There are many ways you can marketing an online business. You can have the coolest website on the web but if no one see's it, what's the point in having it. I'm going to show you some very simple and free ways to build traffic to your website and make some potential sales or get some potential sign ups. It comes down to this, in order to get traffic to your website and get ranked in Google, you will need lots of backlinks to your site.

Backlinks are exactly how it sounds. It's a website that links back to your website and there are different kinds. Before I begin telling you all my secrets, let met just say that if your going to do any kind of internet marketing, Your going to need a website or blog to send your potential customers to. Now, there are different kinds of backlinks:

1.) Comment Backlinks

2.) Social Backlinks

3.) Guest Blog backlinks

4.) Article Marketing Backlinks

5.) Profile Backlinks

6.) Submit to Web Directories

7.) Submit to Search Engines

8.) Submit your site to review sites

9.) Submit your blog to blog directories

10.) Forum Posting

Comment backlinks can be a fun way to communicate with people and advertise your website. You can comment on other blog posts and leave your link. The same thing with Forum's, leave your link in your signature. Always answer comments left on your blog, comunication and being helpful are the key to being successful.

Next, we have Social backlinks. When you write articles, blog posts, and pages, make sure you always social bookmark them. Every social bookmark gives you a free backlink back to your site.

Guest blog backlinks are backlinks that you get when you comment on other peoples blog posts with a link back to your website. Remember to always try to be helpful. A lot of people will be greatful for the kindness. There are numerous of these sites online.

Article Marketing- This is my favorite way to advertise, it's fun creative and free and free is always good. Every article you write, you will get one backlink to your site. I know it's a little time consuming but it will pay off in the long run.

Profile Backlinks- Getting profile backlinks can be time consuming also, but it's another thing that you can do for your site and it will pay off down the road. Profile backlinks are backlinks you can get to your website by filling out the profile on a lot of do follow blogs, social networks, and edu sites.

Submit your blog to web directories like DMOZ. You can get a list of these sites if you do a Google search oh and this isn't mentioned above but you can contact a website owner that's in your niche and see if they would like to swap links.

Search Engine Submission- They have software available online to make this process fast and easy. Submit Express is a free tool that you can use that does this for you.

Review Sites- Get your website reviewed. They have free review websites that you go to to get your website rated, check some of these out.

Blog Directories- There are numerous blog directories online, all you have to do is your research. Google it!

Forum Posting- Posting in Forums will bring a massive amount of traffic to your website or blog. All you have to do here is be nice to people and try to be as helpful as you can. This is only a few ways you can get traffic to your website but there are so many more ways you can build backlinks and start getting traffic to your website. It's only as hard as you make it