0 to 1000 Free Targetted Visitors In 30 Days - Step By Step

[AndrewHansen]

Hey Warriors,

I've been wanting to do this for a long time and have finally got around to it now.

Many who know me will have heard me say that I owe alot to the WF. And while my love for the WF continues to this day, I'm often confronted by the whispering notion that the WF just might not quite be what it used to be...

But I don't want to believe it, and I want this forum to be the best marketing forum online for many years to come. So I'm doing my part.

The following is part 1 of a series I'm going to be posting here over the coming couple of weeks called "0 to 1000 Free Targetted Visitors In 30 Days - A How To"

The content below is pretty long in itself so I'll get straight to it. I hope you enjoy!

Background

This post is going to outline a step by step plan for taking any site from zero to one thousand visitors per month in 30 days time. Or, increasing your existing traffic by a thousand visitors per month in the next 30 days.

It's not specifically how to generate a thousand visitors, as by scaling it up, or doing it more consistently, your traffic will continue to grow far past that point, but it is how to get your traffic flowing in the smartest and most simple way possible.

Furthermore, it's not about getting 1000 crappy, unqualified visitors, it's about getting 1000 high quality, targeted visitors that are the most valuable to you as a website owner.

Anyone can do this, but few people will. How effective it is, will be up to you.

Here goes...

First, Understand This...

Before I get to the first step of the strategy I want to remind you about a very important principle. That principle is that all traffic is not equal.

1000 people coming to your website from your from your twitter profile, isn't the same as 1000 people coming to your website from a traffic exchange, and neither of those are the same as 1000 people coming to your website having searched for a solution to a problem or desire they have and selecting your website as the one that appears to have the answer.

There are a lot of ways to generate traffic, and no one strategy should be used in isolation at the neglect of others. Real online business owners are open to testing everything and learning for themselves which kinds of traffic make them the best returns on their investment.

That said, few will argue that traffic from highly relevant search keywords can be beaten in terms of monetary return per visitor. Sure, in total on the Internet, the traffic available through other sources like social media, media buying, and other forms of online advertising provide vastly greater volume of potential traffic than search, I've yet to find someone who will say that in general, traffic from these sources convert more highly than targeted search traffic.

More importantly, when your site is just new, this traffic is the most important. It allows you to test your monetization the most easily, and start seeing profit as quickly as possible.

For these reasons, traffic from search engines and other free sources will be the bread and butter of this report.

Part 1: Research

The great thing about this method is that no matter what niche you're in (with the exception of a small few), there are always a huge number of long tail keywords that you can use to bring traffic to your site with the most basic optimization and simple techniques.

So the first step to getting 1000 new visitors in 30 days is to do some research. Go to the Adwords Keyword Tool at the link below and get ready to begin... (warning, this might not look like your typical keyword research)

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

All you need to do is type in the main keyword for your niche, whatever it is. Say your niche is stopping snoring, you'd enter “snoring”.

You'll get a big list of keywords related to snoring. Here your goal is to pick some keywords from this list that you can create some content on that will get easily ranked in the search engines. Here's how to do it.

You want to pick some words that have between 500 and 5000 searches per month. As I always say, these are “guidelines”, not “unbreakables”.

What I like to do is do the search, then click on the link at the top called “advertiser competition” twice, so it sorts the list with the less competitive keywords at the top. Then I scroll down the far right column to see which of the most lowly competitive keywords have strangely high levels of search volume compared to that competition. See the image below:



Note here that we're not using the “competition” tab in google to analyze real competition (as this refers to pay per click advertiser competition) but it is a guidelines, a starting point.

The circled keywords seem to have more search volume than the others at that level of competition and could be worthy of further investigation.

All your trying to do here is find 30 such words. 30 words that have between 500 and 5000 searches per month in the “average search volume” tab and that seem to have a low relative of relative competition.

If you're not finding any good keywords under a search for the main keyword as above, you can choose one of the keywords from the first list, and run a separate search just for it, like “stop snoring” for example. Go back and type that into the tool, click the “advertiser competition” button again, and see what you find there.

Finally, if you're still not getting the keywords you want with that, you can try this.

Go to google.com and type in your main keyword, say it's “stop snoring”. (don't use quotes when you type it in Google THIS TIME).




Whatever URL appears first, copy it, and go back to your Adwords keyword tool. Here, scroll back to the top search part and on the left select “website content” rather than “descriptive words or phrases”, and enter the URL you just copied.



Now you can get new keyword ideas based on the keywords that this site, which you KNOW is ranking well and getting targeted traffic, is using.

A list of keywords will appear where you can do the same as originally, sort by competition then try to find high searched words that are lowly competitive.

Once you've got a list of 30, we can perform the second part of your research, which is to analyze the search competition.

Analyzing Search Competition

If you think I'm about to say “type the phrases in Google in quotes and see how many search results appear” hold your horses.

While the typical way of analyzing the “competition” of a particular keyword is by looking at the number of competing pages, anyone who's actually done SEO will tell you that the number of competing pages doesn't REALLY tell you how hard or easy it's going to be to rank for a particular term.

Keywords often have a small number of competing pages that are highly optimized and on authority domains that you aren't going to beat.

Other terms have huge numbers of pages that are optimizing poorly and that you'll be able to topple with just a couple of links.

So how do you REALLY tell competition?

The answer is, you can't know TRULY how hard or easy it is to rank for a term until you've done it. BUT that doesn't mean you personally have to try it yourself...

Check out this...

So before, I did a URL search for that stop snoring keyword and this came up:




The top keyword was “ways to stop snoring”.

So I went to Google and did a search for this term WITHOUT quotations. Here's the results:



You'll see that in position 3, there's an article published at Ezinearticles.com.

Now, why does this make me happy?

Because I too can publish an article at Ezinearticles.com, and assuming this dude hasn't built any links to his article page at ezine (which is rare but not impossible) if I out optimize him, I'll take his ranking eventually. The only thing working against me on this particular example is the age of this guy's article which is a few years – the newer the article the better it is for you.

Furthermore, I can use this to see how much traffic this ranking has gotten for the chap:



It also gives me a true indication that this keyword is uncompetitive. If an article at ezinearticles.com can rank highly with no links, then when I have a piece of content on my site based on this term that I build some great links to, I'll surely get a front page ranking too.

Now keep in mind that this isn't a PERFECT indication of competitiveness, and like anything, it can still be inaccurate – but one thing I do know for sure is that targeting keywords that show low levels of competition based on this analysis is far more likely to bring you rankings and traffic than keywords found based on the “number of pages” analysis. Try it out for yourself.

So back to our step by steps. What do we actually do with this knowledge?

Well, if you're looking for a down and dirty increase to your traffic within a short period of time, these keywords can be very valuable

Search each of your original 30 articles in Google and keep your eyes peeled for:

1.Articles from Ezinearticles.com in the search rankings.
2.Squidoo lenses in the search rankings
3.Listings from any similar social sites like hubpages, wikidot, wetpaint, zimbio, wordpress.com, blogspot.com etc etc

Now, you're going to find these kinds of pages appearing more often depending on how popular your product is to affiliates. These listings will be more common among hot clickbank niches for example thanks to all the “bum marketers” out there.

But if you have a more obscure niche, don't worry, you can still...

Go for the old “competing pages” analysis, but with some additions.

Do a search for the keywords in quotations, so “stop snoring”.

Try to get keywords with under 10 000 competing pages in Google, the lower the better. When you find the terms with under 10k competing pages, also check the front page for:

- Lots of sites that don't have the keyword in the url.
- Not many sites on pages from major authority sites like wikipedia, amazon, etc.

If you go with those analyses, you'll still come out with keywords that will get you to the 1000 new visitors in 30 days.

So by the end of this step you should have 30 keywords that fit the criteria we've talked about. If you've got that, you're ready to rock this and pull those 1000 visitors in 30 days no problem.

You should be able to knock this part of the plan out in 1 day, two days maximum.

In the next part, we'll look at what to do with your newly found super cool keywords.

Let me know what ya think!

Andrew

[ajsmith]

Great Strategy! I like testing different traffic techniques. Thanks Andrew.

[paowiee1]

Thanks andrew will test this out with an old site of mine

[timmykins]

Hi Andrew,

I don't normally put up thanks posts like this, but thanks, can't wait for the next installment.

Regards

Tim

[AndrewHansen]

Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it. Anyone keen to follow along, feel free to PM me with your progress reports.

Justin, no WF = Warrior Forum

[Spark]

Hi there!

I really enjoy it, as i am currently working on a new store. [Very new in IM, which is why i am in WF ) Would really appreciate you can show us your next few steps. Cheers!

Will be trying soon once i have completed my website.

Would like to know in google adwords : keyword tool, is there any different putting a ' ' then no ' '? What's the different? i see differeny result in this.

For your steps, is it advisable to put '' in adwords:keywords tool?

[dorothydot]

It's posts like this that first and foremost make me proud to be a Warrior ... and second, make me very glad that there is a Thank-You button!

Thank you!

Dot

[Josh Spaulding]

You're not supposed to give this stuff away mate

Very good info... extremely similar to my own niche marketing technique.

It's working, you got me to log in here and realize it's time for me to make a few posts here at the Warriors.

[naruq]

Thanks for sharing your strategy to acquire 1000 free targeted visitors in 30 days.

[Steve Prior]

Hi Andrew

Some great ideas and so simple to do.

Thank you.

[Steven Wagenheim]

Andrew great post. Thanks for sharing.

Let me add something to what Andrew said about articles.

It is absolutely possible to rank # 1 for a keyword phrase with an article at
EZA. I do it with quite a few articles in sub niches of the health niche. Some
of these articles get as many as 50 views a day. That's 1500 views a month
which isn't too shabby.

Conversely, I have articles that get 1 view a day.

It all depends on the niche, the true competition and how much traffic there
is for that phrase or phrases.

However, if you follow Andrew's simple, yet effective strategy, you'll at
least give yourself a decent shot at ranking high in the SEs.

Maybe someday after I sell my health site, I'll show you all the articles
I have that are all number 1 at Google.

[James Schramko]

Nice to share Andrew. Well done.

[lburkeau]

Hi Andrew

Again, you have really explained this where it is simply understood..

As always, you have provided the guidance I need and use..

Many thanks and look forward to future posts in this area!

Lea

[LJW]

Thanks for sharing this information.

Larry

[Deon.Gordon]

Great step-by-step post, Andrew. I can't wait to give this a whack.

[honestbizpro]

Very Cool Andrew,

Just got an email from my outsources that you recommend who will be adding this tactic on my CPA blog. More traffic, no extra spend, I love it.

[Paul Buckley]

Keyword research is an integral part of my primary business and has been for years so you would think I would know all the tricks by now but I actually picked up a few gems from you. Thanks Andrew.

[forous]

Article marketing done the right way always get results.
You can do a whole lot with just one article. Here are a few ways you can use your article.
1. Submit to directories - Ezinearticles a must.
2. Post on your blog.
3. Post on Myspace and Facebook blog and page.
4. Post on Amazon blog
5. Post on Ebay account
6. Use it in your email and many more.

Thanks Andrew for sharing

[jobowen]

Thank you for your ability to help others to make money from the internet, may you keep it up.

[adam123]

Great,
I'll test it. Thanks for the strategy

[anth.elias]

Some good info. Long tail key words are great and can do wonders to bring in traffic. Your post seems to more geared to new sites which is good information for people that have not build or purchased a domain yet. For those of that have sites already unless you restructure your website I don't see any way that your post can help.

For those of us that have well established sites and or domains, back links are the key. They more competitive the keyword the more back links your will need. The quality of the back links well make a huge difference. As with any sites great content that is updated regulatory great back links age of domain will determine the amount of traffic the sites receives and whether or not the site well last through all the Google updates, ultimately that is what we want, a site that can make to the top of the rankings on the first page, and then stay there.

So if you have not built your site, think about the long term success of your website, don't think about making a quick sale here and there, in the end that will make or break your business.

[Mugil]

Andrew, what do you think about Josh Spaulding's approach on competition analysis? In his 5 dollar formula, he says that he only counts the average toolbar pagerank of the top 10 results (and if it's less than 3, he uses that keyword and if it's more than 3, he doesn't use it).

[hbsjcd3]

Originally Posted by Josh Spaulding

You're not supposed to give this stuff away mate

shHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! HUSh Hush... If he wants to give that stuff away..let him

Great info!

[nine-yards]

Thanks Andrew! This took a bit of time to go through but I dug up an additional 35+ long tail KWs! Can't wait until the next steps you share!
Thanks,
Amy

[LadyL08]

This was so timely, I have my list and I am ready for the next step.

Thank you

[AndrewHansen]

All those who acted already - wow! You made writing this post worthwhile 100 times over.

Mugil,

That strategy you mentioned works too, anything in addition to the standard numeric competition analysis is helpful.

Aelias,

I think this strategy is important whether your website is new or old. There's never a time when finding new keywords is a bad idea. If you have an old domain it'll be even easier because all you do is find the term and publish a page and the age and authority of your domain may well be enough to get it front page rankings alone. Sure you can keep building backlinks to your current pages, and you should, but you might find even easier traffic putting up pages targeting new less competitive keywords too.

And yes, always focus on the long term success of your website, couldn't agree more.

Andrew

[ptone]

Originally Posted by aelias

For those of that have sites already unless you restructure your website I don't see any way that your post can help.

I believe this is a bit short-sighted. You can use the info from this post to write an article, then optimize the article with backlinks and get a high rank for the chosen keyword phrase. That article will, of course, link to your already-established website in the bio box.

Or, you can always add new content to your website without a restructure. This new content can be optimized for the keyword phrase selected from using this method.

Great stuff, Andrew!

[maggytyger]

Great advice Andrew! I look forward to reading more!

[11Levels]

Thanks for sharing your strategy fellow Montrealer! I will definitely try it out.

[anth.elias]

Aelias,

I think this strategy is important whether your website is new or old. There's never a time when finding new keywords is a bad idea. If you have an old domain it'll be even easier because all you do is find the term and publish a page and the age and authority of your domain may well be enough to get it front page rankings alone. Sure you can keep building backlinks to your current pages, and you should, but you might find even easier traffic putting up pages targeting new less competitive keywords too.

Yes, I completely agree.

[irving]

Hi Andrew,

Really good explanation on how to use the adword tool. I have tried to out on my site and it worked well. Awaiting other informative threads from your side. Thank you!!

[ObsidianKnight]

Andrew,

Great stuff so far. Looking forward to following along with you on this technique. I have already started building a list for one of my popular, but less traveled sites. Keyword list is fantastic so far. Lot's of stuff that I overlooked, and that can easily be corrected for. And the site is in a niche that has some pretty high-end players and sites.

[Bob Willoughby]

Andrew,
Thanks for this free information.
One thing is for sure, whether your site is old or new. Quality content will always be king, but without the proper keywords, it will not take you far!

Bob

[32paul52]

Great Stuff Andrew- I wish i had found Fire Pow a few years ago- I guess i had to make a few more mistakes first Great tool, your Guys support is outstanding! I have been involve with packages costing 10K and yours is better- just like this post first rate.......

[jhiggins]

Thanks Andrew!! Good stuff!

Will Elysia be using this for us ABFY members. The work she is doing on a site of mine is coming along.

Jonathan

[ChrisDeals]

Thanks for the great post. I'm always looking on ways to optimize my keyword research.

[leonwf]

Great information.... Thanks Andrew.

Just wanna ask a question here....

EzineArticles has a FULL link to each article that looks something like the following....
http://ezinearticles.com/?Honest-Pro...?&id=201996501

But, the link can also be shorten like this: http://ezinearticles.com/?&id=201996501

My question is......

When building link to EzineArticles, which one do you use? The LONG one or SHORT one? Or it doesn't matter since it's pointing to the same article?

Just wanna be sure.

THANKS again....

~ Leon.

[onlinemoney00]

Well said Andrew, the traffic I get from search is definitely better than the one I get from facebook & other social media sites

[Simon74]

Thanks Andrew for sharing this great info! I will use it for my keyword search.
Thank you again.
Simon

[mwazwi]

Excellent information. Thank you.

Marcia Mercy

[Guitarjoe]

Thanks for sharing.

[bhevs]

Thanks a lot for sharing those tips Andrew, those are very useful. I like the way you organize your ideas great.

[Sheila]

Thanks for sharing such detailed info. I really appreciate you willingness to share what's worked for you.

[OmarNegron]

Thanks man. I like the tip about the google keyword tool and the URl of the competition. That's a great way to come up with some extra needed keywords.


Good stuff man.

Thanks for sharing

[toptones]

Great stuff Andrew...thanks man

[Jasonb25]

This is great info, not very often you can receive tips like these for free. Thanks a lot Andrew.

[914454]

Thanks for the info Andrew.

Everything you do is appreciated.

[googleplex]

Thanks andrew this seems like a really good technique...

Keep up the good work.

[hainanz]

Thanks Andrew for the create content.

It is great to see actionable content instead of pitchy sales

Look forward to see the results of my taking your action steps.

Cheers

[Stuart Stirling]

Cheers for this article mate...love your work

Andrew as always...going out his way to provide the goods
with no selfish motive..

Now we know how to do it...it's just a matter of doing it

Stuart Stirling