As you may know by know, getting traffic can be a pain in the you know what.
I mean finding ways to get traffic is either going to cost you an arm and a leg, or it is going to consume a lot of your time.
What's an aspiring marketer to do?? Well I'll tell you one thing.
A method that I use to get as much free traffic as I can, is using social media sites.
For those that don't know, social media sites are websites like MySpace, hubpages, Facebook.
Generally speaking, they are sites that have heavy user interaction.
They are also often called web 2.
0 sites.
So you may be wondering how I get traffic by using those resources.
Well it's easy really.
There are two different approaches you can take.
First, you can use social media sites for link building purposes.
Websites such as face book and MySpace have high page rank.
Create a profile on a social media site and write an article that links back to your site.
The more you do this, the more backlinks you get.
As your backlinks grow, you will start to move in the search engines (depending on how competitive your keyword is that is.
) Of course, you can also use these sites for a good source of direct traffic.
You see, web 2.
0 sites are an excellent way to network with other like minded individuals.
Join a group that covers the niche you are marketing, and start participating.
You will soon see that some members will take interest in your site.
Which ever approach you take, it is clear that you can start getting website traffic from using social media sites.