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.