Now that you have you blog or site set up now it’s time to start focusing on website traffic promotion. To make money online you have to have traffic. The more traffic visiting your site the more money you can make.

7 Simple Methods of Website Traffic Promotion

1. Forums

A great way of driving traffic to your blog is by posting in forums. You want to ask questions, answer other peoples questions, interact and engage with people. You don’t want to sell anything, just try to be a resource to others. The more value you provide to others the more likely they will become interested in you and visit your website. There are a ton of forums online, just search for your keyword with the word forum in Google.

2. Articles

Writing articles is an effective method of website traffic promotion. Many articles directories rank high in the search engines, so if you do your keyword research right you can generate a flood of traffic to your site. Another method would be to have your articles point to a squeeze page for them to opt into your email list.

3. BlogCatalog

Register at BlogCatalog. This is a great place to locate other people and sites in your niche. You can visit their blogs, leave comments and tap into their traffic. Find out who your competition is and even find contacts to do business with and JV partners.

4.  Press Releases

Press releases can also be a huge method of website traffic promotion. They can generate a ton of traffic if done right. You don’t want to be salesy in your press release. Write it in third person as if someone else was doing a write up on your site. Press releases can get you into Yahoo News. This will make you look like an authority figure to your readers.

5. Giveaways

You can drive traffic to your site and build your subscriber list by joining JV Giveaway Events. All you need is a short report that is about 5 to 15 pages. Either write your own short report or find a PLR ebook you can use. Usually unique ebooks will bring in more subscribers, but either way works.

6. Video Marketing

Did you know that about 52% of traffic comes from video? Create a video based on one keyword or multiple keywords. Then sign up for TrafficGeyser.com. When you upload it to TrafficGeyser you can submit your video 14 different video websites.

7. Blog Commenting

Drive traffic to your website through blog commenting. This is quite similar to forum posting because you want to provide value to the blogger. You don’t want to just post “Nice website” or “great tips” on hundreds of blogs. By adding value and making the time to write a good comment you can attract the attention of their other blog readers causing them to click through your link and visit your website.

Money starts with traffic. If you start following these website traffic promotion methods you will see your visitors increase. The more time you spend on these methods the better results you will see.

If you haven’t had a chance yet to read through “List Building With Alex” then I recommend that you do. Alex leads you through step by step how he built his email list up into the thousands.

If you have read it then you already know that he recommends joining JV Giveaways to quickly build your list.

What Is A JV Giveaway?

A JV Giveaway is where a bunch of internet marketers submit free gifts for members to download. Then members can download these gifts at no cost, all they have to do is sign up for your email list.

There is no charge for you to participate. The only requirement is that you promote the giveaway. Usually the more members and contributors you refer to the giveaway the higher your free gift will rank.

These giveaway events generally last about 1 to 2 weeks.

I had never heard of JV Giveaways until I read Alex’s free report. Now that I’ve learned a little bit about them I’m finding that these giveaways are being held quite often.

Not only are they great for marketers that want to build their lists, but they are also a great place to stock up on all kinds of free internet marketing reports, software and all kinds of things for free.

You can use these gifts for your own personal use or you can use some of them to provide value to your own readers.

Here are a list of some upcoming Joint Venture Giveaway events. Check them out, like I said, there is no cost to join.

Permanent Giveaway 2010 

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>> Contributer Sign Up <<

Queen Bee JV Giveaway (February 22 – March 14th)

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2010 Prosperity Giveaway (February 22 – March 15th)

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Saint Patricks Day Giveaway (Feb 28 to March 31st)

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Luck Of The Irish Giveaway (March 1 – March 31st)

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Shop4Bizness Joint Venture Giveaway (March 1 – March 15th)

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Growing Success Giveaway ( March 3 – March 17th)

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Looking Forward To Spring

>> Contributor Sign Up <<

Simon Warner’s My JV Giveaway Event (March 16-30th)

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Audio Video Giveaway 2010 Event (March 20 – April 10th)

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Give Me My Money Giveaway 2010 (March 13 – March 27th)

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But, Heidi, I don’t know how to set everything up …

Believe me, if I can do it, you can do it. It took me a little while to figure everything out, but now that I know what I’m doing I can set up my squeeze page, optin and thank you page fairly quickly. Of course, they may not be the best, but you don’t need to be perfect.

You want to build a list, right? Then sign up for a giveaway now. You will learn as you go.

If you want to learn more about what JV Giveaway’s are and everything you need to know about setting up your own gift, here is a free ebook by Jerry Iannucci that explains everything in great detail.

>> Click Here To Get Your Free Copy Of JV Giveaway Tactics <<

Here is some of what you will learn:

• How JV Giveaway Events Work
• How To Create Your Gift
• How To Create A Lead Capture Page
• How To Create A One Time Offer
• and much more!

I hope this post helps some of you get started that haven’t already. This is a learning process, but you learn as you take action.

I’ll see you at the next Giveaway!

Take Care – Heidi

One of the first methods of driving traffic I have learned is commenting on other peoples blogs.  I had always thought of blog commenting as a way to build backlinks to your website, which is a benefit, however if done right it can really help drive more visitors to your blog.

Here is the theory Alex Jeffreys teaches behind it.

Oil Rig Hopping

The internet is like the ocean.

If you were go tuna fishing where would you go? Would you go straight for the shallow waters or the deep part of the sea? Where would you get the most fish?

Some of the best tuna fishing in the world is located around man made oil rigs. An oil rig turns into a man made reef.

Algae grows beneath these man made oil structures. Because of the algae, clams start to build up all around it.  Little fish are then attracted because they eat clams. Then larger fish come to eat on the little fish. Then even larger fish come to eat on the bigger fish and then eventually you have sharks coming to eat on the even bigger fish.

By leaving comments on other blogs you are attracting all of those fish back to your blog.

If you are in the internet marketing niche, a great resource to finding great blogs is http://www.winningtheweb.com. You can get a list of the top internet marketing blogs from this website. These are sites that have LOADS of fish just waiting to swim over to your blog. You can also just do a simple google search for blogs in your niche.

Please remember that the key is not necessarily to post on as many blogs as you can, but to leave thought out, quality comments. The better your comments are the more likely it will attract visitors.

I struggled with this at first, just because I have hard time figuring out what to say. The more blog comments I have left though, the easier it gets.

Be sure to read the bloggers post. Don’t just leave a canned comment that you would leave on a hundred different blogs. Many people do this. I know this because most of them go straight to my spam filter. Some of these comments amaze me too, especially the ones that have absolutely nothing to do with what my blog is about.

If you find it difficult, take a couple quick notes while you are reading the blogger’s post. Find something that you can relate to. Maybe they mentioned something you have had experience with. Maybe you agree or disagree with something they have said. It’s ok if you disagree, just be sure you leave your opinion in a respectful manner.

The more blog comments you leave the faster you will get at it. Then yes, you do want to leave as many comments as you can to get more and more traffic. Just make sure they are always quality.

I know this works! I have left comments on some of the blogs I found in Winning the Web. My Google Analytics shows that I have had some visitors from these blogs, so they would have had to have found me through my blog comment.