How To Drive Traffic To Your Website Or Blog For Free

Learn How You Can Drive Traffic Without Having To Spend A Dime

If you are an internet marketer then you know just how important it is to drive traffic to your website or blog. In fact, you don’t even have to be an internet marketer or someone trying to make money online to appreciate the value of traffic. What good is it to put time and effort into creating a website or a piece of content if nobody will be able to see it? No matter what type of monetization methods you use with your websites or blogs, whether it be adsense, affiliate promotions, list building, or the hundred other ways to make money, you need to drive traffic before you will make any money. Without prospective customers there is nobody to sell to.

In this article I will help you learn how to drive traffic to your website by going over the best methods of gaining traffic for free. I will tell you what each free traffic generation method is and briefly go over how to take advantage of it. I plan to go over each of these methods in depth in the future so I don’t want to spend to much time on each.

Drive Organic Traffic Using Search Engine Optimization

In my opinion, the best free method of getting traffic to your blog or website it through the use of SEO or search engine optimization. Now, I could dedication dozens of posts to the topic of SEO. There is just so much to go over when it comes to search engine optimization and to be honest it is just not practical to go over everything here. Instead, I’ll give a brief overview of what exactly driving traffic using SEO means.

So, what exactly does search engine optimization entail? Basically, it is the process of improving or optimizing your website so that people can find your website using search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN. People using search engines to find out more about a particular topic are already going to be interested in what your site has to offer and therefor are more likely to purchase a product, sign up for your newsletter, download your free ebook, etc. If you want to grab prospective buyers by the hand then there is no better way to do it than using SEO and driving organic traffic to your website.

There is really only a few downsides to using search engine optimization in order to get traffic to your website or blog. If you want to top the SERPS (search engine ranking positions) then you are usually going to have to work hard. Getting to the number 1 spot on Google doesn’t come easy, especially when you are facing even a little competition. And even if you know exactly what you are doing when it comes to optimizing your website to drive organic traffic, the process of getting the number one spot is rather long. If you are in the need of a quick traffic fix then SEO it not your answer.

All in all, search engine optimization is the best way of driving massive traffic to your website or blog for free. Sure, it’s doing to take a lot of hard work to see the benefits but it is more than worth it in the end.

Write Content For Article Directories To Drive Free Targeted Traffic

The second most effective way of driving free targeted traffic to your website or blog is to use a method called article marketing. Article marketing is when you write content for article directories such as Ezine Articles in hopes of having readers click through your articles onto your website or blog. Now, you might be thinking, “Why would I write content for another site rather then my own site?”. And this is a very valid point. However, if you know how to use article marketing correctly then you will be building your own business rather then the article directories.

The best way to go about article marketing to drive free traffic is to tease the reader. Basically, you will want to grab the readers attention and get at there emotions running in the beginning of the article and only give them a little taste of what they want in the body of the article. This way the reader will be left wanting more and will most likely click the next thing they see offering a solution to their problem. And this is where you will come in with a link to your website or blog.

I’ll be honest with you though, article marketing is something that many people get wrong and end up wasting their time with. And just like SEO, I could write many pieces of content on article marketing (and I will in the future) so it is not practical to go in depth right now. But just know that if you can perfect the art of article marketing and are even half decent at writing then you can drive loads of traffic for free using this method.

Post Comments On Other People’s Blogs In Your Niche

Another great way to get some free traffic to your website or blog is to post comments on other blogs in your niche. All you’ll need to do is a little researching to find blogs that are related to your niche and then post comments on their posts. Posting comments on relative blogs is both a good way to gain backlinks for SEO (if the blog is do-follow) and can even get you a little bit of free traffic from interested readers. If you want to get the most out of getting some traffic from you comments then make sure to actually read what the author of the blog has written and write an interesting post. And most importantly, don’t just post some pointless comment like “Good article!” and then link back to your website. If you want traffic and a backlink then actually give some value and don’t be a dumbass.

Social Bookmarking

To be honest with you, this type of traffic usually isn’t to going to get you anywhere but it is traffic nonetheless. Basically, you’ll want to submit your website or blog to social bookmarking sites such as Digg or Stumbleupon. That is really all there is to it. I use social bookmarking on a regular basis just to get an initial surge of traffic and some backlinks but other than that it isn’t very useful. However, don’t dismiss it. Give it a try and maybe you’ll get some success out of it.

Answer People’s Questions

The last way of driving traffic using free methods is to answer people’s questions on Yahoo Answers. This is a place where people ask their questions and other users answer them. And most of the time, the people asking the questions are rather desperate for answers. How can this get you some free traffic to your website or blog? All you have to do is answer the people’s questions with well thought out answers and then link to your website. However, just as with article marketing this is something that you will have do just right. You don’t want to completely spam with your link but you also don’t want to give them everything they need in one shot. So, the best way to go about driving traffic with Yahoo Answers is to give some general insight and then say you’ve found a helpful website on the topic of discussion (your website). If you keep at it then then you will definitely be able to get a nice amount of traffic initially as well as in the long term.

Now You Know How To Dive Traffic To Your Website Or Blog For Free

If you’ve been stumped as to how you can get some targeted traffic for free in order to earn money online then these methods are some of the best ways of doing so. Just remember to keep on experimenting with new methods in order to find what works best for you. Driving traffic to your website or blog for free isn’t impossible, it just takes a little hard work and persistence.

Thanks For Reading,
Max