10 Ways to Increase Web Traffic

At some point, every website owner has run into the frustrating web traffic problem. From time to time sites experience a surge in visitors, but it's not long before they see a downtick. Sites may lose traffic for days or weeks, and only seem to get back on track after months of reduced activity. Even the successful sites can't have a traffic trend that consistently rises and falls.

In this article I'm going to tell you about 10 powerful ways to boost traffic by gleaning insights from people who've already succeeded at driving organic growth. If you're an optimist, you're probably thinking "how will I ever start my own site and get people to hang around?" If you're a pessimist, you're likely thinking "how do they ever figure out how to create success stories out of thin air?" So stick with me, and I'll explain how it's possible.

(I'll also cover more "social" based methods of promoting your site in the next part. That said I always recommend truly organic methods for promoting your site. Things like getting your Twitter and Facebook accounts set up and then pushing links to these social network sites as well as your own website.)

Also, let's clear one huge misconception about traffic up first: there is no such thing as an overnight success. Sure, someone could stumble upon a great idea and get a huge amount of traffic in a very short period of time, but the masses don't do this. Instead it's the diligent and consistent types that see results over time through building their platform.

– How to Increase Web Traffic Through Content –

1. Build Relationships:

A great way to increase traffic is to build relationships with your visitors. Of course, this is the exact opposite of what I said in the first part about "ego surfing," but there's an important distinction. You don't want to be using your visitors as a means to gain attention from other sites or individuals. Instead, you want them to become a part of something that you're doing – whether that's being a member of your own website, following you on Facebook or Twitter, or becoming involved in the community.

The more involved your visitors are, the more likely they are to come back. Even if you already have a website, you can reach out and be active on other sites in order to help increase your own traffic levels. This is especially true if there's a site that has targeted people who would be your ideal customers. Why not actively engage these people while helping them with the content that they need?

If you're an Author trying to build a platform of readers or an Entrepreneur trying to get attention for your product, you should be doing whatever it takes to build a community around what you do. You need people who have bought into what you're doing before the masses do. As such, providing value through social connections (i.

Conclusion:

So building relationships with your visitors is a great way to increase traffic. The more involved your visitors are, the more likely they are to come back. But you still need a strong site to have success.

3 – Grow Your Site:

If you're an Author trying to build a platform of readers or an Entrepreneur trying to get attention for your product, you should be doing whatever it takes to support yourself and your work. That's what this section is all about – growing your site (regardless if it's yours personally or not).