What is the best way to increase website traffic?

Conky

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I have a friend who has hired me as a consultant for his website. His front page is pathetic and yet has a high degree of attitude. He has a fairly small but growing and yet interesting group of people on his forum.

Because of contacts, I have the opportunity to get a record company to throw some free promotion his way although it seems like there isn't a real connect there because it isn't a real connect to music although they all like good rock and some rap. The record company is also willing to throw all kinds of free promo stuff at us... CD's, t-shirt's, all kinds of promo stuff, etc. So I GOT TO figure a way to work this in.

The record company contacts ask nothing in return because one of the forum moderators is a childhood friend with a VP at the record company. ;)

The owner wants to let his forum people have it all but I say he needs to develop the front page into something respectable and he agrees. I think I will end up upgrading his website frontpage tomorrow because even in it's undeveloped condition this site looks and smells like something that will be a player and I want to be connected with something good at the ground level. ;) I have been given free reign over the front page content so it's my fault if it looks crappy. :(

Please pummel me with your opinions. This website I am referring to will never be a competitor against AT so there is no worry there.

Thanks in advance for advice and opinions.
 

Pilsnerpete

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Just say no to bad Batman cliches (all of them). I wanted to leave as soon as I saw that. I did.
 

Conky

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The hell of it is that I may get the job at this record company because of this connection. A VP job! The previous VP guy got caught pulling bongs in his office! Can you imagine that?!? Smoking away a $200K+ job away?

I already told the Senior VP I gave up pot 5 years ago and thats entirely true. If I get this gig I am totally made! :D

Got an interview later this week but I never count on anything. I've never been more nervous in all my life... if I get this gig I will surpass my father's greatest income and he will hate me for it.
 

Conky

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Originally posted by: Shockwave
Hook me up with some free shizzit and I'll visit the website :D

The free shiznit fountain is about to start pumpin. I will post it here and at the Hot Deals forum when the free stuff actually starts flowin...
 

Alistar7

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make sure it is registered with the major search engines so it at least shows up....

make really deceptive pop-up ads that trick people into going there.
 

Soybomb

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because even in it's undeveloped condition this site looks and smells like something that will be a player
Not to be mean or crap on you but if you're talking about the link in your sig you might want to reconsider pot or something :D Why will this site be a "player"? He has 22 people on his forums and one very short and very undetailed video game review up. I personally wouldn't invest much time in it.....

The best way to increase traffic though is to have good content. If you have good content, more people will link to you, and in turn google will direct more people your way. In this case, I think rudder is on to something :D