Want more traffic for your blog? I’m sure you do. However, you also want results from that traffic. You want “good” traffic, traffic that does something for you when it gets to your blog. What you want your traffic to do varies – perhaps you want your visitors to buy a product, visit your online store, or click on a link.

So although the Web 2.0 social-networking traffic generating methods can be effective, they usually fail the “good traffic” test. Your visitors from Digg zoom through your blog, and vanish, like ghosts. They give you a boost in traffic, but it’s a useless boost.

This means that before you start promoting your blog, you must decide what you want your traffic to do when it arrives at your blog.

Make a list of what you want your traffic to do.

Once you have your list, give these three traffic-generating methods a try. These three simple methods will bring you targeted traffic: that is, good traffic which does something for you.

Craigslist – free and useful if you’re selling something on your blog

If you’re selling something on your blog, Craiglistis for you. Craigslist will bring you traffic that’s looking for whatever it is you’re selling. Although you probably won’t get a flood of traffic, that traffic is targeted. They want what you’re selling, so it’s good traffic.

US Free Ads – targeted, inexpensive traffic

US Free Adsis a classifieds site which is becoming very popular with bloggers. There are two types of membership: a basic membership, and a premium membership. You want the premium membership, which is very cheap compared to other types of advertising. You can place as many ads as you wish, using HTML and images to get attention.

WebWire gets you on Google News with minimal expense

I’ve recently started using the WebWirepress release site. The cost of releases is low, and you get onto Google News. The traffic you get from WebWire is extremely targeted, so it’s good traffic.

Try these three methods for generating good traffic: traffic which does something for you when it arrives at your blog.