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		<title>Getting Traffic To Your Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Donna Ragland Journey To Online Success Weekly Bits Newsletter (WBN) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Traffic Resource Traffic is crucial for online business sites to survive and grow. If you&#8217;re looking for strategies on how to get more traffic to your site then you&#8217;ll want to check out Traffic Tactics to discover over 700 tactics to building website [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Donna Ragland</p>
<p><strong>Journey To Online Success Weekly Bits Newsletter (WBN) </strong></p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<em><strong>Traffic Resource</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.GetTrafficStrategiesNow.com"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1094" title="Traffic Tactics" src="http://www.donnaragland.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/TrafficTacticsPic.jpg" alt="" width="165" height="46" /></a></p>
<p>Traffic is crucial for online business sites to survive and grow.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for strategies on how to<br />
get more traffic to your site then you&#8217;ll<br />
want to <a href="http://www.GetTrafficStrategiesNow.com" target="_blank"><strong>check out Traffic Tactics</strong></a> to discover<br />
<strong><em>over 700 tactics to building website traffic!</em></strong></p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<em><strong>Getting Traffic To Your Site</strong></em></p>
<p>Online business websites must have traffic to<br />
survive and grow.</p>
<p>There are many ways to obtain traffic. Some<br />
will cost money while others are free.</p>
<p>Here are some tips to getting traffic<br />
to your business websites:</p>
<p><span id="more-1089"></span>- Participate in giveaways as a contributor.<br />
The concept here is to give something of value<br />
away for free. The giveaway promotion will<br />
list your free item and anyone interested would<br />
visit your site to sign up for it.</p>
<p>- Start your own blog. Provide comments related<br />
to your business niche and invite people to<br />
read your posts. You can have products available<br />
on your blog or direct people to your products<br />
from your blog site.</p>
<p>- Join social networks such as Twitter and<br />
Facebook and provide comments related to your<br />
business area. Provide value and generate<br />
interest for your readers.</p>
<p>- Use paid advertising through search engines<br />
such as Google and Yahoo. Create ads for your<br />
products and advertise through the search<br />
engines.</p>
<p>- Write articles related to your niche and<br />
post the articles in various article directories.<br />
Most directories allow you to have at least one<br />
link in your resource box. This link can generate<br />
traffic to your site.</p>
<p>Getting traffic to your site is key to having<br />
success with your online business.</p>
<p>These are only a few suggestions out of the<br />
hundreds of ways to generate traffic. Once you<br />
determine the best traffic tactics for your own<br />
business you can move forward from there.</p>
<p>To Your Traffic Success,<br />
<em>Donna</em></p>
<p>Comments or questions about this week&#8217;s topics?<br />
Please post below&#8230;</p>
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<p>Journey To Online Success Weekly Bits Newsletter</p>
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		<title>Time to Busy On Up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Donna Ragland I hope you&#8217;re as excited about this new year as I am! The feeling is in the air that it&#8217;s going to be a great one! As many of you may know, I&#8217;ve been quite busy the past several months with selling our home and moving and I haven&#8217;t had much time [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Donna Ragland</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-995 aligncenter" title="Happy New Year" src="http://www.donnaragland.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hny4.gif" alt="" width="239" height="92" /></p>
<p>I hope you&#8217;re as excited about this new<br />
year as I am! The feeling is in the air<br />
that it&#8217;s going to be a great one!</p>
<p>As many of you may know, I&#8217;ve been quite busy<br />
the past several months with selling<br />
our home and moving and I haven&#8217;t had much<br />
time to post and provide updates.</p>
<p>Well that was last year and now it&#8217;s time<br />
to busy on up to all the successes that<br />
await us in this wonderful new year!</p>
<p>As Pablo Picasso stated:<br />
&#8220;Action is the foundational key to all success.&#8221;</p>
<p>So be on the lookout for more great information<br />
and valuable updates coming your way to help you<br />
succeed with your online business! <img src='http://www.donnaragland.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><span id="more-991"></span>In the meantime, I recommend taking some action now to&#8230;</p>
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<p>&#8230;of traffic tools and life-time subscription.</p>
<p>I think you&#8217;ll be glad to <a href="http://greatrates.bpblack.hop.clickbank.net/?x=tools&amp;access=greatrates" target="_blank">have this awesome resource<br />
</a> in your online business toolkit.</p>
<p>Talk with you soon&#8230;</p>
<p>To Your Success in 2011,</p>
<p><em>Donna</em></p>
<p>P.S.  The Weekly Bits Newsletter (WBN) will be headed your<br />
way again soon so stay tuned&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Successful Online Business Secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traffic Strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Donna Ragland Journey To Online Success Weekly Bits Newsletter (WBN) Topics for this week: &#8211; Successful Online Business Secret &#8211; Focus Thoughts &#38; Forward Momentum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Successful Online Business Secret Interested in making your online business a success? I&#8217;m quite sure we all would answer a big &#8220;YES&#8221; to that question and that&#8217;s fantastic! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Donna Ragland</p>
<p><strong>Journey To Online Success Weekly Bits Newsletter (WBN) </strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Topics for this week:</strong></em></p>
<p>&#8211; Successful Online Business Secret<br />
&#8211; Focus Thoughts &amp; Forward Momentum</p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<em><strong>Successful Online Business Secret</strong></em></p>
<p>Interested in making your online business<br />
a success?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m quite sure we all would answer a big<br />
&#8220;YES&#8221; to that question and that&#8217;s fantastic!<br />
But what is the secret to having a<br />
successful online business?</p>
<p>&#8230; It&#8217;s getting tons of traffic!</p>
<p>So the question then really is how to<br />
get the tons of traffic needed to be<br />
successful.</p>
<p>The simple answer is there are many<br />
strategies for getting traffic. Here<br />
are a few ideas to consider.</p>
<p><span id="more-640"></span>You&#8217;ve no doubt heard of blogging and it<br />
is one of the ways to get traffic.</p>
<p>To create a successful blog, you need to<br />
update it on a routine basis. Make sure<br />
to incorporate quality information into<br />
your posts and offer free information<br />
relevant to your business. Blogs can<br />
result in a successful online business<br />
because they are search engine friendly.<br />
If you update your blog frequently then<br />
chances are your blog will get a high<br />
page rank in the search engines. This<br />
leads to more traffic coming to your site.</p>
<p>Online forums can be another way to<br />
get traffic.</p>
<p>Search for forums in your niche and read<br />
the various posts. This will help you get<br />
an idea about the topics as well as writing<br />
style. Check out what topics are hot and<br />
keep an eye on the queries. Once you are<br />
familiar with the conversations in the forum<br />
start to participate by posting helpful<br />
information. Building a good relationship<br />
in the forum will generate interest and<br />
bring potential traffic to your site.</p>
<p>Participating in giveaway events within<br />
your niche is yet another great way to<br />
generate traffic.</p>
<p>By signing up as a contributor to these<br />
events you are given the opportunity to<br />
list your gift. People interested in<br />
your gift can obtain access to it<br />
through your site. The giveaway events<br />
are promoted by all the contributors so<br />
this helps to generate traffic to your<br />
site. Participating in these events can<br />
be very helpful as part of a strategy<br />
to running a success business online.</p>
<p>While there are many other options for<br />
generating traffic, hopefully these ideas<br />
can give you a good start and help move<br />
you forward to having a successful<br />
business online and generating traffic.</p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<em><strong>Focus Thoughts &amp; Forward Momentum</strong></em></p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not what you know,<br />
it&#8217;s what you do with what you know.&#8221;<br />
-Unknown</p>
<p>Taking action is what moves your<br />
business forward. What actions will<br />
you take this week to generate traffic<br />
to your site?</p>
<p>&#8220;He who has begun is half done.&#8221;<br />
-Horace</p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
<p>To Your Successful Online Business,<br />
<em>Donna</em></p>
<p>P.S. Here&#8217;s an awesome event to generate<br />
traffic for your business&#8230;</p>
<p>==&gt;  <a href="http://budurl.com/EzImLeadsB" target="_self">Click Here Now</a></p>
<p>Comments or questions about this week&#8217;s topics?<br />
Please post below&#8230;</p>
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<p>Copyright © 2010 DonnaRagland.com .  All Rights Reserved.</p>
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