Author: Michael Tasker

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Have you been or are currently at the stage where you have your website ready, the product is hot, but no traffic? Why does no-one visit? You may have worked on Search Engine Optimisation but certainly don't want to go down the route of  pay per click as it might just burn a huge hole in you pocket.

So what do you now do to achieve free website traffic?

First things first. You need to accept that some work is involved. Nothing is "free" in this world. Yes you can create a lot of free traffic to your website but it does involve some work on you part. You must have the drive and perseverance to do this work to generate this free traffic for your website.

But just imagine you can generate lots of free traffic for zero cash.  Some of that free traffic will convert to customers, your list will grow and soon you will be flying.

So you want to know the 4 essential tricks for free website traffic?  Read it, plan it then do it. Yes, do it and you will see results.

1 The most profitable way to achieve free website traffic is through your website having links. The search engines just love them. The more links that you have pointing to your website, the higher it will rank and therefore have potentially more free traffic. Also bear in mind, some links are more valuable than others. A link from a very popular website will be worth a lot more in terms of high search ranking placement for your site than a link from an unknown site. Keep remembering, a high ranking website means potentially more free website traffic for you.

You can trade links with other sites in your niche so both websites benefit from targeted traffic. Try to put links on your site from popular and high ranking sites by way of signing up to their affiliate program. One, you potentially get free website traffic and two, you could earn some residual cash if the customer buys the other sites product on your recommendation.

2 You are reading it. Yes, articles. They are a fantastic medium to get your website promoted and are the perfect form of viral marketing. Write an article on the subject or a closely related one to your product and submit it to the many article sites. They in turn will display your article for free for anyone to read who will then click on a link direct to your website. Your article will also be available for others to use on their website,blog etc but it will always have your websites links on it. The article will spread like wildfire and you will get a lot of free traffic to your website. Here is a tip: don't just write a couple of articles and forget about it. Keep writing and submitting, as the more articles published the greater the potential for free website traffic.

3 Forums and online communities. The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. Find a forum that is related to your site and read the posting to get a feel for the forum. By answering the postings you will get your name known and by having a link at the end of your posting you will get some of the forum members visiting you site. If you appear to have the voice of experience, people will be more inclined to take a look at you website. Your knowledge builds trust which will build free website traffic for you.

4 Keywords and Content. Make sure that your site is fully optimized to be seen by the spiders of the search engines. The serach engines will rank your site by looking for keywords and keyword phrases your site uses,how they are used and where they are used. If you are searching for something on Google you will enter a word or words that best describes what you are looking for. The search engines will then use keyword searching in aiding their search results. In relation to your own website, with the right keywords and keyword phrases placed in the most optimum locations, you could get high rankings in search engine results without the costs and potentially lots of free website traffic.

If you concentrate on these 4 techniques, then you should have a website that enjoys a steady flow of free traffic. You don't have to take a chance with pay per click, or pay a company to submit your site to the search engines for you or pay a techie to ensure that your site is fully optimized for the search engines. You can do these 4 techniques yourself and build a steady flow of free website traffic for you to profit from today, tomorrow and far off into the distance.

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