There are some great resources available to bloggers and website owners to change how they market online by being a maverick and not staying with the status quo.  The are numerous   informational eBooks to help you learn how to market your business on a shoe string budget. They show you how to improve website traffic and increase targeted website traffic. I say targeted because many of the ebooks out there will give you ideas on how to get traffic to your website but they neglect to tell that this traffic could come from anywhere. Partnering with companies like thinkbigsites.com can help you get the right traffic and improve your overall search engine rankings. They help by introducing you to marketing articles that can help you better understand how to generate buzz around your brand. They also offer blogs that keep you to date on the latest trends in marketing online as well provide a free eZine that will get you weekly emails on the latest updates to help you beat your competition online. One of their articles dealt with viral marketing which I have found to be a great tool in launching some of my websites and blogs.

Viral marketing may sound bad but it actually can be a great way to spread the word about your business or services. You simply provide a free eBook or eZine about something of value to your customers and ask them to give it away for free. They will then spread the eBook around and it will continue to grow like a virus.You can enhance your website traffic ranking through organic links as people distribute the eBook with your links.  The ideal to maximizing your viral marketing is to include in the eBook sites and vendors you recommend that your are an affiliate of so that if the person reading the eBook goes to that site then your are compensated for that sell. The hardest part of getting website traffic is being able to attract the right kind of traffic. Using ezines, videos, and giving away stuff like free apps can help you engage your customers and keep them coming back for additional insight and resources.