Saturday, August 30, 2008

Now Let's Get That Traffic!

Traffic is the lifeblood to your business. You can have the best graphics, the best compensation plan, the best product, the best everything but if you've got zero web traffic, your business is destined for doom. There are tons and tons of ways to get more website traffic but let's get into some proven free methods that you can use to start getting visitors to your site!

Firstly, let's talk about Article Marketing. If it applies to your home business or internet marketing that you can make an article about it - do it. The reason being that it almost instantly makes you an authority on the subject - I say almost because it depends on how your article is written. In the articles that you write, never ever try to sell anything in it. I'm serious!

Your articles should be informative and helpful to the reader. The purpose of articles is to allow the reader to accept what you're talking about and believe that you are someone who knows the written subject. Nobody wants to do business with someone who doesn't know what he/she is doing. The article is 100 percent geared at benefitting the reader.

The only part that you introduce yourself or do any kind of selling is in the resource box. If you've done the article correctly and the reader believes that you're an authority on the subject, you will have a better chance at having the reader click on the link that's in your resource box.

Next, we'll talk about Forums. There are lots of forums on the internet created just for about every possible subject! You should join forums which are related to your business and actively participate in them. I recommend joining a max of 5. Too many might get too distracting and time consuming. When you are in the forums, do not spam replies and threads. Actively participate and contribute to the forums and set yourself up as an authority. If the forums allow, you can also use the signature to get people to visit your website.

This can also be applied to visiting websites and leaving comments. The internet marketing world is filled with newbies - there are always new people joining in and attempting to start their own business. Such people will very often have their own blogs or websites, due to the highly recommended method of using article marketing. If it has a place where you can leave a comment, you can also leave a mark on their website by placing good or useful comments on the site. They'll love you for leaving comments on their site and you also get a link back to your own website! Everybody wins!

We come to Traffic Exchanges next. Most, if not all, Traffic Exchanges are free to join. How it works is you surf the pages to accumulate credits so that your own website can be shown on the traffic exchanges. The drawback is that you may not be getting targetted visitors because the people who are surfing it are concentrating on getting their credits as well. But it is undeniable that these traffic exchanges give you traffic. So, you can also join in a few of these websites to start getting traffic to your website. Done correctly, it's very possible to have more than 500 visitors per day!

These three free methods are proven to get traffic to your website!

The next level that you might eventually get into is Paid Advertising. This is when you get really specific and it has got the best chance to make sales. However, done incorrectly, it can also cost you the shirt that you're wearing. Before getting into advertising, I recommend that you do some studying and research on the subject matter. Advertising is one of the best ways to get targetted traffic to your website!
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article written by Asher Aw

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Mistakes to avoid when making Money Online

Have you ever heard of a webmaster saying that their website is getting thousands of visitors every day but making only a few bucks daily?
Well, there must be something wrong with their websites. Massive number of visitors daily but small money? They must have some website mistakes. I'm pretty sure you don't want to become one of them, spending most of their time generating traffic, submitting links but in the end earning a little.

To make money online, you must properly optimize your site and avoid mistakes in your site. Below are the points to consider to avoid mistakes in your website:

1. JavaScript pop ups - JavaScript popup are notification windows that automatically appears when you visit a website. I’m pretty sure that you have encountered a lot of these pop ups. It’s a message box with an “OK” button at the end. Before, Pop ups are very popular but quickly became a no-no because they are annoying web visitors. Usually pop ups are not important. Well,it seems like pop ups do nothing but disturb visitors! However, if you have an important message that is needed to be displayed, a JavaScript pop up could still be a good idea, but I strongly advise you not to overuse it.

2. Outdated content - You should remove information and contents that are already outdated or no longer useful. Update your website when you found the latest information you think your visitors will like to read. Search engines and web visitors both like fresh ideas.You should consider publishing new articles on an ongoing basis these may increase your traffic and increase your profit.

3. Too many graphics and pictures - Too many graphics and photos to your site can slow your website loading. It is common to visitors not to wait too long to get into a site, if your site takes a minute to load then you lose. Some of the web visitors are still using dial-up connection, which means they will have trouble downloading websites that have large number of graphics.

4. High contracting colors – Yes, High contracting colors would grab the visitor’s attention but it can also hurt their eyes, making them uncomfortable makes them leave your website. You need to limit the use of high contracting colors. Website background should be simple and plain. Texts should be contradicted to the backgrounds color. You can use contracting colors to your sites title and headline to catch your visitor’s attention.

5. Clutter up pages – Confusion from too much content, I’m sure you’ve experienced this before. Looking for information but that information is hard to find and you have to go through other pages but still it can’t be found. If your visitors got confused they will definitely leave your site. If the visitor thinks that they have to weed out useless information to find what they really need then you will surely lose that visitor. Don’t have too much information and content on one page. A good navigation system in your website will surely eliminate this problem.

6) Too many ads on your website – Visitors usually are looking for information and not ads. A website that has many ads and less content will definitely drive visitors away. You need to maintain a balance between your ads and content that’s on your site. The irony of the situation is: A visitor is more likely to click on an advertisement link if they do not feel that they are being bombarded by them. This is a situation where the saying “less is more” is true.

You can earn more money online if you have avoided these mistakes. Other websites are actually good but they lack cautiousness. Now that you’ve read this I’m pretty sure you can achieve your goal in no time. Large traffic to your site simply means fast money, big profit and makes earning money online easy

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