The Creative Design Blog

Content along with internet traffic is the absolute lifeblood of the internet. Whether it’s a case of getting a message out to as many people as possible, or advertising a product or service, you need as much traffic to your site as possible.

Outside in the real world, an enterprise may only need to exist and open it’s doors for visitors to start coming in, looking around, and maybe buying. This will not happen on the internet.

With many billions of web pages out there, why would anyone just chance across yours? The chances of an un-marketed web page being found are about the same as finding a grain of salt in the desert.

It can seem very depressing. If you work out the odds of someone finding your message by accident, well it’s billions to one.

But new websites do succeed. In fact many thrive and grow, spreading their message or selling the products they were built to. There are ways of marketing your message that really work.

If you scan the internet you will find many ways that people recommend to drive traffic to a particular site. Let me tell you now, that most of these are not very good. They either fail to deliver on their promises, or deliver un-targeted traffic (i.e. people who are not looking for what you are offering).

Amongst all this though, there are some great ideas and methods. Many free and ideal for beginners. Many costing a small amount and ideal for those who are looking to increase the traffic flow to a site.

In the last ten years there has been a growing market in ideas and systems that allow the lone web developer to benefit from increased market visibility. Systems that automate much of the SEO (search engine optimization) and allow promotion of a site without consuming too much time or money.

As I mentioned, at a very basic level many of these methods can be done for free. This is a great way to get a trickle of traffic to your site to see whether your basic idea is feasible or not.

I suppose it is a balance between cost and time. If for every one hundred visitors you are making a dollar, and a piece of software costing thirty dollars can get you five hundred visitors a day more, how long will it take before this software has paid for itself? Is there a possibility of it paying for itself many times over in the first week, month or year?

I recommend looking at all the options first though. Some excellent methods of driving internet traffic to your site are also very cost effective.

If you value your time, it might be worth checking some of these out.

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