Traffic is the key to making money online. Whilst there are many ways to jumpstart the flow of traffic to your website many sites don't have the finances required to get more traffic. The good news is that you don't require any money to increase your traffic. You just need the motivation to do the research and work required to generate more traffic for your website.

It's such a great feeling to have more traffic coming to your website without spending a single penny on it. There are many articles on how to generate traffic only using free methods and to be fair with you whilst you would get results faster if you paid for the traffic you certainly do have a very good chance with these techniques I'm about to share with you.

Get involved with online forums and discussion groups where you can build a reputation for yourself, your company, and your products and services. Demonstrate your expertise about the subject by helping people find the answers to their questions. That way you will build trust with people who are interested in your particular niche.

By searching for relevent forums you can target individuals who are interested in the particular niche you are involved with. Many forums allow you to put a link to your own website in the signature that is automatically posted whenever you reply to a message. The trick is to be the first to reply to new questions and provide valuable advice. Never spam forums otherwise the technique will backfire on you.

Newsletters are also a great way to build traffic at no cost. You can provide people with interesting and entertaining articles as well as mentioning products or services that you offer which would also be of interest to them. If you make it really enticing people will sign up and also recommend it to other people. Soon you will be able to drive traffic on demand simply by sending an email message!

Trading links with other websites is also a great idea and will not cost you anything either. Simply find related sites and contact the webmaster to ask if they would agree to a link exchange. The effects will help both websites especially when both sites appeal to the same customer group.

You can write articles that attract the attention of people who are likely to be interested in your product or service. I recommend writing articles that give readers valuable tips and information. Never make your article a direct sales pitch. Instead use the author resource bio box to put a link back to your own website. There are many article directories where you can upload your articles for free.

When people read your article and find the information useful there is a good chance they will follow your tracks back to your website to find out more.

Also write good content for your own website. Search engines love useful content and they spider the words and phrases used on your website to determine what it is about. The content doesn't have to be written by a professional writer. Simply write articles that are entertaining and useful. Internet users are generally searching for information rather than buying products. If you can provide them with information and recommend your products and services that is a brilliant way to not only attract free traffic but also increase sales.

These methods will drive tons of free traffic to your site. All it takes is a bit of effort, perhaps a few of hours each day to begin with. Learn as much as you can about the methods I've outlined here and soon you will have a site with lots of targeted traffic without the costs associated with paid traffic sources.