Getting traffic
The easiest way to get people to come to your site is by
sending out a news release. The release should be about a review or article
you've done. Most news sites don't post a site launching. I get many emails from
webmasters who tell me they have started a new site and then ask if I could post
about it in my news page. Unless you're a really good friend of mine, you're not
going to get a plug. However, send me an email saying you've started a new site
and have posted a review of something new and chances are very good that your
article will be in the main news page.
I like to send out my news releases so the webmaster of
the sites I'm sending it to has to do as little work as possible to post it. I
word it so all they need to do is cut and paste it to their news server. Here is
an example of a news release I sent out to promote my Plextor giveaway:
The Plextor PlexWriter 8/4/32 CD Writer
is one of the best CD Writers on the market. Whether you want to just back up
your data or create your own music CD, the Plextor PlexWriter 8/4/32 can get the
job done. What could be better? How about getting a brand new one free? Well,
The Tech Zone is giving away a PlexWriter
8/4/32! Find out all the contest details
here.
Direct link:
http://thetechzone.com/contest.htm
A news post would be most welcome.
Thank you
John "Moto" Chow
www.thetechzone.com
The webmaster receiving this release could simply cut and paste
it to his news or he can add his own little spin on it. I notice that Kyle at
HardOCP likes to spin my news
release a lot :).
There are many many sites on the net that will post your news.
However, you will get your biggest traffic boost if your news is posted by these
three:
Besides Maximum PC, the above three sites has sent The Tech Zone
more traffic than any others. If you can get VE, Anand and Blues to post your
news, you will see a huge surge in traffic. How do you get them to post your
news? Well, your news has to be news! There is very little chance that Billy at
Voodoo Extreme is going to post about your review of last year's video card.
Another site which can send you an amazing amount of traffic is
slashdot. However, your news
has to be really unique. They have only posted one article out of the hundreds
I've sent them but when they did post it, they sent me 5,000 people in two hours
and nearly killed my server! It is the goal of every webmaster to be "Slashdotted".
In addition to news releases, the next thing you have to take
care of is search engines. Search engines are my biggest referrers after
bookmarks and Maximum PC. If you're not getting any traffic from search engine
you better figure out how to fix your search engine META tags so you do.
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