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Your website ‘door’ is wide open and nobody’s walking in. Here are 5 ways to generate more traffic.

A few years ago I was in Grand Central Station and was literally overwhelmed. I have a few crowd issues that I won’t discuss at this time. Suffice it to say that as we walked into the lobby I saw people everywhere. Some sitting. Some standing. People moving in every direction. Everyone was on their own mission with their own purpose. People moved with haste. No dawdling, except for those who were planning to stay all day.

Wouldn’t it be nice if your website generated traffic like that? That would be ‘grand’. Getting traffic from multiple directions with a specific purpose and mission. Traffic that sought you and found you so they could garner some key information from you to help them perform a task or reach a goal.

It’s possible. And it can be done for F*R*E*E.

The traffic sources are only limited by where and how you choose to market yourself and/or your products.

I’m sure you’ve read about marketing yourself on Social Sites, like:

1. Facebook – Behind Google, facebook is the #2 trafficked site. Everyday people are joining by the thousands. If you’re going to conduct business, you should create a fan or business page. They don’t like people using their personal page to conduct business. If you join groups you can talk to like-minded individuals or at least those who have similar interests.

2. LinkedIn – This is a site for professionals. This is not the place for witty status comments and family pictures. The people here are about business and professional matters. If you respect that you can use it to your advantage. With the median income of LinkedIn users being ~$109,000 and about 40% of the members being business owners, this is indeed fertile territory.

3. Youtube – Video marketing is huge. Youtube is another top 3 trafficked site. Whatever can be said with words can be said even better and more readily with a video. People like videos. If you check out youtube you’ll see that the quality of the video is really irrelevant. The content is what matters. Virtually everything you’re looking for can be found on youtube. Why not include your business in the line-up?

4. Twitter – You can update your followers all day long with your tweets. This site currently holds the #5 ranking for amount of traffic. Because it processes millions of tweets daily, it’s a great place for marketing.

5. Article writing – This is one of my favorite. Virtually any topic can be covered. You can then publish the articles on free article sites, LinkedIn, and/or your blog. Article marketing is great because the written word is eternal. The content should be focused on adding value. Answer the questions that meet people’s needs. Be concise. Don’t succumb to the desire to market your business within the article body. Let the resource box be the place for that.

This is definitely not an exhaustive list as there are many other options, like myspace and free classified ads. In each of these above mentioned venues, you have the opportunity to tailor your profile to inform your visitors of who you are and what you do. You want to add a nice professional picture of yourself so people can put a face with your name.

All of this generated traffic is to be sent to your primary site. You want to be sure to update it regularly and make it inviting and easy to maneuver. Driving traffic to an outdated site is like marketing suicide.

Arlissa Pinkelton

Find Out The 7 Mistakes Most Multilevel Marketers Are Making And How To Do It Right And Increase Your Leads. Arlissa Pinkelton is a leader in the area of Internet Marketing Via Social Sites. You can find additional articles on this subject written by her at Arlissa Pinkelton Blog.