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Article Surfing ArchivePaying For Your Traffic Is Smart - Articles SurfingUndoubtedly, I am sure you must have heard so many success stories about online fortunes being made day 'in-day out by savvy internet marketers and ordinary folks alike. However, it is equally true that so many more others hardly make a lot of money online or any money at all. Many folks have been attracted to the internet business world through incredible stories of apparent sudden wealth and great fortunes made online. They also rightly wish to make similar fortunes or even more fantastic amounts of money on the internet regardless of the fact that only a handful succeeds. Those that have tried and got little reward or even no reward for their efforts begin to think that achieving success online is a fluke. Or they think it is just a matter of sheer luck? Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, you could be lucky at times and end up hitting the jackpot and hitting it rich. But this seldom happens. Your success will require some good business sense and a lot of help from others who have gone through the mill as well as some team effort. Let me also add that the single most important factor that has catapulted many successes online is the enthusiasm and hunger for success on the part of the individuals involved in their internet marketing businesses. These people work hard and invest some money to lubricate their transactions and activities to attain their much desired goals. So what should you take as the fundamental element in internet business? The simple answer; traffic. Without traffic, all your effort would be in vain and will amount to a sheer waste of time and other valuable resources. I am sure you know even from your observation of traditional businesses in your immediate environment that every business needs customers to survive and subsequently thrive. You need customers to sell your products to. Similarly, in the internet world, traffic is the walk- in customer. Thus, as you get more traffic to your website on the internet you stand greater chances of selling whatever products you are offering to people. And this is the cornerstone of all your effort at making a success of your internet business. And this is quite understandable. You do know that, like any business whether it is located in a street corner of a building or in a major shopping mall, should attract visitors. However, it is also true that not everyone that goes in will buy, but the greater number of people that do come in to browse your merchandise, the greater number of people that will buy your products. It is that simple. So the question is , how do you get traffic that is large enough such that a small percentage of eventual buyers make you a handsome profit. Many big companies generate traffic of tens of thousands a day and only a measly ten to fifteen percent actually buys, but that small percentage is enough to provide them with good profits and keep them in business. Let me reveal to you that many of these success stories pay for their traffic through continuous advertising. In other words, the old-age adage that; you have to spend money to make money, is true. And this makes sense as the more people that knows that your site exists; the more people would of course go to your site. While it is true that you can get traffic to your web site through free advertising, it hardly generates high volumes that are generated through paid methods. Some of these paid advertising methods include Google and Yahoo ads programmes and schemes. The search engines therefore provide the easiest and fastest media through which you could advertise your website. Search engines are very popular because they assist people in obtaining information about everything that they need. They are free and easy to use and provide a vital service to many people which is why they get many visitors and clicks. Now you can see why so many companies pay to advertise with these search engines. Millions of people across the world go to these search engines for information on a daily basis because of the links they provide to the web sites that these users might be looking for. You stand to benefit greatly if your web site pops up on the search result page as this usually translates into many visits to your site with all the resultant probability of making sales. You might have heard of search engine Optimization which is perhaps a cheaper method of driving traffic to your site but paying for your adverts through the search engines especially Google and yahoo almost guarantees traffic to your sites. Well, paying for your advertisements as canvassed here may sound odd to some but there is nothing wrong with it especially when you consider the immense benefits and results that could be obtained when done properly. Paying for your traffic assures you of steady traffic flow and sales which keeps you in business. You might be wandering how you will be paying for the traffic to your site. Basically, you will be charged on the basis of the number of clicks or hits recorded whenever your ad is clicked by visitors. Often times, you could be also charged on the basis of the frequency of exposure of your ads whenever a specific keyword or keyword phrases are searched for. Therefore, it is vitally important that you choose keywords and keywords phrase that you believe that searchers will use in looking for information. There are even tools that assist you in making the appropriate choice of keywords and phrases. Some of these keyword research tools are free while others cost some money. But any investment in these tools as well as the advertisement schemes discussed in this article will not be in vain and will surely result in an impressive boost in traffic which will also lead to a great boost in your sales figures. Now you know why it is smart to pay for your traffic.
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