How To Generate Low Cost Website Traffic-part-I In order to generate income from your website you need TRAFFIC. A steady flow of targeted traffic. If no one goes to your site, you don’t generate no income. the internet graveyard is full of site that have failed to generate income producing traffic. In most cases it takes money to maintain an income generating site, and it also takes money to make money. BUT…….all of your traffic generation does not have to cost money. Yea I know the huge dogs spend lots of money to drive traffic to their sites, but remember one thing if you know how to leverage the internet you can level the playing field. You don’t have to have deep pockets. But it sure would be nice. Most of the “Huge Dogs” are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing schemes. When it is well done it pays off for them. You don’t have to do this to get traffic to your site. There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend the kids college fund. Many people have tried some of the high PPC cost methods and have finished up losing their shirts over it. Here are five ways to generate low cost website targeted traffic to your site. Even if you only a small percentage of your visitors end up buying you will still make money and get excellent traffic. Write and Submit Articles There are many article directories, e-zines and forums on the net which provides free space for articles to be submitted. You can write the articles yourself, or outsource them for a small cost. There are many freelance writers who are willing to write for you for a small fee, but if you need to save money, or don’t have the money then do it yourself. Write something that you have some expertise on, and that is in the same niche as your website. You want people to feel you have the knowledge about the subject that makes you and expert. That way they will be keen to read your articles and go to your site for more. Write articles that produce tips and guidelines for your subject or niche. Remember to always enclude a resource box at the end of your article. That is where you can insert your keyword links to your site. Write a small about yourself and your site. If you provide excellent information and capture the interest of the reader they will go to your site for more. A Newsletter. This may sound a small hard because of all the material you may need to use to build a excellent newsletter but it does not have to be so. There are many places that will provide free articles as long as keep their name or link in your newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as well. As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your public awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly visit your site. Join Online Communities and Forums This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your knowledge and expertise with many online communities as well as your website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with your site. Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are with the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business that could be frequented and trusted by many people. Link Exchange This is a sure and proven method. Most savvy website owners will have links to another site. Many webmasters will exchange links with another site so that they could produce more public awareness about their sites. When you exchange links with another site you will see an increase in traffic coming in to your site. The main thing to remember in exchanging links with other sites is having the same niche or content as the other site. You should share a common subject so that there is continuity of service and information to what interests your target audiance. Exchanging links will help you get a higher PR in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines ranks high sites that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a excellent ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic in your website without the high costs. Backlinks Link exchange is excellent but backlinks are better. Backlink are one-way links. Link that come from another site without you giving them a link in exchange. Backlinks are excellent. High PR backlinks are even better. Not all backlinks are made equal. There are backlinks and then there are BACKLINKS. There are many ways to get those coveted backlinks. One you could buy them. A lot of people do………BUT buying backlinks may cost you more than just money. If you buy backlinks from link farms it could cost you your Google index or at the very least your search engind position. I do not recommend buying links, but if you must. Remember one thing. Due Diligence. Know who you are buying from and make sure the site is in the same niche as yours. After buying comes begging. You could write a nice letter to a website owner that has a nice high PR site and b….er question him or her to be so kind as to give you a backlink from their site. All I can say to this approuch is “Rots of Ruck”. Then you could use the “Link Juice” method. What the heck is the link juice method you question? Well that is where you go to a site leave a comment, and Bam you got a backlink. It’s where you go to a site make a blog entry of a few words and Bam!, you got a backlink, it’s where you go to a site, fill out a profile and Bam! you got a backlink. You gotta like it. It takes a few minutes, but man you just gotta like it. There are thousands of those kind of site around. Heck I even know of one site where all I gotta do is fill out a profile and bam! I got a PR-10! yes PR_10 backlink. You just can’t get no better than that. Link Juice Resources Part II coming soon.