The promotion strategy that really took off this year was "start/home page" traffic generation programs. These operate by changing your start page to traffic programs specified page. Each time you start your browser you would see a page from someone else's website. Someone in turn would also see your site, based upon a system of credits earned per viewing.

Two such popular programs are Startblaze and NoMoreHits. This was a fantastic concept and so, not surprisingly, a host of other start page traffic generation programs were developed, some offering better viewing credit ratios than two previously mentioned.

Think about it for a minute.

If you could get thousands of people to your web site, you could sell more of your products or services. You would be making more money from your affiliate programs. You would be capturing more email addresses to add to your email newsletter list. Bottom line, more profits.

So you want to know secret? Are you ready? Getting excited?

Tell whole world about your web site! Knock on doors, call everyone in your city, get some radio time, purchase newspaper ads, buy some commercials on TV (preferably during Super Bowl) and you will be all set! Easy eh? Yeah right...

Let's face it. You will not be able to reach thousands of people on your own. Your budget is small and most importantly, your time is limited?

So how are you going to bring thousands of visitors to your web site? You're not. Your visitors will.

Confused? Don't be. All big name marketers are using this method so why aren't you? It is easy to turn your visitors into promoters for your site by giving them right tools.

Here are a few examples:

Referral Scripts - By installing a referral form on every page of your web site, you will be encouraging your visitors to refer your site to their friends. You can get a free referral script from any web site that provides free CGI's. If one person refers your site to two people and they in each refer your site to another two people each, a viral effect will be created.