Offline sources can be a very effective way of getting traffic to your website. Any communication or marketing
piece that goes out should always have your website. The different modalities that can allow you to get traffic
to your website include,

television
radio
magazines
newspaper
flyers
billboards
brochures
business cards

There are a few reasons to submit your website to link directories. The first reason

Link exchanges can happen in a number of different types of sites. This entry will focus on exchanging links with other blogs. The more relevant and higher quality your blog is, the more likely other bloggers will be willing to exchange links with you.

Exchanging links can be a very powerful way of getting more traffic to your website if it
is done correctly. Just exchanging links with other sites willy-nilly can be a complete
waste of your time.

For example, I recently received an email from someone wanting to exchange links with
one of my web sites, that is rather established and has some page rank. They wanted

Publishing your own newsletter is a great way to get more traffic to your website if done properly. When you have a good slzed list (over 2000 subscribers), you can generate traffic to your website instantly whenever you send out a newsletter. You must however give people a reason to go to your website after they read your newsletter, or you just basically have an announcement list.

Advertising in other publishers newsletters is a good way to get exposure for your website, but it must be done with some forethought. Buying up ads in newsletters can also be a great way to deplete your funds quickly.

Pay Per Click (or PPC) advertising is a fast and easy way to generate traffic to your website is as little as 30 minutes, depending upon which service you chose to use. With PPC, you pay $$ every time someone clicks on your ad when it shows up in the search results, and based upon the keyword you have chosen.

Writing articles is probably one of the least used techniques to get traffic to a website, but one of the most powerful. If you are going to use this technique, it should be used correctly, and not done in a half-hearted manner.

Search engine optimization is kind of an art... There are
things all website owners can do in order to enhance their
search engine rankings. Some of the things include

1) Placing your desired keywords in your title tags.
2) Adding some of your keywords to your meta and description tags in your header.
3) Having keywords in the text on your web pages.

Yes, it's true. Commenting on other people's blogs is a good way to get traffic to your website. However, the key is to get traffic, not to post just for the sake of posting...

So what does this mean?

When you post on someone else's blog, you must post something that is relevant and adds value. This is important for 3 reasons:

1) If you make a comment on another persons blog that adds value, chances are more likely that they will keep your comment on their blog and not delete it. If you are unsure, you can contact the blog owner and ask them for specifics and more likely than not, they will appreciate the inquiry and answer your question.