Being a dumb ol’ high school shop teacher and football coach, looking for a way to make an extra income online, I have learned that starting a new business on the internet requires traffic to the website for sales. This, for all intensive purposes does require a few things.

To be completely honest with you, you have two choices: money or time. You either have to spend the money to advertise and drive traffic to your website or you have to take the time to utilize the the free opportunities that the internet offers to showcase your website.

How do you get traffic to your new business website? You can either pay for it or you can spend some time and work and drive it there for free. While paid will get it there quicker, the time and work spent to get it there for free will be well worth it if you have the perseverance and the desire to succeed.

If you want to have a fighting chance in driving free traffic to your website then you must realize it will take some time and hard work. While paid advertising may get you quicker responses, you can obtain your desired traffic responses for free if you are willing to roll up your shirt sleeves and go to work. Below are so ways I wish to share with you that are proven to work.

Take advantage of online forums and online communities. The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can discuss many things about the niche that you represent or offer. Another great advantage is that you know what you are getting into and you will be prepared.

The goal with online communities and forums is to establish yourself as an expert. You want to convince them that you know what you are talking about. You must establish a trust element with them and when you do, they will want more from you, by going to your website.

Creating a newsletter to give to your opt-ins is another great way to keep people aware of your website. By providing information about the products you have and how it will benefit them will be key in keeping people coming back to your website. Keep your newsletter fun to read and you will see people telling others about your newsletter, increasing the number of people who visit and revisit your website.

Trading links with other website owners is very popular. Find someone who has a business similar to yours and trade website addresses with them so people who visit their page will see your link, and visa versa. If the people who visit your link partner’s website see your link and are curious, they will click on it, giving you more traffic.

I can’t think of any better free traffic generating tool than the writing of articles. You can write articles related to your niche and submit them to hundreds of article directories which will will be read by hundreds of people. Not only does this create links back to your website, people who are curious about you will click on your link in the resource box and go to your website for more infornation.

Many websites offer free submission and posting of your articles. When people find interest in your articles there is a good chance they will following the track by finding out where the article originated. Include a link or a brief description of your business with the article and there’s a great probability that they will go to your website.

Search engines love keywords and phrases that match the website content. Make sure you do a good job of writing relevany content that matches the keywords you submit to the search engines. Keep your website content entertaining and informative at the same time. I think it is very important that you either hire a professional when it comes to this or at least take the time to do a good study so that you fully understand how to create a website with good contant and relevant keywords. This will be helpful in gaining high natural rankings from the search engines.

Bottom line is it takes time and work for the above mentioned free traffic techniques. If your budget is small or none, then the above methods will create a lot of traffic but you need to take the time to learn the methods and then take the action in putting them to use. Working these methods on a daily basis will create great traffic results.