Finding FREE Traffic Tip - Compare Infobase

Sept. 28, 2010 - PRLog -- Finding FREE traffic tips is actually much easier than you think it might be, the main places that completely FREE traffic can be obtained from are as follows:
* Article Directories
* Newsletters & Ezines
* Blog Posting
* Travel Forums
* RSS Feeds
* Social Media
* Video & Photos
* Press Releases
* Viral Marketing
* Free Gadgets & Widgets

Article Directories:
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Writing unique high quality articles & submitting them to an article directory is a great method to create interest & attract free traffic tips to you site, it's also completely FREE!.

How the system works with the article directories is as follows, you create interesting articles that you then submit to the article directories, complete with authors bio containing links back to your site. Articles submitted are then available freely for use throughout all forms of media, be it other websites, blogs, forums, news channels etc, the main criteria being that the articles must not be changed in any way, including the links.

The directories we would recommend you use which we have found are high quality,excellent Google & Alexa Ranked & had best results from are EzineArticles Articles Base & ArticleDashboard .There are lots of others, but these are an excellent starting point. If you want to choose your own directories to start with the Top 50 Article Directories by traffic & rank is a great place to start your search.

Newsletters & Ezines:
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Literally 1,000's of websites either weekly or monthly send out updates, news & general interest articles in the form of either newsletters or ezines to their avid reader/fan base.

It's a great way to get the news out, obtain increased traffic and an incredible source of incoming links to your site.

The articles you feature in your newsletter/ezine should be specifically written for your target audience, that way they will spread your message all the faster.

Blog Posting:
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Blogs are very similar to traditional websites except that they are "dynamic", and designed to be regularly updated whereas to continually update a website I can vouch for what a pain in the arse it can be, which is why "timeless content" as discussed previously is so important.

Tip: When writing for your own blog make sure you add at least one but preferably two "in-context links" into each article, so that you can tempt the reader to stay longer, checking out other blog posts you have made & become hooked on your information.

Travel Forums:
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I do see some traffic that visits our website from these forums, but compared to the effort of maintaining a credible prescence on them it is not really justified, as the forums tend to be very strict about what links you can post, so you have to rely upon the poster checking your profile & either contacting you directly or bookmarking your site from there.

Active participation, if you have the time & inclination is good for building your reputation as that of an expert in your niche, and could eventually lead to more links, but there are far BIGGER fish to fry, read on.....


RSS Feeds:
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Really Simple Syndication is a great method for webmasters & bloggers to get their very best articles & news spread around a wide reader base very quickly.

The process begins when a webmaster wants to share information with other websites, the selected article is added to an RSS document that is then registered with an RSS publisher. The process requires the setting up of the RSS feed through a server with a database with descriptions of your contents & the ability to write script, but the ease of distribution of RSS feeds & the traffic & links they can bring far outweighs the initial setting up of the feed.

Social Media:
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Social media marketing is an outstanding method of promoting your articles, products or even yourself by making yourself known across several social bookmarking sites. The key concept of it however is not to directly generate income for your products but is to provide the "visibility" for your site to be able to monetize through it's products, translated means "get the traffic, the profit will follow!".

The biggest problem I see with this massive explosion is deciding "which horse to back" you have Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon,Yahoo Buzz, MySpace, Technorati, del.icio.us + new additional social media channels opening almost daily.

Tip: If you have the time & resource finding FREE traffic & incoming links in this sector is EASY. It's all about sending and receiving small soundbites of information, usually containing a link to a page that you think the reader will find sufficiently interesting to read & then explore your site further.

Video & Photos:
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Videos & photos are another excellent way for finding FREE traffic tips & particularly incoming links. If you are pretty handy with a video camera & can make interesting videos of a good standard based upon your travel niche, then upload them to both your site & YouTube allowing others to "share" your videos provides a incoming link for EVERY LOCATION that your video is uploaded to.

If enjoy making videos, then it's both fun & productive, if like me it's too much like hard work, then concentrate your efforts for finding FREE traffic elsewhere.

Photographs are basically the same story as videos, except for the fact that most photo-houses (Flickr etc) cannot control the copying of photos, so therefore the accreditation for those photos is usually lost, so it's not a surefire way to increase traffic or links.

Tip: Please don't forget to ALWAYS add ALT tags to all photos you add to your site, they count exactly the same value as a standard link, and can add really good numbers to your site visitors.

Press Releases:
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I won't spend a lot of time on this one, the tradtional press release that went out just through the traditional media channels (newspapers,t.v. & radio)was pretty much in serious decline until along came the RSS feed which immediately gave it a new lease of life.

The method of releasing news & articles through this method holds merit if you are either famous or a "brand", but for Joe Average unless you are prepared to use a paid service to get your releases done, don't waste your time & effort.

I have tried a few times with brand new articles getting them syndicated, but the reader visits to our website did not justify the time it took to even load the articles up!!.

Viral Marketing:
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Writing & distributing FREE reports & Ebooks that come with re-sell rights that allow readers to pass them on & on & on is ok, and you can add links into them so that you achieve incoming links back to your site or products, but at the end of the day - it's a FREE giveaway!, I would sooner spend my time productively elsewhere.

Free Gadgets & Widgets:
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I wish that I had the technical ability to build new bits of software gadgets, widgets & toolbars, because they are a brilliant method of finding FREE traffic as everyone that is installed by a user contains an incoming link!!, brilliant but this method is for the more talented "techies" than myself.

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