Look, search engine tactics are hard to learn and the rules change all of the time. You put meta tags in your pages add keywords and then submit them to the major search engines. And then you wait....And you wait! Nothing happens.

I have a suggestion for you. Optimize your pages submit them and then don't look back..

What? You're telling me not to work daily on my site so that it will be in the top twenty of search engines.

Are you nuts!

Yes... this may be true. What I am telling you is to just not worry about getting top postions.

Most individuals, in my opinion, spend way to much time trying to optimize their sites so that they will rank high in the search engines.

Well...you can work daily on this: Incorporate the following two actions in your personalized daily routine. If you do follow these suggestions, you will have no problem getting as much traffic as you need or want this year.

Write articles and submit them to e-zines in your particular target market.

This will get your name out there fast. If you work on an article each day and submit them to other ezines, you will see an instant traffic increase. You can get lists of ezines in your target market by visiting these sites.

Websites For mass submissions:

• http://216.147.104.180/articles/submit.shtml
• http://www.ezinearticles.com/add_url.htm
• http://www.ideamarketers.com/
• http://www.web-source.net/articlesub.htm
• http://www.certificate.net

Now get names of publishers in your particuar target market:

• http://www.directoryofezines.com

These are probably the best sites on the net for e-zine lists.

• http://www.list-universe and
• http://ezinesearch.com

Now...

• Get the publishers' names and the names of the publications.
• Start your own database of names and send it out with a nice e-mail client that personalizes your e-mail correspondence.
• Use the name of the publisher along with each of the publications name. You can use Aurete Mail that you get at http://www.group-mail.com/
• Work on writing articles daily and read as much as you can on a large array of subjects. This way, you will expand your knowledge beyond your own field.
• Add artices to your website: make sure you let anybody linking to your site know that they have full licencse to post them on their website as long they include your resource file.

Write your own e-book and give it away for FREE. Yes, you will give your first e-book away for free. Then, submit it to all of the e-book directories.

Here is a small list:

• http://www.softseek.com/submit/index.html
• http://ebooks.searchking.com
• http://www.ebooksnbytes.com
• http://ebookshop.bizland.com
• http://www.mcpromotions.com/e-books.htm
• http://www.web-source.net/free_ebooks.htm
• http://writers-bbs.com/inkspot/?forum=ebookpromo
• http://topsoft.com/add/
• http://www.directupdate.com/softlib/

Check out this next site for many more places that may display your eBooks:

• http://www.euro-share.com/uplinks.htm

• You must do this to gain rapport with future prospects. E-books act as another another communication tool that will bring in visitors to your site with little work of your own.
• Another good idea is to put a small ad in Business Link Business E-zine, DEMC, or some other opt-in e-mail list that has lots of subscribers. This will be well worth it since you will be reaching a large audience and some large publishers may pick up your book and put it in their newsletters or at their sites.
• Try a solo ad mailing in some e-zines in your target market. Solo ads are one of the best targeted ways to get people to buy. Think that a lot of people will download your e-book? You bet they will!
• Offer your e-book as a *Great* way to exchange links with related web sites. Just approach each webmaster individually and ask them to download your e-book. If they like it, ask them to host it at their site. That way you are giving them a reason to exchange links.

Okay, now Take action and enjoy the traffic increase!