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.