Generate Low Cost Website Traffic

Generating traffic is one of the most important things you can do to succeed in your online business. Once you get the traffic, it will generate the income flow. Now the question comes, how much money you would be willing to spend to get that traffic? From a new webmaster's stand point, you'll probably find that doing things yourself has much better result then spending money. Here are some great ways to drive traffic to your site on a small budget -

1. Join Forums - Forum marketing is one of the best ways to drive traffic to your website. It's free and you only need spend a little time each week or each day to post regularly to forums.

2. Create a Blog - Start blogging about your business! Post unique and compelling content to your blog so visitors will come back for more. Some people will even recommend your blog to others, bringing in still more traffic. Use your blog just like your notebook, sharing your ideas and experiences.

3. Social Networking - Join social networking sites and start publishing your websites. This alone can get you a lot of traffic on a regular basis.

4. Submit Articles to Article Directories - Article submission is free and article marketing is certainly a great way to drive lots of traffic to your site. This used to have more effect but recently it slowed down a bit but still its a good traffic source. Besides providing direct traffic to your website, you'll also be establishing backlinks from other websites that choose to publish your articles.

5. Small Pay Per Click Campaigns - Since you're on a budget, you wouldnt want to spend too much on pay per click advertising. However, PPC campaigns can very effective. Just set a low daily budget and test your campaigns. If it's profitable, increase your daily budget.

6. Submit Press Releases - Press releases are a great tool for branding and traffic purposes, so dont ignore them. It's completely free advertising that can bring in a ton of leads and sales.

7. Use Video Advertising - You can create a simple video and post it on a video sharing site like YouTube, Google Video or others. This is one of the top methods to get free traffic because sites like YouTube are highly-trafficked, showing millions of video clips every day.

Carson Danfield