I originally wrote this for eHow.com and I thought that I would share it here as well. I think that it is very important that we help each other out. With that being said one of the biggest questions over the last few months that has been asked of me lately is how do I increase the traffic to my websites. Well, really for me it is a five step process and in this post I will break it down so even the most computer 
illiterate oeople will be able to understand how to use these techniques. We will look at just five avenues that I have used just recently that have increased my website page views from one hundred a day to three hundred a day to now over five hundred a day on a site that is very new. The increase in the hits is not limited to that amount either. The amount of increase that one might see from these techniques is all subject to what you put into the work required to do it. Really though, it can all get done in forty five minutes. So basically for the time that it takes you to take a lunch hour you can accomplish an increase in your website hits. All the products and techniques that are discussed in this article are free. There is no need to have to buy anything extra to get this done. So, without any further ado, let's get started.
The first and foremost thing that I do is make sure that I have fresh content on my page daily. One of the things that I hate the most is going to someone's website that I subscribe to regularly and lo and behold, 
there is nothing new. I understand that most of us have real jobs that we go to and this consumes most of our time. With that being said, one of the biggest complaints that people who subscribe to blogs hate is the fact that it takes 2 or 3 days to get a new post. It is very important that you put new content on daily. Another thing that you want to do is make sure that the content is interesting. The one thing that you would hate to do is write something that is just off the wall and have it bomb. That is the quickest way to lose subscribers. The ability to provide multiple posts in a day is a great thing to as it gives the subscriber a choice of what they want to read.
The next thing that I do in my endeavor to draw more views is to use a program that is called “Share This”. It can be loaded onto your toolbar for easy access. This product is different than other share programs because it pulls up as a companion of the window that you are in. It will not direct you away from the main window as it opens 
each site that you want to share the post to in another window. The program allows for you to email your post out to as many people as you want, driving them to your page to read more. It also allows for you to load your post into social networks like FaceBook, MySpace, and Twitter. All of which are good to promote your blogs. The main things that drive people to you is the fact that this allows for you to submit your posts to Digg, Reddit, Mister Wong, BlinkList, Stumble Upon, Newsvine, Mixx, del.icio.us, Google Bookmarks, yahoo Bookmark, FriendsFeed, and Technorati. The reason that I mention all of these is because they are what I use and they are proven to work. This is done for each and every post that you write to your blog.
The next product that I use to drive more people to my site is called Link Referral. It is a very easy concept which 
requires you to visit 30 sites, review 5 sites, make one comment in a forum, and add one new site to your favorites each day. In doing this, it drives business to you. It can drive as much as 20 to 60 unique visitors a day, and ultimately that is what you are after. It is limited in what it can do, but ultimately for the time spent and the extras that are given, it is great.
The last product that I actually use is EntreCard. It is a unique program in that there is no limitation on what you can do per day. The purpose is to drive people to your site by visiting another member's site and “dropping off your card”. This signifies to the other site 
owner that you came by and typically they will visit your site also by clicking on your card and dropping theirs off. This is only one way of creating the traffic to your site through them. The second way is by advertising on another website. Now, first, mind you it does not cost cash. The site is ran off credits and the more credits that you earn the more you can spend. When someone accepts your advertisement they have agreed that for a 24 hour period a card that signifies your website will sit on theirs as a form of advertisement. When I first got into this practice I was skeptical until I actually saw 100 members come by my page in one day to drop off their card. As with the other programs, this one is linked below.
Now, here is the one that I like the most and have just started to 
practice. I call it reciprocal commenting. The theory behind this is really simple. If someone comes to my site and leaves a comment on one of my post, and I have a way of tracking back to their site, I will seek them out and comment on one of their most recent post. This is a great practice as ultimately if your blog is already established, then you already have people that come visit you regularly. That is half the work done already. All that is left for you to do is trackback to them and comment. I also think that if you spend the time to come to my site to comment then I need to take the time to comment on yours as well.
Well folks, that brings this to a close. If you have any questions or comments please let me know.
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