The best ways to get traffic these days ?

I'll consider almost anything but SEO methods.

But overall, for me, no other method I've ever tried has ever compared with the floods of highly targeted traffic that can be produced by article syndication.

Pre/post Panda/Penguin, Google traffic is only ever Google traffic anyway: it's always been the kind of traffic that opts in least and buys least, in all 8 of my niches. Besides which, it's the most precarious traffic-source you can find: a business that depends on Google for its primary traffic can only ever be one algorithm-change away from a potential accident.

Depends what you're goal is. I'd say SEO is the best if you do it correctly. It's free and somewhat predictable.

It is very risky to rely on Google for traffic, we need to Google proof our business and get traffic from other sources.The best way to do this in my opinion is to do guest posting on other related blogs.You will get links, more traffic and better rankings.Using the traffic of already successful sites is no bad idea.

You could start a blog. Create some youtube videos. Find a forum in your niche and participate. And still do seo and article marketing. If you want to do social media, fine... just dont expect a ba-gillion dollars to be made from it next week.

Telling friends/family members about it is probably the easiest way to build traffic. Then there's always blogs/websites, forums, youtube, yahoo answers, classifieds, etc.

PPC for most targeted traffic. And all the methods mentioned above. Solo ads, ad-swaps, if they are available in your niche.

I think the best source of quality traffic is still Google, Email, and PPC. But it depends what is your goal, what kind of business you have. There are tons of methods to get traffic to your website.

if your trying to generate traffic to a squeeze page then

forums
social media
personal blog
solo ads
ppc
articles
guest posts
blog comments
and maybe some SEO, if you dare :-)

if its to a website then any traffic methods which are not paid

paul

the same methods that worked 10 years ago, work today just as well. even with the latest google updates.

Just focus on delivering high quality content and it will work

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You mention several. I'm willing to bet that you already know the answers we are going to give.

There is not 'best'. There's only what works for you.

Easiest traffic to get is paid traffic. But if you're asking about free traffic, there are only so many types, and there are no new secrets in that area...

If I were forced to say best, I would say paid.

The question is really dependent on the niche you're trying to dominate. You really have to be at where your audience or target market is at.
In my case, a lot of my target audience is on Social Media but I do get some search engine love once in a while.

I've built a sizable syndication network just on social media (e.g Facebook groups) in which I launch a blog post and then others syndicate it and vice versa. Mass traffic to your post and all for free. From my experience as well, this seem to have indirectly helped SEO as well.

I'm also getting some traffic off Youtube as well. Needless to say, I'm a diversified traffic kinda guy. I don't wanna put all my eggs in one basket - I tend to drop it a lot these days.

Go to Alexa.com and go through each category. Each one of the top sites there is only there because they get a tonne of traffic. Rather than always depend on people to tell u where to go, look at the trends. Then visit the sites and see where you can write content. ... Job done, great thing too is Is Alexa has categorized everything, I think of it as "categorized audiences" ... And here's the link Alexa - Top Sites by Category: Top

Guest Blogging
Social Media
Niche Forums
Blog Commenting
PPC

Buying ad positions is the best way, the second is SEO

Craigslist lol!! Its so awesome. I get about 300 leads a day from craigslist

First of all your content should be great. Remember whatever updates Google comes up with, great content is still very important and don't forget to do SEO.

This is a very useful post as im pretty new to the world of the internet and currently just using

PPC google adwords
twitter
facebook
linkedin

I will be making a note of all of the above and going through them. Thank you

IM hasn't changed because of some animals update.

and every traffic source still works.

you can use blog commenting, yahoo answers, solo ads, banner exchanges, banner advertising, ad space, adswaps, run your own affiliate program, build a list and own the traffic you generate.

anything but buying "targeted traffic" online...these are bots and you will be dissapointed on sight.

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Use Google Adwords, pay per click ad system is the fastest way to improve traffic. It works and that is the benefit, the downfall is it costs money and can get expensive.


Other steps to take that would cost money is to do 2 or 3 guest posts per week. This is a wonderful way to get consistent visitors to your site as well as improve your search engine rankings. Find some high traffic sites and see if you can advertise there.


The good news for affiliates is there are other methods to bring traffic in but it will take determination, smarts and a lot of hard work. So if you’re up to the task here we go.

• Write at least 7 comments every day on different high ranking blogs (210 monthly).
• Give 4 forum posts on 4 different forums every day (16 forum post daily, 480 monthly).
• Create one video every three days and upload it to YouTube and one other video site (10 monthly).
• Write one article every day consistently (30 monthly). After these articles get indexed on your site submit them to article directories such as EzineArticles.com.
• Post to Social Media Websites. Google will look more favorable upon your site if you have a social media following.

True internet marketers stick to these fundamentals. There is no push button method or easy way to make money quickly. It all comes down to making money the old fashioned way…you have to Earn It!


Google updates it’s rankings every four to six weeks on average. Soon, you will soon see results.The main thing here is to be consistent and do the above steps every single day for an extended period of time. You will see your search engine rankings improve along with your traffic and affiliate sales.

Now a days I found many IM trying on pinterest for their traffic and affiliate promotion

Honestly,

Using a variety of different techniques, while making a visit to your site worthwhile (quality content) is the best method you can use. Focusing on just one area to get traffic will only come back to bite you in the end.

I think there are so many ways to get traffic on those days .Its very important for doing online marketing job.
Article writing
Forum Posting
blog commenting
classified adds a
PPC and
Back page .com
is also very good for getting traffic

There are so many methods you can use nowadays to bring your website in front of the people who are looking for the service that you offer. You may use PPC or Forum Marketing this methods have been tried and worked the way you want it to be.

I get nearly all my traffic from Facebook Fan Pages. If you give good content to people on the pages you can grow them even quicker thru Viral tactics.

Get the fans engaged, and they will go wherever you want to send them.

Nothing can beat SEO

It's seen as old hat by many, but Yahoo Answers still brings me thousands of targeted visitors every day. Very simple but very effective, and just about every niche is covered on YA.

Article marketing is effective if done right. If you abuse it with illiterate keyword stuffed garbage your traffic will not be targeted and you will lose out

I'd always recommend SEO its cheaper. And the result is excellent. I have been doing SEO for two years now and its always giving me good results. And the change in google panda/penguin doesn't really affect my sites its because I follow only white hat strategies.

I would say that the best way is to do a bit of all. To be realistic it's difficult to get the results you wish simply by doing only SEO, adwords, commenting, or directory and article submissions. I would start with on site SEO. Build or optimize your website so as to be SERP friendly according to the niche you want to target. Then build your social media accounts (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+ of course) and start "socializing" in forums, blogs leaving intresting and valuable content and info along with your backlinks. Then you can examine the possibility of advertising with AdWords.
You can get professionals to help you out, in small things like social media accounts creation or bigger things like your on site SEO. Peopleperhour.com is a great place to go to for these stuff.

Go with paid traffic, then once you are getting a decent return on your investment pay for some professional SEO

You don't want traffic you want conversions (paid clicks, sales, leads and etc.).

If you have the conversions you can scale and test different traffic sources. Track everything and follow the money not the traffic.

Traffic doesn't equal money.

The best thing to do at the moment is create good content, and keep creating it 3X a week. The more consistent the better. Google tracks all of that. The people that got slapped by Penguin are posting 5000+ links a month! and most are crap blog networks which do not work at all! Focus on good content then social bookmark it up and get some natural link love

Blogging, SEO, articles marketing, audio marketing, video marketing, email marketing (you need to have your database for email marketing), facebook page etc are all slow methods of gaining traffic. But their momentum will grow stronger over time. However, if you need traffic fast, perhaps you need to invest some of your money.

blog, blog comments, forum participation, ppc, social networking, SEO

Hi Mostafa999,

From my experience PPC with properly set up keyword tracking appears to be the best source for me. This thereby allows you to know which keywords are generating the most traffic and of course highest ROI...thus you can upscale!

'Free traffic' via SEO can be great if you spend the time ranking for highly targeted keywords. The problem with 'Free traffic' is that it's not actually free and places you at the mercy of Google!

cheers, Patrick

What is in my mind is attend seminar and get an updated way to get traffic. You can find a mentor if you attending their workshop as well and they will provide traffic software to gain niche.

PPC or Solo Ads with a Self Liquidating Offer (SLO) right after people opt in to your squeeze page. This way you can build your list for free, since the SLO will offset your cost.