Traffic Generation Techniques - Articles, Videos and More
Generating traffic online is one of the most important jobs that you will undertake in your Internet marketing efforts.
There are many different methods for generating traffic and this article will cover some of my favorites.
Article Marketing Without a doubt, article marketing is still one of my most favorite methods for generating traffic.
Articles can be submitted to article directories like or they can be placed on your personal or business blog.
Article marketing is still popular with many marketers due to the ability of articles to continue to provide traffic to your blog or website many months, or even years, after they have been written.
What this means for the marketer is that you can create an "army" of traffic generating articles and put them out onto the Internet to work for you for quite some time to come.
Video Marketing Creating videos is not only easier than ever, but also more important and effective than ever before.
There are more and more people coming to the Internet each and every day and one of the problems that are evident to many of these folks is that there is too much information on the Internet.
Since there is so much information, utilizing video hosting sites like YouTube and Daily Motion allows a marketer another place to place newly created content as well as providing an easier digested form of marketing to the groups of people looking for specific information.
Another reason that I enjoy marketing with video is that this is an excellent way to start the process of developing a relationship and to personalize your approach to Internet marketing.
People are very sociable and watching a video presentation rather than reading a written one is much more personal and "human" in terms of interaction.
I think video will simply have an increased demand over time.
Like articles, video also has that "stick-ability" factor to them.
You can make your videos today and see them on the video directories for many, many weeks, months and even years.
Social Marketing In the last few years there have been more people coming onto the Internet for no other purpose than to socialize.
Sites like facebook and twitter have come along and dominated existing markets and created a few new ones along the way.
Some marketers even specialize in traffic generation using facebook.
The advantage that facebook has over other sites is that this particular social site allows people to see exactly why a person is on the site, what it is that they hope to experience online as well as a format for promoting their own business opportunities, products or service.
Like it or not, social media is here to stay.
Forum Marketing Most new marketers do not know the value of marketing your information on forums.
Not only is this very easy to do, but it is also a way to start generating immediate traffic results from people who are specifically browsing your niche, in many cases looking for direction or ideas.
There are still many forums out there that you can post a link to a blog post or video to and with a simple search using your favorite search engine, you can find a forum within any niche topic.
As you can see, there are many different methods for generating traffic using the online methods and techniques out there that don't cost you a dime.
For those just starting out, I recommend that each and every one of you try your hand with some of these techniques.
It won't happen over-night, but in a short period of time, with consistent content creation and promotion, you should start to see a significant increase in your website or blog.
There are many different methods for generating traffic and this article will cover some of my favorites.
Article Marketing Without a doubt, article marketing is still one of my most favorite methods for generating traffic.
Articles can be submitted to article directories like or they can be placed on your personal or business blog.
Article marketing is still popular with many marketers due to the ability of articles to continue to provide traffic to your blog or website many months, or even years, after they have been written.
What this means for the marketer is that you can create an "army" of traffic generating articles and put them out onto the Internet to work for you for quite some time to come.
Video Marketing Creating videos is not only easier than ever, but also more important and effective than ever before.
There are more and more people coming to the Internet each and every day and one of the problems that are evident to many of these folks is that there is too much information on the Internet.
Since there is so much information, utilizing video hosting sites like YouTube and Daily Motion allows a marketer another place to place newly created content as well as providing an easier digested form of marketing to the groups of people looking for specific information.
Another reason that I enjoy marketing with video is that this is an excellent way to start the process of developing a relationship and to personalize your approach to Internet marketing.
People are very sociable and watching a video presentation rather than reading a written one is much more personal and "human" in terms of interaction.
I think video will simply have an increased demand over time.
Like articles, video also has that "stick-ability" factor to them.
You can make your videos today and see them on the video directories for many, many weeks, months and even years.
Social Marketing In the last few years there have been more people coming onto the Internet for no other purpose than to socialize.
Sites like facebook and twitter have come along and dominated existing markets and created a few new ones along the way.
Some marketers even specialize in traffic generation using facebook.
The advantage that facebook has over other sites is that this particular social site allows people to see exactly why a person is on the site, what it is that they hope to experience online as well as a format for promoting their own business opportunities, products or service.
Like it or not, social media is here to stay.
Forum Marketing Most new marketers do not know the value of marketing your information on forums.
Not only is this very easy to do, but it is also a way to start generating immediate traffic results from people who are specifically browsing your niche, in many cases looking for direction or ideas.
There are still many forums out there that you can post a link to a blog post or video to and with a simple search using your favorite search engine, you can find a forum within any niche topic.
As you can see, there are many different methods for generating traffic using the online methods and techniques out there that don't cost you a dime.
For those just starting out, I recommend that each and every one of you try your hand with some of these techniques.
It won't happen over-night, but in a short period of time, with consistent content creation and promotion, you should start to see a significant increase in your website or blog.
