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On which traffic method you would like to be an expert?

by nagidr
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Guys, i need your advice on which traffic method i should focus to become an expoert?
I understand that jumping from one method to the other leads me noware.
So i've decided for 2012 to concentrate on one method only,which method would you recommend?
#expert #method #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author Royce Space
    My Advice -- Paid Traffic -> PPV! You don't need a landing page or to worry about quality score when your starting. You can direct link your offer.

    About SEO, SEO is a good skill but if you want to be up and running in no time, I suggest you go for Paid Traffic if you have the cash.

    Cheers,

    Royce
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    • Profile picture of the author paulpower
      Originally Posted by Iamroyce View Post

      My Advice -- Paid Traffic -> PPV! You don't need a landing page or to worry about quality score when your starting. You can direct link your offer.

      About SEO, SEO is a good skill but if you want to be up and running in no time, I suggest you go for Paid Traffic if you have the cash.

      Cheers,

      Royce
      This is great advice, PPV is definitely more advantageous an avenue to explore if you are starting and have some money to spend on advertising.

      SEO is great to become an expert in down the line, but as a beginner, the SEO landscape changes constantly, making it harder for a newbie to follow easily.
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      • Profile picture of the author Manie Amari
        Originally Posted by paulpower View Post

        This is great advice, PPV is definitely more advantageous an avenue to explore if you are starting and have some money to spend on advertising.

        SEO is great to become an expert in down the line, but as a beginner, the SEO landscape changes constantly, making it harder for a newbie to follow easily.
        So true Paul, also to add if you decide to take the free traffic generation route consider looking at social media, i.e. twitter, Facebook, etc. Becoming an expert in social media traffic can set you up for offline clients just as well as online clients as well. With the constant change going on with business becoming more online friendly there are still plenty of opportunities for newcomers to get in on the action.
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    • Profile picture of the author seogame
      Originally Posted by Iamroyce View Post

      My Advice -- Paid Traffic -> PPV! You don't need a landing page or to worry about quality score when your starting. You can direct link your offer.

      About SEO, SEO is a good skill but if you want to be up and running in no time, I suggest you go for Paid Traffic if you have the cash.

      Cheers,

      Royce
      Agreed on this for sure..
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    • Profile picture of the author anthony2
      Originally Posted by Iamroyce View Post

      My Advice -- Paid Traffic -> PPV! You don't need a landing page or to worry about quality score when your starting. You can direct link your offer.

      About SEO, SEO is a good skill but if you want to be up and running in no time, I suggest you go for Paid Traffic if you have the cash.

      Cheers,

      Royce
      For paid traffic i would pick Solo Ads over PPV.

      PPV you could get alot of traffic but the quality of traffic is very
      low...so you have to get alot of it to make it work.

      Using Solo Ads the quality is alot better than PPV.

      With Solo Ads you are promoting your product to someones list.

      So the subscribers look at the ad being sent out as a recommendation and the quality of visitors and leads you get to your website is 100x's better than PPV.

      Also SEO is great when it comes to the quality of traffic but its way to unreliable...You could be ranked on the 1'st page of google one week and then the next week you can't be found.
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  • Profile picture of the author StevenJones
    Traffic on demand Meaning traffic whenever you want it and to where ever you want it! That I would love!

    On to your question! If you have some capital, then go for PPC to get some targeted visitors to your website. If not go for SEO, this however could be a long term shot if you don't know what you are doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Webpromotion
    Media Buying.... This is where you have the 100k a day people.

    PPV a good second if your budget is limited.
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    • Profile picture of the author espresso
      Originally Posted by Webpromotion View Post

      Media Buying.... This is where you have the 100k a day people.

      PPV a good second if your budget is limited.
      Whats the difference between media buying and PPC
      Can you recommend any companies and what kind of budget do you need.
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      • Profile picture of the author Webpromotion
        Originally Posted by espresso View Post

        Whats the difference between media buying and PPC
        Can you recommend any companies and what kind of budget do you need.

        PPC means you pay a certain amount of money when a visitor clicks on a link or banner.

        Media buys usually run on CPM(cost per 1000 impressions). Those usually run on sites of high authority.

        If you do not know what you are doing, you can lose a lot of money.

        $5k-$10k is the recommended starting budget.
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  • Profile picture of the author luckyshah290
    Okay I would like to be an expert in Media Marketing and SEO ..

    Yeah well first thing they cover all the major traffic and it also one of the coolest things in internet marketing
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    • Profile picture of the author Trevor
      Any traffic source that can serve as a long-term business model.

      So, bum marketing methods are not the way to go. Youtube traffic, traffic from forums, Craigslist traffic, Twitter, etc. - this is all great, but I think it's not a viable strategy to be getting traffic for long.

      So, we are left with SEO and paid traffic. Ideally, you should do both and become an expert on both field, because SEO goes hand in hand with PPC, etc.

      - Trev
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  • Profile picture of the author paul_1
    Practically, SEO. I need to learn more about it and I've been putting my mind to initiate the methods and skills to learn more about it. Looking forward for 2012 for a lot of hard work and learning.
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  • Profile picture of the author birdie28a
    I love SEO but it was really hard for me to learn, not because it was difficult but because like you I kept jumping from one traffic source to another. Once I made my mind up to stick with SEO and got some really good training materials I started to see results. The good thing about SEO is once you develop a plan of action a majority of the work can be outsourced for very little.

    The major key to SEO is finding med. to low level competing keywords that you can rank for quickly. When you start seeing results fast you will start to feel better about your efforts and you will continue.
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  • Profile picture of the author TestiVar
    Originally Posted by espresso View Post

    Whats the difference between media buying and PPC ?
    PPC is short for "pay per click." It is a payment model for ads on the Internet.

    The Internet is one form of media. Magazines, newspapers, radio, TV are other forms of media.
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  • Profile picture of the author Big Al
    I'm voting Paid Traffic too. The only way to turn traffic on and off like a tap... provided you can convert it though.
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  • Profile picture of the author lostcyclist
    I've been doing nothing but SEO since I've gotten into this gig, but I have to say that I am quite happy with the results I am getting.

    The advantage of SEO is that you are only investing time, and for a lot of people who have more time than money, its a pretty decent way to get started.

    Organic traffic FTW!
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  • Profile picture of the author AdvancedSamurai
    My answer is SEO.

    PPC is trivial, you don't need to be an expert. Or am I wrong?
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    • Profile picture of the author TestiVar
      Originally Posted by AdvancedSamurai View Post

      PPC is trivial, you don't need to be an expert. Or am I wrong?
      Our studies show that 98.16% of people who attempt PPC on any of the three major search engines fails within 10 days.

      There are three competent ad agencies that can make it trivial (they are the experts). I would think the chances of a non-expert being able to run a profitable campaign without using a competent ad agency are nil to none.

      Disclaimer: I work for one of those ad agencies in a different role (I'm not one of the experts.)
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      • Profile picture of the author solar5
        Originally Posted by TestiVar View Post

        Our studies show that 98.16% of people who attempt PPC on any of the three major search engines fails within 10 days.

        There are three competent ad agencies that can make it trivial (they are the experts). I would think the chances of a non-expert being able to run a profitable campaign without using a competent ad agency are nil to none.

        Disclaimer: I work for one of those ad agencies in a different role (I'm not one of the experts.)

        Sorry I can't pm yet but could you tell me what company you work for? I'm looking for someone to run a ppc campaign for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesrich1
    PPC. With any source you will need to be a expert to get huge positive results. Bum marketing methods do still work for getting targeted traffic and leads. You have to have a build up a ton of quality content and get decent to high click through rates for your signatures and resource boxes. The guy with thousands of articles can get hundreds of thousands to millions of views over time. Bum methods do still work.
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  • Profile picture of the author kuzmanin
    PPC - most valuable traffic for me - convert 2 or 3 times than organic
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  • Profile picture of the author Royce Space
    Like I said, Paid Traffic is the best (PPV or PPC) - It's fast and very targeted! And after you have the traffic, build a list.

    Always remember, it all comes down to Traffic -> List -> Offer.

    Stop buying WSO and Clickbank products that promises you one night wonder. Don't get me wrong there are good WSO and Clickbank products but you should you practice FOCUS (Focus One Course Until Success).

    Be a Sniper not a Shot gun.

    Happe new year everyone,

    Royce
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  • Profile picture of the author bikramksingh
    SEO is good. It costs no money. I ain't for paid traffic. Free is sexy
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    • Profile picture of the author iSoftware
      Originally Posted by bikramksingh View Post

      SEO is good. It costs no money. I ain't for paid traffic. Free is sexy

      This is what keeps alot of warriors broke. The hunt for the "something for nothing" golden goose.

      There is not such thing as FREE unless you pay yourself nothing and your time is worth nothing.

      You pay either with cash or in kind.

      SEO requires content on some kind of software that will get you backlinks (and these methods are almost always short term).

      Like one poster said the only form of traffic that is "scientific" meaning:
      -dependable
      -repeatable
      -predictable

      Is traffic you pay for. Besides the fact that if your whole business is dependent upon one source of traffic (google) that owes you nothing (you have no rights to the traffic google sends you because you didn't pay for it)....it's just a matter of time before you get hit with a bomb.

      It's not a question of "if" but when.


      No one doing big numbers in this game didn't realize paid traffic is the way to go.

      Yes SEO traffic is a great supplemental form of traffic but once again....Google owes you nothing.

      Would you run a hardware store with "borrowed" tools that someone could come and take from you any day (because you didn't pay for them and therefore they don't owe you anything)?

      /rant over
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  • Profile picture of the author nagidr
    Thanks guys for all responses,anyone knows if video markerting is good to go for?
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  • Profile picture of the author bikramksingh
    A video ranks well and also pulls a lot of visitor. How well it will work for you will depend on how you do it
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  • Profile picture of the author iSoftware
    Originally Posted by nagidr View Post

    Guys, i need your advice on which traffic method i should focus to become an expoert?
    I understand that jumping from one method to the other leads me noware.
    So i've decided for 2012 to concentrate on one method only,which method would you recommend?
    This is one of the smartest things a person can do. I commend your focus.

    When it comes to Media buying check out scott rewick, jonathan mizel and charles kirkland. If you AVOID SHINY THINGS and stick to what these 3 guys say, you can hit any online goal you have.

    Scott has done over $100 million in media buys
    Jonathan has one of aweber's biggest accounts according to the CEO of Aweber (with over 700,000+ leads generated largely through paid traffic).

    They both have 20+ years of experience combined - if people can stay online and still be making money, you know they know their stuff.
    Go to the source, skip over all the wso's and learn from the masters.

    Their stuff isn't cheap but you will pay now or later.

    Wish someone had told me this stuff back in the day!

    Good luck...
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  • Profile picture of the author supershoesclub
    I think as long as you focus on one method,you will get the good traffic you want.if you have a lot of free time,you may choose to make full use of social media sites like facebook,twitter and youtube etc plsu free seo mthods like article submission,forum posting and blog commenting,directories submission and social bookmarking service etc. You can get massive traffic though these free ways.
    But if you don't want to spend too much money,you may consider to use ppc service ,you can also get massive targeted traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Koolsteve
    I have a client who six months ago contacted me and explained he needed traffic to his site asap. I did not have experience of PPC at that time and put him on to a friend who is an expert in that field. At the same time I proposed that I would undertake Organic SEO campaign for him and explained that it would take at least 3 months to see a return on investment. Anyway, he took the PPC route and got a couple of good orders. After 3 months of SEO I achieved some very good top rankings for good niche targeted keywords. He has stopped all PPC campaigns as he is getting a far better return from Organic SEO.

    Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author DanielMilstein
    I agree with, Trevor. It should be both paid traffic and SEO. You will ultimately need to do SEO. But yes, I would suggest focusing on paid traffic first.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tech19
    It really depends on if you have a budget or now. If you do, I would go with paid traffic. You need to focus on producing high converting offers (landing pages, backend offers, autoresponders etc). Some traffic will respond differently depending on your campaign, but learn how to split test and make it profitable. That's where the money is at. Once you've done that, the traffic is the easy part.
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