Website traffic

traffic

[rexyca10]

hi everyone, i am just finishing up on my website and i know that is the easy part lol since the marketing part is a pretty high wall to get over. So i just want to know how other webmasters got past that 2-4 visitors a day hehe, and really started getting traffic.
1.)how did you get that first set of traffic?
2.)how long did it take?
3.) would you have done something differently?

[eljefe3]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld. Have you started to list your site in decent directories that get traffic? Have you secured some links from other sites? Have you purchased some advertising and/or links from sites in your niche, and done some ppc marketing?

Do all of the above for a start on getting your traffic.

BTW, is this a specific question for an affiliate site, or for a website in general?

[explorador]

Welcome.

1. In my case, back in those years, business cards where my first option to promote my sites. It prove very rewarding due to the nature of that site. Then I submitted to search engines and asked-exchanged links.
2. It took me (for my first site) about two years to get some decent and useful traffic). That was 300 unique per day for me... yes, very little but it was working good.
3. Yes, avoid advertising. I probably did the wrong choices on buying ads or perhaps the site was too little. (when you click on an ad you would be kinda disappointed or confused if the landing site is just a business card online)

• Create original content (good content) and submit to search engines.
  
• Get some links from related sites (this is a way for SE to find you)
  
• Work hard, update, wait. Things get interesting usually one year after launching except if you have one of those ideas that get tons of traffic right away.

Trust me, I said it before on another thread: read the webmasterworld forum and follow the rules, specially the steps for success by Tabke (the founder).

I changed my strategy and now I create good content (very hard work) and then the traffic comes faster and with better quality than with other methods.

Good luck.