Traffic Building

When I was a beginning Internet marketer, I didn't understand the concept of traffic generation. I tried to make my site as pretty as possible and was constantly making tweaks to my website, while ignoring the advertising and marketing. Little did I know that this was a major waste of my time!

The most time you should ever spend on your business is on generating traffic to your website. Without traffic, you can have the greatest website in the world, but if no one knows about it, it is as useful as a beautiful empty bottle.

So here's 3 'unfair advantages' you can begin applying to your website traffic generation efforts!

Classified Ads

Online classifieds target a very responsive type of visitor - the kind that is looking to buy something! If you've ever flipped through the classifieds section of a newspaper, you'd know that you were in the frame of mind to buy something or try something. And that's the mindset of classified ad readers! Post your ads at Craigslist, Yellow Pages and MySpace classifieds to achieve maximum results.

Video Marketing

Marketing your videos on YouTube is one great way to get viral traffic and literally thousands of visitors in just days! The traffic pulling power of YouTube is simply staggering and you'd want to have a piece of this massive pie. Post up a useful tutorial video on YouTube and link to your website in the video. Make your title and description keyword rich, include your main keyword phrases in your tags, and you'll receive a flood of traffic.

Ezine Ads

Advertise your ad in online publications to reach hyper-responsive prospects! Subscribers to ezines are usually very passionate about the topic, and are highly-targeted leads. There are three kinds of ezine ads: sponsor ads, classifieds and solo ads. The solo ads generally garner the best results.