Got Traffic?
Author: D. David Dugan

Everyone wants a web business. Well, not everyone, but a lot of
people want to quit their day job and be able to work at home in
front of their computer and make their living while being able
to spend time with their families.

But how does that happen? Of course you have to have a website.
That's a start. And of course you need something to sell there.
That would be a good step. But once you have a product and a
website, the people will start coming to your website and
buying stuff right?

Well, not exactly. The "build it and they will come" philosophy
only works in movies about baseball. You have to do a few things
to get customers. Of course you can submit to the search engines
for traffic, but that takes time and is never guaranteed to send
your website traffic. You aren't even guaranteed to be indexed
when you submit your website. Although this is a necessary
step, it may not answer all your traffic needs.

You could trade links with other websites to get traffic.
However, you need to trade links with a website that is already
getting a lot of traffic for enough people to go there, then a
few of them click your link and go to your website. Most
websites that have a lot of traffic don't want to trade links
with someone with a website that has no traffic.

You could buy advertising on other websites. Again, you need to
buy advertising on a website that is related to your topic and
one that has a lot of traffic. Most webmasters are very proud
of their traffic and charge a lot of money for you to advertise
there. So unless you have a pretty hefty budget, you may not be
ready for buying advertising just yet.

So, how do I get traffic for my website? I'm glad you asked.
Again, you do need to submit your website to the search
engines. That will probably get some traffic to your website in
the long run.

But in the meantime you may need to purchase bulk traffic from
a good source. There are several companies out there who offer
to sell you traffic, but you need to be smart about it and not
buy just any traffic. If the traffic you buy for your website
is not geared or targeted toward your topic or product, then
all you will do is spend money and get no one to buy your
product or service.

Some websites sell popup, popunder, or exit traffic. What that
means is they have websites out there that whenever someone
goes to the website, a popup or popunder is sent to them
advertising your website or it can be an window with your
website actually inside of it.

If you purchase this sort of traffic you will definitely see
hits to your website. The question is which popunder or popup
traffic to buy. You need to make sure the company you are
buying from is reputable. The wrong traffic to your website can
penalize you with the search engines and hurt you in the long
run.

In addition to that as I said above, the wrong traffic will not
convert to sales anyway so it is a waste of your money. You need
to find a company that is selling you targeted traffic. You need
to be sure they have the type of traffic you want for your
website. If one company does not have traffic that is
specifically targeted toward your topic, product, or service,
find another one.

However, keep in mind that you need to know who you are
targeting. You need to understand who your buyers are. Many
times your buyers may not come from a website that is related
to your topic. If you are offering a general service or
product, you may only need to make sure the traffic is coming
from the countries you want it to come from. If your website is
all in english, you might not want 100,000 visits from people in
China.

Do your homework to make sure the company selling the traffic
is legitimate, that the traffic is from the right countries,
and that the traffic is traffic you can convert and popunder or
popup traffic can get you started making sales in as little as
one day or one hour!


About The Author: D. David Dugan personally helps to maintain
the DD&C Spyware Information site http://spyware.dugancom.com
and often uses traffic from http://www.acceleratedtraffic.com .