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Originally Posted by emp
How to effectively drive traffic to a new website without resorting to buying ads?
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That's a tough one, because buying ppc ads for cheap is by far the best way to start out traffic and revenue for a new site. But since there are so many good social networking sites out there, you may want to start there. It also depends on your niche. If you were making a video game site, then your best bet would be forum sigs, blogs, articles, and just constant networking with larger sites. Maybe strike a quick deal to write them some articles in exchange for a blog mention or a plug on their forums?
Most niches have blogs nowadays, which can work to your advantage. And most of the blog owners love getting feedback or free content help. Getting plugs on other blogs can not only get the word out about your new site, but it can also bring in some much needed links for seo purposes, especially if it's relevant to your page/site. Just write up some emails to blog owners and get plugs. Look for forums too, if there aren't any, maybe you should consider making one? If you really have no cash on hand, you can always go the route of creating your own blogs and getting them indexed by news sources like digg and shoutwire.
But again, buying quick cheap traffic is your best bet. Just use the revenue from that to re-invest in better quality traffic. Pay lots of attention to SEO for MSN instead of Google too, because MSN traffic is awesome and they will pick you up and list you quicker than the Google monster will.