Obviously you will need engaging site content that will hopefully keep them coming back, but it’s this initial surge of traffic that we’re trying to get.

So how do you do it? First, ignore link-exchange and directory submission. These two techniques are very popular, and are valid. But they don’t draw people in bulk. They're good

There are numerous techniques for generating traffic. Sometimes it seems like there’s as many techniques as there are websites. Some techniques require a lot of manual labor on your part, some require very little. Some techniques are expensive, and others are free.

What we need is a way to generate traffic that offers high volume in relation to the amount of work and money involved. In my opinion there is only one technique that can provide just that.

Let’s be clear, I’m not talking about search engine optimization or page ranking or any other such measure of site popularity. That is a completely different topic. In this article I’m talking about methods of generating raw traffic. You can deal with search engines later. Right now we need people!

Let's take a hint from the retail world. Most retail businesses rely on huge sales to bring in hordes of shoppers during special times of the year. Sales generate large crowds of people, which hopefully turn into a steady stream of shoppers throughout the rest of the year.

A website should follow that example. You need a way to create a giant initial interest in your site. You should find a method to draw large numbers of people to your pages in a short amount of time.

Obviously you will need engaging site content that will hopefully keep them coming back, but it’s this initial surge of traffic that we’re trying to get.

So how do you do it? First, ignore link-exchange and directory submission. These two techniques are very popular, and are valid. But they don’t draw people in bulk. They're good

What we need is a way to generate traffic that offers high volume in relation to the amount of work and money involved. In my opinion there is only one technique that can provide just that.

Let’s be clear, I’m not talking about search engine optimization or page ranking or any other such measure of site popularity. That is a completely different topic. In this article I’m talking about methods of generating raw traffic. You can deal with search engines later. Right now we need people!

Let's take a hint from the retail world. Most retail businesses rely on huge sales to bring in hordes of shoppers during special times of the year. Sales generate large crowds of people, which hopefully turn into a steady stream of shoppers throughout the rest of the year.

A website should follow that example. You need a way to create a giant initial interest in your site. You should find a method to draw large numbers of people to your pages in a short amount of time.

Obviously you will need engaging site content that will hopefully keep them coming back, but it’s this initial surge of traffic that we’re trying to get.

So how do you do it? First, ignore link-exchange and directory submission. These two techniques are very popular, and are valid. But they don’t draw people in bulk. They're good

Let's take a hint from the retail world. Most retail businesses rely on huge sales to bring in hordes of shoppers during special times of the year. Sales generate large crowds of people, which hopefully turn into a steady stream of shoppers throughout the rest of the year.

A website should follow that example. You need a way to create a giant initial interest in your site. You should find a method to draw large numbers of people to your pages in a short amount of time.

Obviously you will need engaging site content that will hopefully keep them coming back, but it’s this initial surge of traffic that we’re trying to get.

So how do you do it? First, ignore link-exchange and directory submission. These two techniques are very popular, and are valid. But they don’t draw people in bulk. They're good

A website should follow that example. You need a way to create a giant initial interest in your site. You should find a method to draw large numbers of people to your pages in a short amount of time.

Obviously you will need engaging site content that will hopefully keep them coming back, but it’s this initial surge of traffic that we’re trying to get.

So how do you do it? First, ignore link-exchange and directory submission. These two techniques are very popular, and are valid. But they don’t draw people in bulk. They're good

Obviously you will need engaging site content that will hopefully keep them coming back, but it’s this initial surge of traffic that we’re trying to get.

So how do you do it? First, ignore link-exchange and directory submission. These two techniques are very popular, and are valid. But they don’t draw people in bulk. They're good for maintaining a steady stream of traffic down the line, but weak when it comes to raw numbers.

You should also ignore pay-per-click ad campaigns. You tend to spend way too much money compared to the number of clicks you get. The click to cash ratio is too high for the type of initial traffic generation we’re looking for.

We need something that’s in between these other techniques. We need something that can draw a big chunk of visitors in a short amount of time, but not be cost prohibitive. Is there such a beast? I think there is.

The answer is: Link Auction Sites. I’m talking about sites such as LinkExperiment.com and KingOfTheBill.com. These sites sell direct one-way links from their site to your homepage, and the links are usually permanent.

At most of these sites, you can usually get a link for very little money (between $5 and $10 in most cases) when the site is fairly new. Sites like this generally draw a huge initial crowd, mostly because the web owner usually buys a link or two to his site from other Link Auction sites.

They usually have a huge traffic pattern, and rank extremely high on traffic monitors like Alexa, even though many of these sites have little or no page ranking on other search engines.

Most of the visitors to these sites tend to browse all the links out of curiosity. That means huge traffic for you. It’s not uncommon to get 500 to 600 hi