How to find traffic?

You should try the forum search function - this question gets asked (and answered) a LOT..


Here are some ideas:

USFreeads
affiliates
Slide sharing (Slideshare.com)
Link Directories
traffic exchanges
List Brokers
Popups/Unders/Overs etc..
Software apps (facebook, toolbars, etc.)
Software/scripts included in CPanel/Fantastico
Pinging your pages and the pages on other sites which link to yours.
Blogs
XML sharing (PADs, Feeds, Sitemaps, RSS etc.)
Wikis
Article directories, and reprinted articles
CPA
PPV
Tell-A-Friend scripts
Twitter , myspace, youtube, facebook etc…
PRs
Sofware links (PAD)
Datafeeds
PPC
Videos, audios
RSS
JVs - ezine, links, ty page, A/Rs
offline (physical books, testimonials/forwards in other peoples books - word of mouth, seminars, networking, business cards, radio advertising, tradeshows, workshops, roadshows, mail, local sponserhips etc)
Recommendations
Viral Marketing (ezines, software, ebooks etc.)
Ezine ads
Testimonials
REviews
comments
Knols
webinar / teleseminar
Online TV stations and radio stations
Ebay
Craigslist
buying other websites with existing traffic and links
buying expired domains with existing traffic
Outsourcing sites - Elance etc.
Traffic swaps
Giveaways
co-regs
giving away templates
Images (Flickr etc)
service offline businesses
Merhandise
Banner Ads
Craigslist and similar
previous customers returning (emails, links in books, promotions etc.)
forums
message boards
yahooanswers
community sites
google news - alerts
Kunaki
cafepress

just use google or the search function of this forum. this question is literally asked everyday

Got time, no money? No problem, there's plenty of ways you could free, highly targeted traffic to your squeeze page.

Forum posting is one of them. But don't just spam threads with one-liners. In my experience, the best way to drive traffic is to start intriguing threads. First step is, naturally to find forums that are closely related to your niche. Make sure to check if they allow signature links.

Create a profile and post 10 – 20 meaningful, constructive comments on already established threads. That way you don’t just look like a spammy douche who just wants to boost the post count and promote her website.

Then you do a bit of research and detect which topics are hot at the moment, questions that are frequently popping out. Open a new thread and offer solution to specific question/issue. If you feel like you’re not capable, do a little bit of research on the net first. Your post can be a simple step-by-step guide or a method you’re using to solve that problem. Just make your post relevant, helpful and well structured.

And at the end of the post, invite other members to join the conversation and offer their POV. (and don’t forget to make your sig link)

Q&A websites – I heard a lot of debates on whether or not they are worth to invest in. From my experience, depending on the niche, they can provide some insanely targeted traffic. I won’t go too deep into this, just make sure provide the best answer possible and search for relevant questions and topics.
Guest posting – great method, but also requires a lot of work. First you have to find blog owners who are open for guest posting, then you have to convince them to accept your guest post (that sometimes include developing a professional relationship with them, asking them what topics would they like to be covered and so on) and then you have to write a really, really, really good article. And even then, some blog owners won’t accept it if your website quality doesn’t meet their standards.

You can also try contacting other list owners from your niche and offer them a free report they can send to their subscribers. Don’ ask for opt-ins, just include a link to your squeeze page in that reports, so if their subscribers find any value in your reports, they’ll look up for more of your work.

Blog commenting is also a good way to drive some free traffic. Aim for well known, established niche blogs. This method is kinda similar to forum posting, but you can even try the more provocative approach, oppose blog owner in constructive way for example.

Just a few techniques that worked well for me, hope this helps a bit.

Posting on Craigslist and BackPage daily will increase your traffic and leads for sure.
It's FREE also. After you start pulling in some decent money put 20% back into
marketing and advertising again.

Retweet exchange to get traffic from twitter... try AdRetweet – Retweet and Follow Exchange

I agree, solo ads and ad swaps are great ways to build targeted traffic. However, you can also but a list of targeted subscribers by doing free content marketing and promoting your site directly to your target audience.

I used to think that doing SEO to rank on the search engines was the only other free marketing method to build my list, but boy was I wrong! Thankfully

I just posted a thread about this very thing, sharing how I've discovered numerous ways to drive free traffic outside of SEO.

You can check it out below....

7 Things I Hate About SEO: How I Put An End To My Content Marketing Misery!

Hope this helps.

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FREE traffic???

I have a lot of success with YouTube Vids (subscribers and sales)...make a lot of them and you have free traffic for YEARS to com ;-)

Social media sites
Blog commenting
Forum posting
Pinging
Article submission
Video marketing
Social bookmarking

hi ellie..
i am a new user in this forum. Can you tell me in detail about solo ads.

There is tons of traffic out there - the trick is to have the traffic find YOU! Here's where we've had success.....

- Craigslist
- Solo ads
- WSO (Free list-build offer)
- Craigslist
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Youtube
- Craigslist
and probably a ton more that I can't remember without sufficient Starbucks intake.

PS - Did I mention Craigslist? -lol-

Good luck!

JV Giveaway events will boost your subscribers and very targeted.

Directly to the squeeze page or indirectly?

I give you the following tips...

1.Set up a YouTube video channel and start feeding it with videos form time to time.
Give away free information, then suddenly: surprise your viewers with a video under which you place a link directly to a page where they can download a free product (not the commercial squeeze page, a free report/giveaway page).
The product (PDF can be great) should contain a link or other indications on how to reach your squeeze page...
Make sure you're not directing your visitors to a pay page, because YouTube is well-known for banning/closing down channels/accounts for commercial activity...

2.Develop your own Facebook community.
It's not good to use Facebook for selling but once in... let's say every 50-100 or more posts you can "drop" a link to a squeeze page.
In fact, Facebook pages themselves are squeezers...

3.Forums often have sections dedicated to those wanting to sell their products.
You can sometimes list your products there for free. I was surprised to find that from such pages I received a substantial number of leads/subscriptions!

4.Post free reviews, articles on specialized (article, review sites).
Describe the product, site, service... then at the bottom they might allow you to put a link to your site.

These are all free ideas... (1) and (2) are rather indirect, while the other two are direct techniques...

@Andyhenry wow epic list. My advise would be find a few methods of seo / marketing that you are good at and get good at it. Focus on your strengths.