One of the biggest myths of the Internet is the good old line, If you build it they will come So many people throw up a website and sit back rubbing their hands with glee convinced they are going to become supremely wealthy.
Months later they are wringing their hands with regret wondering why theyve had five visitors, four of which were their friends!
A website does not just automatically appear high in the search engine rankings and get traffic, you have to do some work in order to get this traffic and start making sales. There are thousands, or even more of sites competing for the same traffic you want depending on your niche and keywords, there could be millions of sites!
You need to promote your website and get it noticed not only in the search engines, but in other places where you will get targeted traffic who are interested in your website.
Strategy 1 – Directories
There are a whole host of directories on the Internet. Just search for your keyword and Directory or Link Exchange or anything similar and you will find hundreds of places to put your links. Yeah, it is hard work to do this, but you will get links and traffic to your...