The document outlines 130 strategies to get traffic categorized into social media, message boards, and other categories. Some top strategies include posting on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest; starting a podcast or YouTube channel; sharing content through message boards and groups; creating engaging content like infographics and videos; and participating in online communities through methods like Twitter chats. Many strategies have low time/effort requirements but varying potential for increasing traffic.
The document outlines 130 strategies to get traffic categorized into social media, message boards, and other categories. Some top strategies include posting on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest; starting a podcast or YouTube channel; sharing content through message boards and groups; creating engaging content like infographics and videos; and participating in online communities through methods like Twitter chats. Many strategies have low time/effort requirements but varying potential for increasing traffic.
The document outlines 130 strategies to get traffic categorized into social media, message boards, and other categories. Some top strategies include posting on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest; starting a podcast or YouTube channel; sharing content through message boards and groups; creating engaging content like infographics and videos; and participating in online communities through methods like Twitter chats. Many strategies have low time/effort requirements but varying potential for increasing traffic.
The document outlines 130 strategies to get traffic categorized into social media, message boards, and other categories. Some top strategies include posting on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest; starting a podcast or YouTube channel; sharing content through message boards and groups; creating engaging content like infographics and videos; and participating in online communities through methods like Twitter chats. Many strategies have low time/effort requirements but varying potential for increasing traffic.
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Post on Quoara in Relevant Subjects Social Media https://blog.kissmetrics.com/quora-marketing-guide/ 2 1 2 Share Articles to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#share 1 1 2 Create a Facebook Page Social Media https://www.facebook.com/help/104002523024878 1 1 1 Add a Link from Your Twitter Profile Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#twitter-link1 1 1 Add a Link from Your Instagram Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#instagram-link 1 1 1 Add a Link from Your Skype Status Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#skype 1 1 1 Add a Link from Your Pinterest Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#pinterest-profile 1 1 1 Appear on a Podcast Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#podcast-appear 2 1 2 Start a Podcast Social Media http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-start-a-podcast-podcasting-tutorial/ 3 2 3 Post Videos to YouTube Social Media http://blogs.constantcontact.com/getting-started-on-youtube/ 3 1 2 Share Pictures to Flickr Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#flickr 1 1 1 Link from Your Vine Profile Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#vine-profile1 1 1 Post Video Snippets or GIFs to Vine Social Media https://blog.kissmetrics.com/grow-on-twitter-vine/ 2 1 2 Links from Your LinkedIn Page Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#linkedin-page 1 1 1 Post Your Content to LinkedIn Groups Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#linkedin-groups 1 1 1 Link from Your GitHub Profile Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#github-profile 1 1 1 Link from Other Niche Social Networks Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#niche-networks 1 1 1 Use Buffer to Share Multiple Times Social Media http://buffer.com/ 1 1 2 Use Edgar to Share Repeatedly Social Media http://meetedgar.com/ 1 2 2 Share on Google Plus Social Media http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/google-marketing-tactics-promote-content-google/ 1 1 1 Update Your Google+ Profile with a Link to Your Site Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#google-profile 1 1 1 Share to Google+ Communities Social Media http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/google-marketing-tactics-promote-content-google/ 1 1 2 Share on Pinterest Social Media https://blog.kissmetrics.com/ultimate-pinterest-marketing-guide/ 1 1 2 Share Articles on Snapchat Social Media http://new.soldsie.com/blog/8-easy-ways-to-build-a-following-on-snapchat/ 1 1 1 Share Articles on Instagram Social Media http://sproutsocial.com/insights/instagram-marketing-strategy-guide/ 1 1 2 Do a “Share Exchange” on Instagram Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#instagram-exchange 2 1 2 Encourage WhatsApp Sharing Social Media https://sumome.com/app/share 1 1 1 Create SlideShares of Your Content Social Media https://medium.com/marketing-102/how-i-drove-28k-views-and-ranked-on-page-1-in-30-days-without-spending 2 1 3 Host Periscope Sessions Social Media http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/meerkat-periscope-marketing 2 1 2 130 Ways To Get Traffic
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Create Infographics Social Media http://piktochart.com/ 2 1 2 Add Sharing Buttons Social Media https://sumome.com/app/share 1 1 2 Ping People Mentioned in Your Content Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#ping 2 1 2 Join Twitter Chats Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/twitter-traffic 1 1 1 Start a Twitter Chat Social Media https://sumome.com/stories/twitter-traffic 2 1 2 Post in Yahoo Groups Message Boards https://groups.yahoo.com/ 1 1 1 Post in Facebook Groups Message Boards https://www.postplanner.com/use-facebook-groups-for-marketing-business/ 1 1 1 Create Your Own Facebook Group Message Boards https://www.facebook.com/help/167970719931213 2 1 2 Post in Google Groups Message Boards https://groups.google.com 1 1 1 Post to Slack Teams Message Boards http://www.slacklist.info/ 1 1 1 Create a Slack Team Message Boards https://blog.bufferapp.com/slack-community 2 1 2 Post in Niche Forums Message Boards https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#niche-forums 1 1 1 Post to reddit Message Boards http://startupbros.com/cracking-reddit-how-to-get-thousands-of-visitors-to-your-campaign-with-reddit-marketing 1 1 3 Host a reddit AMA Message Boards http://bigfishpr.com/5-things-you-need-to-know-before-hosting-a-reddit-ama/ 2 1 2 Share Your Product on Product Hunt Message Boards https://medium.com/@bramk/how-i-launched-the-2-most-upvoted-product-of-all-time-on-product-hunt-f3772fb2 1 1 3 Submit Your Content to Community Sites Message Boards https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#community-sites 1 1 1 Update Your Email Signature Email https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#email-signature 1 1 1 Update the Email Signatures of Your Whole Company Email https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#email-signature-company 1 1 1 Add an Autoresponder with a Link to Your Site Email https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#autoresponder 1 1 1 Direct, Targeted, Email Outreach Email http://backlinko.com/viral-marketing 2 1 2 Alert Blogs / Publications PR https://sumome.com/stories/get-press-coverage 2 1 2 Get Listed on Google News PR http://blog.act-on.com/2014/07/5-tips-get-listed-google-news/ 1 1 2 Use HARO to be featured in articles PR http://www.bthinkforward.com/haro/ 2 1 2 Go on the Radio PR http://www.radiopublicity.net/radiopublicitytips.htm 2 1 2 Go on TV PR https://unknowntoexpert.com/by-catriona-pollard/how-to-get-interviewed-on-tv/ 2 1 2 Create Business Cards with Links In Person https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#business-cards 1 1 1 Feature Your Website on Your Physical Presence In Person https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#physical-presence 1 1 1 Sponsor Conferences and Events In Person https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#conference-sponsor 2 3 2 Host an In-Person Workshop with an Expert In Person http://scottberkun.com/2013/run-a-good-workshop/ 3 2 1 130 Ways To Get Traffic
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Host a Conference In Person https://sumome.com/stories/conference-hosting 3 3 2 Laptop Stickers In Person https://www.stickermule.com/ 1 2 1 Flyers In Person https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#flyers 2 2 1 Attend a Meetup In Person http://patch.com/california/burlingame-hillsborough/how-to-use-meetups-to-promote-your-business_9a4f5b49 2 1 1 Start a Meetup In Person http://patch.com/california/burlingame-hillsborough/how-to-use-meetups-to-promote-your-business_9a4f5b49 3 2 2 Make T-shirts and Give them Away In Person http://sujanpatel.com/marketing/how-giving-away-t-shirts-made-me-over-500k-in-revenue/ 2 2 2 Send Content to Professors for Their Students In Person https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#professors1 1 1 Grow Your Email List On Your Site https://sumome.com/stories/more-email-signups 3 1 3 Run a Giveaway On Your Site http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/what-i-learned-from-growing-my-email-list-3418-nearly-200k-in-just-11-da 2 2 3 Use Snip.ly to Drive Traffic Back to You On Your Site http://snip.ly/ 1 1 1 Offer a Free Product On Your Site https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#free-product 2 1 2 Sell a Bundle with Other Products On Your Site https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#product-bundle 2 1 2 Interview Influencers on Your Site On Your Site http://boostblogtraffic.com/how-to-interview/ 2 1 3 Write an Expert Roundup Post On Your Site https://www.quicksprout.com/university/how-to-create-an-expert-roundup-blog-post/ 2 1 2 Review Companies and Products On Your Site http://www.incomediary.com/how-to-start-a-review-blog-and-get-free-review-products 2 1 2 Host a Webinar, Ask Your List to Promote On Your Site http://www.convinceandconvert.com/content-marketing/14-steps-to-hosting-a-successful-webinar/ 2 1 2 Post Job Listings On Your Site https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#job-listings1 1 1 Create a Forum On Your Site On Your Site https://bbpress.org/ 3 1 3 Publish Awards On Your Site https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic 2 1 2 Be Interviewed On Other Sites https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XRuCOnTCp4outEDgQsK4E9QJfT-FDtbfBTEi_0tCwUo/viewform 2 1 2 Comment on Relevant Blogs On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#comment 2 1 1 Do a Webinar for Another Site’s Audience On Other Sites http://www.convinceandconvert.com/content-marketing/14-steps-to-hosting-a-successful-webinar/ 2 1 2 Be Interviewed for Expert Roundups On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#be-interviewed-roundups 1 1 2 Submit Your Site to Aggregators On Other Sites http://alltop.com/ 1 1 1 Use Someone’s Product and Let Them Tell Your Story On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#use-products 1 1 1 Sell Your Product on Marketplaces On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#marketplaces 3 1 2 Create an eBook and List it On Amazon On Other Sites https://zapier.com/blog/how-to-publish-ebook/ 2 1 2 List Your Physical Business on Yelp, Foursquare, etc. On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#yelp 1 1 2 Guest Post on Relevant Sites On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/guest-post-converting 2 1 3 130 Ways To Get Traffic
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Run a Free Promo on a Deals Site On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#free-promo2 2 3 Acquire Someone Else’s Newsletter On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#acquire-newsletter 2 2 2 Do a Cross-Promotion with Another Site On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#cross-promo 2 1 3 Syndicate Your Content to Other Sites On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#syndicate 2 1 3 Repurpose Your Content for Medium On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/kickstarter-email-list#medium-hack 1 1 2 Republish Your Content on Secondary Blog Networks On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#secondary-blog-networks 1 1 2 Create a Wikipedia Page On Other Sites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article2 1 2 Add Your Articles as Wikipedia References On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#wikipedia-references 2 1 2 Sell Your Product Through Affiliates On Other Sites http://www.woothemes.com/products/affiliatewp/ 2 1 2 Build a Related Micro Site On Other Sites http://email1k.com/ 2 2 2 Pitch to Link Roundups On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#pitch-roundups 1 1 1 Create an App Products https://www.upwork.com/ 3 3 3 Make a browser extension Products https://www.upwork.com/ 3 2 3 Install Discover Products https://sumome.com/app/discover 1 1 2 Create a Course for Udemy Products https://www.udemy.com/official-udemy-instructor-course/ 3 2 3 Create a Teachable Course Products http://academy.teachable.com/courses/create-your-first-course 3 2 3 Teach on CreativeLive Products http://www.marketyourcreativity.com/2015/08/teaching-on-creativelive/ 3 2 3 Email Out New Posts Email Newsletter https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#email-posts 1 1 2 Ask Your Current Readers to Forward Email Newsletter https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#forward 1 1 2 Ask Your Readers What Else they Read Email Newsletter https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#what-else 1 1 1 Do a list swap with someone else's list Email Newsletter https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#list-swap 2 1 2 Add Names to Your Images SEO https://www.shopify.com/blog/7412852-10-must-know-image-optimization-tips 1 1 3 Optimize Your Content for Rankings SEO http://www.backlinko.com/ 2 1 3 Get Guest Posts from Authors with High Search Volume SEO https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#get-guest-posts 2 1 3 Interlink your Blog Posts SEO https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#interlink 1 1 2 Twitter Ads Ads http://webmarketingtoday.com/articles/110274-Getting-Started-with-Twitter-Ads/ 3 3 3 LinkedIn Ads Ads http://unbounce.com/social-media/guide-to-linkedin-advertising/ 3 3 3 Facebook Ads Ads https://blog.bufferapp.com/the-complete-guide-to-getting-started-with-facebook-ads 3 3 3 Google Search Ads Ads https://blog.kissmetrics.com/profitable-google-adwords-campaign/ 3 3 3 130 Ways To Get Traffic
Strategy Category Related Resource Time / Effort Cost Potential Traffic
Strategy Category Related Resource Time / Effort Cost Potential Traffic
#N/A Social Media http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-start-a-podcast-podcasting-tutorial/ 3 2 3 Create SlideShares of Your Content Social Media https://medium.com/marketing-102/how-i-drove-28k-views-and-ranked-on-page-1-in-30-days-without-spending-a-dollar-c38 2 1 3 Post to reddit Message Boards http://startupbros.com/cracking-reddit-how-to-get-thousands-of-visitors-to-your-campaign-with-reddit-marketing/ 1 1 3 Share Your Product on Product Hunt Message Boards https://medium.com/@bramk/how-i-launched-the-2-most-upvoted-product-of-all-time-on-product-hunt-f3772fb20ad8#.2h94m 1 1 3 Grow Your Email List On Your Site https://sumome.com/stories/more-email-signups 3 1 3 Run a Giveaway On Your Site http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/what-i-learned-from-growing-my-email-list-3418-nearly-200k-in-just-11-days/ 2 2 3 Interview Influencers on Your Site On Your Site http://boostblogtraffic.com/how-to-interview/ 2 1 3 Create a Forum On Your Site On Your Site https://bbpress.org/ 3 1 3 Guest Post on Relevant Sites On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/guest-post-converting 2 1 3 Run a Free Promo on a Deals Site On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#free-promo 2 2 3 Do a Cross-Promotion with Another Site On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#cross-promo 2 1 3 Syndicate Your Content to Other Sites On Other Sites https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#syndicate 2 1 3 Create an App Products https://www.upwork.com/ 3 3 3 Make a browser extension Products https://www.upwork.com/ 3 2 3 Create a Course for Udemy Products https://www.udemy.com/official-udemy-instructor-course/ 3 2 3 Create a Teachable Course Products http://academy.teachable.com/courses/create-your-first-course 3 2 3 Teach on CreativeLive Products http://www.marketyourcreativity.com/2015/08/teaching-on-creativelive/ 3 2 3 Add Names to Your Images SEO https://www.shopify.com/blog/7412852-10-must-know-image-optimization-tips 1 1 3 Optimize Your Content for Rankings SEO http://www.backlinko.com/ 2 1 3 Get Guest Posts from Authors with High Search Volume SEO https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#get-guest-posts 2 1 3 Twitter Ads Ads http://webmarketingtoday.com/articles/110274-Getting-Started-with-Twitter-Ads/ 3 3 3 LinkedIn Ads Ads http://unbounce.com/social-media/guide-to-linkedin-advertising/ 3 3 3 Facebook Ads Ads https://blog.bufferapp.com/the-complete-guide-to-getting-started-with-facebook-ads 3 3 3 Google Search Ads Ads https://blog.kissmetrics.com/profitable-google-adwords-campaign/ 3 3 3 Google Display Ads Ads http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2014/11/18/google-display-network-tips3 3 3 Pinterest Ads Ads https://business.pinterest.com/sites/business/files/pinterest-ads-manager-guide.pdf 3 3 3 Instagram Ads Ads http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-create-instagram-ads/ 3 3 3 Reddit Ads Ads http://marketersguidetoreddit.com/reddit-advertising-guide/ 3 3 3 Retargeting Ads Ads http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/retargeting-campaigns-beginner-guide 3 3 3 Mobile Ads Ads https://sumome.com/stories/get-more-traffic#mobile-ads 3 3 3 Buy Physical Ads Ads http://www.outdoorbillboard.com/ 3 3 3 130 Ways To Get Traffic
Strategy Category Related Resource Time / Effort Cost Potential Traffic