When it comes to driving targeted traffic to your websites; there are MANY ways. Some are quite complex and require a great deal of web page writing knowlwdge. this hub is going to assume one knows very little about said topic and go with the simple ways that really do work without having to know very much tech wise. A lot of this may end up being more what NOT to do so you will do BETTER.

#1 - It really doesn't matter what your site is about - if you are selling something, a website just for the pleasure of others or an informational page(s); the concepts are all basicly the same.

#2 - It doesn't get any more simple than this (writing a decent hub) - Point: Hubpages are getting SUPER rankings with google, much better than other types of article writing sites. This *may* be due to the fact that google owns it; maybe, maybe not. I do know it is a fantastic venue for all of the above getting ranked for keywords that are important for targeted traffic. See, if the traffic you get isn't *targeted* (meaning viewer is seeing what they searched for) then the traffic is useless to you.

Point: If you are selling something and say you have made or paid for pop-ups or pop-unders - then not only is it a waste of your money, it probably won't even be seen (pop-ip blockers - nearly everyone has them because we all Hate them! So - don't USE THEM!!

#3 - a WELL-WRITTEN website - even if it IS selling you something, if it gives you a lot of free really GOOD information - chances are good the person will buy your *gidget* or sub to your newsletter. Put a subscription to a newsletter in a hUB (BUT THEN YOU REALLY HAVE TO WORK HARD TO DELIVER THE GOODS!) A link to a decent well-written blog is ok - but you must be dedicated - passionate about what you are writing. If not, forget it.

Points: Use VERY little graphics; there are a lot of annoying things about some sites but on over-loaded with graphics, be they flashing, plain, large or just a LOT of them are a big no-no. Unless the graphic is dowright nearly Necessary (like a graph - chart / again - INFO - or a SMALL BBB or the like, just stick with a nice interface, nice CLEAN design.

A white page with black text and dark blue or red links is best.

Point: Simple is better.

#4 - Paying for traffic has become not only very expensive but practically useless; unless ou are willing (and can even afford it - like 5-6$ top 3 spots)the better option to this is simple. Old - tried and true and good webmasters know it. LINKS. Find sites similar to yours, but that so NOT directly compete wit you - write a nice letter (not some obvious form letter) to the site owner and simply ASK them to trade links -

Point: to find the ones worth writing to use a program like Alexa.com; this will show you what websites aleady have great traffic; if your site is good, there is no reason for them to decline your offer.

#5 - This one might be considered a little sleazy but in the long run, you really ARE (if you have followed the above) helping people. It has become known as *desperate buyers* - find a niche (like how to stp the pain of hemorids) - now that is a bit of a gross example but hay; how desperate are you when you are in that much pain? I've read tips on this topic because it was #1 on every SE I searched for the term * hemmorid/hemorid/Hemorrhoid <----the latter being the correct spelling but it is a very mis-spelled word.

Point: Be sure when writing your keyword list which is SO important, that you always be sure to include the common mis-spellings of the word is question. Then you also need to use the msi-spelling in your text. You just have to or it is meaningless to the SE spider who counts your keyword density. You do NOT have to understand this - just DO IT.

If you go here: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Hemorrhoid

Read about it here - there is a TON of info on this affliction here. Do some more research, find a decent product along with some home remedies you can use in your article (like wet tea bags are supposed to help quite a bit);

Point:: if you can write a decent article (be SYMPATHETIC in this situation!) and you will get good SE rankings.

#6 - In this case - a photo is worth like a zillion words (uck!)

hemmorids - that links tells you (me anyway) WAY to much info! LOL :}

Hope the photo made its *point* - if you were to use that photo and someonw with that affliction sees it - they are going to KNOW you mean business about trying to help them, especially if you word your page(s) correctly - as I said - sympathy is BIG on that one.

On we go...

#7 - Use Craigslist. Why? Because it gets about 5 BILLION page views per Month. It is the most visited site there is trailing only slightly behind 6 others. And you know, that really is amazing.You have an audience in about 350 metro areas AND 15 million people USE the site every month.

Point: It's easy and can be quite effective depending on what you are advertising in this case. There are sites actually SELLING people to place their ads on craigslist FOR you! Geezzz - I mean it really is a pretty simple thing to do; you have Nothing to lose by trying it out a few times and don't just give up the first time or two - keep at it until you figure out wha is going to work there for you. I find it especially great for selling services; real physical services. If you live in or near a metro area I can practically guarantee this will work for oyu.

#8 - This one *might* be a bit dated but it used to work for me back in the day REALLY well and I believe they are still out there. (Plus, if you have a statscounter - which you SHOULD, it's a must have; it is really fun to watch all those hits coming in all within an hour or two). The first time I tried it I made 12 sales and my product had NOTHING whatsoever to do with gambling!

A LOT of people like to gamble, play bingo, play the lottery. There are MANY online lotto sites and they sell you traffic VEry CHEAPLY. The entire KEY to this one is getting your "sales" page exactly right, see; they sell you like 10,000 *visitors* (NOT targeted) and in order to play the lotto, the people HAVE to click on your link. SO...if your interest soes happen to be in this area - you will have NO problem getting *targeted traffic* - BUT, if your site has nothing to do with gambling, then you need to go back to the *desperate buyers* mode.

Point: Cheap cheap traffic - not targeted but you can MAKE it so the person is interested enough to click through to your page. All you need are some really good one-liners.

Use words/;phrases like:

Explosive new....

I am SO confident that.....

Getting the MOST out of .......

Reflections on .....

TouchDown! The ......

Cultivate your....(inner)....or whatever (want them to want what you have to make them wish to Cultivate .....EX: Cultivate your inner strengths! Simple new forumula tells all!

I could go on and on and on but I think you get the picture - you NEED to capture their attention, you don't have much time so you need POWER words.

#9 - If you are selling a report - keep the price LOW. You will sell so many more and the amount you sell is the whole idea. Selling 20 reports/ebooks/newsletters at $7.00 as opposed to selling one or two at $25.oo is KEY. DON'T be GREEDY! EVER! It won't work for you - ever and will keep you in the totally wrong mind set.

Point: Quantity - the amount you sell will make you richer. Being greedy won't. Use this to your advantage in your keywords list too! Very often the SE pick up on the strangest things to use in their descriptions. I once had them using my Address for 3 YEARS...go figure.

#10 - Other social networking avenues work well. facebook is a fine example - my oldest has like 690 friends on there. Now, I don't even KNOW that many people (and I hihly doubt she does either) - the thing just rather has the mushroom effect. I have tried it (I only have i think 19 friends and I have had questions relating to my business from their friends friends. It's all about the networking these days. The one I LOVE is this....TADA

Linkedin.com

if you are in Business, linkedin.com ROCKS!!!!!

THAT'S IT FOR NOW, WOW THIS GO LONG. hOPE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AND THANKS FOR READING ME!!!!!!

Melanie