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Article #85: 7 Great Tips on Driving Targeted Traffic to your Website

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7 Great Tips on Driving Targeted Traffic cover every conceivable geographic and
to your Website demographic statistic, so whatever
We all need traffic. It's the life-blood business you're in, there will be one
of an online business. But what are the that's suitable for you. Send out your
best ways to drive targeted traffic 'invitations' and wait for your hit
directly to your website? Here are 7 counter to melt.
great tips to help you decide. 5. Referral marketing
1. Offline advertising = Online profits This is a simple strategy of referring
Whatever you're trying to sell online your own customers to a related but
will most likely link to a relevant or non-competitive website in return for
appropriate media section offline. For them doing the same for you. Let's say
example, if you're selling bicycles from you are selling printers. Find some
your website, there will undoubtedly be a quality sites that sell printer inks and
suitable offline magazine, in which you contact the webmaster. Ask them if they
can place an ad. The purpose of the ad is would be willing to send their traffic to
not to sell your products, but to get you in return for you doing the same for
prospects to visit your website. So your them. Most will agree. Between you, you
ad need only consist of a few lines, will have to decide whether to display an
which should work out to be quite ad on each other's site or go for a
inexpensive. written recommendation.
Your bicycle ad could read like this: Either way, it will increase the chances
Looking for a new bicycle? We stock a of you getting more traffic to your site
huge range at discount prices and can because you have been recommended. You
deliver within 48 hours. To learn more could seek out many related websites and
visit our website. www. - Your ad could have numerous streams of traffic coming
be placed in cycle mags, sports magazines directly to you.
or even national and local newspapers. 6. Traffic merchants
Wherever you think your most likely Paying a company to send traffic to your
prospects will look for your products or website is an easy option, so long as the
services offline is a means to getting traffic is targeted. There are many
them to go online. companies who specialize in selling
2. Press releases for the inquiring minds traffic. You could say they are traffic
Some people just have to know what's new, traffickers. They use all forms of online
what's in and what's out. To stay ahead advertising to get people to visit your
in this information age, online and website and usually guarantee the
offline press releases can offer numbers. At around $20 for 10,000
newsworthy titbits that could even be visitors, it certainly looks tempting.
picked up by the national press. If Although there are many merchants to
you're just starting out in your online choose from, beware the scamsters
business, launching a new product or operating in this market. Some will take
creating a new service, people will want your money and put your ad on a Free For
to know about it. All (FFA) website, leaving you to deal
If this is something you haven't done with hundreds or thousands of spam emails
before, take a look at some existing from everyone and their dog trying to
press releases by going to Google and sell you their products. A good place to
typing 'press releases' into the search start would be They offer a variety of
field. Once you get the idea, write out packages and are very affordable. is
your press release, including your another company offering this service but
contact details and website URL, then go charge a little more. However, they offer
back to Google and type in 'press tracking services, so you can see where
agencies'. Most will charge you for this the traffic comes from. If you're into
service but your press release could get stats, you may find this service very
maximum coverage on and off the internet. useful.
3. Opt-in mailing lists 7. Affiliate programs
Opt-in mailing lists can provide one of You just can't afford to ignore affiliate
the most effective means of generating programs. Getting other people to sell
repeat business from your existing your products for a commission is a tried
customer base. If your customers have and tested, successful and very rewarding
bought from you once and that buying exercise. It doesn't work very well if
experience was satisfactory, there's a you're selling a service, but it's
very good chance they will buy from you overwhelmingly awesome for shifting your
again because they trust you. Capture product range. The best part is, once set
emails by encouraging your customers to up it works on automatic pilot. All you
sign up for your newsletter or other have to do then is monitor its success,
promotional information. because affiliates do all the work for
Alternatively, you could rent an opt-in you. They advertise your products and
email list. A carefully worded e-mail send the traffic to your website to buy
message to people who have expressed an them.
interest in receiving further information Another thing is you don't have to pay
about your products or services could your affiliates until you've been paid.
lead to extra sales, but be prepared to Plus you save on advertising costs, and
pay a princely sum. the increased activity to your website
4. Getting your message delivered direct helps your search engine ranking. There's
to your customers an array of affiliate program tracking
For as long as anyone can remember, software available to track your sales
direct mail has been one of the most and commission payouts or if you prefer,
effective and profitable forms of you can hire a company to look after all
marketing ever. Many people have made that side of the business for is one of
millions from direct mail and it's still the most well-known companies around,
as successful today as it was 50 years offering a complete affiliate management
ago. It's also relatively easy and solution. If affiliates can earn hundreds
inexpensive. First, create a single page of thousands of dollars in commissions,
introductory sales letter or brochure, it's got to be a very worthwhile
detailing you products or services and consideration for your business.
all the benefits. For maximum effect, There are many ways in which you can get
offer your new customers a discount or others to sell your products, and there
something for free, when they first are many ways of finding willing
purchase from your website. affiliate partners. Affiliate marketing
Don't forget, you want them to visit your is fast becoming a science.
website, so give them more than a good As you can see, targeted traffic isn't
reason to do so. Next, rent a targeted that hard to do but the rewards for your
mailing list from a reputable list online business will show up in the bank.
broker. There are lists available, which






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