No matter what you’re trying to promote online, traffic is the one key ingredient you need that makes it all happen.

But getting that traffic can be a costly undertaking. Still you have no guarantee that your pay-for-traffic promo methods will produce the results you’re after.

That’s where it’s nice to have alternatives. Free traffic is the best way to test your promo methods. Then when you discover what works, you can either fine tune these steps or invest for maximum exposure.

One more advantage of the free traffic methods is that many continue to produce very good results, no matter how the internet changes.

Here are my top five tools:

1. My Article Submitter.
With this software, I simply add a article with keywords and resource box and at the click of a mouse have it automatically submit my article to the article directories of my choice.

What I really like about this little gem is that it allows me to add my own article directories. That gives me a hands up since I am able to maximize my efforts by keeping only those article directories that give me the most bang for my buck … only this smart tool is free!

2. Blog Finder.
Commenting on blogs similar to mine has always been an advertising technique I’ve used with great success. The only drawback was that I had to spend oodles of time looking for blogs.

This software solved that problem for me. I enter my keywords, click search and instantly I get a list of blogs that I can comment on. I just click the link to each blog and bingo.

3. Directory Submitter.
Google, Yahoo and MSN are great directories to be listed in. But there are hundreds (if not thousands) more that could drive precious traffic to my site.

DS is the tool that lets me do that. I just add my URL and click send. Before long, beautiful traffic comes swarming in.

4. Forum Promoter.
This handy tool lets me submit a question to many forums automatically. That frees up a lot of time, since I don’t have to look for forums to post on.

I can also track how many replies I received. This is a super package for building quality backlinks.

5. Press Release Submit.
This is actually a service, not a software. Still, the service is entirely free and top notch. Your press release is instantly included in the local directory and submitted to other PR directories within 24 hours (all done for free).

Using this tool alone has given me a gigantic boost in traffic within only one week. Talk about writing with a punch… .

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These are my top five traffic generating tools that I’ve been using for quite some time now with great success.

You can learn more about these tools and download them here.

It’s not a secret that articles posted at various article directories are a great source to generate highly-response traffic.

It’s also not a secret that search engines love fresh new content, exactly the kind that articles are made up of, and literally gobble it up.

What is a secret however, is how to get much more traffic from your articles, ten times more to be exact …

Here’s How To Explode Your Article Views:

1. Article Directories:
Write your article about your chosen topic and submit it to a top quality, high-ranking article directory.

Once your article has been accepted by the directory, which may take a few days, copy the link to your article and go to step 2.

2. Yahoo Answers:
Go to Yahoo Answers and look for questions that relate to your article.

Post a helpful answer to each question your find related to your article’s topic. Include only the first paragraph of your article together with a link to your article.

Why is that important?

By not giving the readers at Yahoo Answers the whole scoop, they’ll be eager to click on your article link to get the answer. That gives your article a lot more views.

3. More Views:
Every article directory has a list of most viewed or most popular articles. As your article gets more views because of the answers you posted at Yahoo Answer, your article will be included in that list.

That gives your article much greater exposure and increases your article views and traffic even further.

Now good things are starting to happen: more subscribers, more sales, more webmasters publishing your article and so on.

To increase your article views even more, include your article link in your forum posts or signature file.