There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of generating an income. Many sites have tried and failed in doing so, and these results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain an income generating site; it also takes money to make money.

BUT, it doesn’t take a whole caboodle of cash to generate website traffic for your site.

Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic to their site? Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile because, well, they are what they are now, high earning, big hitting websites.

You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have the resources. There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend what you don’t have or can’t afford. Many people have banked on high cost methods and have ended up losing their shirt over it.

Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost website traffic that could help your site a whole lot.

1. Exchange Links

This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a site where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one another so that they could produce more public awareness about their sites. You’ll soon see and feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to your site from other sites.

A major prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having the same niche or content as the other site. They should share a common subject so that there is continuity in the providing of service and information to what interests your target traffic.

Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines give higher ranks to sites that have inbound and outbound, theme-related links. With a good ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic to your website without the high costs.

2. Traffic Exchange

This is like exchanging links but on a different higher level. This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper because you get to earn credits. You earn credits when you view other sites in the exchange and those credits are used when others view your site.Once again the public awareness of your sites existence is boosted.

3. Write and Submit Articles

There are many e-zines and online encyclopedias on the internet which provides free space for articles to be submitted. There are many freelance writers who are willing to write for you for a small fee, but to save money, it is wise to write the articles yourself.

Write articles that are themed to the niche of your site. Write something that you have expertise on so that when they read it, they can feel your knowledge about the subject and will be eager to go to your site. Write articles that produce tips and guidelines to the subject or niche your in.

Include a resource box at the end of your article that can link them to your site. Write a little about yourself and your site. If you provide a light, information-laden and interesting article, they will go to your site for more.

4. Create a Newsletter

This may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may need to use to build a newsletter but it isn’t near as hard as it sounds. There are many writers and sites that are willing to provide free articles as long as they can get their name in your newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as well.

As your newsletter gets passed around, you can widen your public awareness and build an opt-in list that will regularly visit your site.

This can also open up more revenue streams by up-selling to your new opt in list or offering them exclusive content or products. If your subscriber list grows large enough you may also sell advertising in your newsletter to other related but non-competing businesses.

5. Join Online Communities and Forums

You can share your knowledge and expertise with many online communities. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche as your site.

Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are on the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business that could be frequented and trusted by many people.

Please do not go straight into the forums and start advertising immediately. This will get you banned. Give good advice and ask good questions. Most forums give you a small signature line and this is where you will post a link to your site.

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