1. The cheapest way to drive traffic to a website is by using affiliate programs, paid-ads, email marketing, and social media.
Affiliate programs are the cheapest way to drive traffic to your website. Using them can help you ramp up traffic in the short-term, while getting results in the long-run. But most of the time, they won’t be able to get you very far if you don’t have a lot of traffic coming from around the world (and often, a whole lot of it). That isn’t to say that these approaches aren’t worth pursuing: there are certainly times when paying for traffic is worth it. But usually, there are just better alternatives.
2. Affiliate Programs: Affiliate programs are a great way to drive traffic to a website because they allow you to promote your site on other people’s websites.
The affiliate program model is a great way to drive traffic to a website. It works in the same way that search engine optimization works, but instead of focusing on being something that you can use, advertisers are focusing on finding the best service for their clients.
This is also true for Google AdWords. In fact, many affiliate programs are designed to be used in conjunction with AdWords. For example, Amazon has an affiliate program that allows users to promote Amazon products on other websites and even earn money by sharing links to Amazon products on their blogs or social media profiles.
The affiliate program model also works well when you’re trying to do something that most people aren’t doing (like building a website). You can find people who are already doing what you want them to do and offer them something they wouldn’t normally do (which is usually very profitable) by letting them know about your site and then getting paid for it.
You can also sell things like movies, books, music or other products that are more popular than yours through this route and get paid for it as well.
Here’s an example of a website where the affiliate program is driving traffic:
Here’s another one:
3. Paid-Ads: Paid-ads are another great way to drive traffic to a website because they allow you to place your ad in front of potential customers who are already interested in what you have to offer.
A key way of generating traffic is through paid-ads (which we’ll call “Paid Ads” from now on). Paid ads are essentially sponsored content, or in other words, advertising for products or services that are about to be launched.
This is a great way to generate quality traffic to your website — but you need to be careful with it. First, most paid ads won’t create revenue for you unless they generate enough revenue for the company that placed the ad too. If they do not, then there is no upside in placing your ad here — it will just go up and up and up until the ad expires or the company disappears.
This is a very important point: you can use sponsored content (or any other form of advertising) in many different ways and not necessarily drive revenue for the company that placed it. Indeed, there are many companies who buy “blue-sky” ideas from startups and then put their ads on them because they think it will be cool or because they want to do something different or because it fits their brand image (i.e. Facebook likes their sponsored posts). The main thing here is that if you choose to use paid-ads this way, you have to be sure that your advertisements actually attract a lot of people and generate significant traffic to your site; otherwise there’s no upside in using them at all.
Be careful about paying for people’s attention: making money off advertising tends to be very difficult; even more so if most people don’t even notice you have done so… People tend not to pay attention when they don’t see anything interesting :). So if people aren’t paying attention, then don’t advertise anything at all!
4. Email Marketing: Email marketing is a great way to drive traffic to a website because it allows you to reach a large number of people with your message.
Email marketing is the cheapest way to reach a large amount of people with your message. There are a lot of different ways to do it, but the principle remains the same: you’re going to need to build a powerful email campaign that is likely to be delivered to many of your potential followers.
A few things should be considered when constructing your email list:
• Be careful about who you add on your list. You don’t want too many white hat marketers on there, because if you get caught abusing them, your reputation will probably take a hit. And if you’re going for pure organic traffic though – yes, any content will help.
• Make sure that all of your messages are unique and not just “copycat” stuff because this can backfire (see what I mean about reputation?).
• The quality of the information in your emails will have an effect on whether they are read or not so make sure that the information sent has value or is relevant to the reader.
• If you have paid for traffic, be careful in terms of such things as tracking and ad placement; they can bring down any money that is being spent by others in doing so too (not necessarily malicious).
Have you noticed how many indie developers create a website long before the public release of their app and offer to notify you when it becomes available? This is no coincidence. Having little to no traction on launch day can profoundly affect future engagement, especially if you are dependent on a third party distribution channel such as Apple’s App Store (that uses engagement as one of the parameters to determine which apps it suggests to users). Developers send out mailers on launch day to all those who signed up, in the hope to have a high volume of downloads on day one, and ideally in the first hour itself.
5. Social Media: Social media is a great way to drive traffic to a website because it allows you to connect with potential customers and promote your site in a variety of ways.
Social media is a great way to drive traffic to your website because it allows you to connect with potential customers and promote your site in a variety of ways. It’s a free way to build your audience and convert them into paying customers.
But it’s also a great way to make money, something we will cover in the next section.
Let’s say you have a website that looks like this:
It is quite popular and has generated a lot of traffic over the years. However, it is not making much money and it is struggling to keep up with its growth. It’s clear that something needs to be done about this, because if you don’t do something about it now, then nothing will happen.
The above example has many flaws in its design and execution that can be fixed by just tweaking one or two things (like improving the navigation). But what if your site was built using WordPress? You would be able to fix all those problems and still make a lot of money from it!
6. Evergreen Content: Evergreen content is a great way to drive traffic to a website because it is informative and useful, and people will continue to visit your site for new and updated information.
Evergreen content can be a very cheap way to drive traffic to a website. You could simply write a few articles that are short and informative, and then link to them from your site or blog. You could also use free tools like BuzzSumo or BuzzStream to help with the ranking of your articles, and even use paid-ads on websites. As long as you do it right, it can be a great way of driving traffic.
The best way to do that is by doing an SEO audit of your site (or blog). That’s going to get you a lot of traffic fast, but in the long term you will have much more work than simple SEO. On the other hand, if you do it right, you will find yourself building up a list of users who will continue to visit your site for years, even decades.
7. Guest Posting: Guest posting is a great way to drive traffic to a website because it allows you
Guest posting is a great way to drive traffic to a website because it allows you to write content you can be proud of and that people will want to read. It also allows you to drive traffic from the guest post to your own site, as well as from other sites that have made an effort to find your brand.
If you do it well, you’ll be able to reach hundreds of thousands of people with your content.
The biggest challenge with guest posting is getting started: it’s very hard for newbies getting started, especially if they have no brand experience.
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But once that starts working for you, there are many reasons why it will continue working for you:
• The content must be good. While there is no specific type of writing or topic (like “How to blog” or “How do I make money online”), what really matters are: a) the writing style – is it conversational? Does it flow? Is it interesting? 2) the presentation – does the person who wrote the article look like they know what they’re talking about? 3) the information – does the information provide useful data or analysis, and is there any room for improvement (and would this improve your own websites)? 4) structure – how long does each part of the article take up, and how much time should it take for each part? 5) writing style – does he/she use proper grammar (e.g., capitalization/punctuation makes a difference in whether someone gets something from your post)? 6) tone – is there sarcasm/humor/etc.? There are many more elements that can impact someone deciding whether or not they should read your post, but those are just some examples… Not all guest posts will work equally well for all types of websites; we suggest approaching this subject carefully and by context.
The next step after setting out on this path is connecting with real people who have already put their life on hold — people who can read between the lines of an article, understand who a company really is behind its products/services, and get excited about what they might do with them in the future. Our goal here is simple: if someone reads our guest post on their site and gets some value out of it in terms of learning something new about our company or ourselves, then more power to them!
