Competitions to Increase Traffic

By admin • Oct 24th, 2008 • Category: Marketing and Advertising

Free Organic Search Traffic is all well and dandy but does not happen overnight. It takes time and effort. SEO Adviser recommends an ongoing SEO effort. Consistently “market” your website – the drip drip effect will eventually pay off.

In the meantime, you want traffic! Of course, use can resort to PPC at Google, Yahoo and others – but this can be an expensive route. Successful PPC needs knowledge and expertise and SEO Adviser will be tackling PPC techniques and strategies.

So what can you do …. Linkbait. Create articles or blog posts that are controversial, opinionated or extremely useful (such as Top 10 Lists, How Tos, etc.). Social Bookmark them and hope that the topics will cause enough of a stir to create traffic. Getting onto Digg’s Home Page will probably bring your server down with the volume of traffic!

On a similar tack, staging a competition will attract interest. Here is an example:Make Money Blogging With Pei Profit. But you can Google many more. Giving away Freebies is always a winner – there are plenty of freebie sites where you can add your freebie!