2. Now that 2006 has arrived, it is the habit of many people
to make a resolution for the New Year. While many people
focus on self-improvement, some opt to make resolutions
about their business. Usually this involves a resolution to
increase their revenue for their online business.
3. But did you know that it is actually quite easy to increase
your online revenue?
4. The trick is to drive more traffic to your Internet
business(es). As you know by now, more traffic generally
means more money.
5. No matter what type of site you have, your success hinges
on getting as much traffic as possible. But like many online
business owners, you have probably exhausted many
sources for increasing traffic.
6. Recently I have found three incredible ways to drive more
traffic to your site. The good news is that all these
methods are not being done by many webmasters.
7. So if you want to increase traffic for 2006, be sure to use
each of the following three traffic-building mechanisms:
11. Many online businesses utilize data feeds as a way to help
their affiliates. If you are not familiar with this concept, a
data feed is file that contains a list of products,
descriptions and prices for individual items that are sold
by a company.
12. With a data feed, you can create a specific content page
for each product. So if an affiliate program has thousands
of products, then you can create thousands of pages of
quality content. As you probably know, the more content
usually leads to more traffic.
13. Data feeds are great for getting natural search engine
traffic because they list specific products that people are
looking
14. for. If you can find a data feed that is related to your
specific website, then you can easily generate more
natural traffic for your online business.
16. Another tool that can dramatically increase your website
traffic is a viral ebook or report. Most of the time, a viral
ebook is a PDF that people send to their contacts, which
contains your marketing message. It is called viral because
every person that receives the ebook is given a reason to
pass along your material.
17. Before starting a viral marketing campaign, it is important
to create a reason why people will want to pass along your
marketing message. Some of the best reasons can include
simple greed or a desire to provide entertaining
information to their friends. If you can develop a hook
that will take advantage of either of these, then it will be
easy to create a successful viral marketing campaign.
18. What I usually do is create a special 5 to 10 page report on
a specific topic. Then I find an affiliate program that is
related to the topic. Then I create a mechanism where
people can easily brand this ebook with their own affiliate
link.
19. This type of viral ebook is valuable because you can place
a mini advertisement or sponsorship on every copy. In
addition,
20. you can let the reader know that he or she can make
money by offering this viral ebook. As a result, there is a
chance that every person that reads the book will click
over to your site.
23. With blogs, you are providing your audience with fresh
new content about your topic. People love to read them,
because most
24. blogs contain new information in an entertaining and
easy-to-read format.
25. The best part about blogs is how much they are valued by
search engines. The majority of search engines consider
any information on a blog to be important current news,
so they pay special attention to articles listed there. As a
result, you can use blogs to drive a larger portion of traffic
to your Internet business.
26. For 2006 you should make a resolution to get more traffic
to your site. By implementing these three tools into your
marketing mix, you will discover that your web traffic (and
income) will dramatically increase.