22 Proven Ways To Get Traffic The Old Fashioned Way ...Part 1
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IMPORTANT NOTE: The purpose of this overview is not to say "go forth and do all of this". No one person can do all of this well at the same time. That would be overwhelming and a big mistake.
The key to succeeding with free traffic methods is to choose one you enjoy and master it.
Many books and articles have been written about the person who owns a gold mine and digs for years, only to give up only a few feet away from a major find. We don't want to be that person. We want to be the person who makes a thoughtful choice, makes a firm commitment and finds success by persisting and refining their technique.
So with that in mind let's take a look at three major ways to get traffic by earning it, and the specific techniques that come from those choices.
I've drawn a little mind map (I'm a visual learner) and am putting it here in case you like mind maps too. It's not necessary to even look at the image - but if you do I hope you will find it useful.
TRAFFIC MOVES IN STREAMS
When Bob Allen asked me to help him write Multiple Streams of Internet Income I was honored of course. But it was only when I read the finished work that I realized his true genius. He had summed up many methods of getting traffic and put them into a mental picture anyone could grasp in an instant ... a great ocean of prospects flowing into a series of streams (a sales funnel) that created sales automatically.
To keep this as simple as possible (I love simple, don't you?) I'm dividing my 22 proven methods into three themes.
1. Publishing
3. Collaboration
Remember the key point...
Your goal should not be to do all of these at one time but rather to find the ones you like best and then make that work for you.
They can all work if you work them. I will be sharing much more on how to do each method soon.
PUBLISH
In academia I hear they say "publish or perish". I say I hear that because I never went to college. But I do know that, online, you need to publish or you risk perishing.
Happily, you can be a great publisher without being a great writer.
There are many ways to publish information online. We know that there is an almost endless supply of people searching for things, and the thing they are searching for is information.
If you become the person who provides the information - be that by writing like I am doing now or by curating or aggregating - you will win. If you doubt that check out the top blogs online. Guys like John Chow now charge $500 to simply review a product on their blog. Is it worth the price? In many cases it is.
Here are the most proven ways to publish online in my experience along with a couple of tips below the list about which work best for most people. Remember, this is an overview! I will be providing more about each soon.
I've done all of these and continue to use most of these methods today.
Publish an ezine
Have a Squidoo lens
Publish a blog
Guest posting
Viral marketing
Article marketing
Press Releases
Distribution
Books
Reports
In my view blogging is the best way to start. A blog is easy to set up and easy to maintain. You can hire it done on sites like eLance or use a service like TypePad. One of my favorite marketers, Seth Godin, has used TypePad for years. So don't think that using a service will limit you, because it won't. For many it's the best way to go.
The key here is to find the method that you like.
If you like doing something you will keep doing it and it will become profitable the more you do it.
Big time bloggers like Chris Brogan or Brian Clark blog for profit now but they started with passion. If you follow your passion the profits will come - they really will.
The beautiful thing about the Internet is that there is an audience for almost any topic. Even if you never create a single product of your own you can make money by providing your audience with the information they crave. When you do that consistently you become a trusted advisor, and people will buy what you recommend because they trust you.
Author: J Mark Lipscomb
Website: Secret 5iphon Traffic Strategy
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