This is part three in a series about how to drive traffic to your website or blog.

Read Part One Here

Read Part Two Here

1) Submit Videos! Unless you have been living under a rock, you should already be aware that videos are a VERY HOT trend these days! And if you want to try and get a piece of that very big pie, you should be submitting videos these video sharing sites.

One really nice way you can submit your videos to about 17 video sharing sites is a service is called Hey Spread. Hey Spread is an online service and is free.

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2) Utilize Other People’s Blogs. Not only can you post comments on other people’s blogs (that is, if they are similar to your own site or blog)…but you can also ask the blog owner to trade blog posts with you. In other words, you are creating a “guest post” for the other person’s site…in exchange for allowing them to make a post on your site! It’s really a win – win for both of you: each of you get an extra article (i.e. original content) and each should get traffic from each post. Make sure you both agree that you can place a link to each other’s site inside the post!

3) Use Answer Sites. By helping people on Yahoo Answers, you can help spread your URL around. The thing to remember is to (again) NOT SPAM! You need to use and treat the site as you would a forum. Be respectful and helpful and the traffic will naturally follow! Also…BIG SURPRISE…there are other sites besides Yahoo Answers!!

• Lycos iQ
• The Answer Bank
• Questionville
• All Experts
• Askeet
• Wondir
• Just Answer
• Answer Bag
• Questionize

4) Create a Wikipedia Entry or Post. Ahh, bet you didn’t think about that one Just in case you didn’t know, Wikipedia (and many off-shoots of it) are human edited and can be edited by almost anyone. Like all other sources though, you have to treat it gently and nicely (READ: DON’T SPAM!) If you contribute real content, you may just be rewarded with not only direct traffic from Wikipedia, but also from the search engines that pick up their entries!! Start Here at Wikipedia, choose your language, then do a search for your topic. You will see a clickable [edit] link on each section. Go from there!!

5) “Old School” Ways. Hey, what about creating flyers to hand out … passing them out at shopping malls, flea markets, or colleges? Ok…what about creating small, classified ads in your local newspaper or college newspaper? How about creating ads in those “freebie” classifieds (popular ones are Thrifty Nickle, Penny Saver, Penny Ads, etc…) Well then, how about sponsoring a local event – such as a chamber meeting or get-together, or perhaps sponsoring a local youth sports team? I can tell you from experience that these groups are ALWAYS looking for sponsors!! Not everything you do to create traffic has to be done online! What about buying a billboard ad? Expensive? Maybe, but why not check it out and see for yourself?!