A is for Advertising

If you have a website online or merely just browsing the Internet you’ll either need traffic or, guess what? You are the traffic others are waiting for. So what is traffic? Just imagine the Internet as a major Freeway; the lanes on the freeway are different networks people are using.

Comcast, MSN, AOL, Qwest and many more networks are the lanes of the Internet highway. Now the millions of cars on this highway are people. These people are looking for favorable exits which are websites and weblogs. And your goal is to make your exit look more favorable to attract as many cars as you can.

I’m going to show you how to increase online traffic free. So what I mean is I’m going to show you how to make your exit more visible so more cars will see it and decide to choose your exit 1st. If you have no understanding of “keyword optimization!” This can cost you big bucks.

I don’t know everything about increasing online traffic; but what I do know are simple techniques to draw free visitors to your website or web log. I’ll give you the basics to keep this timely and simple. If you like in-depth information I’ll leave my contact information before ending the article.

I want you to know I’m gearing all my information to affiliate products because this is what I prefer to sale. Because with affiliate products there is usually no startup costs. You also receive a free affiliate link from the owner of the product. I usually sale affiliate products from clickBank.com in your spare time check them out it’s worth it!

If you have a large advertising budget, it’s okay to purchase paid advertising. But this is normally not the case for the beginner affiliate marketer. You see saving time and money is the main objective of the affiliate marketer. Our goal is to advertise effectively for free.

If you are familiar with Pay-Per click advertising which is effective but costly. Visit: Enhanced.com or AdWords.google.com for more pay-per click information. But our main purpose is to get free visitors to your website.

Now your plan should begin with the proper (keywords) for the product you’re trying to sale. Example: if you’re selling apples your main or primary keyword should be apples. But this keyword is too general meaning competitive. Because there are literally thousands of people selling apples online. As a beginner you must work your way to the top.

Your goal should be to start at the bottom and climb to the top of your particular product market. So for your keyword you want to describe your product. So your keyword or key words should be (Little red shiny Apple).

Now there are search engine tools online available to verify if people are searching for your particular product. These tools show you exactly what people are typing into the Google, Yahoo or Alexa search engines when looking for your particular product. So to increase online traffic in the search engines you will need: freekeywords.wordtracker.com

For other free tools simply type into any search engine the words “free keyword tools” with these keyword tools just type in the name of any product you’re trying to promote, and see what people are typing in the search engines to locate your product. Then locate the keyword phrases that best describe your product starting from the bottom.

These 3 word or longer keywords are called (longtail keywords). For more effective use of keywords visit: goodkeywords.com. To increase online traffic starting from the bottom will give you the competitive edge. Goodkeywords.com has free tools and powerful keyword information.

Now that you have competitive keywords for your product, you want to change your affiliate website URL link to match your primary keyword. We identified (apples) as your primary keyword in the above example.

Now affiliate links do not look pretty. These links are designed to credit you for your sale of a particular product. ClickBank.com affiliate links look like this: http://candyc77.apples.hop.clickbank.net my tracking affiliate code is candyc77. I get paid through this code.

Let’s make this link more presentable to search engines and viewers. A great website at http://www.shortURL.com will allow you to make your affiliate link look like this: Apples.2fortune.com instead of the ugly long coded original affiliate link. Also giving you a .com highly ranked link for only $1.88 a year.

Now by following all of my above advice and using the proper (long tail keywords) for your product; let’s find the best traffic vehicle to push your new affiliate website higher in search engine rankings. And this vehicle is a web blog better known as Web log. You can get this free powerful website booster at: www.blogger.com or WordPress.com.

I don’t have time to explain the awesome advantages of using a Web blog instead of a website promote your affiliate products. The RSS feed advantages are tremendous and you can learn more at whatever Web blog site you choose to join above.

The RSS feed is already installed so you don’t have to worry about that, just enjoy promoting your product. And no this one thing,(search engines love RSS feed) Now when promoting your affiliate website with your new Web blog use your primary and secondary and long tail keywords to promote your affiliate website.

Remember to target your longtailed keywords beginning at the BOTTOM and working your way to the top using your keyword search tools. In the above example your primary keyword was apples; which is to competitive even though it identifies your product. “Candy apples” your secondary keyword is still to competitive in the beginning. To increase online traffic you must use longtail keywords which are less competitive in the beginning.

You have a smaller click through rate using “longtail keywords” but there are so many to choose from and these clicks add up. Words with 3 or more phrases “longtail keywords” is where you want to start. (Little red shiny Apple) is our example long tail keyword the beginning point for free online traffic.

Use the long tail keywords you have chosen in the description of your weblog to describe your affiliate product. Also include the better looking affiliate link you’ve obtained from http://www.shortURL.com. http://Apples.2fortune.com is our example linked we acquired from http://www.shortURL.com. As .com links improve affiliate sales. I highly recommend a .com link to increase online traffic.

Now if you really want to increase online traffic once your web blog is up and working and you are making posts daily or weekly. Visit: http://www.technorati.com this website keeps track of ALL web blog’s. By clicking on blog on their website you can view the blog’s that are related to yours. Learning from others is always an advantage. Don’t forget the homework of studying the above websites I gave you.

Find your market and see what others are talking about! There you have it, this is a general guideline, due to time constraints. But if you follow these simple procedures you will see a increase in online traffic. Again using good Long tail keywords and a Web blog will give you an advantage.

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