The "Secret Sauce" To Website Traffic?

I'm sure you would.

Here's a question - why would I spend 15 years learning about and testing all the ways to get traffic and then just layout everything I've found that works for you on a plate ?

If I did it would not be helping you because in the world of traffic generation there is no one-size-fits-all answer and the landscape changes as Google changes and new technologies and social systems get created.

This list that I posted is not meant as a 'plan' for people to follow - It's supposed to be a starting point to get your mind thinking about what possibilities may apply to you in your niche and with your resources.

I could show you exactly how I get traffic with press releases, but you could turn round and say "well, that's ok for you - I don't have enough things to write press releases about" and totally dismiss what for me is an amazingly powerful source of traffic.

I could tell you that I get a ton of traffic by releasing screen savers to my target audience and that those get distributed via file sharing sites and by being offered as a free gift by many high traffic sites in my niche - and you could turn around and say "well I'm not technical, so screen savers won't be suitable for me" and totally dismiss this high traffic tactic.

I could show you how I create lots of viral videos and distribute them to dozens of video sharing sites and get them syndicated to thousands of other websites, and you could say "I'm not into making videos" and dismiss the idea.

I could tell you about how I buy way more domains than I actually use, so all my spare domains go into my blog network so that I can get thousands of new links to any new website I set up just by linking my own existing network of sites to it, and you could say "I don't think I could look after a large number of domains" and dismiss the idea.

I could tell you how I create website templates and give them away and allow chosen partners to give them away as long as the built-in links to my site are kept so that I get millions of links built to my sites for my by other people, and you could say "I don't know how to make templates" and dismiss the idea.

I could tell you about how I get car decals printed and pay local students to put them on their cars for a monthly fee from me so that I have dozens of cars advertising my sites all around my town, but you could say "I don't want to do offline marketing" and dismiss it.

You see - I can go on and on, but YOU need to try and test what works for YOU.

Andy