Website promotion is the process by which website owners continue to promote their websites/ blogs to bring in more visitors or audience to their website(s).
Here are some ways which can help bring Traffic to a website:
1) GOOD CONTENT:
This is one of the most important things to note/ do if you are thinking of driving even a single traffic to your website. Your website should have good and quality content that would be very informative and beneficial to the public because common lets think of it people would only want to go to your website if they are sure that information there would help them in one way or another. So therefore it is of utmost importance that you have useful and quality contents/articles about important topics on your website and these should be updated frequently.
2) SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION:
Search engine optimization popularly known to many as SEO is the process of increasing your website’s visibility in search engine’s eyes through optimizing your web pages with the keyword phrases people are likely to search for. Just as said earlier in writing good content you also have to include keywords in your content that people are likely to search for and this will also help in bringing volumes of traffic back to your website.
3) PAY PER CLICK (PPC):
This is a paid form of advertising and it is a process whereby you bring in traffic to your website from search engines like Google. In PPC you pay for every click you get on your advertisement i.e. you can advertise your website with small banners or text and Google charges you for every click that the advert gets. The ultimate goal here of the clicks is to convert the users into customers and thereabout bring a return on investment.
4) FACEBOOK ADS:
This is another form of paid advertising. Millions of people from different demographics use Facebook on a daily basis and it is estimated that an average Facebook user spends 8 hours a month on Facebook so therefore having all these in mind advertising your website on Facebook is a very good advantage to someone looking to drive tons of traffic to his/her website. In addition Facebook ads also offer retargeting i.e. It helps you target people from specific locations and age group so therefore you can decide what kind of people you want to see your ads.
5) BACKLINKING:
Backlinks are also known as inbound links and they basically show other webpages or websites that link to your website or blog. When your website is connected to high quality backlinks site. The traffic potential is enormous. To learn how to start back linking on your website or blog, follow this link http://www.wikihow.com/Add-Backlinks-to-Your-Website-or-Blog
6) ONLINE POSTINGS:
This is one of the oldest and most popular ways of free advertising and what it simply means is that you will continually post in online groups, forums etc.. You may post in yahoo groups, Google groups, Facebook groups etc. And always make sure you add your signature link to every posting as this is what will drive the traffic back to your website.
7) REVIEW PRODUCTS:
Yes, here is another good one. You can simply create a review column on your website where you will constantly and continually review products from time to time. As time goes by and if your review is very positive, you can E-Mail the company that manufacture those products asking them to feature you in their press section. Although remember that having only positive reviews reduces trust from most readers, as they might conclude that the information is not true, so mix it up a bit i.e. there should be some drawback or negative review on the product but this should be very minimal compared to the positive ones.
8) START A MAILING LIST:
Try to get subscribers to subscribe to your newsletter and when you have successfully been able to have a huge mailing list with time, this can be your constant traffic grabber as every time you post a newsletter to them, you can make the story half or uncompleted and then offer a link to your website where they can get the complete storey. This is absolutely a sure fire way to grab traffic with the speed of lightning.