What are the best sources of free traffic?

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Hey fellow warriors
Can you name some of the sources (other than SEO) of free traffic? &
What are your favorite traffic generation sources?
#free #sources #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author mcjohn
    For me, the best source traffic other than google is Social Media but should have many followers
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  • Profile picture of the author mdshahazahanbd
    There are many ways to increase your site traffic. Such as you can do Relevant Forum posting, Relevant Blog commenting, Social Media sites & so on. Most of time I use these easy ways only. You can use these ways if you want. Best of luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    My favorite are:

    1) Forum marketing
    2) Email marketing
    3) Youtube
    4) Blogging
    5) Blog commenting
    6) Joint ventures
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    • Profile picture of the author cevor
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      My favorite are:

      1) Forum marketing
      2) Email marketing
      3) Youtube
      4) Blogging
      5) Blog commenting
      6) Joint ventures
      This is the best method and work well in many niche
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  • Profile picture of the author divitis
    Hello! My favorite

    1. Forum marketing
    4. Blogging
    2. FB
    3. Youtube

    Good luck!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesJ
    My favorite source of free traffic is YouTube. There is just so much internal traffic on YouTube.
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    • Profile picture of the author petromir
      Originally Posted by JamesJ View Post

      My favorite source of free traffic is YouTube. There is just so much internal traffic on YouTube.
      how do you make free traffic with youtube ?
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  • Profile picture of the author iVlog
    YouTube is on everyone's list for a reason.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jennifer Boyatt
    So far, participating genuinely and consistently here on Warrior Forum has helped me.

    I have gotten some StumbleUpon traffic as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jammy123
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      At the question of free traffic you can try facebook traffic by facebook groups. Where you need to join that groups and posting there.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
        In general, you need places to post links that are relevant. Which ones are the best depend on your niche.
        I used squidoo for the longest time for my niche, Now it moved everything to hubpages.
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      • Profile picture of the author maniarora
        Originally Posted by Jammy123 View Post

        At the question of free traffic you can try facebook traffic by facebook groups. Where you need to join that groups and posting there.

        Thanks for tip but my experience with FB groups is not good.
        I joined many facebook groups in marketing niche, but most of the groups consist of Porn ads or Other ads, there is hardly any helpful post. I have also shared many tips and popular posts in different groups but never got even a single visitor.

        Do you know any fb group that is helpful and whose members share useful tips instead of just posting porn or ads?
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    get some girls with the tops off down the beach to carry signs, and hand out lollies and icecream.

    Hey!....it works!
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  • Profile picture of the author PBSolutions4U
    Originally Posted by maniarora View Post

    Hey fellow warriors
    Can you name some of the sources (other than SEO) of free traffic? &
    What are your favorite traffic generation sources?

    You can get free traffic from social media exchange groups. And my favorite traffic generation source is a program called Paigham Bot.
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    • Profile picture of the author discrat
      -Very relevant blog commenting and Posting
      -Very helpful Forum Marketing
      -Article Marketing via syndication


      - Robert Andrew
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      • Profile picture of the author Boris Qs
        For me I find forum posting, blog hopping, and social media very powerful.

        For social sites I use Youtube
        Twitter
        Google +
        building a page on Facebook but have not yet started seeing results.
        I used Squidoo too, back in the days but since it was moved to hubpages I dropped out.
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  • Profile picture of the author Soloseller2014
    What about document sharing sites, image sharing sites or answer sites?
    Have anyone generated traffic using those?
    I use these site but not get the result that i want.
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  • Profile picture of the author techforce
    I think Facebook and youtube are the best
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  • Profile picture of the author designandplace
    Apart from organic search I would agree social media would now be the number one source for a lot of businesses. Social media is so much more than just "social media" these days, it represents the brand, in fact, it is such a strong part of any brand that you must engage through it through more than just product advertisements etc.

    Other than social media, then forums and I have found press releases to be good too, but have not found free release sites lately to work well, if anyone knows different please point the way!

    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author BAC
    All social media traffic is great source of free traffic and sometimes it also becomes viral!
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt Feast
    Hi, I think really the best forms of getting traffic to your blog or offers is Youtube Video's. Google seems to rank Youtube higher due to Google owning Youtube.
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  • Profile picture of the author porterpioneer
    Social Media and YouTube are my favorites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
    We all love free traffic.

    Here's another way to consider generating it...

    1. Find out where your audience hangs out.
    2. Position yourself there, and effectively.

    Example: IMDB

    Imagine you have a website that offers an IMDB experience (just an example; don't do it).

    Take a look here:

    IMDB Stats

    Let's look where our audience appears to hang out:

    - Reddit
    - Facebook
    - Youtube
    - Twitter
    - Google
    - A bunch of shady sites
    - Amazon

    A 20 second investigation has highlighted 5 prime locations from which we can derive free traffic.

    Imagine if we spent a day or a week investigating.

    The information we find out will form our "traffic plan." And it depends, entirely, on the specific audience we intend to target.

    - Tom
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  • Profile picture of the author HelperHoney
    retwittes works best sometimes to get high quality visitors!
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  • Profile picture of the author porterpioneer
    If you want free then social media is the way to go. More work in creating a crowd base but it can be worth it. Also google, blogs and forums are useful if you are helping the right audience. The best free traffic is hard work, that is if you want a lot of it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Manish Sapkota
    My favourite free traffic source is reddit.
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  • Profile picture of the author vishwa
    SEO and Social media is my all time favorite free source of traffic. However forum posting is also an effective way to drive traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ankitha Krishna
    Social bookmarking, forum posting, Blogs, classified submissions, social media marketing etc are good source for generating traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Harris
    Can I ask why free traffic? Paid traffic is much easier to scale because you're paying money for the traffic and you can just pay more for that traffic to get more.
    With regards to free traffic though, I like to get affiliates to sell my products for a commission. You would still have to pay for a few things to get the product set up but the traffic itself would be free.
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  • Profile picture of the author joaquinaleman
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    if you have a really good product of your own, my favorite is: JVS!
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Reed
    If it's a business type product like CloudNet360
    then Linkedin is really good since the majority
    of the people there are business folks.

    It works really well for us to be active on Linkedin.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnCosmos
    Nothing's "free," as everything has a cost involved- whether that cost is your own time or buying the skills and/or time of others. As far as marketing that does not absolutely require a monetary out of pocket cost, I prefer social media. What type of social media or other marketing is most effective depends a lot on your niche and what you are selling, IMHO. But I think almost any brand or business will benefit in multiple ways with an active social (and other marketing) presence.
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    • Best sources of free traffic : Forum Posting, Social Media Sharing, Link Building, Blog commenting
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  • Profile picture of the author greatness008
    My faves: Youtube, instagram, forum, yahoo answers. Also, keep in mind bing and adwords offer free $50/$100 coupons all the time. That's the best free advertising to me. Keep your eyes peeled bud. Cheers.
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  • Profile picture of the author C G
    In terms of "free" traffic. Google and YouTube are the best.

    Cheers,

    C.G
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  • Profile picture of the author SShaikh
    If you use facebook, look for niche related groups, there is an abundance for niche groups I've been in loads like alternate medicine, vocalists, internet marketers, gardeners etc..
    You can get away with posting in some of these, and some contain over 50k depending on what you join.
    I have blogs, which auto feed to facebook, twitter and tumblr.
    I'm aiming to start Youtube soon, heard mixed things about posting on Reddit so I haven't looked into that just yet.

    Another thing you could try is free solo ads, where you can post an ad once daily say to 5k people, but the downside is the rebuttal, those 5k people will advertise to you. Quick play with email filters (or setting up a spare email address) can keep these spamming your primary mailbox.
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  • Profile picture of the author 3ss1m4n
    I guess a lot of people answered pretty good comments already but I would also go for social media and continuously writing a posting good content.
    I've seen on several places that SEO and keywords can be overrated.
    Joining forum discussions and reaching out to people can be a good way to get your name out there and thus more traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author Medway1
    A Google search reveals LESSON #84: Over 400 Free Web Traffic Sources

    Over 400 Free Web Traffic Sources | Eric's Tips

    Perhaps there is something in there that may help, it isn't a website I know and I haven't poured through the 400, but it might spark an idea.
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    • Profile picture of the author jafaffliate
      Hi,

      Best Sources of free traffic are:

      YouTube
      Free E Book
      Facebook
      Twitter
      List Building
      Email Marketing
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  • Profile picture of the author TB Ann
    My is
    Youtube and forum posting
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