I've outlined 5 ways to reach your target. But, please keep in mind that these are not only ways that you can do to increase your traffic. There are hundreds of techniques to increase traffic. But these one are proven one. I've used it personally. More importantly, these techniques can get you FREE traffic. You're money is saved in your pocket. Let's go to first one.

Technique #1: Linking strategy

Linking strategy is easiest way to get free traffic. When I say "the easiest way" it does not mean that you can ask everybody to link to your site and do nothing after that. Compared to other techniques that you'll discover, this one will take less time to do.

Here's how to do it. First select site in your niche market. Be selective. Choose one that has a high traffic. Usually a high traffic site is pretty stingy to put link to your site. So, key here is to be persistent. Ask them how many visitors do they received per month and if they could link to your site. If they don't answer your request, email them second time. Be persistent. If they don't want to link to your site, ask them to trade link instead (reciprocal link). This is last resort you want to have.

Word of warning: Don't crowd your site with too many links. Only accept link trading if it's really worth it.

Technique #2: Offer Free eBooks or articles

You'll fall in love with this technique if you see what it can do to your site. This technique can create an excellent'Viral marketing' effect. It can multiply no of visitors to your site in a matter of days.

This most important thing about this technique is that to offer something that is really useful to your visitor. So useful that they can only get that information from you!

You need to 'wants' in your need market. What problems do they encounter? Solve these problems and you have a killer articles or e-book that you can give away for free. Remember, don't sell it. Give it away for free. If you feel really reluctant to give your article or e-book for free, you can give your visitors a partial of it. But, make sure it's really useful. Don't forget to put your name and your contact information in this article or e-book. Usually, if you write an article, you need to include your resource box at very bottom of your article.

The most important task in this technique is to offer a reprint right to your visitors. What this mean is that your visitors can publish your articles or e-book to anyone in any medium; email, Ezine, website or anything. But please state your condition: Include your contact information or resource box. This will create viral effect to your visitors.

Before I forgot, there is one particular e-book compiler that is good in doing this kind of task. The name of this e-book compiler is 'E-book Edit Pro'. With this compiler, you can offer your visitors a customizable e-book. This is a great incentive for them to distribute your article or e-book since they can put their name and information in it. If you like to know more about excellent compiler, please visit:

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Technique #3: Classified Ad

This is most time consuming technique compared to all 5. While it is time consuming, it is really worth it.

Tips - This technique should be used together with above technique. Let me explain:

By Barrett Niehus http://www.realtysoftware.org

Before we begin, I want you to think about how many times you actually sought out an advertisement. How did you know where to look for it? Why did you choose that one? Whether you know it or not, number of times you were exposed to message has a huge impact on you. Also, message and how it made you feel had a large influence on your response.

On other side of table, how do you know how well people are responding to your advertisement? If you are spending your hard earned cash advertising, you should be able to tell exactly what type of response you are getting and be able to track performance of your ads.

The above are two separate but related topics that need to be evaluated when developing an advertising campaign. And as with all marketing programs, it begins with demographics and your expected return on investment.

Step One: Know your audience. Once again, what is your target audience? For a real estate investor, what type of property and owner situation are you looking for? What are your customer’s hot buttons? Back to initial question in this article, if you responded to a print ad, you responded to one that stuck you emotionally and fills a need.

Step Two: Speak to your customer’s needs. Think about this, if you are facing a foreclosure and need to sell your home yesterday, to which ad would you personally respond:

“I buy ugly houses. Fast Closing, Call our 24 hour recording (800) 668-6688”

Or

“Need To Sell Your Home For Cash? Let me help you. If I can’t buy your house I will find someone who will. Foreclosure? Not a problem. Call me right now (949) 858-1877”

If I were in dire straights, I would choose a real person over a 24 hour recording and a local number over an 800 number. Also, I would be more likely to respond to advertisement that is offering an action (to help) instead of just stating what they do. Finally, I would probably be more likely to respond to ad that has a call to action “Call me right now” simply because it told me to do so.

What is moral of this story? Make sure your ads speak to your prospect’s emotions. Always have a call to action in ad, and always be available to receive call. If a prospect takes steps to call you, they are in mood to deal right then. If you don’t answer phone, they may or may not leave a message before moving on to next advertisement.