In a previous article we looked at four ways to get free website traffic to your home based business website. We examined classified advertising, article marketing, social media marketing and creating a free e-book to help drive traffic. This article will look at four additional methods of attracting free targeted website traffic.
The first free internet marketing technique we’ll look at is adding more backlinks for your site. You can add backlinks using several different methods including article marketing which we explored in a previous editorial. Getting good backlinks to your website will help to increase the overall search engine rank of your website. This system involves getting backlinks from sites which have a high page rank. This simply means finding several sites which rank high in Google’s Page Rank such as Blogger.com and StatCounter.com, register and complete your profile being sure to include your website url in the anchor text. Try to add several of these backlinks on a daily basis and you’ll soon see a difference in your daily traffic totals.
The next free internet marketing method to help generate traffic involves registering with Twitter. Joining Twitter is a great way to make new friends and a great way to get your name and your home business name recognized online. Register as a new user and make your first tweet announcing you have joined. Every time you update your blog make another tweet to let your followers know you have updated your information. The next step is to add people to follow on Twitter. You can choose people who are aligned with your interests and who would more likely be interested in your home business opportunity. Twitter is a part of the new web 2.0 and is a piece of a huge market which we would be foolish to ignore.
Another way to attract free website traffic is to write product reviews. A well written product review can help drive traffic to your home business website. People are always looking for experienced, impartial opinions on a product or service they may be considering purchasing or have decided to buy. They may be looking for reassurance that they made the correct decision or looking for information to help them decide whether or not to purchase. Be sure to write your review about a product or service you have experience with and enjoy using.
A second important point to remember is what you are writing is a product review and not a sales pitch and it shouldn’t come across as such. If it sounds like a pitch you will loose the confidence of your readers and your opinion will offer very little in the way of value to your audience. The end result will be a lost opportunity for any repeat traffic. Once you’ve finished your review publish it on your blog. Be sure to include the product name and the fact that this is a review in your blog title and mention it two or three times throughout your blog post. This will help you get ranked in the search engines.
The final free internet marketing technique we will examine is joining several popular Forums. By joining these forums and by making regular thoughtful posts you will begin to build a reputation online and your name as well as your home business will become more recognizable on the web. You will get a backlink from your profile and signature links in the forum which will help to increase your search engine rank. You also have the chance to expose your website to other people who haven’t seen it before.
The preceding was a review of four more free internet marketing ideas to help get your home business website known. Adding some or all of these strategies to your internet marketing arsenal will go a long way to contributing to your online success.