Internet Marketing Strategies For Your Small Business: 5 Free

Traffic Building Methods to Drive Targeted Leads to Your Site

By: Marcello Ducille

From: http://smartpassiverevenue.com/

We are now living in a world that is dominated by

the influence of the online communities and

resources. Everyday more and more people and

businesses are taking advantage of the incredible

opportunity that the internet represents to generate

new customers and revenues.

I would like to share with you 5 easy and fee traffic

building methods to drive targeted traffic to your

website or blog. Remember to leave your comments

at the bottom of this article.

Creating search engine friendly web pages: The majority of authority websites in the internet

receive most of its traffic from the search engines. Sites like Google, Yahoo, Bing, Altavista, or

AOL have the ability to drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website.

SEO or search engine optimization is essential for success online and you need to understand

how to create effective search engine friendly pages.

Submission to authority directories: Directory submissions have become a growing online

promotion technique and it is highly effective since your site’s popularity is boosted by the links

back that are created when you submit your site to directories online.

Another great way to take advantage of online directory submissions is by looking directories

that have been especially created for your target market, niche, and audience.

Submitting articles online: Article submission marketing has become one of the most effective

ways to promote your online business. There are literally thousands of article directories online

that can help you to reach out prospects that couldn’t reach otherwise.

In addition, there are other article directories that allow you to submit a review of your own

products or even the products you promote as an affiliate for other people. Examples of sites like

these are: HubPages and Squidoo.

Using online videos to drive traffic: The amount of people who watch online videos has grown

tremendously after the creation of YouTube. YouTube is one of the most visited websites in the

internet and when you produce high quality videos you have a big chance to go viral and be seen

by millions of people.

In addition to YouTube there are hundreds of other websites that allow you to submit your

videos for free and increase your business exposure and produce more targeted leads. Something

that is important to always remember that quality is better than quantity since you are what you

publish.

Exchange links with related websites: back link exchanges is one of the oldest practices of

internet marketing and still one of the less used techniques by internet marketers. The reason

why most webmasters don’t take advantage of this opportunity is because of 3 main reasons: it is

very time consuming, many sites will ignore your request for backlinks, and some people are

intimidated because their site is brand new and they don’t believe anyone would like to link to it.

The reality of the matter is that most webmasters that run an SEO campaign will be willing to

exchange a link with your site when you approach them properly. Forget about all the gimmicky

automatic backlink products that they sell you online. Even though they do automate the process

of contacting several sites at once, most website owners (including me) are very good at

recognizing generic emails that come from software and of course we are less likely to want to

participate in a link exchange.

I hope I was able to provide you with insights and new ideas to improve your online marketing

and SEO campaigns.

To your success,

Marcello Ducille

Professional Online Entrepreneur/Senior Forex Trader