Let’s face it, a lot of people don’t like to hear the word “business.” Simply because “business” is associated with hard work, and hard work doesn’t sound like fun. But driving traffic to a website is a business and this requires your time and dedication.

Although there are many ways that can help drive traffic to your website, you need to understand that this does not happen overnight. The profit that you will make if you are successful in driving traffic to your website is huge. With traffic constantly directed to your website, your business continues.

Here are some of the strategies you can use to get that traffic.

First of all, you can take advantage of Google AdWords. This is paid advertising where Google places ads on other sites to promote your website or web visitors click ads on the Google search engine.

If you are low on budget, you can also present your website on forums, but just make sure that the forum you enter is related to the topic of your website. Make sure you know where to find your target audience.

Another option is to write articles about your site and promote them on online article directories like EzineArticles.com and goarticles.com. Just don’t forget that before you start promoting your website, everything needs to be in place. Your website needs to be niche or focused on a theme because overloading it with different materials can make it look cluttered and chaotic.

Web 2.0 sites like Digg, Propeller, and Reddit are also popular sites that can drive a lot of traffic to your website if your content is good.

Video sharing sites like YouTube and Google Video can drive thousands of visitors to your website with just one uploaded video and it is certainly one of the best and easiest ways to get traffic.

After doing all this, don’t be disappointed if you don’t get the results you expect. After all, everything takes time, including driving traffic to your website.