Building internet traffic to your website is a fairly simple process. The only thing you need to do is demonstrate your value in front of your target audience. In other words, you need to look for places where your target market spends time while online and then find a way to put a little sample of your expertise right in that spot, along with a link back to your website.
Of course, there are lots of strategies to get traffic to your website but most of them cost a lot of money. Posting advertisements is not what this article is about. Rather, its about inexpensive and/or free strategies to allow your target market to discover your value along with an easy way to link through to your website.
One of the best ways to do this is to post valuable comments on blogs and forums. Many of the popular ones get tens of thousands of visitors each month and a few well-placed comments can drive significant traffic your way. And as it turns out, one of the very best forums for attracting new and highly targeted visitors to your website is Answers on Yahoo!
Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com) is a forum where you can post a question you need answered. You can also...