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Increasing Website Traffic By Using Tell A Friend Scripts

Increasing the traffic flow to websites is one of the issues that webmasters have to deal with on a constant basis. Many ways have been devised in the last few years to assist. But not all of them work satisfactorily. Viral marketing is one of the methods that have been very successful in increasing traffic to websites. It exploits the human tendency to share with others something that they find interesting.

Viral marketing uses several means to achieve its objective. It may be through a funny video, an exciting story, an addicting computer game and numerous other ways that attract people’s attention. This innovative type of marketing usually does not cost much and the gains are much more than the cost involved. Viral marketing would certainly benefit websites in increasing traffic.

Tell a friend script

This is just a few lines of code in the form of a script that one can include in the website program. It is usually placed in a web page that has some newsworthy content. The contents of this page may then be sent to any friends of the reader through email along with sender’s identification. The receiver would get an email along with the web page content which may be in the form of written material, audio or video clip and also details of the website or the company that sponsored it. The chances of the email being considered a spam is low as the receiver would notice that it has been sent by somebody known to him/her.

The email would also have the tell-a-friend program in the form of a script embedded in it which in turn can be sent to another friend. Those interested in the company’s products would visit the company’s website by clicking on the ad that accompanies the email. Thus the word spreads around regarding the details of the company or its products in a very subtle way. This is a simple form of viral marketing that has been found to be effective.

How to get a tell-a-friend script?

The tell-a-friend program is a simple piece of software in the form of a script that can be easily inserted into a web page program. To get the script all one has to do is search for tell-a-friend script in a search engine. The links in the search results would lead to a website that would provide the script which can then be copied into the required web page.

The tell-a-friend program is an easy way of driving traffic to a website and costs very little. For the program to succeed, the quality of the content of the web page plays a vital role. Hence it may take some time before one sees the results of increased visits to the website but the possibility is very high.



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