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Let strangers write your content!

by marston007
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For new people looking to get some traffic quickly and have them write unique content on your site, and get it to go viral-here's what I did that worked.

Get a blog.

Turn your posts into the form of a question. Those questions will become what they call long-tail keywords. People ask Google questions all the time. Take out a 20.00 Facebook ad.

Here's what I did, see if you can use any of this- new people.

1.The visitors going to my site see posts asking for help with various
niche questions. Many of the visitors stop and give helpful advice in the form of comments.

2.Those visitors who leave comments often return soon to see what others
had to say, or to see if anyone responded to them. Many at this point decide to register so they too can post something.

3.Those visitors that do post, add relevant, valuable, and unique content to
my website that increases traffic in every way. These people will also share the post they made with their friends on Facebook and others. Driving traffic to the site even as I sleep.

4.Everyone visiting is exposed to my ads, both on the site, or even
embedded in posts. This presents a great opportunity to make money, good
money! I just focus on SEO and traffic from this point on.

Try my little technique.
#content #strangers #write
  • Profile picture of the author Gail Ogden
    You've got your marketing hat on. Thinking of ways to engage with customers add's to the social interaction that Google is starting to look for.
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Hopes this trick helps some people. I'll say that Google loves me right now, I get around 200 Google referrals every day pretty consistently and I've only had this website for 2 1/2 months.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jaymark
        Wow this is something very interesting to implement. I'm certainly going to work on it and see how it pans out. Thanks so much for sharing.
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      • Profile picture of the author owais52
        Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

        Hopes this trick helps some people. I'll say that Google loves me right now, I get around 200 Google referrals every day pretty consistently and I've only had this website for 2 1/2 months.
        That's nice but somehow Google seems to have its way of skipping over from one great site to another and forgetting the old one. You can save it by updating it yourself frequently and not just rely on visitor's comments. Sometimes old open discussions with hundreds of comments and no closing date turns off Google. watch out for that.
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        • Profile picture of the author marston007
          Originally Posted by owais52 View Post

          That's nice but somehow Google seems to have its way of skipping over from one great site to another and forgetting the old one. You can save it by updating it yourself frequently and not just rely on visitor's comments. Sometimes old open discussions with hundreds of comments and no closing date turns off Google. watch out for that.
          I have never heard of this before? Do I need to close older threads for Google?
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          • Profile picture of the author dferguson
            Im currently trying your method! Will keep you posted on my success/failure... Thanks

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          • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
            Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

            I have never heard of this before? Do I need to close older threads for Google?
            One thing I've noticed is that often older threads become targets for link spammers. If you start getting a bunch of "Nice post" and "Thanks for the share" type posts, it's probably time to close the thread.

            Especially if the posters have funny names like "Penis Enlargement" or "Canadian Pharmacy"...
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            • Profile picture of the author marston007
              Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

              One thing I've noticed is that often older threads become targets for link spammers. If you start getting a bunch of "Nice post" and "Thanks for the share" type posts, it's probably time to close the thread.

              Especially if the posters have funny names like "Penis Enlargement" or "Canadian Pharmacy"...
              Ah, good info. Thank you! does anyone know.. are spam links in Wordpress blogs no-follow by default or is there something special you have to do?

              I'm getting fairly decent traffic, and I am starting to wonder about links people either post or when they make their name hyper-linked in a wordpress blog...I want to make sure Im not giving them a backlink, or looking like I recommend that link in Googles eyes..
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            • Profile picture of the author theemperor
              Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

              One thing I've noticed is that often older threads become targets for link spammers. If you start getting a bunch of "Nice post" and "Thanks for the share" type posts, it's probably time to close the thread.

              Especially if the posters have funny names like "Penis Enlargement" or "Canadian Pharmacy"...
              Or... just disable the backlink for comments.

              And... Akismet does a nice job of filtering out the morons.
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              • Profile picture of the author marston007
                Originally Posted by theemperor View Post

                Or... just disable the backlink for comments.

                And... Akismet does a nice job of filtering out the morons.
                That's what I will do. Thanks!!

                Sometimes having some success can be just as hard as working on the beginning of a project!
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Very clever idea - now safely copy/pasted in my swipe file.

    One item did confuse me a bit...

    Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

    2.Those visitors who leave comments often return soon to see what others
    had to say, or to see if anyone responded to them. Many at this point decide to register so they too can post something.
    Are people required to register before leaving comments? If so, how could they post something before registering?

    Or are you saying that, once registered, they can post their own questions?
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

      Very clever idea - now safely copy/pasted in my swipe file.

      One item did confuse me a bit...



      Are people required to register before leaving comments? If so, how could they post something before registering?

      Or are you saying that, once registered, they can post their own questions?
      Sorry i missed your question earlier. Yes, they have to register to post, but for now they do not have to register to comment. People like that instant gratification of seeing their comment appear right away, and AKISMET is doing a good job controlling spam. I like spam, it means I'm getting traffic.. lol
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    what a great idea.... now why didn't I think of that?

    Do you make your facebook ad a question too?

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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Yes, my ad is a question too. You would be surprised how quickly people click them!
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      • Profile picture of the author SurajSodha
        Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

        Yes, my ad is a question too. You would be surprised how quickly people click them!
        actually TBH not so surprised. humans need engagement and asking a question does that very effectively.

        even in the offline world when you're having a convo with someone (or speaking at a seminar) and you need to get their attention back subtly but effectively, ask them a question and you'll have them engaged and concentrating on what you're talking about again pretty quickly.

        i only use questions in my FB ads generally, rather than making statements. i want people to talk to themselves in their minds and answer the questions i'm asking which makes them want to click!

        nice work buddy!
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  • Profile picture of the author SurajSodha
    asking questions is a great way to engage with whoever sees the ad/blog, as well as the SEO benefits.

    the idea, i guess, is to make them answer the question in their mind which will [should] increase the chance of them clicking on the ad or reading the blogpost and leaving a comment to answer the question too.
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  • Profile picture of the author brenda ashford
    get idea.i,ll give it a try and see if it will work for me.
    Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

    For new people looking to get some traffic quickly and have them write unique content on your site, and get it to go viral-here's what I did that worked.

    Get a blog.

    Turn your posts into the form of a question. Those questions will become what they call long-tail keywords. People ask Google questions all the time. Take out a 20.00 Facebook ad.

    Here's what I did, see if you can use any of this- new people.

    1.The visitors going to my site see posts asking for help with various
    niche questions. Many of the visitors stop and give helpful advice in the form of comments.

    2.Those visitors who leave comments often return soon to see what others
    had to say, or to see if anyone responded to them. Many at this point decide to register so they too can post something.

    3.Those visitors that do post, add relevant, valuable, and unique content to
    my website that increases traffic in every way. These people will also share the post they made with their friends on Facebook and others. Driving traffic to the site even as I sleep.

    4.Everyone visiting is exposed to my ads, both on the site, or even
    embedded in posts. This presents a great opportunity to make money, good
    money! I just focus on SEO and traffic from this point on.

    Try my little technique.
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  • Profile picture of the author BryanShearer
    Great strategy. Basic Web 2.0 concept but taken to the next level with Facebook ads and such. Sometimes, you just need to keep it simple to remember that people love to help and interact with others online.
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    • Profile picture of the author a1Derek
      Excellent idea, I am definitely going to try this out on one of my blogs! Thank you so much for sharing.
      Cheers

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      • Profile picture of the author jenifer smith
        worth trying ideas mars ton,excellent.
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        • Profile picture of the author marston007
          Another trick I have been doing with brand new sites has been to have 0 ads on them when they are first indexed.. it seems to give a good first impression to search engines, I found you get your first few visits quicker when I do this.
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          • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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            That's very clever and something that can often be overlooked. If your content is interesting enough to be talked about, free content will be created in the content! So how long have you been doing this? And what are the results looking like in terms of hard numbers?
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            • Profile picture of the author marston007
              Joe128139 So how long have you been doing this? And what are the results looking like in terms of hard numbers?

              On one website, the one I have mentioned earlier, it was created in late April, I have had close to 30,000 visits.
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          • Profile picture of the author marston007
            of course this is all just what I have found in my own studies. Since the new Google 2011 changes I have been doing alot of studies to see what Google wants and likes these days.
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          • Profile picture of the author Owen Smith
            Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

            Another trick I have been doing with brand new sites has been to have 0 ads on them when they are first indexed.. it seems to give a good first impression to search engines, I found you get your first few visits quicker when I do this.
            From a Search Engine point of view, I think it makes little to no difference if you are showing ads. However a user point of view it will as an empty site with ads plastered all over it will turn off the customer.
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    Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

    For new people looking to get some traffic quickly and have them write unique content on your site, and get it to go viral-here's what I did that worked.

    Get a blog.

    Turn your posts into the form of a question. Those questions will become what they call long-tail keywords. People ask Google questions all the time. Take out a 20.00 Facebook ad.

    Here's what I did, see if you can use any of this- new people.

    1.The visitors going to my site see posts asking for help with various
    niche questions. Many of the visitors stop and give helpful advice in the form of comments.

    2.Those visitors who leave comments often return soon to see what others
    had to say, or to see if anyone responded to them. Many at this point decide to register so they too can post something.

    3.Those visitors that do post, add relevant, valuable, and unique content to
    my website that increases traffic in every way. These people will also share the post they made with their friends on Facebook and others. Driving traffic to the site even as I sleep.

    4.Everyone visiting is exposed to my ads, both on the site, or even
    embedded in posts. This presents a great opportunity to make money, good
    money! I just focus on SEO and traffic from this point on.

    Try my little technique.
    Ah! The power of rehashing and repacking.

    Ha ha...just kidding. But do you see how people are adding their valuable comments here also?

    Well, let's come to the gist of the story.

    Add a QUESTION type title.

    Write something controversial.

    Get others to comment.

    Simple and effective!

    - Ron, Copy-e-Writing Blog
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      BUT, what I do- is let people register and post their own articles and questions, thus they do alot of the work for you, so your site is growing while your off doing other things. If a guest writes something of their own, they are 1,000 times more likely to share it on their own FB wall and stuff. I think that part is the key ingredient.
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      • Profile picture of the author SurajSodha
        Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

        If a guest writes something of their own, they are 1,000 times more likely to share it on their own FB wall and stuff. I think that part is the key ingredient.
        gotcha! that makes sense for sure.
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        • Profile picture of the author marston007
          This is the kind of marketing that Google really likes!!

          again the site I was talking about is guysneedhelp.com
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          • Profile picture of the author jeskola
            I've been doing something kind of similar as a test.

            I set up a Q&A blog linking to my main blog via the navigation - the topic of the Q & A is my niche.

            So for example - say my niche is Apples. I have a navigation item called 'ask about apples' which links through to my Q & A site.

            I emailed my list and said - hey check out my new feature on my blog - you can ask any questions about Apples! I said - first person to answer 25 questions legitimately gets X - to encourage participation.

            On the first night i had around 70 people post a question. Most of which were solved/answered by others who signed up.

            The result so far? A surge in traffic from google to the Q/A site - linking back to my main blog.

            A surge in sign ups (including email addresses) on the Q & A site

            Most importantly - a pile of questions and answers i can use on my main blog - ready made content exactly on topic and of course it's all rich, rich, rich for SEO.

            Cost = $35 for the Q & A wordpress theme and an hour of work to set up plus the cost to send out the email to my list.

            Really nice feature i will include in all my blogs from now -

            Next tep is to find out how i can integrate the questions and answers back into relevant posts on my main blog and how to tie up the Q & A part with social functions to complete the circle.
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            Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

            This is the kind of marketing that Google really likes!!

            again the site I was talking about is guysneedhelp.com
            Thanks for that. I'll take a look.

            Even for people who already have blogs, there's no reason why you can't post the occasional "Here's a question, does anyone know the answer" article. I'll have to start using that more.

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            • Profile picture of the author marston007
              cool, ...I have been surprised at how many Google referrals a post gets when its in the form of a question. My site was a month old and I wrote a Post called I forgot her Birthday, if you Google that I'm on the first page near the top....guysneedhelp it was just that easy for me. I'll bet more people like you were saying can try this.
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    Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

    Get a blog.

    Turn your posts into the form of a question.

    Interesting. Thanks for sharing great ideas. However, what kind of Blog
    is it to attract people to answer your questions?
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    • Profile picture of the author fluffythewondercat
      You lost my interest when the link in your sig was to a squeeze page instead of to the blog you're talking about.

      Next.

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      • Profile picture of the author marston007
        sorry, its guysneedhelp.com
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      • Profile picture of the author goldliger
        Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat View Post

        You lost my interest when the link in your sig was to a squeeze page instead of to the blog you're talking about.

        Next.

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    A brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing. Would try it out.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mreese601@gmail.com
    That's a great idea! What a wonderful concept! I will began to start asking question on my blog today!
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  • Profile picture of the author anhart23
    Let me get back with results once I use this trick myself. Right now, I would like to do anything to get my site in good ranking..Hopefully this one works!
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  • Profile picture of the author pdrs
    Way to think outside the box, I've recently noticed the same thing with "comment inspiring" question posts. If you can think of a question within your niche that needs answering, and don't want to do the research yourself you can easily get people engaged which is awesome for creating ever refreshing content AND providing value to your readers over time.

    I wonder though, how much money is this site currently producing? Doesn't seem like it would be a real money maker although it is definitely a fun site to browse around!
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      it makes a decent amount for being so new( not a full time income..not even close), but I'm focusing more on traffic first, I know for sure, if I get mega traffic, I can monetize it so I went off and got traffic first. I have also discovered that putting up ads when a site is new, hinders Google traffic. Google doesn't like a new site to have alot of ads, it wants to protect the people it's sending there from sites that are ad heavy. I credit me going very very minimal with advertising at first with Google smiling on me soo much. I see alot of people with great websites, with good SEO, and ads all set up to make money...but there's no traffic. Without traffic, I felt like I was wasting my time. So my experiment was to go get that sought after traffic... then figure the rest out later. So far it's working. I'm really a newbie and most likely doing tons wrong....but Google sends me alot of visits every day so for now I'm happy. :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt Ward
    Incredibly cool idea. Thanks a lot for sharing, really gets you thinking outside the box. I love IM.
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    Hey, 007!

    This is exciting and refreshing. A novel idea! Thanks for the freebies. Keep us informed on your progress. Exciting! I love your heading, Let strangers write your content! That is great copy writing.
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Originally Posted by rontoski View Post

      Hey, 007!

      This is exciting and refreshing. A novel idea! Thanks for the freebies. Keep us informed on your progress. Exciting! I love your heading, Let strangers write your content! That is great copy writing.
      Thanks Ron,

      Keep me updated if this technique helps you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alfredo Carrion
    Good idea. It's almost like Jeopardy for the internet!
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Originally Posted by Alfredo Carrion View Post

      Good idea. It's almost like Jeopardy for the internet!
      Nice analogy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Trivum
    Really nice idea.

    How much do you spend on advertising? You mentioned $20 at the beginning, but I assume this is an on-going campaign you have to run.
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Originally Posted by Trivum View Post

      Really nice idea.

      How much do you spend on advertising? You mentioned $20 at the beginning, but I assume this is an on-going campaign you have to run.
      Yes, I'm really sold on Facebook advertising, I throw a 20 at it on payday. I never really even miss it and I get a couple fresh faces and a traffic boost right away by doing that. If I can get just one person..usually women, to register and post something good, then most times they seem to bring a few friends over with them by posting on their own FB page. It creates its own little ripple effect. There have been a few times where a 20 has got me 5 new members, and like 150 pageviews in one evening.
      Surprisingly enough, Google sends me the vast majority of my traffic. I sometimes sit up in bed on my laptop and every commercial break I hit refresh and see what new search terms have brought people to my site. Most of them are relationship based so I feel sad when I see, is my girlfriend cheating on me? appear at midnight..I am working tonight on monetizing it a little better since I have the traffic.
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    I believe traffic is the number 1 obstacle most marketers will face.
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    • Profile picture of the author dferguson
      Hey Mike, this sounds like a great idea! Thanks for sharing
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    there's no thanks button there, so thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Serenity090
    I like the way you are monetizing this site...keep it up man clever idea by the way...


    I would like to know about plugins you have used for this site...
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    • Profile picture of the author ExRat
      Hi marston007,

      I'm really a newbie and most likely doing tons wrong
      I have no way of knowing if you are doing this or not, just going on intuition - be careful if you're ripping those images from other websites and using them on your own website without permission. If you are, my advice is - don't do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author marston007
    I'm leaning a lot more towards Amazon affiliate links a bit I think....hopefully they don't dismiss Oklahoma affiliate's.
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    • Profile picture of the author Justin Lavoie
      Hey marston, great idea. So basically you target a group of people on facebook, get them to hop on your site and once you get traffic you put amazon stuff that might interest this group of people. For example, Male and female , 20-35 yrs old in USA with interests in electronics; you put ipad and laptop ads.

      correct me if im wrong
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  • Profile picture of the author LucySands
    the How To articles also attract lots of traffic
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Originally Posted by LucySands View Post

      the How To articles also attract lots of traffic
      Yes, I have tried to add some of those as well. I'll be testing to see if they pull the same amount of traffic as my asking questions posts. It's 4:01pm now and Google has sent me 204 referrals today so far.
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    • Profile picture of the author theemperor
      Wow thats a great insight.

      You've executed the question & answer method well by coming up with some very emotive questions. I almost wanted to reply myself!

      I think this is more about good content but also about creating a community. It's like a forum without the hassles and stresses that come with running a forum.
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  • Profile picture of the author dagaul101
    Nice tip, always getting your viewers to interact with you is a great way to continue getting sustained traffic
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    • Profile picture of the author helterskelter
      What are you using to track your traffic in real-time?

      Thanks for the post - some interesting ideas! What theme did you buy?
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      • Profile picture of the author marston007
        Originally Posted by helterskelter View Post

        What are you using to track your traffic in real-time?

        Thanks for the post - some interesting ideas! What theme did you buy?
        The theme is a free WP theme, and the plugins i use to track are free, as well of course is Google Analytics. :-)
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        • Profile picture of the author marston007
          I want to stress...anyone can do this!!!!!! Many of the gurus out there don't want people to know how easy getting 250-400 google hits a day is these days!!

          If you are not having any luck..try my trick.
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        Originally Posted by helterskelter View Post

        What are you using to track your traffic in real-time?

        Thanks for the post - some interesting ideas! What theme did you buy?
        Just learn how to use your CPANEL and google analytics properly...they have all you need to track and test things.
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  • Profile picture of the author handy
    Thanks this was a helpful tip to get traffic, but if you are building an authority site then it might not be such a good idea.
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Originally Posted by handy View Post

      Thanks this was a helpful tip to get traffic, but if you are building an authority site then it might not be such a good idea.
      I don't care about Authority Sites right now, this was an experiment to see if I could get traffic, and I did!!!!

      If a person is out to build an Authority Site and knows what they are doing...they wouldn't even be interested in my tricks.

      Building that kind of a site is a huge undertaking.

      I am all about quick traffic!!
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      • Profile picture of the author marston007
        new people

        my site: guysneedhelp.com

        google this: ( i forgot her birthday ) my site was made in April.....! I'm # 1 all day..

        i even beat forgotherbirthday.com

        ...yup!
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        • Profile picture of the author marston007
          i put what i do together in a package, click my signature if you want my traffic boost! I'm going to bed. Good night! :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Musique
    Excellent idea, I am thinking about how I can utilize it right now.
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  • Profile picture of the author Goldenboy
    Thanks for that post, it was very helpful. I would suggest others to just give it a try since there's no harm in trying. This might be the first step of making an earning using Facebook to generate ads, comments to your account.
    It was a very helpful technique, thank you for sharing this to us. Hats off to you man.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by handy View Post

      Thanks this was a helpful tip to get traffic, but if you are building an authority site then it might not be such a good idea.
      Handy, this approach could fit very well with an authority site. No one says that the question/answer format has to be the whole site.

      Right now, I'm looking at adding a section to a few sites to try this along with the more traditional articles/reviews/etc.

      Even authorities need to keep learning.

      "Ain't none of us as smart as all of us."
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Originally Posted by Goldenboy View Post

      Thanks for that post, it was very helpful. I would suggest others to just give it a try since there's no harm in trying. This might be the first step of making an earning using Facebook to generate ads, comments to your account.
      It was a very helpful technique, thank you for sharing this to us. Hats off to you man.
      Thanks!

      I never thought I would be in a position to actually give back... Honestly I want the people on forum who can benefit from my suggestions to do so. In fact, later on in the near future, I will make the little WSO i made free for everyone. maybe this Fall. I just want to give back a little. I've been blessed with this forum your years before I started posting stuff..
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I guess I got lucky on my forum - people register just to ASK the questions themselves.
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  • Profile picture of the author JBWritingServices
    Originally Posted by marston007 View Post

    For new people looking to get some traffic quickly and have them write unique content on your site, and get it to go viral-here's what I did that worked.

    Get a blog.

    Turn your posts into the form of a question. Those questions will become what they call long-tail keywords. People ask Google questions all the time. Take out a 20.00 Facebook ad.

    Here's what I did, see if you can use any of this- new people.

    1.The visitors going to my site see posts asking for help with various
    niche questions. Many of the visitors stop and give helpful advice in the form of comments.

    2.Those visitors who leave comments often return soon to see what others
    had to say, or to see if anyone responded to them. Many at this point decide to register so they too can post something.

    3.Those visitors that do post, add relevant, valuable, and unique content to
    my website that increases traffic in every way. These people will also share the post they made with their friends on Facebook and others. Driving traffic to the site even as I sleep.

    4.Everyone visiting is exposed to my ads, both on the site, or even
    embedded in posts. This presents a great opportunity to make money, good
    money! I just focus on SEO and traffic from this point on.

    Try my little technique.
    Great idea! Thanks for sharing
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  • Profile picture of the author RandySeet
    Thanks, brilliant marketing.

    People tend to conscious of what others think about themselves as this apply precisely to your post where people like to know what others feel about their comments and return to see the responses.

    Ya and people like to share with others about their thoughts too.

    Excellent.

    Yours Sincerely
    Randy Seet
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Pretty much yes to ALL.

      I am amazed at how much traffic my new little blog gets. I have been in IM for over 3 years, and most of my problems were due to lack of traffic. I think most newbies can relate on that one.

      I decided that I need traffic first!!! then everything else comes later!
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  • Profile picture of the author Targeted Traffic
    Hey you found a really neat idea here...thanks for sharing!
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  • Profile picture of the author Retziki
    This is really clever. High marketing IQ.
    Thanks for sharing.
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Thanks.... As a quick update, I now receive soo much Google traffic that I had to close down most of the post comments on my site---I dont manage the site daily. Google loves sites that ask and answer questions. I've had very good luck with Clickbank!

      Just to help with the details. I got over 2,000 google referrals yesterday! :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Justin Lavoie
    Hey Martin, does google let you advertise with adwords considering you put banners on you site or you have to stick mainly with facebook for advertising?

    Thanks!
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    • Profile picture of the author marston007
      Originally Posted by wolfez View Post

      Hey Martin, does google let you advertise with adwords considering you put banners on you site or you have to stick mainly with facebook for advertising?

      Thanks!
      Google adwords is ok with my site but Google adsense is worried about adult content and won't display.

      Good question!
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Walker
    I should make a Q & A section. This would work really well!
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  • Profile picture of the author marston007
    Are u asking for input from your visitors? I hope so because Google loves that!
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  • Profile picture of the author Liz J Ann
    Great strategy. Basic Web 2.0 concept but taken to the next level with Facebook ads and such. Sometimes, you just need to keep it simple to remember that people love to help and interact with others online.
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  • Profile picture of the author chrislangley
    Nice tip, always trying to interact with your visitors is a nice way of getting content
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  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan Price
    This is a great idea Mike. Google loves all that site interaction. The only issue is, what if you're positioning is that of an authority site; if you ask questions to your readers, you will less be seen as an authority. Or do you position your questions in a different way?
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  • Profile picture of the author daryllau
    Great idea indeed. Facebook ads is the way to go nowadays for targeting purposes and good returns as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author melontrades
    passive site development. Gotta love that. I didnt know you could buy an add as cheap as $20 on facebook. any information on that?
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanmilligan
    Banned
    Intresting ideas
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  • Profile picture of the author nm5419
    Is there a remarkable difference between your idea and a forum?
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  • Profile picture of the author dkbiz92
    do you currently make a decent amount of revenue from you site? it seems more interactive then revenue building.
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  • Profile picture of the author ovie
    Simply a superb idea. Why did I not think of it before ? This is classic 'think customer' where your site's customers are your visitors, whom you engage to add value.

    Thanks a million for sharing.
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