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monthly traffic plans...useless?

by tylerw
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What are your views on flat-rate monthly paid traffic?

I try to do as much free marketing work as possible, and I've tried two different traffic plans giving me 5,000 and then 50,000 visitors to my page for the last 3 months. I've had very little sales, a few additions to my list, and a few Likes on the 'Book. Eh.

Are there any traffic sites you'd recommend/had success with? Do you think they're all turning around and buying traffic from the same place?
#monthly #paid traffic #plansuseless #targeted traffic #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    In answer to your question - Yes. Develop a real marketing plan
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  • Profile picture of the author tylerw
    Currently I write on my blog twice a week, post articles on ezine, post unique videos on youtube (interfaced with FB/Twitter), comment on forums, and I have a list tied to a free course offer. I have my top two products for sale that I use and believe in.

    This must not be "real" enough...what am I missing here? I've been working on this project for just over a year. I've met a lot of cool people along the way which has value for me, but I haven't figured out how to monetize a how-to site very well. It has landed me some public speaking gigs, though.

    Peerfly rejected me the other day, I feel amazing. No reason was given.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicktyler
    Cheap traffic plans are normally very low converting and low quality. If oyu want to pay go for a big affilliate or use adwords. It will not be as cheap though. Also don't put all your eggs in one basket. You should develop a secure marketing plan so in case one chanel goes wrong you are not totally stuffed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    I focus on free traffic. Whether it be Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, organic search traffic, anything as long as its free.

    You don't want to rely on paid traffic. Trust me. Most of the time when you buy those paid traffic services the people who are supplying it doesn't care if its real people or not. They will send bots to increase the "views" but you will notice that the time on your site is averaging around 5 seconds.

    They dont care about your bounce rate, they dont care about how many conversions you (dont) make, they just want to fill your stats with "visitors" so you think you are getting traffic.

    But then when you don't make a single dime, what have you done? You've just lost money.. not gained any.

    Now, I'm talking mainly about websites that sell traffic. There ARE automation tools that really do work, but they are only as good as the person using and setting it up.
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  • Profile picture of the author tylerw
    WTG: Yeah, I don't want to rely on paid traffic...I was just hoping that it would give me a nice boost. Analytics shows that my avg time on site is actually at 4 minutes, which I think is pretty decent...but I definitely get what you're saying.

    Being that I'm a how-to/enthusiast blog, is hosting advertising on my site among the better ideas, or is that ultimately taking sales away from me?
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  • Profile picture of the author cagliostro
    Traffic plans are ONLY good to build Alexa rank. If you need it.
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