Which Of These 11 Free Traffic Strategies Would You Do or Stay Away From ?

I would stay away from Article directory submissions (so outdated) and Bookmarking sites.

i think most profitable will befor most of sites facebook,social media ways and ad companies but also depends on traffic .so depends anyways ))

Hi,
Among all free traffic strategies, I find Facebook best of all. I use many of these strategies other than Bookmarking sites and article directory submissions. Others are all fruitful in their own place.

Thanks

Stay away from article marketing. Too saturated.

Bookmarking sites. I don't know what the use of these sites are anymore.

I would stay away from bookmarking. Get on social media!!! Especially with everyone on lockdown hitting the socials is so beneficial!

What a blast from the past.

Most of that list no longer works or the ROE (return on effort) is abysmal

If I had to choose which ones still deliver a decent return on effort, I'd pick:

Youtube

Blogging

Quora

Guest Posting

The great thing about these 4 picks is you can create a blog post and repurpose it into a quora answer and YT video script

You can also strip it down to create a guest post template you can pitch

I don't know about you guys but Quora traffic does not convert for me. I see the hits in the analysis but i wonder if those are bots.

It is about getting content on the web! Either text, video, audio or any other way they have created, you have to make your mark on the web. The more marks you have the more opportunities people have to find you. The longer the content or the more links you have back to your content, the more likely people will find you.

That is the game, either you give people reasons and locations to find you or you will not be found, period. Find problems people are having and build content around it. Then send it to them and let others link back to your solution for their problem or the way you have created to create joy and happiness.

Put it this way, it is a very very very big web, if are not putting reasons and ways to find you, the web will eat you alive. Make your marks put your stuff out there and it may be found. Build your little section of the web and let it be known. Enjoy the journey..!

What do you guys think about link exchanges these days? I know you're supposed to exchange links with websites that are related to your own. But do you get any real benefit with Google ranking?

The illusion is to think that some of those strategies don't work. Sure maybe some are better than others, but most of the time it's not about traffic, it's about the individual.



Because if you have your focus on one of them and the discipline to keep doing it, all of them will work.

Bookmarking sites are definitely a waste of time.

A few weeks ago, I had my website submitted to 30 bookmarking sites. Last week I suddenly showed up on page 5 of Google for my main targeted keyword. I'd say they work, myself.

Besides staying away from article directories and bookmarking sites, I'd stay away from FB marketing by adding new friends.

But I'd add niche edits (you'd normally have to pay for those) and press releases.

Beleive it or not I am still a fan of article marketing even in 2020.

Article marketing gives you and opportunity to receive many views to your articles which in turn should lead to clicks to your website. The clicks are highly targeted since the reader is most likely reading your material and then clicking the link. Not to mention the more you write the more you learn.

I like article marketing because it gives me an opportunity to learn my niche more. Everything else like sales, and list building is a bonus.

The problem with article marketing is the spammy articles and links. Keeping your article clean could lead it to ranking high within the search engines although i only see Quora links ranking so high these days. Why Quora would not be the best is because Quora should not be used for linking purposes. What makes Quora great is its designed to answer questions from experts in certain fields, or have your questions answered from the experts. It should not be used for marketing purposes. If your an expert in a particular field or fields, than quora is great as an activity to share your expertise. They give you an opportunity to leave a link on your profile and as you continue to give good answers people will naturally gravitate to your profile and click on your link.

Other types of marketing you mention lead to quick clicks to your site however it might not lead to good sales, unless your building a list which will keep that prospect in your list of potential sales in the future.

The worst one I see is doing a podcast. I mean this is good if your well established and have such a huge following where you send out an invite to a podcast and people tune in and become believers in what you are saying. Other than that I would stay away from it unless your well established.

I won't use any other Traffic Method except Facebook & YouTube Advertising..
you can always start small... gather all the data and user behavior...
Pick Your best performing campaign and Scale it to the moon..

Traffic is instant and there are unlimited opportunities to scale..
You can create a custom and Look-a-Like Audience to even scale further...

You're an old member.

Remember when the main discussion was heavily populated with "article marketers" and people relying on almost entirely "free" traffic?

They went out of business. I had to make this adaptation. I used to get 2,000+ "free" visitors per day.

Those days are over. Like 7-8 years ago. You have to learn paid traffic to stay in business.

It changed.

Right now I am focusing on search engine optimization pages. I think this is very important.
The promotion of the position of groups in search in almost all social networks is influenced by the same factors:
Entering the necessary key phrases in the title, description, discussions, content - the posts themselves, comments;
Engagement and metrics - the number of subscribers, reactions to publications (likes-comments-reposts), engagement indicators.

My favourite its youtube and facebook and i will stay away from article directories

I friended 1000 Affiliate Marketers in a very short time on Facebook and it was nauseating. .

A non stop pitch fest on the "Hello" and sometimes without the "Hello" included

I am talking very first message...PDF attachments, Voice recordings, even links to sales pages.

Then the actual conversations,..what do I do...always leading to what they do like a voice saying "wait for it "

And everyone is an expert now I did not realize that.

You can not teach them anything they are all knowing.

I am going to delete all and start fresh out of Aff. Marketing niche.

I have always been more of a Creator that utilizes Aff marketing but not as prime source of income.

I quit Article directory submissions long time ago

and Jump into Youtube instead.

Much better

I would stay away from forums. I dont think people have the time to read the content posted on forums.

People, you say??
This is the funniest and the most ironic comment.




I would personally stay away from:


Article Directories (Mentioning it made me want to visit Ezine Articles after over 8 years. Reminds me of the sweet old days when you would submit 15 posts and you are on page 1)


Bookmarking is just something I use on second tier but on an automated level.


Podcasting may work for some people but I wouldn't even bother. not for me.



What I would focus and always dedicate myself towards are;

Blogging
Guest Posting
Youtube

Facebook Marketing (both for organic and paid traffic)

I would do a combination of a few that you are comfortable with. For Example you could combine Twitter, Podcasting, and Youtube

Much depends on what your subject material is.
I think they are all good strategies.
Article marketing still brings traffic for me.
Spread yourself on all the platforms you mentioned.
I'd also add Linked-In to the mix if you are working in business related niches.
I get job enquiries from there each week, simply because I am linked to a YouTube channel I have.

I would stay away from bookmarking because that doesn't work anymore. I would consider using Facebook and Youtube because video making has a lot of scope on both of these sites.

Article directories like ezine articles and go articles are pretty much a waste of time now. A better approach would be Medium, which is a content - social media site.

You can link to your website on the desktop version, and you are also allowed to repurpose your own content on the platform.

I'd stay away from guest posting as it's a waste of time. In the past guest posting was a go-to method to get backlinks, however, Penguin has made the method obsolete.

interesting a lot claim FB.
even your content is goods , the traffic is not there.
I see FB only those viral stuffs will get traffic ,usually video

so I kinda puzzle why a lot claim FB ? FB groups? also full of spam post

I surprise no body mention Pin interest?

Any of those methods can be highly effective, even Article Marketing even though most people prefer to say that it's outdated, if you go for long tail niche keywords and stick to it long enough it WILL work from my exerience. With that said I must say that this shouldn't be your main source of traffic of course, paid traffic AWLAYS wins the game.