Flooding Your Site with No-Cost Traffic

Free. Zero cost. No risk. All profit. No matter how you say it, kinda has a ring, doesn't it? No matter what you are selling online, no matter what your sales strategy, no-cost traffic is always a good thing. One of the best ways to generate traffic to any website is through writing articles. Here are some keys to effective traffic generating articles:

1. Choose a compelling Title

Most webmasters and ezine (email newsletter) publishers will determine just from reading your title whether or not they are interesting in publishing your article. Consider the following for a "Health" related article on an over-the-counter supplement which reduces arthritis pain. Which would you be more interested in publishing: "New Supplement for Arthritis" or "Reduce the Pain of Arthritis with Low-Cost OTC Supplement" Obviously, the second has a more compelling title-though much longer. Which brings us to a second point:

2. Start with a Clear Benefit

Both in the title and in the opening paragraph, start with a clear benefit statement. Consider that with a long title (like the second one above) most people will only be able to see the first few words in their email subject line. By starting with a clear benefit, they will likely see "Reduce the Pain of Arthritis." By repeating the benefit in the opening paragraph, targeted readers are more likely to read the remainder of the article.

3. Format your Submission Properly

Articles for submission should be formatted as text only, with a hard carriage return every 65 or less characters, with the article inserted into the body of the email (not as an attachment). They should begin with publishing guidelines and end with a resource (also called "bio") box. While each submission location will have slightly different policies, these are pretty standard. To format your articles, you can use this simple tool: http://www.groups.yahoo.com and search for groups related to your area of interest.

5. Submit to Article "Banks"

Article banks are simply "repositories" where publishers can go to pick up content for their site or newsletter. Some of them can deliver high volumes of traffic for the right article. Some never will. Here is how you can judge which ones will serve you best: Download the Alexa Toolbar. http://www.All-In-One-Business.com/cg-bin/at.cgi?a=274293&e=/pi