The number of people making money on the Internet with their own website or blog is happening in record numbers. Sadly there is still a high number of people who never ever earn any money.

In this article we want to talk about Internet advertising tips, and the importance of getting traffic to your website so you do not become another Internet marketing casualty.

1. Join a forum and point your signature file to your website or blog. View other signatures to see if anything catches your eye. A signature file in a forum is similar to placing a classified ad. If you don't get read your dead.

Forum marketing becomes more effective, the longer you do it, because you begin to establish credibility and people know who you are.

2. Post comments on blogs. You capture attention when you are controversial. This can lead to traffic as well when people visit your site to learn more about you. Another benefit of posting comments on blogs is you create back links to your site where search engines can find you and rank you higher for specific keywords.

3. Post comments in social directories. When you see an article you like make a comment on. Social directories such as Digg, Stumble Upon, Propeller, and others are great places for you to create back links to your website or blog when you post comments on articles you have read.

4. Write and submit articles to the best article directories. Your resource box is placed at the bottom of an article includes a link to your website where people can find it. Automate the process by using article directory submission services to get even more articles out to more directories.

5. Don't forget about pay per click advertising. There are still great opportunities to bid on underserved keywords and get traffic to your website without spending an arm and a leg to do it. Pay per click programs such as Yahoo Marketing, Miva, Google Adwords, and more, offer an excellent way to traffic to your website quickly.

This is five proven Internet advertising tips. Every business needs website traffic, and in many cases, the more the merrier. Whether you are successful or not can come down to how you use these five Internet advertising ideas as well as others.