If youve not hit the magic 10,000 visitors a day target yet, these methods will help you to continue to build up traffic to your site.

Once you hit that traffic target, you should be able to make money from your site whatever method you choose. Heres 21 tips to long term traffic building:-

1. Add comments on blogs/forums this keeps you up to date with whats going on in your niche & also helps get your name known
   
   
2. Add photos & make sure theyre appropriately named & have an alt tag which includes your keywords
   
   
3. Articles write them! Writing & submitting articles can get you heaps of free traffic, create useful one-way links to your site and get you established as an expert in your niche. Submit articles to sites like EzineArticles.com and GoArticles.com to boost your traffic.
   
4. Be personal. Although youll want to be professional the most successful websites are those where the personality of the writer shows through once youre established you can even write about your vacations, kids or latest car!
   
5. Be memorable for being quirky, outrageous (just type Rich Jerk into any search engine) or humorous
   
6. Blog have a blog. Its easy to write blog entries, the search engines love it and it draws loads of visitors. Use Wordpress or Blogger theyre both easy to get started.
   
7. Build relationships with related sites in your niche share articles, mention them in Newsletters & blog posts, etc.
   
8. Domain Name keep it short, easy to remember & spell. Dont try and stuff a dozen keywords in no-one is going to be able to remember that!
   
9. Fresh content keep adding content both on your blog and by creating new pages.
   
10. Go viral with free reports or software get your name out there in the forums and ezines.
    
11. Keep up-to-date with techniques sign up for newsletters and be the first to use it when cutting edge technology comes out that everyone will be using in six months. Also to find out what SEO techniques are becoming outdated.
    
12. Keyword research - do it! Dont just think you can throw together a few pages and hope for the best although that creates good content. Make sure that youve reviewed your pages and articles to ensure that youve got your keywords sprinkled throughout.
    
13. Newsletter/Lists/Ezine - if you havent got your own newsletter or ezine, consider starting one. This creates a whole bunch of repeat visitors to your site and a list of name and email addresses that is valuable for your own sales, but also for setting up joint ventures with others.
    
14. Offer value give away free stuff like content, ebooks, articles, reports, etc people love this and it will attract traffic too. Whenever you get the chance, add the word free on your site everyones looking for free, good quality information.
    
15. One way links with the latest changes in the search engines, one-way links are more important than ever. Take time every week or month to continue to submit your site to the directories particularly those in your niche or your local area.
    
16. Original content - although theres load of free articles out there, the search engines are ever more clever at spotting duplicate content. By writing your own content or getting it written for you (visit Elance.com) youll ensure that your new pages or articles get found and indexed by the search engines.
    
17. Post in forums, blogs, Yahoo Answers and make sure your signature file is up to date. Its easy, takes just a few seconds but can get you established as an expert. Often theres an opportunity to create your own profile in a forum or on Yahoo ensure that theres appropriate links back to your websites.
    
    
18. PPC advertising - sometimes this may be appropriate for drawing traffic. If you have an affiliate program that you wish to promote, it can be an ideal way of creating instant traffic.
    
19. Privacy Policy with Google cracking down all the time, adding a privacy policy is just one more thing that will ensure that you are seen as a serious site worthy of their attention.
    
20. SEO optimisation - it kind of goes without saying, but making sure that youve done the basics of optimisation will go a long way to getting the right kind of visitors. Website name, page titles, alt tags, links all these are important in telling the search engines and your visitors what your site is about.
    
21. Write press releases - these can be surprisingly successful in creating traffic, especially if they get picked up by the ezines. Try PressReleaseMonkey.com for starters.
    
    & last, but by no means least, the most important tip of all