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One thing every website, every online business, every internet marketer could use more of, is traffic. Traffic to your blog or website is just as important as traffic to any retail store, and both without traffic, in time will cease to exist. The point is, traffic is extremely important to the success of your online business and your future success in business.

More traffic means more sales, more sign-ups, more recognition, more ad clicks and more money. There are really only 3 General ways to generate traffic to your blog or website. You can

1. Create Traffic

Article writing (writing good contents), search engine optimization, sending out press releases, submitting to directories, emailing your list, social net working, and bookmarking and so on are a few of the ways you can create traffic.

2. Buy Traffic

This includes things like buying text or banner ads, PPC advertising, renting opt-in email lists and more.

3. Borrow Traffic

Borrowing traffic encompasses things like trading ezine or newsletter ads, forming joint ventures, trading blog posts and so on. Under these 3 general ways of generating traffic are hundreds of ways of getting it. To cut it short, here are some of the free and practical Traffic Generation Methods you can use:

Write a press release and submit it to PRWeb.com
Promote your site using cheap or free classified ads in targeted ezines or newsletters
Leave comments on other people's blogs with a backlink to your site.
Advertise your website in the appropriate category on http://www.CraigsList.com
Participate in http://www.LinkedIn.com