Top 5 Most Effective Methods for Traffic Generation

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I'd like to start a thread targeted to the 5 most effective ways to general traffic. Now, before some of you jump to say there are more that 5 effective methods of traffic generation, I'd like to say the point of this thread is to offer the best starting point for anyone new to online marketing. I'd like to know your opinions for traffic generation that will best serve others who are just starting out.

We need to highlight the least technical, quickest results, and longest lasting traffic generation strategies that will be easiest for the newest of marketers to implement.

I'll list mine first, you all list yours and the final thread post before we close the thread will list the definitive solutions that best suit the needs of new marketers.

1. Social Traffic: Facebook, Myspace, Twitter
2. Forums: like this one and others
3. Article: unique content posted to top article directories
4. Video: submit video to youtube, google video, etc.
5. Blog/lenses: wordpress, blogger, squidoo

I'll get into the formatting of each in later entries. I just wanted to get this topic started for others to post their advice.

Let's keep this friendly and full of rich advice, keeping the new guys in mind.

Thanks,

Jonathan
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    2. PPC
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  • PPC is one of the best. Then you have forum marketing, video marketing, and article marketing.

    It is all about taking MASSIVE action and never giving up.

    Tal
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    • Well, I revealed one of my traffic secrets right here for you. Give it a shot.
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    • I'd like to stick with organic traffic generations strategies. I agree that PPC is great, if you know what you're doing. But, I would like to discuss methods that don't cost the new guys any money.
  • Create a site people love and will return to again and again.
    There is no substitute for that, and people spend so much time marketing, that they fail to see the snake in the grass right in front of them.
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    • Articles and Blogs will give you TONS of traffic. It takes sometime but the return will be great and FREE!

      I recently wrote an article about getting free traffic, check it out, its on my website. The site is new, that is one of my first articles.
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  • Organic results has to be the easiest and cheapest by a long shot........
  • ORganic results for sure.

    I tried ppc once and got busted.
  • Organic results is not a traffic generations method....
  • - Call people are on your targeted lists or reach out via chat (Skype = best).

    - Follow up with email marketing (and print postcards, if possible - very affordable, made from your PC / MAC & printer -- just pay pennies for postage).

    - Get tons of free tips, counseling via email and even for more ideas from the SBA, starting with this helpful list from them:

    http://movingaheadblog.com/2008/04/2...ds--sales.aspx
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    • I think everyone left out the best traffic source out there.
      It's free. It's high quality. It's pretty darn easy to get it once you get the idea and it grows and grows the more you do it and there's really not limit to how much it can grow.
      You can see hundreds of thousands of hits in a day if you do it right.

      Did you guess it?

      I'm talking about joint ventures.
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  • Being on the first page of google for your targeted keywords!

    This will get you an AVALANCHE of traffic!
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    • Great! That's the idea...but that's not a method, that's a goal.
  • he pretty much summed it up =x

  • Notes: Bottom Line -
    • PPC (use keywords that's generating traffic...my lil secret)
    • Offer FREE giveaway (the first 100 people...to my lil secret)
    • Know Your Customers...give away Free Videos showing how to generate FREE Traffic...know how's
    • Offer Irresistible Valuable Training, Genuine help...No HYPE! No BS
    With all this you will not only get FREE Traffic, but you may meet some friends!
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    • This is remarkable information for any level of marketer. Know your budget, and whether or not you can afford to have one to start off. Know your customers, make them a priority to making the sale (this will take you a long long way), and don't give up if you're not seeing immediate results!

      Thanks for your great words.
  • I would say...

    1) Your own affiliate program
    2) Joint ventures
    3) Press releases
    4) Viral reports
    5) Video marketing
  • Your own product:

    1. Affiliates. Nothing can beat an army of affiliates promoting your product. If you have a solid product and a good offer that converts, your affiliates will do all the work for you. They will make use of all the methods mentioned above to generate traffic and other methods you will never think of.

    2. Joint Ventures. Instant, targeted traffic.

    If you are an Affiliate:

    1. PPC Traffic. Yes it will cost you money and there is a learning curve involved. But if you master PPC, nothing comes close. It's instant, it's targeted and it converts.

    2. Social PPC Traffic via Facebook. I am still testing this one, but early results are very positive. Facebook allows very tight targeting and the traffic converts.

    Other traffic methods I also use but never do myself (I always outsource these):

    Yahoo Answers.

    Ask the question yourself, and with a different account, answer the question with a link to your site, log back in to the other account and rate your answer as the best. A little "grey hat", but it works for me. Don't spam.

    Videos.

    Distribute videos to video sites like Youtube and others. Make video
    replies to other related videos on Youtube. Always link back to your site.

    Ezine Ads.

    Solo Ads in targeted ezines. (Still works for me)

    Forum promotion.

    Make posts in relevant forums with link in sig, don't spam

    Blogs

    Comments on related blogs. Leave a link in comment. Don't spam

    Classified ads.

    Free and paid classified ads. Post ads to a list of sites twice a day, every day.

    Those are some of the basics and should get you started

    AffiliatePPC
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    • I really appreciated the fact that you outlined different elements of traffic generation for product owners and affiliates.

      If you're just starting out, or have been affiliate marketing for a little while, then keep in mind, product launches for your own stuff will be a very profitable endeavor eventually. AND, it's not that hard to make your own product with valuable content.
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    • YES, Twitter is becoming a very powerful tool.
  • Email marketing is one of the best shot.
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    • If you already have a list
  • 1. Article Marketing
    2. Video Marketing
    3. Ebay - classifieds - The most I pay for advertising
    4. Blogging
    5. These 4 lead to email marketing.
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    • yeh thats right focus on the negative rather than all the good stuff in there

      The original post was asking for free and quick/easy for newbie neither of which id rate PPC (free?) or SEO (easy for a newbie?) in.
      Re the social sites, if know where to look and what to do, you may get better results, but at least a newbie can get started in there and learn as they progress. no offence taken.
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  • Okay here's my five:

    Make a free report and submit to the ebook directories
    make a conduit toolbar and submit to the software directories
    bookmark your articles, posts, and anything else and theme your bookmarking accounts
    tweet regularly
    submit your blog to blog carnival and blog design directories (if they look hot)

    Leanne
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    • Sorry, did you not notice the wink ? meaning the comment was tongue in cheek.

      Suggest you read what the original post was requesting and respond to that, then youd see why SE isnt in there,= its not easy for newbies. So thats why it wasnt in there.

      please notice the big cheesy grin.
  • I have a question on article marketing. I found a great product, high gravity, hungry market. I wrote 18 articles and submitted them to several directories, and everyone says that I need to write about 10 more. The ebook I am promoting is 67 pgs long, and I have written about everything in the book, and I am have a mind block on what else to write. It seems like everyone else just says the same thing over and over, changes the title and mixes up the words a bit. Is this what I need to be doing in order to generate the number of articles that everyone says I need to write.? To me, I do not feel right inside doing this, I want my articles to be of value and interesting to read, and if I am just repeating myself over and over again I don't feel like I am doing this. Am I over analyzing the situation?

    I am an overly honest person, and I have found this does not always work in my favor.

    Any suggestions?
  • I think the good content will bring the best result in long term.
    Choose your favorite article and do it.
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    • Ok - now for the REALLY important question...why is almost nobody doing this effectively?

      The top 5 traffic generation methods have been known for more than 5-years (with the exception of some Web2.0 stuff which has come along just recently) - it's far from a secret and yet the question comes up again and again, like there should be some MAGIC answer.

      So, why ask when most people already know the answer?

      Is the issue knowing HOW to do these things effectively or is it the kick-in-the-butt to actually DO them consistently?

      Suppose the answer is both, but ACTION is the really big issue here, not which technique to use.

      Jeff
    • In no certain order:

      1. Obtaining organic results by building an authority site by providing original, high-quality, useful content (most people ignore this route because of the work involved but if you choose the right niche and right set of keywords you can flip the website for a high six figure profit). Once you've got a system down that works you can outsource everything.

      2. Paid Adversting - PPC is only one form out of many. One of our very own Warriors buys billions of banner impressions and is laughing all the way to the bank. He started out small and then ramped it up.

      3. Becoming a radio guest - Check out radiopublicity.com and see how this young man sold a pretty simple ebook and made over 1.5 million in sales. The Chicken Soup guys used radio as a way to market their books. I've only begun doing this and the amount of traffic this generates is simply staggering.

      4. Joint Ventures - Enough has been written about this one and a huge component of JVs is building relationships. I got my first big JV by simply joining one of the guru's lists and emailing him with feedback, articles, and proving to him that I was a serious marketer.

      5. Adding Viral Components to Everything You Do - I could write a long book on just this one thing. Here's one example: a few years ago I took one of my niches's newsletters and made one simple change. I converted each newsletter into a PDF document and offered it as a free download along with text broadcast and encouraged my readers in the PDF document to share it with their friends. It took about 5-7 issues of this bi-weekly newsletter, but my opt-ins increased by 40% by doing this one simple thing.

      Since then I've added a few more twists such adding an RSS feed and submitting it to RSS directories and what not. I'm still amazined at how many websites I go to and they virutally have no viral components in their marketing.

      Somtimes success is just a matter of doing that one extra thing that the competition couldn't be bothered with.

      RoD "Time-For-My-Quintiple-Ice-Capiccino-Shot!" Cortez
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    Top 5 Most Effective Methods for Traffic Generation

    I'd like to start a thread targeted to the 5 most effective ways to general traffic. Now, before some of you jump to say there are more that 5 effective methods of traffic generation, I'd like to say the point of this thread is to offer the best starting point for anyone new to online marketing. I'd like to know your opinions for traffic generation that will best serve others who are just starting out. We need to highlight the least technical, quickest results, and longest lasting traffic generation strategies that will be easiest for the newest of marketers to implement.