Ok…I’m going to say this — a blog without having any traffic is a blog that is destine to fail if you don’t do anything to change it.
Good news! I’m going to share with you on how to change it now and for good.
If you’ve just started your first blog, don’t make the mistake of worrying too much at first about how many leads or sales you’re going to get. Instead, focus on how to drive traffic to your blog. Because with targeted traffic you get leads and sales.
There are different ways of generating traffic on the Internet to your blog. I’m always a fan of free methods.
Here are 3 easy methods that you can implement right after reading this post:
- Article marketing – You research and write original articles that are posted on free article directories. You drive traffic to your web site by including links in the Biography or Resource Box of each article. This is the most used method of free traffic generation, it’s simple, effective, and no money is required to get started.
- Social bookmarking and Web 2.0 – this is using posts on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc., to drive traffic to your web site. This is becoming very popular.
- Forum Posting – there are forums online for just about any niche you can think of – go to Google and search for “yourniche+forum” and see how many are returned. Check these forums out, find a couple of good ones and join them. Introduce yourself, then slowly post helpful information to questions. In your signature you’ll put links to your web site or products for other forum members to click.
You’ll notice that PPC (Pay Per Click) advertising is not listed above, even though it’s a popular and powerful method of driving traffic to a website/blog quickly. PPC advertising is an effective way to drive traffic quickly, but it’s tricky and has a fairly learning curve.
It does require for you to have at least a small budget to get started. Which is why it’s not included in our list of free traffic generation methods. However, it is a very powerful way to generate traffic. This is another post…
If you are just starting out, you’ll want to pick one or two of the above free traffic methods and concentrate on learning how to use them effectively every day. Each method has it’s benefits and a small learning curve. Once you have a feel for what you’re doing stay consistent because these methods work extremely well at generating traffic.
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To Your Success,
Josh Garcia
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Hey Josh,
Great post. These three traffic resources can really be a big help to a lot of people it done correctly. People don’t hang around and answer questions on those posts solely out of the goodness of their heart. It is also a great lead generation tool.
Hi Chris,
I agree…people don’t just answer post for the fun of it! Great way to generate leads/sales…
Have a great day…
Josh
Hey Josh
Good free traffic building points. Let me add 1 more.
Blog commenting (similar to this comment). Comment on a blog which is getting good traffic, add value in the comment and people who read the blog may click on you to see what you have to offer. Also its a good way to get some link juice.
Dwayne
Hi Dwayne,
Great to see you! Thanks for adding that tip. You touched on two important factors with your comment…
Have a great day…
Josh
If we are adding to the list, you guys know I love banner ads. The caveat with them is there is a pretty good learning curve, just like PPC, but once you learn to use them effectively, you can have a smaller budget than would normally be needed with PPC as long as you are on the right sites.
Good suggestions,
Eric
Hi Eric,
Thanks for sharing the tip on banner ads. We can learn from you on this topic to shorten the learning curve.
Have a great day…
Josh
Awesome Josh,
I use all 3 methods and they work great. The only thing I can add is that they can take longer than paid traffic to generate leads and sales.
Actually, one more thing I’m testing out is when I comment on blog posts, I try to include a link to a relevant post on my site.
I’ll let you know my results at a later date…
Hi Derek,
I know PPC is one of the fastest & quickest way to generate leads/sales. By learning the basics, anyone on a budget will get results.
Thanks sharing what you are testing. Let me know how that works out.
Have an awesome day…
Josh
Hey Josh, that is right – these are some key fundamentals to winning the “Free Traffic” race! We all need to use them and consistently!
Thanks for the post.
Hi Wayne,
Who doesn’t like Free Traffic!
You said it, use it consistently!
Have a great day…
Josh
Great post about free traffic, Josh! I need to start article marketing and getting back into the forums.
I was going to add “blog commenting” as another method of getting free traffic to your blog, but Dwayne beat me to it. Way to go, Dwayne!!!
Hey, and thanks for always stopping by at my blog and leaving your thoughts. I really appreciate your support!!
Hi Ilka,
Article marketing is a great way to generate traffic especially if someone doesn’t have any money $0. They will still be able to generate traffic.
It’s always good to hear and see things twice. Thanks for mentioning Blog Commenting. This is very powerful…I’m glad everyone is participating by commenting. Because I know people are getting traffic from my blog to their blogs. It’s a win/win situation.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting, we always love to hear from you!
Josh
Hey Josh,
These are all great and I use every single one of them. My favorite of the bunch is social bookmarking.
To also drive free traffic to my blog I use press releases. This is not a regular process, but in special cases were it’s appropriate I have used this method and it has proven to be quite effective.
Talk to you later,
Jerome Ratliff
Hi Jerome,
Thanks for sharing with everyone here about another free method to drive traffic. Social bookmarking is a great tool. I wish more people would utilize it more. I suspect most don’t use it because they don’t understand it.
Thanks so much, you just gave me the next topic for a post. Another reason why commenting is important. You gain free traffic and exposure from it. I learn new things from you guys.
Don’t forget to hit the social bookmarking button.
Have wonderful evening,
Josh