Over the past few days I have seen one subject in my inbox more than any other: "How do I get more visitors?" Well, if it were that easy to gain massive amounts of new traffic, nobody would be asking the question in the
first place. So here are my top 3 tips for gaining traffic.
#1. Social Bookmark Sites: I listed this as number one for a reason, it works. Sites like Digg, Delicious, Fark, etc... can bring massive amounts of traffic. However, the benefit doesn't come from the direct traffic they send (as these visitors tend to stop by your site once and never return). The true beauty of these sites is the (free) advertising that they will do for you.
Once you are picked up on one, the others tend to follow. You'll also notice that a lot of bloggers will find your site and link it as well. A single day of Digg traffic can result in thousands of backlinks. However, while it is easy to add your site to these listings, it is not easy for your link to become popular.
The key to having a successful listing on a social bookmarking site is the title. Don't let the old phrase "content is king" fool you. While this is true for a regular site, it's not true for a social bookmarking site. A catchy title is honestly all you need, just journey on over to any social bookmarking site and you will soon have an idea of what works and what doesn't.
#2. MySpace Bulletins: This isn't something I utilize myself, but I have seen it work (sometimes better than the social bookmarks). If you are not familiar with MySpace, it's a social networking site with over 45 million users. Users can create an account and add friends, chat, post pictures, and most importantly, post bulletins.
A bulletin is a simple message that all of your "friends" are able to view. By creating chain bulletins, people have seen huge amounts of success.
It's like this, you have 100 friends and you make a bulletin that promotes your site, at the end of the post you say something like, "repost this bulletin or tomorrow will be the worst day of your life." Thirty of your friends repost your bulletin, and so on and so on. Soon half of MySpace has read your bulletin. That's the power of the Internet chain letter.
#1. Social Bookmark Sites: I listed this as number one for a reason, it works. Sites like Digg, Delicious, Fark, etc... can bring massive amounts of traffic. However, the benefit doesn't come from the direct traffic they send (as these visitors tend to stop by your site once and never return). The true beauty of these sites is the (free) advertising that they will do for you.
Once you are picked up on one, the others tend to follow. You'll also notice that a lot of bloggers will find your site and link it as well. A single day of Digg traffic can result in thousands of backlinks. However, while it is easy to add your site to these listings, it is not easy for your link to become popular.
The key to having a successful listing on a social bookmarking site is the title. Don't let the old phrase "content is king" fool you. While this is true for a regular site, it's not true for a social bookmarking site. A catchy title is honestly all you need, just journey on over to any social bookmarking site and you will soon have an idea of what works and what doesn't.
#2. MySpace Bulletins: This isn't something I utilize myself, but I have seen it work (sometimes better than the social bookmarks). If you are not familiar with MySpace, it's a social networking site with over 45 million users. Users can create an account and add friends, chat, post pictures, and most importantly, post bulletins.
A bulletin is a simple message that all of your "friends" are able to view. By creating chain bulletins, people have seen huge amounts of success.
It's like this, you have 100 friends and you make a bulletin that promotes your site, at the end of the post you say something like, "repost this bulletin or tomorrow will be the worst day of your life." Thirty of your friends repost your bulletin, and so on and so on. Soon half of MySpace has read your bulletin. That's the power of the Internet chain letter.
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