So you've build up your website and you're happy, right? Building a website is just a "tip of the iceberg" when it comes to building an online business.

The most important thing to do after building a website is to drive traffic to it from different sources. People won't come across your website by chance or luck. You've to set up a direction that leads to your website for people to find their ways there.

Below are the two simple ways to drive massive traffic to your website and increase sales or revenue.

#1. Article Writing and Marketing

This involves writing a few articles and submitting them to the major article directories on the Internet.

Before you begin writing your articles, come up with 2-3 keywords that you want your website to be known for - keywords that you think people can use to find your website online. After that, write your article with your keywords embedded in the content. Your article should be 300-400 words long. But be careful you don't stuff your article with irrelevant keywords without providing an informative content.

The resource box in an article directory is where you're allowed to place a link to your website. This is where your reader will decide whether to follow the link to your website or not. That's the reason why you should write a useful, informative and compelling article that will make people perceive you as an expert or trustworthy for your product or service. So, make good use of the resource box when submitting articles to article directories.

#2. Guest Blogging

This is one of the fastest ways to drive massive traffic to your website. To do this, search for similar websites that have been established for a long time, in other words, those that are older than yours.

This is because they've loyal readers who visit them on a regular basis. Study a couple of their articles thoroughly. This will help you learn their style of writing, and the sort of articles they publish on their website.

When you find a good one with a lot of visitors, contact the owner through the contact link page. Request that you want to be a guest writer by writing a blog post that's exclusively designed for their website.

You can even attach your article to the first email that you send them. The webmaster will check your article and decide to publish it or not. If the webmaster publishes your article and people enjoy what you wrote, you'll see an overflow of traffic straight to your website. And if people like what they see there on your site, they'll become regular visitors to your website, too.

If you repeat this strategy on different well established websites that are related to yours, trust me, you'll be amazed at the rate at which your website's traffic will grow.

Finally, driving traffic to your website from different sources is very crucial to your internet business success. You can build huge traffic through article writing and marketing where you write and submit articles to various article directories. And guest blogging is another way to drive massive traffic to your website.

Author's Bio: 

Saeed Sikiru is full time a blogger and online freelance writer. He helps business owners market their products or services online with his writing skill. You can hire him today for your writing and marketing projects at an affordable price.