There are many ways to build traffic and let’s go back to basic and review free traffic strategies that you can used.. Believe it or not, these are the most commonly used by affiliate marketers and are proven to be the most useful ones.

Free Affiliate Marketing Strategy #1: Articles Writing

You can write subject of the targeted market and submit to articles submission websites. With the links in your articles, you can use it to promote your website, branding and also credibility. Ensure your content is valuable and useful, so that the impression created when published will have higher chance of readers going to the website you have targeted through your links in the articles.

Most commonly used articles submission websites are:

Knol.google.com
ehow.com
Ezinearticles.com
Squidoo.com
Hubpages.com
Articlesbase.com
Technorati.com

Free Affiliate Marketing Strategy #2: Search Engine Optimization

Website created must be optimized with proper design and layout for more friendly users’ experience, it must also be optimized for search engines target.

Search engine optimization include having proper meta tag, title and header that are relevant to the products, high searched niche keywords used in its publications or articles in the website, writing relevant topics related to the products and services and ensure the website is submitted to most of the search engine submission directories.

Another way is to exchange links among the online marketers, bloggers and forums.

Free Affiliate Marketing Strategy #3: Blogging

Building your own blog is the most popular and fastest growing strategy to grow your online business. Again, blog is used for branding, promote products and services, and provide avenue to publish your branding. With great content and valuable resources, this is the best way to build traffic for long term consistently. Post regular content and updated information provide a community among your readers, trust and credibility. Allow comments and feedback for better users experience and also, ensure the social media links are there to connect with the readers.

So, after going through some researches, sit down and gather some thoughts. Why the same articles are written over and over again and still get as many readers as ever? Why books are being written over the same topics or related topics and still be best seller when launched?

Many books or publications have similar headline. Most common ones like ‘How to make money online’, ‘Simple way to start making money online’, or ‘Internet marketing done right’. Look at the content of each book or publication, you will discover many common topics like getting a website setup, building a blog, start writing articles and how to get traffic.

There are many new or hungry readers out there seeking information daily online and offline. So, if you get into the right track when information is released to them, there will be a lot of positive response. In this fast moving online business, getting into the mainstream is very important to ensure you are distinguished in the niche market you are targeting to enter.

Takeaway:

1. You can do the same and many e-books or publications can be written over the same topics.
2.  It’s who you are online and everyone is going after you for new and more information. So, establish yourself online, be a reliable source with good content and readers will follow.
3. Selling information online is easy. Giving free information online is the best online marketing strategy you can use at all time to get traffic, list building and establishes yourself online.