Free Traffic Methods 2016

[CyberAlchemist]

What are your best new free traffic methods for 2016?

Mine are:
Optimized articles and promoting them on other blog
Blogging
SEO
Social Media
Post to forums and blogs
Banner exchanges
Build a Community
Give away freebies and more!

Please share your favorite new methods step by step and how your have implemented it.

 

[RebeccaDooley]

I have shared some sources which you generate more traffic in 2016 as

1. Video Marketing on YouTube!
2. Press Releases
3. Joint Ventures

 

[HCFGrizzly]

The best sources form me will always be:

1. Article writing
2. Good on page SEO
3. Social media sharing

 

[rwsorensen]

rwsorensen

How to get free traffic from article writing? can you show details?

I heard of article submission to create back links but not for article writing

 

[HCFGrizzly]

HCFGrizzly

It`s easy: Good content will attract more organic traffic.
If someone visits your site and likes your content he will come back.
If you have good content and SEO it right then Google will rank you better and again, you will receive more organic traffic.

 

[biGGuns]

For me there is nothing new in 2016. I am leaking traffic from the same kind of sources like before. Platforms and sites may be different but the methods are the same.

 

[epicstate]

epicstate

Just curious which sources are you using to drive traffic to your site?

For me, SEO and Social Media are working well for my sites.

 

[QueenMaa]

Blogging
Participating in Blogging communities sharing and leaving comments
Social media
Freeadboards
Safelists
Banner Ad Sites

 

[Princety]

Princety

How do you drive targeted traffic with safelists? I mean safelists have members reaching to thousands, but they are unresponsive. Do upgraded members reach a more targeted members than free members?

 

[bigupman]

The Google+ community is pretty helpful.
Also clickbait titles on Facebook, StumbleUpon, Twitter and Reddit drive heaps of traffic

 

[EpicGlobalWeb]

back-freakin-links

There is no substitute for high PR backlinks. I know PR "isn't" a factor anymore, but getting your articles published on high-traffic websites is going to be your top priority and most effective method right alongside giving the customer what they want, which is excellent content.

And you have to figure out how to do that without stripping on a webcam.

 

[ulterios]

ulterios

PR is still a factor and has not stopped being one. It's just that now Google doesn't share the PR of websites with the public and they just keep it to themselves.


This is a common misconception with many people because they can no longer check the PR for a site, which was old anyway before Google shut off public access to PR numbers earlier this year.

www.seroundtable.com/google-toolbar-pagerank-dead-21755.html

http://searchengineland.com/google-has-confirmed-they-are-removing-toolbar-pagerank-244230

 

[EpicGlobalWeb]

"isn't" means it is. Because it's in quotes.

 

[ulterios]

ulterios

That should have been pointed out because we have a lot of people that are new to our site and seo in general and I didn't want them to think that it doesn't matter any more. We also have a lot of members where English is their second language who might not have understood that and taken it wrong.

 

[EpicGlobalWeb]

What is your opinion on how to get more traffic in 2016, (going into 2017) ult? I imagine web hosters know something about competitive marketing.

 

[ulterios]

What is your opinion on how to get more traffic in 2016, (going into 2017) ult?

Well, usually the paid options are going to net the best results so IMO one of the best choices is by using some form of paid advertising. PPC is a good option if money isn't an issue since it can get expensive quickly. Advertising on forums or blogs that are in the same and/or similar niche as your website or blog is can be a good option also, depending on the site you are advertising on.

There is also social media marketing which can be either paid or free, depending on the method used and it can get a good amount of traffic.

I imagine web hosters know something about competitive marketing.

Yeah I am sure they do since the hosting market is extremely competitive and having a good marketing plan and actions can help your business from going under in such a fierce market. I am not one so you would have to ask one of them for some information about their marketing practices. I doubt that they will share much of anything good, as far as marketing advice.

 

[EpicGlobalWeb]

Oh I thought you were a web host this whole time.

 

[ulterios]

ulterios

No, not me but I had thought about it a couple times over the years. It's just such a competitive market that it takes more work than people usually think and there are easier ways to make good money so I decided not to do it.

 

[EpicGlobalWeb]

Yeah it always seemed more difficult to me to produce hundreds of customers that only pay you pennies per month before you can afford a utility bill.

 

[hynds]

Here are the top 15 methods that you can use to generate quality traffic online:

1. Guest Blogging
2. Create Targeted Social Media Engagement
3. Join a Social Group
4. Build Higher Quality Links
5. Google Plus Communities
6. Strategic Blog Commenting
7. Create important Connections
8. Interview a “Respectable” Person
9. Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Google plus, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram
10. Write a large “List” Article
11. Write a “How To” Article
12. Forum Posting
13. Gain more “Authority” Links
14. Article Swapping
15. Create an Event or Webinar

Good luck to you,