21 Untapped Traffic Sources

[Kim Roach]

Thought I would share some of my favorite traffic strategies.
Please feel free to add to the list!

1. Submit your Blog to Content Aggregators like AllTop.com and 9Rules.com.

2. High-Profile Content Syndication - As you probably know, simply
submitting you articles to sites like EzineArticles.com is becoming less and less effective. You can get exponentially more results by zoning on in high-profile content syndication - submitting your articles to the top blogs and websites in your niche. For example, here are just a few top-tier websites that accept article contributions:

http://bleacherreport.com
http://mashable.com/writers/
http://www.momsnetwork.com/submit-articles.shtml
http://www.site-reference.com
http://www.betternetworker.com
http://www.current.com
http://www.favorideas.com/submit-wedding-articles/
http://www.associateprograms.com/authors/register
http://seekingalpha.com/page/submit-an-article
http://www.wisebread.com/guest-post
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2006/08/submit-article-to-dlm.html
http://www.lifehack.org/about/contribute
http://articles.mercola.com/submit/

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

No matter what market you’re in, there are very popular websites that you
could be submitting articles to for massive traffic.


3. Guest Blogging - Yes, I realize that most of you have probably already
heard about the power of guest blogging. But how many of you are actually doing it?

4. Trackbacks

5. Blog Commenting - Blog commenting is an extremely powerful strategy
for building traffic and developing relationships with other people in your niche. Click here to find out how one blog comment can bring 230+ unique visitors.

6. Write Tutorials! - Tutorials are a HUGE untapped traffic source online. If you have a website related to graphic design, wordpress, web development, SEO, marketing, or programming, then you can use tutorials
to send thousands of visitors to your website.

This includes sites like:

Instructables.com
Tutorialized.com
Noupe.com
Good-Tutorials.com
Pixel2Life.com
PsLover.com
TutorialKit.com
Tutorial-Index.com


7. Video Responses - This is one of the easiest ways to get hundreds of
extra views on your YouTube videos.

8. Tag Your Videos - If you use the same tags as another related video on YouTube, then you will have a very good chance of appearing in the
related videos in the sidebar of that video, which can send you tons of
extra traffic, especially if it's a popular video.

9. Embed Your Video for Hundreds of Extra Views - You can also embed your video on other sites for hundreds of extra views. This includes sites like WonderHowTo.com, Flixya.com, Uvouch.com, Tagged.com, Vewgle.com, etc...

10. Get More Views on Your EzineArticles by getting in the "Most Viewed" or the "Most Published" section at the end of each article. You can do this by submitting your article to all of the different social bookmarking sites until you are the "most viewed" in your category.

Once your article is placed in the "Most Viewed" section or the "Most
Published" section, it will be placed on every single article within that particular category.

That means extra exposure for your article and more LINK JUICE. The internal linking structure within EzineArticles.com is EXTREMELY powerful
for ranking in Google, giving you a much better chance of ranking for your chosen keyword phrase.

If you want to guarantee your spot in the “Most Viewed” section you can
use StumbleUpon advertising, which is just 5 cents per view. This is one
of the simplest ways to get your article in the “Most Viewed” section.

Plus, by using StumbleUpon, you’re also driving lots of targeted traffic to your article and increasing your exposure.

11. Cool Site of The Day - Do you have a cool website? If so, you can
submit it to Cool Site of the Day. If chosen, you will receive thousands
of visitors to your website.

12. Coupons - If your site offers coupons of any kind, you can submit
your site to hundreds of different coupon directories online for
additional exposure and traffic.

For a complete list of coupon sites, go to…

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p4bAsllwd0FlMmPng37LvTA


13. Twitter Traffic

14. Free WSO's for building your list

15. JV Giveways

16. Host your Own JV Giveaways

17. Ad Swaps

18. Use a Contest to Double Your List Size - I'm always surprised at how
few people use this technique.

Clayton Makepeace, one of the smartest marketers online, has used this
technique quite effectively.

This technique allows you to leverage your exisiting list in order to add
thousands of additional subscribers.

19. Amazon Mechanical Turk - Many people do not realize it’s potential
marketing power. You can use MTurk to get people to submit your articles
to social bookmarking sites, Stumbles, Diggs, YouTube votes, YouTube
comments, etc…

20. SocialElves - If you've ever wanted to get on the front page of Digg,
SocialElves.com can help you do it. They are one of the first to offer
truly organic marketing campaigns on Digg.com. If you’d like to get more
exposure on your content WITHOUT having to spend months developing power profiles on all the different social media sites, then I would highly
suggest you check out SocialElves.com

21. Buy Existing Websites - I’m always surprised how few people are
buying existing websites online. You can easily buy an untapped website
and quickly turn it into an automatic lead machine for pennies on the
dollar.


For more in-depth information on each of these high-powered traffic strategies, go to:

http://www.buzzblogger.com/21-untapped-traffic-sources/

[EndGame]

This is an excellent thread, must have taken you a while to put together.

I have heard that podcasting is an excellent way of generating traffic, submitting them all to podcast directories etc.

If I could work out how to get the audio to play on my dam wordpress blog, it's soemthing I might look into!

Excellent list though.

[vagabondette]

Nice. Some great tips here! Thanks for sharing, I'm looking forward to trying some of these out.

[Kim Roach]

So glad you enjoyed it!

Please feel free to add your own to the list.

[TheDebtEliminator]

Hello Kim

Kudos for compiling and then sharing this information

There are some ideas there that will definitely help me and others.

All the Best

[Scott Ames]

An amazing list. Kudos

[edmltw]

Awesome.. Gonna add them up to my site now.. Thanks for the advice!

Regards,
Edmund

[CliveG]

Great post, thank you Kim. It has certainly given me some new ideas. I presume that you still use ezinearticles though, even though it seems to take ages for articles to be approved these days. Any tips to get articles accepted more quickly.

Cheers, Clive

[Kim Roach]

Hey Clive,

Actually, I don't use EzineArticles. There are so many other high-profile websites and blogs that I can submit my articles to for exponential results that it really doesn't make sense to waste my time with EzineArticles.com.

Plus, once you've built your list up to about 500-1,000 subscribers, then you can start using ad swaps and integration marketing to grow your list exponentially. It's all about leverage and working smart.

[johnbro]

Great, awesome post on traffic. Traffic, without which we are as good as dead.
THANKS!

[SurviveUnemployment]

This is one of the better posts I've seen in a while. Some good tips, a couple of which I didn't even know about! MTurk? News to me!

Thanks!

[Kim Roach]

Wow! Thanks for all the great feedback guys. Really means a lot to me

[ayolov]

Realy valuable info. So much to do now...

[googlerankingexpert]

WOW, thanks a lot Kim! That's some really valuable stuff right there. Keep it up!

[darktemplar]

THANK YOU! This is such a FANTASTIC post!

SS

[JimHardin]

Hi Kim
I love the thread. I have been looking at ways to increase traffic and you really put it together nicely. I have tried Associated Content and Ezine articles and it does seem to work a bit to drive traffic to your site. I have tried a few other things that you have mentioned, but I haven't tried video stuff. Well maybe someday

[Matt Maiden]

EndGame

you can open a free blogtalkradio account and upload to your account and your podcast is ready for download from there and I think they send it to iTunes for you.

You can use Audacity (free) to record on your computer or record there at blogtalk with a phone or Skype.

Matt

[radhika]

Except couple of things in the list, I have never tried others. Good list. I saved the thread.

Thanks.

.

[Warrior Markets]

A really valuable resource - thanks, Kim.

Now, the key is to take the ideas and implement them.

-WM

[entrepreneurjay]

excellent thread, very helpful... everyone can always use a few more free resources.

[togdil]

Kim, this is fantastic. I got to learn many things here which I never knew before. I have bookmarked the thread so I can to it again quickly. Thanks.

Now something I would like to have help about:

Though I have heard about Trackback, frankly I don't understand how it works. Would be glad for some simple-to-understand guide about this concept.

And as for podcasts, it is something about talking about your product or service if I understand it right. Now for that you need to be a native English speaker, don't you?

Sorry if I sound silly but would be real glad for help about the above topics.

Thanks all

[kevinfar]

Thanks, you have put out some great traffic sources here. Will go ahead and try some of these!

Kevin

[The Oilman]

Brilliant thread, thank you so much. I've noticed many of my competitors use these high sites to get quality backlinks. Are they usually dofollow?

[priyankeshu]

thanks for sharing.. especially the list of coupon sites could be very useful and time savor

[feefondo]

Kim,
Great list and thanks for taking the time to write it. Can you elaborate more on the items you listed like 'trackbacks'?

[Will Edwards]

Some really great tips there Kim - thanks!

Will

[Pat Ordenes]

one of the few marketers whose emails I look forward to getting.
cheers Kim.

[Fernando Veloso]

Great tips Kim, started checking some of them and already discovered one site that fits my niche market very well.

Thanks!

[Karen Connell]

I've just visited Kim's blog (in her sig) and there is even more amazing and detailed information there. Fantastic stuff.

Thanks Kim!

Karen

[Kim Roach]

Wow! I never imagined this post would get so much response.
Thanks for all the great feedback everyone!

Some of you asked for more info about trackbacks. You can
find more info about them at:

http://www.buzzblogger.com/21-untapped-traffic-sources/

Scroll down to #4 and you'll see a more in-depth explanation
of trackbacks along with some good additional resources.

@Pat Ordenes Wow! That's quite an honor Pat! Thank you so much.

@Dhrousha Thank you so much for the great feedback! You've made my day :)

[Chris Grable]

There is something special about the "Just the facts ma'am" approach. Fantastic information Kim!

[Gene Pimentel]

Kim, This is one of the most valuable traffic-related posts I've ever read. Thank you so much for outlining these incredible resources.

[Kim Roach]

Thanks Gene, Chris, and Ricky!

[BST]

Sorry to burst your bubble, most of the sources mentioned are not untapped. As a matter of fact, most people have over-used them. Nice effort by the way.

[Darrel Hawes]

Excellent, Kim! Thanks for sharing.

[chandan_dutta]

Thanks Kim. Really so much valuable information. I have one question. Can we submit any articles to all those sites you mentioned? I mean Become a contributor -- Seeking Alpha is based on finance topic. So can I submit one article on home business there?

[SMP]

Fantastic Kim - some great ideas (and some useful reminders).

Thanks.

Steve.

[vicone]

The link in Kim's signature is worth following. It goes to a post which expands on the material contained in this thread.

An excellent contribution.

Ivan

[Kim Roach]

@chandan_dutta No, you will need to select websites that are in your niche. There are plenty of high-profile websites and blogs centered around every possible market. Look for the ones that are about your particular marketing.

[HomeBizNizz]

Thanks for the tips...

[Mukul Verma]

Kim, this is one of the most high quality post I have read in a long time.

I LOVE that most of your ideas are a higher quality or the standard PR, Articles, Video, Forums etc...

Great work!!!!

[TommyBoy]

Hi Kim,

First thanks for one of the best posts I have read here at warriors.

Do you think it would be alright to take existing ezinearticles and resubmit them to the list you have in number 2? Would they accept dating site articles?

Thanks,

Tom

[Steven Fullman]

I've watched your FREE stuff, Kim.

Your PAID Stuff must be pure gold.

(I know it is...I've heard tons of great feedback)

Steve

[elyshemer]

Great info, thank you!
I'd like to hear about your experience with Scribd.com

[Karen Connell]

Originally Posted by BST

Sorry to burst your bubble, most of the sources mentioned are not untapped. As a matter of fact, most people have over-used them. Nice effort by the way.

For most of us, this information is invaluable stuff.

I, for one, am very grateful for the time taken to enlighten me on the posibilities that are out there.

As a novice, it is always great to find a very useful source of information about stuff I hadn't known about.

I am eager to learn and appreciate anything that is explained in a simple and easy to understand manner, as Kim's information is.

Of course, as you already know this stuff, it may not help you at all - but it has certainly helped me - and I suspect it has given others some great ideas!

Karen

[Kim Roach]

Originally Posted by threatlevelorange

What are ad swaps? By integration marketing, do you mean cross marketing? As in, most subscribers to the dog training videos also like dog toys and collars, so you sell them those items as well?

Just wanted to clear up a few questions that are being asked:

Ad swaps occur when two marketers swap email promotions. Each person
promotes the OTHER person's squeeze page, allowing you to add
hundreds of subscribers to your list at a time.

Integration marketing is when you partner with other marketers in
your niche and promote your product somewhere inside their sales
funnel. So you could have your product being promoted on their
thank-you page (which is one of the most powerful forms of integration marketing). The thank-you page is one of the most powerful pieces of real estate on your entire website because
that's where people land directly after they purchase your product.

Another form of integration marketing occurs when you offer someone
a bonus for their product. That bonus is then placed in the download area, giving you even more exposure.

[jordel]

Thanks a lot Kim!

You can now find JD Affiliate Marketing Ezine on Alltop - Top Blogging News

Sweet




Best regards,
Jorge

[dandimit]

I'm very grateful for this thread. There are a lot of great ideas here.

I can't think of a better way to thank everyone that contributed than to offer my own info.

I have a lot of great info on my blog about this same topic.

[RebeccaL]

Number 10 is a very good tip, when it works it can be extremely powerful.. lots of people are doing it now though so you have to be fast and consistent.

[Kim Roach]

Originally Posted by jordel

Thanks a lot Kim!

You can now find JD Affiliate Marketing Ezine on Alltop - Top Blogging News

Sweet

Best regards,
Jorge

Congratulations Jorge! That's Awesome

Originally Posted by elyshemer

Great info, thank you!
I'd like to hear about your experience with Scribd.com

Scribd is an excellent place to syndicate your content. Basically, you just turn all of your articles into PDF's and then submit them to Scribd. You can do this for free using YouConvertIt.com.

Plus, because Scribd is such a popular authority site, it also ranks extremely well in Google. So you can also use the site to rank for mid-level keyword phrases. Just be sure to put your targeted keyword phrase in the title, description, tags, and sprinkled through the article.