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7 Totally Free Ways

To Get More Traffic
More Traffic
More Sales
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7 Totally Free Ways To Get More Traffic
More Traffic
Traffic! traffic! traffic.
Web traffic ma(es the world o )round. We all want it. We all need it. So!
let*s o and et it+
% was chattin with some friends and they as(ed me,
-Mi(e! what are some more ways to et free traffic. #nd it can*t be the
usual stuff li(e article mar(etin or advertisin./
% rabbed a noteboo( and started 0ottin down ideas. % stopped when %
&uic(ly reached 12 ways to et web traffic. #nd! then % narrowed it down
to 7 of my favorites to (eep this short and easily diestible.
Many of these ideas are not revolutionary new -secrets/! but % also doubt
that you*re usin all of them! either. 34on*t feel bad. Most people aren*t.5
#ll 7 of the ideas %*ve listed are effective methods of traffic eneration that
will also help you to be seen as more of an e6pert in your field.
%f you*re loo(in for ways to -ame/ the search enines, well! several will
wor( for that! too! but that*s not what %*m loo(in to teach here.
This is lon7term traffic eneration for people who are in it for the lon7
haul.
%f that*s you! (eep readin.
#nd! be sure to read all the way to the end! as % saved the best for last.
1. Blog Cote!t!
8ontests are nothin new in the online world. Many people have been
usin contests to et free web traffic for years.
9owever! there is a slihtly new twist since the blo revolution that has
made runnin a contest much more effective and fun.
The concept is the same.
'ou come up with a pri$e 3or many pri$es5 that would be appealin to your
blo readers.
:f course! offerin your own product as the pri$e would be preferable since
you can mention it on your blo 3so everyone who sees your contest will
also see your product lin(5.
But! if you don*t have your own product! you can easily as( around and
find people who will donate.
:nce you have your pri$es! the fun starts. 'ou have several options for
your contest.
;. %f your oal is to et people to interact! as( your readers to post a
comment to win.
1. %f your oal is to et incomin lin(s to your blo! and! if your readers are
bloers themselves! as( your readers to blo about your contest 3on their
blos5 and then comment to let you (now they did it.
<. %f your oal is to et to (now your readers! as( them to complete a
survey to win.
=. :r a combination of the items above.
%mmediately after you post your contest! send a mailin to each of your
e$ine lists! lettin them (now about the contest. 'ou*ll want your loyal
readers to have the opportunity to win.
>e6t! contact your circle of influence 3your friends5 and let them (now
about your contest.
:ffer to do a blo post swap. %f they*ll blo about your contest! you*ll owe
them one the ne6t time they have somethin they want to spread the word
about.
Then! o and submit your contest to all of the contest websites.
'es! there are sites that list contests and free offers.
This is obviously more effective in certain niches than in others! but it is
free e6posure to your contest. 3Search oole for -submit contest/ ?
-submit sweepsta(e/.5
:f course! if you really want ood mileae for your contest! you can also
post on messae boards in your niche with the sinature pointin to your
contest.
%f your wheels are turnin, you*re probably also thin(in of the
possibilities of offerin your product or service as a pri$e to a popular blo
in your niche and as(in them to run the contest. @5
Good thin(in. %t wor(s both ways+
". Olie Ra#io $ %o#ca!t Iter&ie'!
%maine bein a tal( show host for a wee(ly podcast. What*s the one thin
you need every sinle wee(.
Guests. Aots and lots of e6pert uests.
'ou thin( findin content for your website is hard.
Tryin pinnin down uests each wee( for interviews.
% recently interviewed Belly to as( the &uestion -What ma(es a ood uest
and what ma(es you want to invite someone bac(./
9ere are some pointers to increase your odds of ettin on a show and
bein as(ed bac(C
;. #ctually listen to the show a few times before even thin(in of
contactin the host as a potential uest. Ma(e sure your concept fits into
the mar(et that the show reaches. %f the show is about 9ealth! then don*t
pitch your candy7ma(in coo(boo( on there.
1. 4o somethin newsworthy or interestin. #re you havin a special event
for charity. 9ave you recently won an award. %f your idea is timely! you*ll
stand out and the host may contact you sooner rather than later.
<. 9ave somethin interestin to say. %f you 0ust plan to tal( about your
products! then don*t as( to be a uest. Buy an ad instead.
=. %f you have sample interviews or media e6posure! tell the host about it
in your in&uiry letter. 4irect her to your media pae where you lin( to past
interviews! if you have them.
Oe Goo# T(r De!er&e! Aot)er
With the 9ost or 9ostess ivin so much to you! what are you e6pected to
do in return.
Provide a list of &uestions in advance.
Send a sample of your product to the host before you appear on the show.
Tell your newsletter list about the interview and where to find it.
'our host will be more li(ely to have you bac( if you are willin to publici$e
your interviews.
Blo about your interview.
Be a racious uest and be sure to say -Than( you/ when the interview is
over. 3# ift is also nice.5
Hot Tip* 'ou may also as( the host for a copy of the interview that you
can add to your affiliate center.
+. Beco,e a -eat(re# E.pert Col(,i!t.
We all (now about article mar(etin. 'es! it*s an effective way of
eneratin traffic to your website over time.
9owever! a much more direct way of ettin your website in front of your
taret mar(et is by doin somethin a bit more tareted than traditional
article mar(etin.
Basically! we*re ta(in out the middle7man and oin directly to the sites
we want to have our articles published on. But! with a twist. >ow! %*m not
(noc(in D$ine#rticles.com or %snare.com.
They are both fantastic. 9owever! they are also BD#STS of websites. 9ow
do you et noticed in such a crowd.
'es! you can write e6cellent articles.
'es! you can wor( on writin the best headlines possible.
'es! you can play with lon7tail (eywords.
But! there is an easier way.
%n addition to writin and submittin articles to the bi sites! hoo( up with
a website that is in your niche and become a columnist for that site.
%*ve ot to tell you that % have several columnists for my niche websites
and it*s actually &uite difficult to find people that are willin to do this.
%t*s insane that % have to loo( so far and wide to find writers who are
willin to stic( with a schedule and ive me articles on time.
What do they et out of it.
D6posure to their taret mar(et forever. 3#s my site rows! their e6posure
rows.5
Guaranteed publishin on a tareted website for each article. 3#ssumin
it*s a ood article! of course.5
D6posure on a hih traffic website that has some reat Search Dnine
ran(ins.
D6posure in my e$ine and possibly autoresponder as new articles are
added.
D6posure on my blo.
What do % et.
Fresh! uni&ue! &uality content. 3This is much better to me than usin PAE
articles or hirin a hostwriter! because %*m findin e6perts who (now the
topics inside and out.5
:f course! the writers may also write and submit other articles to the bi
directories! but they (now that the ones they submit to me are for my sites
only.
So! if you*re loo(in to et some serious e6posure in front of the e6act
people who buy your products or services! then %*d say to start searchin
oole for people who are reachin those people already.
:nce you find a reat content site! offer to provide them with reular
articles.
%f they say -no/ then (eep loo(in.
Thins to discuss in advance before areein to be a 8olumnistC
;. Where your articles will be published.
1. %f you can have a raphic by your articles. 3Many newspaper columnists
have their photo by their byline.5
<. 9ow often you*ll be writin 3wee(ly! monthly! etc5.
=. Aenth of articles.
F. 'our deadlines.
2. 9ow many lin(s you can include in the bio. 3'our advertisin.5
7. #dvertisin that will be on the pae 3other than yours5.
G. 8opyriht. 'ou retain copyriht to your own article! even as it*s
published on the other site! 0ust as you would with an article directory.
H. %f you may use the content in eboo(s or reports! but not published as an
article on other sites.
;I. %f you*ll have e6posure on other areas of the site! in the e$ine! or lin(ed
from a related
blo as an e6pert.
;;. #nd you*ll want to ma(e sure that your articles are >:T coded with a
-nofollow/ ta.

3Many website owners use -nofollow/ tas. 'ou do not want this on your
lin(s.5
Eemember! when neotiatin with the website owner be easy to wor( with.
When comin to an areement! remember that most article directories 3li(e
e$inearticles.com5 do have advertisin in and around your articles! too.
So! wor( with the publisher and be fle6ible. %*m sure you can come up with
a win7win for both of you.
Hot Tip* 'ou may be able to also turn the articles into a pdf report that
you can then offer as a tool for your affiliates in your affiliate center.
/. -i# ,e,0er!)ip !ite! a# e0oo1! t)at are HOT a# o22er t)e,
cotet.
Eide the coat tails of others.
Aet*s say you are an e6pert in Eaw Food >utrition. :ne thin you can easily
do is contact every weiht loss or fitness membership site you can find and
offer to ive them either an interview or a report.
Dach of these membership sites is loo(in for onoin value for their
members. %f you come throuh with a reat interview or a &uality report!
you can bet they*ll add it to their members* area! especially if it*s uni&ue to
their site.
Find one membership site each wee( and offer them reat content. 'ou*ll
et your mar(etin messae in front of a lot of very tareted eyeballs who
are interested in your topic.
Many membership sites archive their content. Be sure to chec( before you
aree to do an e6clusive interview to ma(e sure that it*ll be ettin
e6posure for a lon! lon time.
'ou can ma(e this offer even more appealin by allowin the membership
site owners to use their affiliate lin( for your proram in the report or
alonside the interview.
9ow do you find these hot membership sites. Dasy.
Search oole.com for the followin termsC
J -(eyword club/ 3e6ample -do owners club/5
J -(eyword month/ 3e6ample -diabetic month/5
-(eyword 0oin/ 3e6ample -divorce 0oin/5
:f course! don*t fret if you find eboo(s instead of membership sites. That
wor(s! too.
Find hot eboo(s in your niche that are 0ust a little different than yours! but
in the same field! and offer them a bonus for their customers.
% recommend you search directly in the clic(ban(.com mar(etplace for
those.
:nce you set this up! each and every customer who buys the eboo( of a
competitor will receive a copy of your audio or report.
%f you set this up properly! you*ll turn your traffic on autopilot.
More Goole research ideasC
-(eyword report/ 3e6ample -fitness report/5
-(eyword eboo(/ 3e6ample -recipe eboo(/5
-(eyword affiliate/ 3e6ample -do affiliate/5
3. 4(,p ito Social Net'or1ig.
Social >etwor(in comes in many shapes and forms! but the ood thin is
that it*s easy to dabble in and %*ve! personally! seen reat results with little
effort.
%t*s free to try! so there are no e6cuses.
9ere*s how it wor(s. 'ou sin up for one or more of the prorams below
3all are free5.
St(,0le5po.co,
Digg.co,
Re##it.co,
3'ou can search oole to find hundreds more. This is 0ust for starters.5
>e6t! update your profile on each site you*ve 0oined! includin your KEA
and photo.
Then! the ne6t time you post somethin of interest on your blo 3or see
somethin on a friend*s blo5! you 0ust submit it to the sites above.
Many of these Social >etwor(in sites e6pect you to be an active
participant.
'ou*re e6pected to rate and comment on other people*s contributions. Lust
0ump in and play with it and watch your stats to see what is and is not
wor(in.
'ou*ll see the traffic start to tric(le in if you play by the rules and share
&uality information.
34on*t be afraid to have an opinion and stand out+5
#lon the same lines 3but slihtly different5 is a Social >etwor(in tool
called T'itter.co,
Basically! Twitter is li(e a roup %nstant Messener 8hat. 'ou can add as
many friends as you*d li(e 3which is called -followin/ people5. Then! you
0ust chat about what you*re up to.
For instance! when %*m done with this report! %*ll turn it into a pdf and load
it on my site for my readers to en0oy.
Then! %*ll Twitter the lin( to let my followers (now what %*ve been up to
today. Whenever % post on my blo! % &uic(ly Twitter it. >ot even a minute
later! % et a nice little spi(e in traffic 3and some comments5 on my blo!
on Twitter or on the Social >etwor(in Sites above.
That way! instead of ettin one visitor to your website! you*re ettin a
person who can send you additional traffic. 'ou*re tappin into their lists!
their connections! and their traffic instead. Pretty smart! isn*t it.
Hot Tip* :f course! you can ma(e this even more viral by tal(in about
your affiliate proram
6. Create !o,et)ig 0(778'ort)9.
This is a very fun way to et some bu$$ about your website.
8reate somethin fun and bu$$7worthy.
;. D6ample of Ksin Graphics 8reativelyC
'''.Mar1etigCo,ic!.co, M ;F hilarious comics about %nternet
Mar(etin M some may hit a little close to home+ @5
1. D6ample of Ksin Nideo 8reativelyC
'''.DierTi,eVi#eo.co, M a video to promote a family menu
plannin service.
%f you*re not a very creative person! then you can certainly hire someone
on elance.com to create an item for you. %*ve wor(ed with illustrators on
elance.com and %*ve had ood luc( so far.
Lust communicate your re&uirements clearly so there are no
misunderstandins. %n fact! after % write out my pro0ect re&uirements! % run
the wordin by two of my assistants and as( them to tell me what it says
in their own words before postin it 0ust to ma(e sure it*s clear.
:nce your pro0ect is completed! then spread the word.
Blo about it.
Tell your lists.
%f you*ve created a video! submit it to 'ouTube.com and Nideo.Goole.com
and all of the other video sites.
#lso submit it to 4i.com! Eeddit.com! StumbleKpon.com and all of the
other hot social networ(in sites for e6posure.
:f course! if you have an affiliate proram! set it up so your affiliates can
lin( to your creation! as well+
:. ;o(r O' A22iliate %rogra,*
% promised that %*d save the best for last! and % sure did. % even hinted 3not
so subtly5 throuhout this report about my favorite method of traffic
eneration.
Aet me lay it on the line here. % told you at the beinnin of this report that
% &uic(ly came up with 12 methods of eneratin traffic off the top of my
head. %*m sure! if % sat and thouht a bit loner % could easily ma(e that
;II or more.
Lust a few ideas from my list,
S&uidoo
Stumble Kpon
4i"Eeddit"etc.
#rticle Mar(etin
D$ine #dvertisin
Goole #dwords
8raislist
:fferin Eesale Eihts
Webinars
Teleseminars
:ffline Mar(etin
Twitter
Forums
Loint Nentures
Press Eeleases
8reatin Niral Software ? Tools
PayPerPost
Ktter$
Niral Free Eeports
Startin your :wn Podcast
Search Dnine :ptimi$ation
Bloin
#re you an e6pert in each of those thins. >o. Me! neither. % (now &uite a
bit about each 3more about some than others5! but % wouldn*t consider
myself an e6pert in every sinle one of those in any way! shape or form.
4o % have time to learn about and do each of those thins on a reular
basis. >ot a chance. %t would be insane to even try to do each of these
thins each day M or even every wee(.
This is where an affiliate proram comes in handy.
My affiliates are e6perts in these areas.
Where there is only one MD with only 1= hours each day! my affiliates are
many.
My affiliates have created S&uidoo lenses to promote my products.
They*ve StumbledKpon paes with lin(s to me.
They*ve posted about my free reports on 8raislist.
They*ve set up #dwords campains.
They*re bloin about my products.
They*re postin on forums with sinature lin(s promotin my products.
They are ma(in raphics for my free reports! before % can even do it+
9ec(! % can*t (eep up with everythin they*re doin! but % (now it*s a lot
more than % could be doin alone.
'ou can train your affiliates to do more in a day than you can do alone in a
month*s time.
'ou*ll et more done! and you*ll stay a lot saner in the process.
With a little effort and uidance! any roup of affiliates can be turned loose
onto the world with the tools to succeed.
Wishin you much success
Mi(e