44 Ways to Get FREE Traffic

1. Write and submit articles :) It is a classic, but it works. This will be indefinite traffic stuck in the search engines for you. Write quality unique articles, not articles that are rehashed or provide no insight to readers, which is a huge problem these days.

2. Write and submit press releases, think prweb after you do one.

3. Make sure your website is listed in DMOZ: http://dmoz.org/.

4. Advertise your website in the appropriate categories at Craigslist. Try posting your ads in the most populated cities in the world.

5. If a niche related forum that you frequently visit allows signatures, then make sure to add your website url in there.

6. Make sure to view related products on Amazon.com & www.TheAudioBookSuperstore.com You can try and take some customers from your competitors here by providing your own url if the product is similar.

7. If you purchase a product that you actually like, then give a testimonial. You should be able to get some traffic from that website if your testimonial is left with a url.

8. Whenever you send an email to someone, always add your website url as a signature.

9. Keep updating content on your websites/blogs try at least once per week.

10. Tag blog posts at social bookmarking sites, especially at http://del.icio.us/.

11. Add photos to your blog with appropriate keywords.

12. Politely ask your readers to subscribe to your rss feeds.

13. Encourage readers to comment on your blogs.

14. Include translation for your websites/blogs, especially in Chinese.

15. Comment on other related blogs.

16. Make a custom 404-error page for your website. You can provide a link back to your main website or even try to monetize it by offering a related affiliate program within your niche.

17. Sell an item on eBay as a charity auction. Most charities will link back to both your auction and your main website.

18. Start a publicity campaign, do something that individuals in your niche will take note of.

19. Build a tool that individuals in your niche will love and enjoy. Then give it away for free. If the tool is helpful, then you will get quality one-way links to your website.

20. Contact small newsletters sources offline and submit articles to them.

21. Write good content, if your writing is good then people will share it with their friends. In addition, webmasters will use it as content on their website with a reference back to your article, or at least they should.

22. Write tip articles, such as Ten easy tips to "Fill In The Blank"

23. Buy traffic from the search engines by utilizing one of their PPC campaigns. (Optional but at 25c per click it's fast and cheap!)

24. Open up a myspace account and find targeted friends so that you can promote your services to them. Do not spam people, myspace is cracking down on spammers and are starting to sue people.

25. Add a bookmark option to your website/blogs.
Purchase the misspelled versions of your domain name and have it redirect to your main one.

26 Make sure to include appropriate keywords in your title tag, search engines show more prominence or importance to keywords here.

27. Place appropriate keywords in your anchor text when linking.

28. If you have a profile anywhere online, always include appropriate keywords and link back to your website.

29 Try to get links from websites within your niche with a high pr (pagerank). The more one-way links (inbound links/backlinks) you have to your website, the higher your pr will become. Pagerank is important because websites with higher prs tend to have a higher search results in Google. It is a no brainier that if you can get number one for a competitive keyword then you will have enough traffic that you can handle

30. Become an active respected member of niche related forums. You can do this by offering quality posts. Hint Hint, it is not the number of posts you make, it is the quality. Remember, quality or quantity. Many useless or negative posts will have people looking at you funny.

31. Stay up to date on what is going on in the world, you can monetize off hot topic trends.

32. Offer an affiliate program for your product or service. Make sure to let your satisfied customers know that you have one, if they like your product then they will be even more delighted to know that they will get money for referring you.

33. Write and give away a free ebook or report. It does not have to be long as long as its quality information neatly formatted and put together. You can also make a brandable ebook or report and allow affiliates the opportunity to brand their affiliate links in there to pass on to the next individual. You can then send this ebook to your subscribers or submit it to ebook directories.

34. Add viral components to your blog such as social bookmarking options, and a refer a friend option.

35. Syndicate your content by using an RSS feeds on your website.

36. Answer peoples questions on Yahoo! answers with a link to your website in the sources area.

37. Put a link in the about me section of your eBay profile.

38. Make and upload a viral video to you tube. Use appropriate keywords in the video description for your target audience.

39. Record an informative podcast and submit them to poplar podcast directories.

40. Provide helpful answers for Google adsense on their help forum with a link back to your website. Go here to check it out: http://groups.google.com/group/adsense-help

41. If you cannot get JVs, then try to bribe webmasters for sponsored advertising space on their newsletters.

42. Take a guru in your niche out to lunch, and pay for it. (Almost free)

43. Post bulletins in your local supermarket. However, since not everyone may carry a pen or pencil, place your contact information and url on strips on the bottom so that individuals can rip it off and take it with them.

44. Find domain names that get traffic, purchase them, and have them redirect to your website. (okay cost around $8)