffic

There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your website: A steady flow
of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of
generating an income. Many sites have tried and failed in doing so, and these
results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain an income generating site;
it also takes money to make money.

BUT, it doesn�t take a whole caboodle of cash to generate website traffic for your
site.

Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top their site? Most of them are
spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many
advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing schemes and gimmickries. This
is all worthwhile because, well, they are what they are now, high earning, big
hitting websites.

You don�t have to do this if you don�t really have their resources. There are many
ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend what you don�t
have or can�t afford. Many people have banked on high cost methods and have ended up
losing their shirt over it.

Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost website traffic that
could help your site a whole lot. Even if you only get a small percentage of
successful visitors in to client ratio it still works especially if you get a high
number of website traffic.



Exchange Links

This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a site where there is no link
to another site. Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one another so
that they could produce more public awareness about their sites. You�ll soon see and
feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to your site from other sites.

A major prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having the same niche
or content as the other site. They should share a common subject so that there is
continuity in the providing of service and information to what interests your target
traffic.

Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking in search engine
results. It is common knowledge that search engines ranks high sites that have
inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a good ranking position in the search
engines, you will generate more traffic in your website without the high costs.

Traffic Exchange

This is like exchanging links but on a different higher level. This may cost a bit
more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper because you get to
earn credits. You can use those credits when viewing others traffic, while you earn
credits when someone views yours.

Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another�s site or page. This is done
vice versa where a site can use your sites contents and so can you to his or her
site. You both benefit from each others efforts to generate traffic. The other sites
visitors can go to your pages and know more about your site as well as theirs. Once
again the public awareness of your sites existence is boosted.

Write and Submit Articles

There are many e-zines and online encyclopedias in the internet which provides free
space for articles to be submitted. If you want to save costs, you can do the
articles yourself. There are many freelance writers who are willing to write for you
for a small fee, but to save money, it is wise to do those articles yourself.

Write articles that are themed along with the niche of your site. Write something
that you have expertise on so that when they read it, they can feel your knowledge
about the subject and will be eager to go to your site. Write articles that produce
tips and guidelines to the subject or niche your site has.

Include a resource box at the end of your article that can link them to your site.
Write a little about yourself and your site. If you provide a light, information-
laden and interesting article, they will go to your site for more.

Make a Newsletter.

This may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may need to use to
build a newsletter but on the contrary, this is not so. There are many writers and
sites that are willing to provide free articles as long as they can get their name
in on your newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as well.

As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your public awareness and build
an opt-in list that can regularly visit your site.

Join Online Communities and Forums

This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your knowledge and
expertise with many online communities as well as your website. You can get free
advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with your
site.

Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are with the subject. As
you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your site, making it a
reputable and honest business that could be frequented and trusted by many people.

 
Article by: Klaus Buchenau