Is Free Traffic Worth it?

But publishing an Ezine to 10.000 or 40.000 is not free. is it right? it usually costs some money but i agree with you it makes some sales and opt in in short time

Creating backlinks as mentioned (links to your site on forums, etc.) can also help with SEO if they are do follow.

How did you come to that conclusion?

In any case - there is no such thing as free traffic. You either pay with your (usually wasted) time or your money.

I based my entire model on free traffic, but am now seeing the error of my ways.

I really like free traffic, which of course, is not free... as it takes time effort and essentially money to rank, but I do think it holds more value, but, in the end, it's the results that count.

I have looked into cpc, especially adcentre.

My main sites are amazon review sites, so, other than adcentre, what paid advertising do you think would work well?

Or, is it a case of trying different types to see what's best for your niche?

No one is saying it's not worth it. Of course it's worth it if you're getting getting measurable benefits such as opt-ins, sales, and net profit. That 100% profits is misleading. The time it takes someone to get 1,000 daily visitors (usually months if not longer) I'm getting that many in under an hour or less. Since time is money, I'm making money faster, while building a list. Sure you're keeping 100% of the profits you make, but you're not factoring the time you put into nor the opportunity cost of not using paid traffic correctly.

I disagree with your second assertion that one's free traffic can over take their paid traffic. That's only true if they're not buying enough traffic. With all the traffic inventory that's out there, I've never seen this to be true.

Many marketers start small and reinvest their profits. I started my first ad account with $200 and never looked back. Today you can start for less than that. Once you're at the point where you're buying a billion banner impressions and making more money in a week than most people make in a year, you'll never see free traffic the same way again.

RoD

I need a bit more info on article marketing

Let's say I published 50 articles to some content farm that was hit by panda, a year has passed so they no longer have exclusive rights to the articles - then will ezines let me publish the exact same articles to their site?

Also how will I hit 10,000 to 40,000 people on ezines, unless you have been building up a solid lidt of subscribers for a long period of time that ain't going to happen

newbie goes to ezines and posts article - what kind of exposure is he looking at? maybe 200-300 views and of those maybe 20/30 will view his/her author bio box and of those maybe 2/3 will click the link in the bio box, is that a fair guess?

And please remember this is all speculation on my part as I know very little about article marketing, I am just making huge assumptions because well I don't know everything about everything, that's why I am here, hungry to learn as ever....it's all about productivty as far as I am concerned and wise use of time

I've always used article marketing, it's a great long term strategy for traffic generation. I have articles I wrote years ago that still send traffic to some of my sites.
I agree wholeheartedly with those that mention guest blogging as well. I use this all the time and the traffic is targeted and already warmed up to you. Let's face it, if they read your guest AND click through to your site, they really like what you have to say and the way you're saying it.
Free traffic is still a great way to send visitors to your site.
Thanks
Ted