Friday, July 11, 2008

How Much Traffic Do You Need To Make Money With Your Online Home Business



The ability to get traffic to your website will make or break your online home business. For those who have been running their business for awhile know that I'm not just talking about a few visitors a day. In order to really succeed making money online, you are going to need a considerable amount of targeted daily traffic on a consistent basis.

No matter what type of site you have, the most difficult part of running an online home business is establishing your website all over the internet and making its presence felt. You absolutely will not make any money until you learn to drive massive amounts of targeted traffic to your website.

When you are promoting your online home business it is imperative that you remember that you need to promote it on a large scale. In order to get your website ranked on the first page of the search engines and get the free targeted traffic you are after, you will need more than just a couple of hundred back links. You will need to first optimize your website for specific keywords that will draw targeted traffic then you will need more like tens of thousands of back links.

The best way to get traffic to your online home business by building back links is slowly but surely. Just by picking up back links on a daily basis will dramatically increase the amount of traffic to your site after a few months or years of doing so. Purchasing back links or adding too many right away might actually penalize your website rather than help it.

The amount of required traffic you need to generate sales or sign ups to your online home business ultimately depends on what market you are in. The business I am in, the online home business market will require anywhere from about 500+ visitors a day to get regular sign ups and sales.

Making money online is a numbers game. Once you figure out how much traffic you will need to get the regular sales or sign ups, put in the proper plan and action to make sure you can reach those numbers. Big numbers are tough to get, but taking small steps each day will get you one step closer to those numbers.

You should also be monitoring your progress often to make sure your traffic generating methods are working. There are plenty of free programs you can use to track your visitors to your online home business on a daily basis.

Do not get discouraged and give up if you are not making sales. Most likely you just aren't getting enough traffic. Work harder and be patient. The internet will reward you for your efforts if you just hang in there. It's most likely not the program you are using rather you probably just don't have enough traffic.

Matt Helphrey
Online Home Business

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At July 12, 2008 5:32 PM , Blogger Pete said...

But the reality is that internet marketing and any other marketing for that matter, is the life blood of any business. But your advantage on the internet is huge, cause of the low cost and ease. (you can do it yourself) But you still have to work hard and put time into it, and this is the problem, no one wants to work....and we all know that nothing is for free in this world. (usually)

Actually, I'm wrong, there's tons of stuff for free on the internet, and you can also get a ton of traffic to your site for free, if you know how to play the game, work hard, and know how to market yourself.

There's tons of tricks and tips and I try to learn one everyday.

petes2cents.com

 
At July 14, 2008 9:46 PM , Blogger GT said...

Hi, Matt:

I have been greatly encouraged and inspired by your post! As an Internet Home Business marketer I sometimes allow myself to fall into that incorrect expectation that success is going to happen overnight with little effort on my part.

When I come back to reality, I realize it is going to take steady, focused, purposeful effort over time and that with persistance, success will come.

Your post has reminded me that a daily link-building strategy is one of the key elements of successful online marketing. Thanks, Matt!

:-) GT Bulmer
StarrBizz.com

 
At September 10, 2008 2:50 AM , Blogger findingfreedom said...

Great reminder here that everything in business is about advertising - traditional business or online. The only difference is that the internet makes it SO much easier - crossing timezones, geography and working 24 hours/day!

Awesome article - thanks for this!
Gary
mysimpleshoponline.co.uk

 
At October 14, 2008 6:37 PM , Anonymous carla said...

Great advice and reminders. I have been active with my site for about two months and have only about 200 visitors a day. I definitely need to find other ways to increase my traffic.

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