This analogy could be perfectly applied to an online business. It's not enough to have a good web site offering great products and services at good prices. You desperately need targeted web traffic or visitors to get to your web site in order for you to make any sales. But how can some one get people to visit his/her web site?

Here are 10 great secrets every person with an online business needs to know in order to get targeted traffic:

1. Trade links with other web sites. They should be only those that are related to the subject of your web site. Besides trading links, you could also trade banner ads, half page ads, classfied ads, etc.

2. Begin an e-zine for your web site. When people read each issue of your articles, they will be reminded to revisit your web site. They will be exposed to your ad more than once which will increase your orders.

3. Create an online community. It could take the form of an online message board, e-mail discussion list or chat room. When people get involved in your community they will regularly return to communicate with others.

4. Write articles and submit them to directories and, web sites and magazines that accept article submissions. Make sure to include your business information and web adress at the end of the article.

5. Offer an electronic freebie with your ad on it. Allow your visitors to also give the freebie away. This will create a viral effect increasing your ad exposure, attracting more people to your site.

6. Make a deal to people where you combine your products or services into one big package with other businesses offerings. You could share a web site and advertise the package deal, which means double the traffic.

7. Submit your freebie to the online directories that list your particular item or service for free. If you're offering a free article, submit it to all the free article directories on the internet.

8. Be an active participant in forums. Post answers to other people's questions, ask questions and post appropriate information. Always remember to include your signature file at the end of all your postings.

9. Exchange classified or sponsor ads with other free articles publishers. If there is a huge subscriber diffrence between the,, one can run more ads to make up for it.

10. Take full advantage of free advertising areas on the internet and post your ad there. Free classfied ad sites, news groups that allow ads, free yellow page directories, etc are among the places you can take advantage of.
Having looked at the 10 insider secrets of driving targeted traffic to a web site, you need to find a way of capturing the details of your web site visitors. The most crucial details being the name and e-mail address. This is what is called list building. Do you remember the saying "the money is in the list"?