3 Sources of Targeted Web Site Traffic

Jan 14
08:35

2010

TJ Philpott

TJ Philpott

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When marketing on the internet it is common and expected to spend the majority of your efforts on ways to increase website traffic.Ideally you want website visitors who are highly targeted to help increase your sales conversions and profits while minimizing your efforts.Read on to discover 3 of the best ways to attract this targeted traffic and all without having to invest another dime of your money.

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One of the fastest ways to grow an online business is to attract targeted web site traffic. When marketing on the internet you need to always be looking to improve upon the efficiencies of your efforts. Considering that the majority of your marketing efforts will be focusing on ways to increase website traffic it makes sense to look for the most efficient means to do so.

By concentrating on attracting website visitors who are already active or interested in the niche you are in it is safe to assume your sales conversions rates will soar. Therefore why waste effort on any traffic that does not show an interest in what you promote.

Let's look at 3 of the best ways to attract highly targeted website visitors to your business.

Forum Traffic

Forum traffic is a great source of targeted traffic for a number of reasons. Firstly visiting and participating in forums affiliated with your niche is something everybody should be doing. This is an excellent place to get questions answered and to increase your own education. When leaving comments of your own you should always include a signature file that includes a link back to your website. Already knowing what the theme of the forum is you can rest assured that participants obviously have an interest in the subject matter.

Blogging

Any visitors you get on a blog are there because they have an interest in the subject you are blogging about. In this way blogs are similar to forums since the people you find there all maintain a common interest in the subject matter. The difference between blog and forum traffic is that you have to 'go to' a forum to generate a flow of traffic while a blog 'attracts' the traffic you are looking for.

Viral Marketing

By collecting any content you may have put together for promotional purposes you can easily produce a free giveaway intended to be shared or passed around on the internet. You can distribute such a 'book' or 'manual' at your website or perhaps send it to your email list. By encouraging others to 'share' this ebook you can take advantage of this viral effect as your ebook gets circulated around online.

Obviously the content you circulate must be relevant to your niche or products and also contain a link back to your site for this technique to fully work. Anybody who has read the content and then visits your is already pre-qualified to having an interest in what it is you may promote.

Targeted web site traffic is obviously the best type of traffic to attract since these people have already shown an interest in what it is you promote. Most of your efforts when marketing on the internet will be trying to increase website traffic so why not focus on only highly targeted website visitors? If you are going to invest the efforts you should only take those measures that ensure that you get the maximum results. The 3 ways we reviewed above to attract the targeted website visitors you want and need are very efficient and cost effective techniques. Most importantly you will get results that will make you smile and help your business grow.