The Best Way To Generate Traffic To A Website

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Hello Guys,

We have just launched our Travel website where everyone can search and compare hotels, flights and car rental deals from hundreds of sites. We need your help to find the best marketing method for it at the same time targeting.

Also drop your feedback on it.

Thanks in Advance.

NameTrips.com
#flights #generate #hotels #traffic #website
  • Profile picture of the author mrmarketer1
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  • Profile picture of the author headmaster211
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    Name is good, site looks good, only thing I really noticed is you do not have a optin form or a exit pop to get people to sign up for specials.

    Traffic wise I would not even think about google even for very longtail keywords, as they are going to be very expensive for the niche.

    So my choices would be. CPM, PPV, forums and blog postings. As well as email.
    Social sites such as facebook and pof should prove worthy and be fairly inexpensive.

    My favorite source of advertising though is videos, it's free and if done right can bring in quite amount of traffic.
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      Originally Posted by headmaster211 View Post

      Name is good, site looks good, only thing I really noticed is you do not have a optin form or a exit pop to get people to sign up for specials.

      Traffic wise I would not even think about google even for very longtail keywords, as they are going to be very expensive for the niche.

      So my choices would be. CPM, PPV, forums and blog postings. As well as email.
      Social sites such as facebook and pof should prove worthy and be fairly inexpensive.

      My favorite source of advertising though is videos, it's free and if done right can bring in quite amount of traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author salegurus
    Let me help you out, i used the search button and voila:
    http://www.warriorforum.com/search.p...rchid=17774751
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    • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
      Lol comes to a no found page lol. Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
      Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

      Let me help you out, i used the search button and voila:
      http://www.warriorforum.com/search.p...rchid=17758662
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      • Profile picture of the author salegurus
        Originally Posted by hustlinsmoke View Post

        Lol comes to a no found page lol. Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
        Fixed it...
        Doubt the OP will ever use it though.
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  • Profile picture of the author smithtg11
    anyone thinking offline methods? just curious
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  • Profile picture of the author denysapu
    Paid traffic or advertising maybe a good deal for your new site. As well as improve your site's in the search engines by continue to provide quality content.
    Social media is also a good choice for targeted traffic building
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    • Profile picture of the author backlinks3rvic3s
      Originally Posted by denysapu View Post

      Paid traffic or advertising maybe a good deal for your new site. As well as improve your site's in the search engines by continue to provide quality content.
      Social media is also a good choice for targeted traffic building
      Yes I agree with you. Paid traffic is the best solution for your problem also try video marketing that would help drive traffic to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve L
    Originally Posted by shivkpr16 View Post

    Hello Guys,

    We have just launched our Travel website where everyone can search and compare hotels, flights and car rental deals from hundreds of sites. We need your help to find the best marketing method for it at the same time targeting.

    Also drop your feedback on it.

    Thanks in Advance.

    NameTrips.com
    i think blogging should be at the top of your list. of course, there are right ways to do it and wrong ways, but it's a great foundation for building an audience in your market.

    start there and test out other marketing tactics.
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  • Profile picture of the author zlaws
    Hey that's cool and a big time saver. I use this website for my searches..are you affiliated with Fly.com.mt? coz i'm looking to setup once like this but i'm not an expert.. i know what domain name and hosting is but never tried anything.

    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Weedy92
    Breakdown: SEO (extensive work for on-page and link building), PPC, Social Promotions/Engagement, Answers & Questions Websites (Yahoo is great for traffic when you're just starting out), Running an e-mail campaign, Post blog comments in niche related (ie travel) blog, Post on travel forums, etc. If I had to tell you one thing it would be to do SEO.
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    • Profile picture of the author Karen Connell
      Originally Posted by Weedy92 View Post

      Breakdown: SEO (extensive work for on-page and link building), PPC, Social Promotions/Engagement, Answers & Questions Websites (Yahoo is great for traffic when you're just starting out), Running an e-mail campaign, Post blog comments in niche related (ie travel) blog, Post on travel forums, etc. If I had to tell you one thing it would be to do SEO.

      This ^^^^

      Plus build a list for offers.

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  • Profile picture of the author MilkerFocus
    I suggest you advertise in Facebook ads (CPC/CPM). You can choose your target audience, which age group, nation, area, their interest. Also it's cheap and you can see the result very quickly. And give you a Big tips : You can buy a $50 dollars facebook ads coupon and $30 coupon on fiver for only $5. It definitely worth to try. If you have question about it, feel free to contact me. I will try to help you out.
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  • Profile picture of the author bhushan@rancor
    On-page has very much effect for your website.content is gold at this time.so work hard for this and use some off-page techniques like blogs and forums.
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    • Profile picture of the author efuture
      Do directory submission, social bookmarking, blogs. using this ways to generate traffic to a website.
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    • Profile picture of the author SamDenial
      I think you can do social media marketing for your website. Sites like Facebook and Twitter are wonderful to get a lot of traffic and to increase your sales as well. You should have a business fan page on Facebook.
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  • Profile picture of the author Trevisan
    As others mentioned social sites is definitely one of the best sources of instant traffic.

    Lately I've been using press release distribution service on a brand new sites, works great.
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  • Profile picture of the author trafficmasters
    You ever thought about offline advertising?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Penberthy
    Youtube is the best untapped traffic source about in my opinion (obviously others will disagree) but I flippin love it. Choose your keywords, monetize a video for that keyword, send some backlinks and watch it rank for that keyword in Google and Youtube search in no time .
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  • Profile picture of the author webmasterworld365
    Bookmarking
    forum posting
    Directories submission
    and link exchange is best way to increase your website traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marygood
    Pls how can one get a business fan page on facebook.thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author salegurus
      Originally Posted by Marygood View Post

      Pls how can one get a business fan page on facebook.thanks
      You should start your own thread or use the search function, yes it will probably take 30 sec of your time... SIGH :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author SuperKristen
    1# in Google SERP is one of the best way. To reach this position you should have fresh and informative content.

    Also you must make sure your onpage optimization is okay and get some quality backlink.

    Quality backlink means not only dofollow but a good mixture of nofollow and dofollow backlinks from authority sites.
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    Most cost effective, least stressful: paid advertizing.
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  • Profile picture of the author andreabolder
    Here's a post that will give you a ton of ideas: 101 Ways To Drive Unstoppable Traffic To Your Blog
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  • Profile picture of the author nasuryono
    Banner ads, PPC, PPV and of course organic SEO. Organic SEO is slow and painful but will get you high conversions due to its nature.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    There's always TV advertising lol. Do some background on your competition (there's ALOT of em), and see how and where they're promoting their site.
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  • Profile picture of the author starcraft2
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    Looks like you're off to a decent start with 839 likes on fb for a newly minted site. I'd try to make it lend itself to virality as much as possible, deal sites like these are best spread thru word of mouth, social media etc. Along with organic SEO as hard as that may be since that's how most new visitors would find out about your site in the first place
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    Got budgets : go for paid advertisements online and offline.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Sneen
    I like Weedy 92's ideas.

    But, your question scares me. What is the one best method? You might as well ask a general which one way he will attack. If he is skilled in warfare, he will attack from all sides---from as many directions as possible.

    Instead of using one method....choose several good methods.
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    • Profile picture of the author tanjiehao
      Here's a list of traffic generation strategies:

      1. Content Syndication
      2. Blog Commenting
      3. Sponsoring WordPress Themes
      4. Article Directories
      5. SEO
      6. Video Marketing
      7. Forum Marketing
      8. Web 2.0
      9. Ego-Bait
      10. Interviews
      11. Social Networking
      12. Fiverr Gigs

      To be honest, there is no best way to generate traffic! Using a variety of different traffic generation methods will create a diversification of back-links over the long run and you get extra dividends from Google!

      I recommend you try all the strategies listed and your site will be absolutely KILLER. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll be more than happy to answer your questions!
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  • Profile picture of the author kazim
    I think social bookmarking is suitable for you. And beside this you need offline advertising.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ratna Sharma
    Hi, I am webmaster of a travel website. I liked this website and want my link to be placed somewhere in this website in your consideration. in return I will also give you a link from equal important page from my network travel website.We do both link exchange and article exchange .If interested please send me pm ..










    Originally Posted by shivkpr16 View Post

    Hello Guys,

    We have just launched our Travel website where everyone can search and compare hotels, flights and car rental deals from hundreds of sites. We need your help to find the best marketing method for it at the same time targeting.

    Also drop your feedback on it.

    Thanks in Advance.

    NameTrips.com
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  • Profile picture of the author myhappyjourney
    Nice domain
    Do some good SEO practices like link building,On page optimization etc to get good traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author paul05
    Best way to generate traffic to a website for a travel website would be social media promotions like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin. Social Bookmarking, article submission services would also help in increase in traffic to your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author paj_mccarthy
    Traffic strategies aren't as simple as "this is good", "that's better". It's all specific to your niche.

    The travel market is hugely competitive with many big spending players. Organic traffic from the search engines is very difficult to get in any vast volumes what with huge brands like Travelsupermarket.com owning the top 10 spots for most high volume phrases.

    PPC phrases will cost a lot, and as you're essentially an affiliate with less profit margins than the companies who sell their products directly you'll find that tough to make a return.

    Most price comparison sites in travel rely on heavy mass media advertising which obviously requires a ton of seed money.

    Just out of interest - Do you have a USP? What makes you different from lastminute.com / travelsupermarket.com / trivago.co.uk? Is it that you have a vaster range of offers?

    Also, do you have an advertising budget?
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  • Profile picture of the author ContentJunkie
    Dubai is spelt as "Duabi" That's the first thing I saw.

    Overall I liked your site design, very neat and very simple.

    Wish you a lot of success.
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  • Profile picture of the author RyanLow
    Paid traffic is recommended for your new site. In addition, keep updating your site with quality content
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  • Profile picture of the author footbag_man
    For free traffic it has got to be YouTube marketing all the way..

    For paid try the google content network.
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  • Profile picture of the author shivkpr16
    Thanks so much for all your kind advises.

    We are different from lastminute.com / travelsupermarket.com / trivago.co.uk as we search over 100 major travel sites at once to bring the possible deals to the consumer. We also provide real customer reviews from all the major travel sites, therefore people have access to more reviews, hotels and deals than by using any site individually.

    Any other feedback on how to get free targeted traffic, is greatly appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author dh5114
    Then state that on every entry point to your site - "we search over 100 major travel sites at once to bring best deals to your" would sound nice.

    I wonder why you don't have:
    - an optin to collect emails of visitors (and regularly send them chosen deals)
    - a freebie bribe to boost optins (ebook on travel gotchas comes to mind)
    - affiliate program (paying instant PayPal commission would explode your traffic)

    You have to realize, there are thousands of sites much like yours and right now, you're not standing out. Do all of the three things above and you should gain some edge.

    From my own experience, just adding affiliate program boosted my traffic from ~600/day to 6000-7000/day in a week on a very small site in even smaller country. Conversions & money followed.

    Another highly leveraged free traffic strategy is to write detailed reports on certain travel destinations with insider info from people who has been there (hit the travel forums and ask - you'll be surprised...).

    Just say you're writing short travel guide from <insert destination> and ask them for experiences and if they'd like to be featured in your guide. Many will jump on this opportunity, maybe even send you few photos...

    Each report would have 3-10 affiliate links to your site and couple of others - and you'd make every single link brandable so affiliates can re-brand them with their ID's.

    If your reports are good, you'll see ever-increasing traffic from places on the net you never imagined even existed... (talking from my own experience).

    I'd implement this across the board if I'd be in your place. Everything I've written is free (money-wise) but it takes some time to do. In the long term, this will only do you good, no effort of yours will be wasted.

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author YasirYar
    Use social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest for starters. Then try working on some press releases for your sites to advertise it, and you can make use of YouTube videos to further promote it. Forums related to travel are likewise a great avenue to promote your website.
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    • Profile picture of the author Leejeong
      Since you need just traffic, be on several social media platforms. Internet users stays often at social networking sites, and if you are active, you might caught the attention of the netizens. Social Bookmarking too. Some travel agencies are posting their advertisements and offers on bookmarking sites. You have a lot of chance to attract them to visit your site. Know your competitors, pay a visit on them, check them on how they are interacting with their visitors. Just do the SEO basic if your site is really good, the traffic will be constant.
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  • Profile picture of the author crescendo
    Here are six methods that you can use to increase traffic to your website.
    1. Optimize your existing site.order to get a good search engine ranking in queries related to your site, your web pages must be focused on your target keywords, and these keywords need to be placed strategically in the meta tags.
    2. Add more content to your website: Many people don't realize that each of the inner pages of any website functions like a mini website. If you add more pages with optimized content you will increase the chances of being found in search engines for a wide variety of search terms, and this will result in an increase in traffic.
    3. Increase the number of inbound links to your site: You can increase the amount of inbound links by engaging in reciprocal links campaigns or by looking for directories where you can add your URL, usually through a form on the site.
    4. Publish your content on other websites with a link back to your site. This method also works in a direct and an indirect way. publishers are hungry for good content and if you provide it, then you have a good chance of being published.
    5. Don't forget Offline Advertising: Most people still spend most of their time offline. Put your URL in your print advertising, TV advertising, on your stationary and in your brochures, on your vehicles, in your shop window, on T-shirts and other apparel and any other place where it will be seen. When it comes to offline advertising, an easy-to- remember URL is an advantage.
    6. Try Pay Per Click Advertising: The most popular and probably most effective pay per click advertising program is Google's Ad-words. It only takes a few minutes to set up an Ad-words account and you will get traffic immediately. But remember, your site has to be good enough to convert this traffic into orders if you want to recover the cost of the advertising.
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  • Profile picture of the author MonitorScout
    I'd recommend you to do Guest Blogging, as in travel industry there are plenty of scope to generate traffic from guest blogging.

    Apart from that you can go for sponsored or paid post to get instant traffic. Contact high quality website relevant to your industry and ask them if they are interested to post your article and can write a review on your behalf and which will be paid off.

    These are the fastest way to generate traffic for your website in no time.
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  • Profile picture of the author connorbringas
    Originally Posted by shivkpr16 View Post

    Hello Guys,

    We have just launched our Travel website where everyone can search and compare hotels, flights and car rental deals from hundreds of sites. We need your help to find the best marketing method for it at the same time targeting.

    Also drop your feedback on it.

    Thanks in Advance.

    NameTrips.com
    This is going to be a tough one considering you are going to be competing with sooo many other sites. Make sure you do good on page optimization depending on what you want to rank for, and do a competitive analysis before you start trying to generate traffic. You need to know whats out there that you have to compete with so you know how to make your site more interesting/better than the others.
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  • Profile picture of the author gcbmark20
    Hello There!

    Yeah I would look at using FaceBook especially.

    You can quickly spread your message like wildfire using F/B.

    They have a nice little feature now where you can promote your posts for just $5.

    If you have a massive following you can make sure it hits every one of their news feeds when you set these ads up.

    It shows the estimated reach etc you will get with each ad.

    Because you aren't just reaching your Fans pages; you can also have those fans "SHARE" that message with their friends, family and so on it goes.

    Hope this gives you a starting point and good luck with everything!


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    paid for traffic is the best
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