The best website in the world is nothing without quality traffic coming to the site.

Ahh, everyone loves free. This is usually the most common form of traffic that everyone uses, whether you are a newbie or your site has been around for years. Once a site is setup, the next big question is how do I bring people to the site? Free traffic again does not mean that you are using some spambot software to throw backlinks all over the place. It is and will continue to be viewed as effective ways to gain traffic.

Besides a quality advertising and marketing plan, you need to be aware of the sources of traffic that can come to your site either free or by paying for traffic.

Organic Traffic

The term organic traffic simply means a user who directly types in your website into the browser. This is usually because of word of mouth or they are simply a repeat customer to your site. Organic traffic increases because of your content. Content which can be simply informative blog posts,etc. will be placed in search engines and months and years later, it will be a source of good information for users.

Organic traffic is not easy, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Remember I can pay millions of dollars to have visitors come to my site, but if the content is bad, they wont come back.

Organic traffic is heavily tied in with search engine optimization, & effective keywords (especially long tail keywords). Don’t feel overwhelmed, it is always a work in progress to understand traffic, search engines, and quality content.

Social Media

Setting up social media accounts is a great way to interact with people in your niche, and to engage in customer relationships that will build your brand. Create social media accounts, post frequently and respond to other posts will really help maintain and keep the traffic flowing.

Blog Commenting

Leaving comments on related sites can really be a fantastic source of traffic. Search out high ranking and highly visited sites that are related to your niche. Then make a point of leaving comments on a regular basis. Always leave helpful comments. Don’t just leave a one sentence comment such as “Great post, thank you”.

Add some insights into the topic being discussed. By doing this you may also attract the attention of the blog owner. They may even ask you to write a guest post for their blog. This can open up a door of streaming visitors to your site.

Forum Posting

This is another excellent way to drive traffic back to your site. You want to find forums that are related to your site and then visit them regularly. Again leave helpful comments and insights. Don’t even think about promoting your site at first. Concentrate of getting your name seen by the other members regularly. This way you will get noticed and people will start to click on your signature link back to your site.

Just select one or two of these free traffic sources to get started with. Then make a concerted effort to visit and post regularly. By doing so, your traffic will increase.

Yahoo Answers

This site can help you in two different ways. First you can use it to find out what questions people in your niche have. This can provide you with some great content ideas for your website. The way to get traffic from your site is to get into the habit of answering the questions. By providing helpful information the person is more likely to follow any links back to your main website. So answer the question but get the reader to follow a link to your site for even more information. Visit Yahoo Answers.

Your goal when driving any traffic to your site is to aim for high quality sources. Those that are tightly related to your niche. This traffic will be highly targeted and natural. This is a huge plus in the eyes of Google. Your site will be seen as an authority site and this is something that you definitely want.

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