When it comes to a website or blog’s survival and growth there is no denying that traffic is one of the most important factor. Many have called traffic the blood life of a site – thats good quality highly targeted traffic.

The above video goes someway to give you some of the traffic generation methods but by all means these are not thee top 3 and neither are they the only methods. There’s a vast majority of infomercial products out there giving advise on how to promote and drive traffic to a website/blog.

Here’s the transcript of the video you can use on your own blog or submit to article directories to help in driving traffic to your site. All I ask for is you give a link back to this post or the video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k1Vahtdw_o thanks.

Article/Transcript:

There is definitely no apprehension about the fact that the Internet is the best place to promote a business opportunity. People who are into this league will work hard on a website and then try to promote it as best as they can. Certainly, the success of the whole endeavour depends on how much traffic this website gets. The higher is the number of people visiting the website, the greater are the chances of the network getting expanded.

But the conundrum is, how does one go about getting a whirlwind traffic to your website? Which are the best methods that can be implemented? Here are three of the best.

Opt In Lists

These are definitely the best methods because visitors to the website are getting something constructive in return. On various places on the Internet, place ads that people can download an eBook for free or subscribe to a free newsletter. Provide a link from where they can make this free download. However, let the link direct them to a squeeze page first (also known as a lead capture page). This page will ask them their email ids before they can make their download. It must also assure them that their email ids will not be used for any other purpose. In the lure of the free gift, people will definitely enter their email ids here and you build your opt in list.

Opt in lists are ideal for bringing a visitor to your website again and again. You can send these people regular emails and newsletters which will give them information and also bring them to your website. Such repeat visitors are the best for promoting a website’s prospects.

Article Marketing

Almost every article marketer worth their salt is using this method today. Get a stream of informative articles written about your business idea and post them on article directories. These directories allow you to write a brief description of your business below the article with a URL to the website. When people will search for information on the Internet, they will be driven to these articles. If the articles impress them, they will visit the website also.

Blogging

There is no denying the reach of a good blog. Blogs allow you to make posts about your business and you can place the URL of your business website here also. These posts should be informative and since they are almost like normal conversation, people will be hooked onto them. A lot of these interested people will click on the link of the website and visit there.

However, it should be remembered that the final impression rests with how your website is. You have to spare no efforts in making your website as best as you can so that people buy your idea and help in growing your business.