Different Ways To Increase Targeted Traffic To Your Website

When I first started documenting the methods I used for my initial authority site case study I needed to figure out exactly how I could drive traffic to my site. So, I sat down and listed all of the methods I have used (and currently use) to drive traffic to my website. So, here's a list of how you can increase targeted traffic to your website:

Article Submission

• Article Directories
  


• EzineArticles.com


• GoArticles.com


• SearchWarp.com
  


• Article Trading
  


• Trade your articles directly with other webmasters / friends (be sure to include your resource box)


• Article Giveaway (to relevant sites)
  


• Give away your unique articles to top sites in your niche (be sure to include your resource box)

Blogging

• Create own network of “feeder” blogs (using free or your own hosted blogs)


• Blog Traffic Services (purchase rights to post snippets in blog posts with anchor text links to your page)


• Blog Comments (quality comments in relevant blogs – many blogs have nofollow)

Classifieds

Craigslist (short-term strategy)

• US Free Ads (short-term strategy)


• eBay (short-term strategy)

Linking

• Reciprocal Links with Relevant Sites (trade links one for one with webmasters)


• Three Way Links (do a three way link exchange with webmasters who own multiple websites)


• Link Exchange Services (such as Link Vault or Link Metro)


• Purchase Links (from webmasters or a link broker)

Lists

• Co-Registration Lists


• Joint Venture (other marketer's email lists)


• Opt-in List (requires you to build your own list first…)


• Safe Lists

Advertising

• Ezine Advertising (advertise in various newsletters)


• Pay-Per-Click (such as Google, YPN, MSN Adcenter etc.)


• Offline Advertising (flyers, direct mail etc.)

Press Releases

• PRWeb (paid service with large distribution)


• Free PR Services

Social Media

• Social Bookmarking
  


• BlinkList


• Del.icio.us


• Furl


• Raw Sugar
  


• Social Multi-Media Networks
  


• Podcasts (publish your own podcasts)


• YouTube


• Google Video
  


• Social Networks
  


• Squidoo


• MySpace


• Newsvine


• Twitter
  


• Social Voting
  


• Digg


• Reddit


• Netscape
  


• Other
  


• Forums


• RSS Feeds


• Yahoo Answers


• Wikipedia (if you have an authority site on a subject, list your link as a resource)