Different Ways To Increase Targeted Traffic To Your Website

When I first started documenting the methods I used for my initial authority site case study I needed to figure out exactly how I could drive traffic to my site. So, I sat down and listed all of the methods I have used (and currently use) to drive traffic to my website. So, here’s a list of how you can increase targeted traffic to your website:

Article Submission

• Article Directories
  • EzineArticles.com
  • GoArticles.com
  • SearchWarp.com
• Article Trading
  • Trade your articles directly with other webmasters / friends (be sure to include your resource box)
• Article Giveaway (to relevant sites)
  • Give away your unique articles to top sites in your niche (be sure to include your resource box)

Blogging

• Create own network of “feeder” blogs (using free or your own hosted blogs)
• Blog Traffic Services (purchase rights to post snippets in blog posts with anchor text links to your page)
• Blog Comments (quality comments in relevant blogs – many blogs have nofollow)

Classifieds

• Craigslist (short-term strategy)
• US Free Ads (short-term strategy)
• eBay (short-term strategy)

Linking

• Reciprocal Links with Relevant Sites (trade links one for one with webmasters)
• Three Way Links (do a three way link exchange with webmasters who own multiple websites)
• Link Exchange Services (such as Link Vault or Link Metro)
• Purchase Links (from webmasters or a link broker)

Lists

• Co-Registration Lists
• Joint Venture (other marketer’s email lists)
• Opt-in List (requires you to build your own list first…)
• Safe Lists

Advertising

• Ezine Advertising (advertise in various newsletters)
• Pay-Per-Click (such as Google, YPN, MSN Adcenter etc.)
• Offline Advertising (flyers, direct mail etc.)

Press Releases

• PRWeb (paid service with large distribution)
• Free PR Services

Social Media

• Social Bookmarking
  • BlinkList
  • Del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • Raw Sugar
• Social Multi-Media Networks
  • Podcasts (publish your own podcasts)
  • YouTube
  • Google Video
• Social Networks
  • Squidoo
  • MySpace
  • Newsvine
  • Twitter
• Social Voting
  • Digg
  • Reddit
  • Netscape
• Other
  • Forums
  • RSS Feeds
  • Yahoo Answers
  • Wikipedia (if you have an authority site on a subject, list your link as a resource)

Obviously I have only listed a few of the article directories, social media networks and such. I will try to list a more comprehensive list of the ones I use in a later post.