I’ve been really stepping up my efforts to getting traffic to my website. There are an absurd amount of things that I can do to get that traffic, but I chose seven of them to focus on.

1. article marketing - since I am a writer, putting together an article marketing campaign will be a breeze. My focus is on ezinearticles.com but over time I’ll submit to other sites like searchwarp.com and goarticles.com.




2. squidoo lenses - I have a few lenses set up right now and I am getting a few hits a day from them. What if I had 50 lenses or so set up, all pointing back to my blog?




3. hubpages - I only have one hub set up but that will change soon. My goal is to have a good amount (say fifty or so) of quality hubs pointing to this site.




4. forums - I enjoy participating in forums because I learn a lot - especially from places like the Warrior Forum. I get some hits already from that one forum (I put my blog URL in the signature) but plan to get involved at other places.




5. visit blogs - One of the reasons why I love blogging is because I enjoy visiting other people’s blogs and commenting and learning from them. I always leave my blog URL when asked to provide it in the comment form.




6. twitter - I enjoy micro-blogging at twitter. It’s a blast and I’ve met a lot of cool people. And it is a great way to get hits to my site after I make a new post.




7. stumbleupon - I’m almost surprised by how successful stumbleupon has been for me. I stumbled one article about a week ago and ended up with 1000 hits to my site that day.