How Do I Get FREE Traffic to My Website? 10 Simple Ways And Counting

Got a website? Wondering how do I get FREE traffic to my website?

The beauty of having a website today is that websites are accessible to 4 Billion internet connected people, around the world, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But a website alone does not automatically bring traffic. And a website alone does not automatically convert that traffic into customers.

So, don't just build a website. Build a website that works.

Whether you are just starting to build websites or you build websites for a living, incorporating strategic website marketing tactics is required for any website to truly be successful. Thanks to all the training here at Wealthy Affiliate, I have learned how to get free traffic to my website.

To start with, here are 10 ways. There are plenty more.

#1 . Build on WordPress

WordPress is used to build 30% of the websites online today. And we are talking big names and businesses we all know. The open source nature of the WordPress framework allow designers and developers to build designs and functionality that you can use to make your own websites look and work awesome! And websites come with blogging functionality that makes it easy to continuously publish new content. If you build websites here at WA, WordPress websites are the only sites you build.

Benefits of WordPress Websites:

• Free website builder
  
• 11,000+ stunning professional designs
  
• 50,000+ functionality plugins
  
• Easy to use and make modifications
  
• Includes blog functionality
  
• Powers 30% of today's web
  

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#2 . Add SSL Certificates

Websites with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates tend to rank in search engines better than non SSL websites. Long gone are the days to only add SSL if you sell products directly from your website. Today, search engines want to send people to safe websites, no matter what you are selling or simply promoting. SSL certificates help create that safe environment for visitors and provide that trust to search engines.

Benefits of secure websites:

• Provides website security
  
• Protects site visitors
  
• Improves trust with search engines
  
• Helps get website traffic
  
• Secures your websites
  
• Average $50 per website
  

Add SSL to every website hosted here, for free. How to enable SSL on your website.

#3 . Research Searched Topics

Understanding what topics people are searching for and what words they are using, is a unique way to understand the target people you want to reach. A good keyword research tool will help you find the right words to use and help you tailor all website related content to speak to those people. The more you speak to your audience, the more likely they will do the action you want them to do. The more people visit your website content, the more people will keep coming.

Benefits of a good keyword research tool:

• Understand target audiences
  
• Find high traffic keywords
  
• Find low competition keywords
  
• Increase conversions with tailored content
  
• Monitor your website and competitors rankings
  
• Tools can cost $19 - $99+ per month
  

Perform keyword research with tools included here. The rules of good keyword research for your content.

#4 . Optimize For Search Engines

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the most popular free traffic strategies for websites these days. If your website does not rank for searches your audience is looking for, then other websites will. And those websites are getting your potential website traffic. Search engines will provide targeted traffic if you provide relevant content topics.

Benefits of SEO:

• Optimizes for targeted search results
  
• Creates free exposure opportunities
  
• Creates free traffic opportunities
  
• Improves website rankings
  
• Provides trackable results
  

Learn from one of the many success stories from fellow members here at WA. How Grace made almost $3,000 in June 2018 using SEO skills.

#5 . Apply Local SEO When Applicable

Local SEO is a subset of Search Engine Optimization that helps bring website traffic to local area businesses. The idea is to capitalize on what solutions people are looking for near where they live. Local SEO requires different strategies like targeting local keywords and creating local business listings.

Benefits of Local SEO:

• Optimizes for local searches
  
• Includes local business listings
  
• Creates more exposure oppportunities
  
• Creates more traffic opportunities
  
• Improves website rankings
  
• Provides trackable results
  

Build a local keyword strategy for your local business or others. First steps to ranking with local SEO.

#6 . Include Custom Graphics

The more you speak to your audience, the more likely they will become a lead or a customer. So you not only need a professional and easy to use website design, you also need custom graphics within all your content. Relevant content images help make the content of a page or blog post more appealing. The types of custom graphics can be anything from page banners, introduction images for page or blog titles, screenshots and Call To Actions (CTAs).

Benefits of Custom Graphics:

• Enhances all website content
  
• Captivates your audience
  
• Speaks to your visitors
  
• Provides visitors with a visual story
  
• Improves content readability
  

Make your content interesting and captivating. How to create custom content graphics with Canva.

#7 . Embed YouTube Videos

You may have noticed more content including videos to watch, whether it is on a website page or in a blog post. Videos are an engaging way to captivate your audience and teach them something they didn't already know. Videos encourage people to spend more time on your websites. And higher engagement can lead to higher search engine rankings because it shows that people are interested in your content.

Benefits of video marketing:

• YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine online
  
• Provide a visual way to learn
  
• Increases content engagement
  
• Improves SEO rankings
  
• Increases conversions
  

Increase chances for your website to be discovered by people. Generate free website traffic with YouTube videos.

#8 . Generate Website Comments

A WordPress website comes baked in with comment functionality. Comments are considered as engagement. And engagement builds trust and website authority which, leads to better rankings in search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. The idea to actually drive and encourage comments on your website content may be a new strategy but is definitely a powerful one. And a tool to help you drive comments to your content is always handy.

Benefits of website comments:

• Builds trust with your site visitors
• Encourages people to engage with you
• Improves search engine rankings
• Adds more relevant content to your website

Get quality comments on your website content, the easy way. Manage website engagement with SiteComments.

#9 . Drive Traffic From Social Media

Social Media is a tried and true proven way to drive traffic to your websites. Social Media Networks allow you to connect with people where there are, whether that's on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or LinkedIn. And that connection creates opportunities to helping people by providing them services and products they need.

Benefits of Social Media:

• Builds brand recognition and authority
  
• Builds Community with Target Audience
  
• Drives targeted traffic to your website
  
• Improves search engine rankings
  
• Provides free advertising opportunities
  
• Cheap Marketing Option
  

Learn how to make social media work for your website. Master social media engagement.

#10 . Leverage Free Forums

Also referred to forum marketing, the power of generating traffic from forums may be underestimated. Forums make it easy to connect with your target audiences where they are. By helping them answer their questions and solve their problems, you can easily connect the right people with your website. And for free.

Benefits of Free Forums:

• Find your target audiences
• Drive targeted traffic to your website
• Establish your website as an authority
• Quora is popular free forum

Learn how to get qualified traffic to your website. How Jerry generated 100 website visits in one day from Quora.

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Kim