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6 Easy Ways to Drive Paying Customers to Your Site
Derek Gehl

I’d like to share my top 6 traffic generation tips. If you’re not using any of these strategies the time to get started is today!

Traffic Tip #1: Give away free content

This is one of the best free traffic strategies out there. Simply write a series of short articles that are packed with useful information and tips, then submit them to online article directories and other free content sites.

Not only will you get some great inbound links pointing to your site, which will help you with the search engines other people can republish your articles on their own sites, which will help spread the word about your business and build your credibility as an industry expert!

Here are some article directories you should check out:

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http://www.freesticky.com
http://www.ideamarketers.com
http://www.goarticles.com

Traffic Tip #2: Register your site with the ‘Net’s top directories

Not only will you get more visitors from these sites you’ll also get great inbound links that will boost your ranking with the search engines.

And that’ll send even MORE visitors your way!

Here are some directories you can start with:

The Yahoo Directory http://directory.yahoo.com
The Open Directory Project http://www.dmoz.org
Best of the Web: http://botw.org
Jayde: http://www.jayde.com
Iozoo: http://www.iozoo.com
The Virtual Library: http://www.vlib.org

Traffic Tip #3: Get links from as many relevant websites as possible

By "relevant," I mean sites that have content that appeals to your customers and relates to your business or product in some way.

For example, if you sell vintage hot rod accessories, you’d want to get links from sites that appeal to antique car and hot rod fanatics.

Not only will these links help you with the search engine, they’ll also put your site in front of a greater number of targeted visitors.

Quality traffic: it’s the "Holy Grail" of online marketing. After all, there’s not much point in having a website if your potential customers aren’t able to find it!

Traffic Tip #4: Issue press releases about your business

Online press releases are a great way to announce a new product or report on exciting developments in your industry. And, like the strategies listed above, they will help you get quality inbound links as well as new streams of direct traffic to your site.

Some good press release sites to check out are:

http://www.prweb.com
http://www.eworldwire.com
http://www.sbwire.com
http://www.webwire.com
http://www.ereleases.com
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com
http://www.prleap.com

Traffic Tip #5: Advertise your services on free online classified sites

These sites are great because they’ll bring visitors who are already in the "buying mood." Plus, they’ll give you even MORE of those all-important inbound links!

Here are a few good classified ad sites to start with:

http://www.craigslist.org
http://www.kijiji.com
http://www.classifiedsforfree.com
http://www.gumtree.com

Traffic Tip #6: Get active on social sites that focus on your market

Discover the blogs, forums, and social network sites that are popular with your customers — and then get active on them!

By becoming a vocal participant on social sites, you can establish yourself as an industry expert and build your credibility as you spread the word about your business. It’s a great way to build strong relationships and turn potential customers into people who will buy from you again and again.

To find blogs that appeal to your target market, try running a search on your top keywords (one at a time) at Google Blog Search (http://blogsearch.google.com) or Technorati.com (http://www.technorati.com).

To find a forum that appeals to your target market, do a search for your top keywords and add the word "forum." You can also check out the following forum directories:

http://www.big-boards.com
http://www.worldforumdirectory.com
http://www.forumvirus.com

Just remember, driving traffic to your site is an ongoing process. You’ll need to constantly test the effectiveness of the strategies you use, in order to figure out which one works best for you.

Happy "trafficking!"

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Can Placebos Cure Our Sick Society?
Irena Whitfield

Everywhere you look, the news reports an increasing amount of violence in the world. Countries continue to go to war, children bring knives and guns to school, and the courts are full of citizens suing each other over minor grievances.

Most of us agree that the world would be a better place if there wasn't so much violence, yet what can we do?

Belief expert Alan Tutt tells us that our actions are firmly based on what we believe. Someone who believes in a bright future isn't as likely to be violent, whereas someone who believes that 'you have to fight to survive' will be quickly moved to violence, Alan says.

According to Alan, the power of our beliefs goes beyond affecting the decision we make and the actions which follow. There is substantial scientific evidence that the world around us reflects the sum total of our beliefs. If we believe in violence, then we will see more of it. On the other hand, if we believe that the world is becoming more harmonious and peaceful, world peace grows that much closer.

Placebos are commonly known to have a healing effect, especially in the treatment of pain, allergies, depression, and warts. While the reason remains unclear, the effectiveness of a placebo is proportional to the degree of faith the patient has in it. This connection with the power of faith suggests a larger framework in which the placebo effect may be utilized.

Alan Tutt's fourth book, Choose To Believe, explores the science behind the placebo effect and the power of faith. Mystics and religious leaders have told us for thousands of years that if we have enough faith, anything is possible, says Alan.

Choose To Believe offers a way for individuals to change their own beliefs, and also offers political leaders and other celebrities a way to influence a wide audience. Through a conscious use of the power of belief, we may have the solution for our ailing society.

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Alan wrote the Choose To Believe book to address these issues. Not only does it reveal the scientific evidence regarding the Power of Faith, but it also outlines a step by step action plan to discover what you really believe and why it may be very different from what you think you believe, and how to change limiting beliefs to support a more empowered life. Get a free sample by clicking here!

Today's Subscriber Article

Internet Surfing Habits Revealed
Irena Whitfield

A new study published this week revealed some very interesting information on the way people surf the internet, and if its predictions are true, could have very interesting ramifications on anyone whose employment is based around the World Wide Web.

The studying, focusing on surfing habits over the past 3 years, initially seems normal. As if nothing interesting has changed. The total amount of people surfing the internet is up again this year and the amount of times a week that people surf the internet is also up.

These statistics are constantly on the rise and really show no signs of ever letting up. Every year more people purchase computers and establish internet connections and with only 70% of the Western world currently able to connect, the internet will have a constant flow of new users for years to come.

The surprising part of the study is that both the amount of time people are spending online and the amount of pages people visit per session dropped this year after being on an upward trend since the mid 90s.

Both of these statistics are indicative of a major trend, namely, surfer boredom. The used to be a time when the internet was the place you went to relieve boredom, but now it appears that people are staying away from the internet precisely to escape that boredom.

What these statistics prove is that people are not randomly surfing around from page to page anymore, their surfing habits are changing. Instead of satisfying their curiosity and surfing to any link that is put in front of them, people are now staying put on their favorite sites. If you are a news junkie, then the statistics say that you are not very likely to click on a link that will take you away from the CNN homepage, since that’s where you prefer to be. If you enjoy listening to music, you won’t click away from MySpace and similarly if you love playing around with your friends online, you won’t click away from Facebook.

Internet boredom has taken over and it is already affecting businesses across the internet. Businesses from all sectors of the internet have already seen their sales drop, and while each niche might point to their own reasons for the drop, if you look at the stats across the entire spectrum, boredom seems like as good a reason as any other.

Thank god too, since boredom is a disease that has a cure. This study even goes out of its way to provide a cure. It recommends that content providers provide more applicable content and to think outside the box to fight for traffic.

One suggestion that it gives is that websites should look to establish a bigger online video presence. Videos are no doubt the direction the internet is headed, as is seen with dozens of new video products released every month.

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