Where to advertise my website??

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Hi guys,
so im working on my website still, my niche is mainly sports betting guides and tips, like how to make money via matched bets and some horse racing tips as well.

i have been approved by a few betting sites to promote their welcome bonuses as an affiliate
but i still dont know where to get my traffic from.

im going to try facebook paid ads. and also post my link on some popular sports pages on fb and instagram.

what do you guys think?

thank you all in advance
#advertise #betting #website
  • Profile picture of the author munir ahmed
    Hi
    That is quiet an interesting niche and great affiliate product to promote if known how to correctly.
    Because you are in a sports niche and horse racing, there are many ways to get targeted traffic for free your self.

    There are many ways but I will share few ways that I have found very effective in my business to drive traffic.

    1- Forum Marketing, Go in to popular forms on sports and horse racing and join in with discussion and help people who are asking questions in your niche and don't just promote your website. Make sure the forum like many others have some sort of signature that leads you to your website. Keep the communication going and post to what you know and give relevant information.

    2- Blog Hopping, Go to your competitors website that have a commenting section and great traffic with a lot of communication. Join in the conversation and help out and normal discussion. People will start to know who you are and will want to know more about you and will visit your page.

    3- Social media, I normally find a page in my niche with thousand of followers and become there follower. Read others people post and replies and interact and like people discussion and what they say about the post of the same niche as you.

    THERE ARE MANY WAYS BUT I NORMALLY TELL PEOPLE TO STICK TO 1 OR 2 METHOD AND MASTER IT. TRAFFIC WILL COME OVER TIME AND NEED A LOT OF PATIENCE. DON'T EXPECT EVERYTHING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BUT STICK AT IT AND SPEND 30 MIN A DAY ON THESE STRATEGIES AND YOU WILL SEE MORE TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE.

    HOPE THAT HELPED A LITTLE
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    • Profile picture of the author shetalheti
      Originally Posted by munir ahmed View Post

      Hi
      That is quiet an interesting niche and great affiliate product to promote if known how to correctly.
      Because you are in a sports niche and horse racing, there are many ways to get targeted traffic for free your self.

      There are many ways but I will share few ways that I have found very effective in my business to drive traffic.

      1- Forum Marketing, Go in to popular forms on sports and horse racing and join in with discussion and help people who are asking questions in your niche and don't just promote your website. Make sure the forum like many others have some sort of signature that leads you to your website. Keep the communication going and post to what you know and give relevant information.

      2- Blog Hopping, Go to your competitors website that have a commenting section and great traffic with a lot of communication. Join in the conversation and help out and normal discussion. People will start to know who you are and will want to know more about you and will visit your page.

      3- Social media, I normally find a page in my niche with thousand of followers and become there follower. Read others people post and replies and interact and like people discussion and what they say about the post of the same niche as you.

      THERE ARE MANY WAYS BUT I NORMALLY TELL PEOPLE TO STICK TO 1 OR 2 METHOD AND MASTER IT. TRAFFIC WILL COME OVER TIME AND NEED A LOT OF PATIENCE. DON'T EXPECT EVERYTHING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BUT STICK AT IT AND SPEND 30 MIN A DAY ON THESE STRATEGIES AND YOU WILL SEE MORE TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE.

      HOPE THAT HELPED A LITTLE
      That is a very helpful post indeed. If I am not wrong, this method can be re-used for many other big and evergreen niches too, not just sports. It is all about 'rinse and repeat'. Also agree with you about mastering one or two traffic methods rather than spreading oneself too thin
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  • Profile picture of the author johnmuck123
    Now you are using the Facebook paid ads. and some popular sports pages on fb and instagram. It is good idea. Beside these you can use some relevant blog commenting, Relevant Forum posting something like these. Thanks a lot.
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  • Profile picture of the author jahmeld
    I would suggest bing ads. You get targeted quality low cost clicks.
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  • Profile picture of the author fadinho
    Thanks a lot guys very informative.
    Munir thank you for your advice, that sounds real good and i will start doing that once i go live with my website. i will be a very busy man, posting on my website and online forums/social media.

    Thanks john appreciate your input.

    Jahmeld can you please tell me more about bing paid ads and how they work?
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  • Profile picture of the author Sarevok
    This is the second time thanking Jahmeld in 20 seconds.



    I agree that Bing ads offers the best bang for your buck these days.

    The last time I was playing around with bing (last summer) I was paying around $.10 per click for USA clicks.

    My method was to load a TON of keywords, and then chip down the bids as low as they could go. (So, this was essentially a "shutgun" approach to marketing, yet it wasn't too bad because essentially people were still clicking my unique ad and were from the USA, so the value of visitor was halfway decent).

    If you can get your bids down to $.10ish per click, while at the same time keeping your demographic inside the states, it's hard to miss.

    I'll be honest, I would focus on getting dirt cheap PPC clicks rather than expensive highly targeted clicks. It's too easy to waste a big budget unless you spend serious time tracking and tweaking. (You need an advanced marketing and engineering degree to return a profit on some of the high priced PPC engines these days, either that or a massive funnel).

    That being said, be weary of "junk" PPC networks. That's specifically why I recommend bing, because it's possible to get cheap clicks, and Microsoft won't be sending too much junk traffic. (Unlike other traffic sites, which send you nothing but junk traffic).

    Just my honest $.02, I'm sure some PPC guru will come yell at me later.



    Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheZafraGroup
    FB ads is good. You need to know what you're doing though because if you don't, you'll be wasting a lot of money. Boosting your posts would be good. You should also comment on other blogs, would also be good if you can do some guest blogging for other blogs as well. Instagram should also be solid. You should also shoot some videos that are keyword rich for SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author looseink
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    • Profile picture of the author shetalheti
      Originally Posted by looseink View Post

      I'm a fan of Twitter. I have four different Twitter feeds and use it a lot to feed out links to new blog posts or pages added to my website. I find I have to sometimes play around with hashtags to get a lot of RTs but lately I've noticed a lot of other Tweeters are adding me to relevant Lists, which I'm happy to see.

      I think I like Twitter simply because it's free.

      I hope that helps!
      Lots of people swear by Twitter but personally, I am yet to get any clicks (forget about making money) from Twitter. Maybe I am doing it wrong
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  • Profile picture of the author Ghoster
    You might try OutBrain too, if your niche isn't in violation of their TOS. (I don't know).

    I get good results from Reddit, but it takes a soft touch. You can't do direct marketing there.
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    • Profile picture of the author shetalheti
      Originally Posted by Ghoster View Post

      You might try OutBrain too, if your niche isn't in violation of their TOS. (I don't know).

      I get good results from Reddit, but it takes a soft touch. You can't do direct marketing there.
      I always thought Outbrain is a place to make money (as an affiliate) lol. Anyways, great idea there
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  • Profile picture of the author wennice
    social media like facebook and instagram are the best, if you can get some traffic from them, by the way, there is a tip that i want to give you, please be careful the time of different place, so you should post something on this time when people are on the internet.
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    • Profile picture of the author shetalheti
      Originally Posted by wennice View Post

      social media like facebook and instagram are the best, if you can get some traffic from them, by the way, there is a tip that i want to give you, please be careful the time of different place, so you should post something on this time when people are on the internet.
      I suppose that can be tricky because Facebook is a global platform and timezones vary according to country. I suppose if you want to target say, USA people only, you may not be able to target Asian people, unless of course you have outsourced this job/don't sleep at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author smartprofitmoney
    Hello, When starting a business online, you need five major things, and after you integrate social media, start posting on Youtube and Google + page, and SEO on page, all this is free, you just need to know how to set things up right.

    SEO on page
    Facebook Business page
    Twitter Business page
    YouTube Business Channel
    Google + Business page

    Thanks MWD
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  • Profile picture of the author vishwa
    You can use Google Adwords or bing ads to initially drive some traffic to your site. Focus on your SEO to get long term traffic from Search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Traffic is easy, but make sure it's good traffic. Use Bing Ads, Google Adwords, Facebook, and even some mobile advertising platforms. If joint ventures exists along with solo ads, use these. Be consistent with your free traffic strategy. Youtube, forums, and blogging are excellent ways to get good free traffic.
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