Creating A Smorgasbord

By Author: Rose DesRochers
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The Top Ten Ways to Drive Traffic to your Web
Site

The general question I hear more and
more is, how does one drive traffic to their website? As a long time internet
user , I first started with a web page back on Talkcity. One thing I have
learned from my experience is it is not any traffic we need ,but targeted
traffic. We want our visitors to keep coming back. So how do you give your
visitors what they want? I have put together ten useful suggestions for keeping
your website visitors coming back again and again.





1.Exchange links. Link exchanging is a great way to drive traffic. If you
have found someone you would like to link with send them a courteous and polite
email stating you would like to exchange links with them.

2.Sign guest books - many people have guest books on their websites that
you can sign. Most of them allow you to put a link to your website when signing
and they will in return visit and sign your guestbook. I have made many friends
this way.

3.Submit ...
... it to free search engines - Research shows that 85% of web
traffic comes from search engines. This handy tool will submit your site to 106
search engines.
World
Submitter

4.give away awards.- An award could be "Professional Designed Site Award"
or something focused around your web theme that you yourself create in paint
shop.

5.Write free articles-By writing free articles yourself, you can not only
put it up on your own web site, but also provide it to others for their use with
a bi-line at the end of the article with a link to your web site. Then you can
submit your articles to any Ezine. Ezinearticles.com allows you to share your free
expert content.

6. Word of mouth to your friends- Be sure to send your link out to your
email list and ask them to refer your site , you can also add a handy little
script that allows visitors to refer your site to their friends.
Cut & Paste Tell-a-friend script and

Recommend-It
(r) is an innovative new website traffic generation tool that is FREE to
users and website owners.

7. Remind your visitors to bookmark your site.
Codelifter.com has a handy little script for visitors to book mark
your page.

8.build content on your webpage , The more specific your content offering
is to your audience's the more they will come back , so remember to update your
content on a regular bases.

9.Publish An Ezine - your own newsletter that your visitors can sign up
to.

10. create a community( even if it a community like a yahoo or msn
group.) or Host a forum on your site where people can interact with other
visitors. ProBoards.com
(Free Message Board) ,,Bravenet.com
and Xorbit -
all provide a free message board service for Webmasters .

Two recommended books are
101 Ways to Promote Your Web Site : Filled with Proven
Internet Marketing Tips, Tools, Techniques, and Resources to Increase Your Web
Site Traffic by
C.A., Susan Sweeney and
101 Ways to Boost Your Web Traffic: Internet Marketing Made
Easier, 3rd Edition by Thomas Wong.



Now get creative and make your website a smorgasbord that hungry visitors
will be sure to visit again and again.
About the Author
Rose
DesRochers is a published author, web columnist and founder of Today's Woman
http://www.todays-woman.net
; a supportive online
community for men and women over 18. Their goal is to help writers succeed in
the writing industry.