Using a Squeeze Page to Build Your List

Sep 24
06:24

2007

Terry Detty

Terry Detty

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Increasing your website traffic will not only look good for your website, but it may also help your pockets, money wise.

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Affiliate program participants rely on sales to make money with affiliate programs.  The only thing is that many new participants forget that they also need to rely on website traffic.  After all,Using a Squeeze Page to Build Your List Articles without traffic, no one will be able to see your affiliate products, let alone buy them.  That is why, if you are in an affiliate program, you need to work on increasing your traffic.  There are a number of steps that you can take to increase your traffic.  Just three of these steps are outlined below.

STEP # 1 – SEOIf you are an established webmaster, you likely already know what SEO is.  If not, you need to familiarize yourself with it right away.  SEO, which is also known as search engine optimization, may have an important impact on the success of your website, even its failure. 

The goal of search engine optimization (SEO) is to increase your search engine ranking.  Having a high search engine ranking increases your chances of seeing traffic from search engines.  Search engine optimization encompasses a number of different methods, but one of the most important is content. You need to have content on your website; it is what search engines pickup.  You will also want to use keyword tracking tools; they enable you to determine what keyword phrases internet users are searching with.  Using those keyword phrases on your website is sure to increase your website traffic.

STEP # 2 – Article DistributionHave you heard of article directories before?  Article directories are websites that act as hosts for collections of articles.  They often contain a large collection of articles, sometimes even millions of articles.  In exchange for providing your content free of charge, article directories will allow you to insert a link at the end of your article.  This link should direct readers to your online website, namely the page that outlines the affiliate products that you are selling.  Not only will it help to increase your website traffic, but your sales may also increase.

When it comes to submitting to article directories, which is often referred to as articles distribution, you are advised to create yourself a schedule.  To effectively use article distribution, you need to submit multiple articles.  In fact, the more articles the better.  You should create a goal for yourself, like submitting at least five articles a month.  It is also important that you create content that is relevant to your website.  If it is not, your readers might not click on your clink; thus defeating the purpose of submitting to article directories. 

STEP #3 – BloggingOver the past few years, the popularity of blogging has skyrocketed.  In addition to personal blogs, a large number of online businesses are now relying on blogs to help increase their website traffic and you can too.  Blogs are nice because you are given choices.  You can create your own, free blog or you can pay to have your blog hosted on your own domain name.

When creating a blog, you can create your own content, which may include product reviews or recommendations. In fact, you don’t even have to write your own content.  You can use content from many free article directories; many will give you free usage rights.  Speaking of article directories, if you submitted your own articles, you can even use them for your blog.  The only thing you need to remember is to link back to your original webpage.  Doing so in each blog post will help to increase your traffic.  

The above mentioned three traffic increasing steps are just a few of the many that you can take.  These three; however, are a few of the easiest ways that you can go about increasing your website traffic.  With a small amount of effort, you can easily see an increase in traffic, in what seems like no time at all.  In fact, you will not only see an increase in traffic, but you may also see an increase in your affiliate sales.