I don’t have to tell you that you need traffic – people to visit your site. But how do you get them to find you? You can’t just put up a site and expect everyone to find it. There are millions of sites out there and it’s pure luck that your site will be discovered unless you invite people. You have to find a way to tell them, “come visit my site”.

So how do you do that? Well, you have to know where those people already hang out and visit the same places to invite them. Think of it as placing a billboard before everyone’s eyes. Or maybe just a simple ad on a post. Either way you have to spread the message around.

One of the ways to do that is forums. Surprisingly they are very underrated. However, becoming a part of community in your niche and have your signature file with your posts can be very effective. People that are already interested in what your site is about read the forums and they see your link. They obviously will follow through to your site.

The drawback of this method is that it can get very time consuming. To participate in several forums takes a lot of time and effort. But it’s still very much worth the consideration.