• Establish a wide network.

Connect more deeply with every single person that you meet or with whom you may share a similar interest, especially those that seek you out or interact with you. Someone likes your fan page, leaves a comment on your website, responds to a comment you left on their website or is part of the same close-knit online group? Try to find the person on different social media platforms and send a request to connect. It’s important to keep your profile photo and profile description relatively consistent, so people will recognize you.

Twiends is an easy way for you to jumpstart your fan base. Not only can you gain more Twitter followers, but you can also target your efforts to receive more “Likes” on your Facebook Fan Page or views on your YouTube videos. The system is based on seeds: you receive seeds by following others, “Liking” other fan pages or watching other videos while you give seeds to those who return the favor.

• Build real relationships.

Each time you connect with a new person, aim to build a real friendship. The point is not to just add a person to your network, but to connect with someone that you can start a conversation with at any time. The focus should then be on getting the conversation going. When you first connect with someone, remind them how you’re linked, thank them when appropriate and ask them a question or compliment their work. Always include warm greetings and farewells for a personal touch. People who feel they can relate to you personally will be more likely to support you.

When people start noticing you, they’ll be intrigued to learn more about you by visiting your website without you even needing to self-promote. Keep in touch with your new contacts by taking the time to mention them in relevant tweets, comment on their posts or share their work through different social media platforms once in a while.

• Make yourself known.

Only once you have built relationships based on giving and trust should you ask for help. It may make you feel uncomfortable to ask others for help, but people often like to support givers, especially if you continue to focus on giving much more than receiving. Instead of approaching people directly, you can leave a note at the end of your posts, kindly asking your readers to leave comments and share your posts. You may also include a message on your landing page, asking new visitors to connect with you by following pages or linking up with you on other social media sites.

Publicize your blog posts on social bookmarking websites and promote your company with YouTube videos, a Facebook fan page and a LinkedIn page. Find relevant Facebook groups, LinkedIn groups and blog commenting tribes in which members help promote each other’s posts. Share your expertise by answering questions on forums and Q&A websites. Finally, comment on other websites that have CommentLuv or are DoFollow blogs to build backlinks to your own website. By leaving value-adding comments, others may also follow you back over to your website.

Have any of these tactics worked for you? What are your top traffic generation tips?

The topic above is the ideas and opinions of the guest poster. Thank you Samantha for guest posting here @ SEO Web Junction.

Now, how can we make use of this new development? Here’s a very good article that covers that area.

Leveraging Social Media Links to Drive Traffic Part 2 | LunaMetrics.

• 6:00 – 7:00 Registration and Dinner
• 7:00 – 7:30 Guest introduction / plugs Welcome Remarks
• 7:30 – 8:00 Updates by Janette
  Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2009 Update
  DigitalFilipino.com Club Updates
  DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2009
  Ratified.org Philippines Top 100 Blogs 1st half of 2009 (blogs that made big moves in 1st half of 2009)
• 8:00 – 8:30 – PAGCOR Updates
• 8:30 – onwards – Raffle, Networking, Games

Of course I will be there tonight, hopefully meeting new friends and prospective business partners. I will be posting updates about the event on the next day.

I already created my profile using my Google account.