Increase Web site Traffic

My biggest request from my readers is they want to know how to increase web site trafic.  I constantly try to provide as much information as I can to help with this topic, expecially with how to get free traffic,  however as much as I advocate free tools and ideas for your site it's important to invest in your business by seeking out quality tools and information.

One of the basics I've learned and teach with regard to any business is always provide more in worth than the cost of your item. You may sell an ebook for $40, but you better be sure that the worth to the buyer is more than $40. I always try to over-deliver and I urge you to do the same

This weeks Recommended Reading:

Discover ...
Timeless wisdom and a practical prosperity program from a forgotten 1910 classic ...and it's free!

Wallace D. Wattles,
The Science of Getting Rich - Free publication that could change your life!

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Here's What's Inside
 *  TIP OF THE WEEK
 *  FEATURED ARTICLE:    Skyrocket Website Traffic With "OPT"
 *  RECOMMENDED READING: "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles
 *  RECOMMENDED LINKS:   Fine Resources & Links 
 

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 TIP OF THE WEEK
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Place your website's primary navigation on the right hand side of  your page. The spiders prefer HTML text, loaded with keywords, placed 'high' on the page, and the left side is 'read' before the right side.

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FEATURED ARTICLE
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 Skyrocket Website Traffic With "OPT"
(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved

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If you are looking for an immediate increase in your website traffic, and you don't want to shell out a lot of money for pay-per-click search engines, I'll let you in on a secret that has helped me make many sales and build large lists very quickly with zero cash up -front: it's called "OPT" (Other People's Traffic).

Other website operators have the targeted website visitors you need right now - you just have to convince them to funnel some of it your way. Your mission is to find people who can refer you their traffic either for a percentage of the sale, a flat fee, a trade for services, or on a per-click basis.

NOTE: I prefer to pay people a big percentage of the sale - as much as 50% - because it has the lowest risk for me as the merchant. I only pay when a sale is made and, therefore, I make it well worth someone's while to work with me. That's the whole idea behind a successful affiliate program.

The quickest way to find people who can refer you traffic is to take inventory of whom you know. Who operates a site drawing the type of visitors you need?

For example, if you have a website that sells fishing lures, then you want to find ezines, websites, and discussion  groups dealing with fishing rods, tackle boxes, fish hooks, fishing trips, fishing supplies, etc.

Get the picture?

Once you have exhausted the list of people you know, go to the search engines and do a search for the keywords that would bring tar^geted traffic to your site. Make a list of the websites that rank well in those searches and approach those individuals with related, but non-competing sites about a traffic deal.

To continue the above example, that means go to the search engines and do searches for "fishing rods", "fishing trips" and related keywords to your site to find others who already have the traffic you need, but who don't directly compete  with you.

Try to work all your agreements on a traffic trade or per-sale basis first so you won't have to pay any cash out of pocket until after a sale is made.

If you don't have any traffic to trade, or they don't want to get paid by the sale only, then you should negotiate a per-click or per-signup deal.

Paying by the click or by the signup means you only pay when a visitor comes to your site or signs up to receive your newsletter or other information. With this structure you only pay for performance and don't waste any money on advertising that doesn't directly result in bringing visitors to your site.

You have 3 main choices for funneling another site's traffic to yours: endorsed mailings, pop-up windows, and link trades.

1. Endorsed Mailings

Endorsed mailings are by far the best way to funnel traffic from another site. A well-written endorsement letter by a website operator who already has a relationship with people who can buy from you is often worth its weight in gold. An effective endorsed mailing can result in traffic, sales, and money in your pocket within just a few hours of sending it.

2. Pop-Up Windows

Focused "pop-up" windows represent the next fastest way to funnel traffic to your site. When used incorrectly, pop-up windows create an annoying distraction for web surfers. Make sure your pop-up windows are relevant to exactly what visitors came to your site for in the first place!

My experiments have shown that a "pop-under" works best. This is where your website pops behind the other person's page. Go to 7 day ebook for an example. You'll see my other ebook, "eBook Secrets Exposed," pop *under* the 7 Day eBook site.

When the visitor is finished viewing the main page and closes it... your page is right there!

TIP: For maximum sales, make sure that your page is closely related to the page that is referring traffic to you.

3. Link Trades

The next way to funnel traffic from other sites is using "Reciprocal Links" - which is a fancy way of saying trading links with someone. Make sure you negotiate a high profile spot for your link on the other person's site.

Creativity is key when negotiating with other websites to steer some or all of their traffic your way. Show them how sending you traffic will make them money through affiliate commissions, how their readers will appreciate being introduced to new and valuable products (yours), or how you can open a new stream of income for them by paying them a few cents for every unique visitor they refer to you.

They win by making extra money and making their customers happy. You win by attracting traffic to your site that is focused and highly targeted to your offers.

Creating win-win scenarios like these will cause people to jump at the chance to work with you and send you all the "OPT" you can handle.

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Jim Edwards & David Garfinkel are co-authors of the NEW "eBook Secrets Exposed": How to Make MASSIVE Amounts of Money - In Record Time - With Your Own eBook!  WHY are some people getting positively RICH selling ebooks?    

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                   HELPFUL WEBSITES
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Find pay-per-click's most misspelled keywords - Get a leg up on the competition by using misspelled keywords, and use this tool to find them.

Freesticky - An index of free web site content, free content providers and self publishing resources that makes your website sticky.

Link popularity checker - Find out how the search engines view your links. This is a free tool.

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                   RECOMMENDED LINKS
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Nichefinder - Understand the market and get your slice. Know what keywords are used, and how often.

Google Cash - Amazingly Simple System takes only A Few Minutes A day To Implement ...but drops piles Of Cash In Your Bank Account Every Month.