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3 Secrets to Increasing Traffic in the New Year
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By Scott J. Patterson
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Now that 2006 has arrived, it is the habit of many people tomake a resolution for the New Year. While many people focus onself-improvement, some opt to make resolutions about theirbusiness. Usually this involves a resolution to increase theirrevenue for their online business.
But did you know that it is actually quite easy to increase youronline revenue?
The trick is to drive more traffic to your Internetbusiness(es). As you know by now, more traffic generally meansmore money.
No matter what type of site you have, your success hinges ongetting as much traffic as possible. But like many onlinebusiness owners, you have probably exhausted many sources forincreasing traffic.
Recently I have found three incredible ways to drive moretraffic to your site. The good news is that all these methodsare not being done by many webmasters.
So if you want to increase traffic for 2006, be sure to use eachof the following three traffic-building mechanisms:
1- Data Feeds
Do you like the idea of creating hundreds, even thousand ofpages of legitimate content?
With a data feed, this is possible.
Many online businesses utilize data feeds as a way to help theiraffiliates. If you are not familiar with this concept, a datafeed is file that contains a list of products, descriptions andprices for individual items that are sold by a company.
With a data feed, you can create a specific content page foreach product. So if an affiliate program has thousands ofproducts, then you can create thousands of pages of qualitycontent. As you probably know, the more content usually leads tomore traffic.
Data feeds are great for getting natural search engine trafficbecause they list specific products that people are looking for.If you can find a data feed that is related to your specificwebsite, then you can easily generate more natural traffic foryour online business.
2- Viral eBooks
Another tool that can dramatically increase your website trafficis a viral ebook or report. Most of the time, a viral ebook is aPDF that people send to their contacts, which contains yourmarketing message. It is called viral because every person thatreceives the ebook is given a reason to pass along your material.
Before starting a viral marketing campaign, it is important tocreate a reason why people will want to pass along yourmarketing message. Some of the best reasons can include simplegreed or a desire to provide entertaining information to theirfriends. If you can develop a hook that will take advantage ofeither of these, then it will be easy to create a successfulviral marketing campaign.
What I usually do is create a special 5 to 10 page report on aspecific topic. Then I find an affiliate program that is relatedto the topic. Then I create a mechanism where people can easilybrand this ebook with their own affiliate link.
This type of viral ebook is valuable because you can place amini advertisement or sponsorship on every copy. In addition,you can let the reader know that he or she can make money byoffering this viral ebook. As a result, there is a chance thatevery person that reads the book will click over to your site.
3-Blogs
By now, you have probably heard about the power of blogs. If youhaven't created one, then you should use the New Year to takeadvantage of this traffic pulling tool.
With blogs, you are providing your audience with fresh newcontent about your topic. People love to read them, because mostblogs contain new information in an entertaining andeasy-to-read format.
The best part about blogs is how much they are valued by searchengines. The majority of search engines consider any informationon a blog to be important current news, so they pay specialattention to articles listed there. As a result, you can useblogs to drive a larger portion of traffic to your Internetbusiness.
For 2006 you should make a resolution to get more traffic toyour site. By implementing these three tools into your marketingmix, you will discover that your web traffic (and income) willdramatically increase.
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