WebMastering as I like to call it is some stressful activity to get into, especially when you started a website to make extra money, but cant seem to get the “formula” so many Guru’s speak of right. It gets down right frustrating when your websites can’t seem to get any real traffic and the traffic you stumble upon sucks. No one signs up or registers to your ezine for some weird reason. If you happen to be selling affiliate products, you notice that all the traffic you decided to spend money on doesn’t return the favor and buy anything.

There are a few tactics I’ve learned over my years as an Internet Failure that have helped me to gain some attention to my website and some cash while I was at it. The trick is to do damage over time, as opposed to expensive campaigns that only drive traffic to your website temporarily and hope they come back for more. Here are a couple ways I know to drive and keep traffic to your website. They are designed to be long-term remedies, but don’t get it twisted, you can begin seeing real returns fairly quickly. You just have to stick to it and put a guided effort to achieve your goals.

A good way of doing is to write short articles and submit them to article directories. This tactic is very powerful and can e a good way of establishing long term income because they will drive traffic indefinitely. They will also pay off because other websites and Ezines will want to use your articles for content on their site, thus driving more attention to your website. They only have to be about 500 articles long and can take about 30 minutes to an hour to write, but trust me, its all worth it if you stick at it. One or two articles won’t do the trick.

Another Great thing you can do with articles is to start a blog about your website and keep it updated. A weird thing that works but is a little subjective is to try to put as much of your personality in your blog because that’s what people like. You can really get viral with some creativity. You can post videos and stuff that interest you and you’d be surprised by the response and attention you may get.

The Best tactic I can think of though is to offer free products on your website to keep the traffic you drive to your website coming back. People love free stuff, I know I do, and a best way to get an email address is to offer something for free. Just Make sure it’s a valuable Item that people really want and remind them of that fact. This will get you a list of emails ready to eat up anything you have to offer. Why? Because they like you! Why? Because they like free stuff!!

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