100% Free Ways to Increase Site Traffic for Any Virtual or Small Business

This isn’t a “how to” article, but a concrete resource page!

In order for this to perform at its best, you’ll want to make sure each article, ad, press release etc. is written properly and gains the interest of your reader by offering value.

Write and post articles free to:

• www.ezinearticles.com
• www.articlesbase.com
• www.buzzle.com/authors/become-author.asp
• www.businesstoolchest.com/articles/submit.shtml
• www.articlesfactory.com/submit.html
• www.articlealley.com/register.php
• www.articledashboard.com/signup.php
• www.articleonlinedirectory.com/signup.php
• www2.thefreelibrary.com/_/Users/Registration.aspx
• www.articlesnatch.com/signup.php
• www.abcarticledirectory.com/signup.php

For Free Ad Placement:

• www.kijiji.com/m/SelectCategory
• http://secure.adpay.com/PlaceAd.aspx?catid=2046_4&procid=56a0656d-74d5-4b50-b16e-a15394162bd4
• www.shopperslounge.com/registrationStage1.php
• www.inetgiant.com/PostNewAd.aspx
• http://posting.www.backpage.com/classifieds/central/PostNationalAd?postLocalAd=yes&introSeen=yes
• www.salespider.com/online-classifieds-free-advertising
• www.craigslist.org
• www.ryze.com

For Free Press Releases:

• www.pressreleasepoint.com/user/register
• www.openpr.com/news/submit.html
• www.free-press-release.com/members/register.php
• http://pr.prlog.org/account.html
• www.1888pressrelease.com/register.php
• www.pr.com/register.php?Submit_silver=Select
• www.onlineprnews.com/user/register

Free Directory Listings:

• http://advertising.superpages.com/spportal/quickbpflow.do;jsessionid=8908B8E254A0152F259A3B9A77700F95.app3-a2
• www.bizhwy.com/addlisting.php
• www.mfad.net/addalink.php?LIENS_CATEGORIES_ID=1357
• www.evliving.com/business/members/user_register_account.php

Basically if you have, for example, one ad about financial solutions or services, submit that ad to all the free ad placements.  Same with a Press Release … articles … etc.  You don’t have to pay for these ad services because you’ll get the same results with a little work and putting in some elbow grease!

Then when you have them posted live, record the “published” link(s) in excel (you want to keep track).  Then go and Digg it, Tweet it, etc.

Here’s a list you should add your published links to:

• www.twitter.com/tasktroop
• www.digg.com
• www.delicious.com
• www.facebook.com
• www.stumbleupon.com
• www.linkedin.com
• www.reddit.com
• www.newsvine.com/_nv/accounts/register
• www.friendfeed.com
• www.twine.com/join
• www.technorati.com

The bottom line, if you’re a virtual company, a small business and don’t have the funds to spread around like the major players, this is your next best alternative that may bring in similar results as you may get by throwing money at ads.

I know there are many more free resources out there.  You may also wish to Google some good keywords.  Example: “financial advice” + “article” in that format and you may find places who specialize in the area of finances who allow free article submissions, press releases … etc. that have a solid following and potential clients for you!

Get creative and when you search on Google, search as if “you” are the potential client and get specific.  General searches will have you going page after page after page until you realize your heads been buried in the computer for hours with no relevant results.

Search specific and as if you are the person or company seeking these services.

Best of posting and searching to you!