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Suggestions on how to increase traffic

by frambles
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Hi

I own a website that gives away sound effects for free. This website has been going for 7 years and recently we have been lucky to have several major Hollywood sound libraries contribute content meaning we now have almost 5,000 free professional sound effects.

The stupid thing is, the content on the site is in high demand on paid for sites and I know that the site should be getting way more than 5,000 hits a day it currently does. There are no clauses or catches.... the site just gives away high quality sound effects for free with the aim to later monetize it with ads.

I am very keen for suggestions on how to get more traffic to the site or gain exposure. I don't have a marketing budget as the content being free and the costs involved are such, so if anyone has any good suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks
#increase #suggestions #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author Unlimited Earnings
    I would make some youtube videos they can bring in some good traffic.
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    • Profile picture of the author EddieWade
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      Originally Posted by Unlimited Earnings View Post

      I would make some youtube videos they can bring in some good traffic.
      How would that work for increasing traffic?
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Meaney
        Originally Posted by EddieWade View Post

        How would that work for increasing traffic?
        Maybe put a few samples on Youtube with your website address on the video, and a link to your site in the description box.

        Personally I would make a song and dance (excuse the pun) about the Hollywood sound libraries, through press releases.

        Guest blogging could also be an option for you, and I'd start looking into social media.

        You could also syndicate updates on your site through RSS feeds... there are thousands of RSS directories out there that will link to your most recent content.
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        • Profile picture of the author frambles
          Originally Posted by Mick Meaney View Post

          Maybe put a few samples on Youtube with your website address on the video, and a link to your site in the description box.

          Personally I would make a song and dance (excuse the pun) about the Hollywood sound libraries, through press releases.

          Guest blogging could also be an option for you, and I'd start looking into social media.

          You could also syndicate updates on your site through RSS feeds... there are thousands of RSS directories out there that will link to your most recent content.
          Thanks Mick. Press releases sound good to me but expensive? I did one in the past that cost me $400. I imagine getting the lists to send them to is where the cost is?
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  • Profile picture of the author Anomalous
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    • Profile picture of the author Haskell1
      Write some articles describing how the sound effects can benefit different businesses/websites etc

      Also, I think this type of site is perfect for promoting via Adwords (if your budget allows). Anyone searching for sound effects would love to be directed to your site, especially if your ones are free.

      It may be quite cheap to get clicks that way also as I don't think it is a really competitive market. (although I might be wrong!)
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      • Profile picture of the author DannyFallange
        Build nice package, with few best sounds, and offer if nicely packed to be put on good traffic blogs in the subject. Of course with link to the main website.
        This requires short description, nice graphic. Very nice graphics.
        Remember, bloggers could be lazy, they love to get moething nice that they just put up there, free anid looking nice.
        Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Make sure the niche exists. Do youtube, find relevant forums in your niche, start a blog, find a relevant blog in the blog directories, do blog commenting, run PPC ads, and run ads on the Google content/display network (be careful here tho).
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  • Profile picture of the author Catherinewa
    Backlinks,forum post,blog comment,directory submission,social bookmarking are very helpful to increase traffic.

    One can easily increase traffic by using above method.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Kohler
    Like many people have said, go for Youtube. However, I would add this:

    1 - Set up a channel that has the name of your company
    2 - Create several short sample videos
    3 - Each video needs to be linked "sound effects" keywords that are being search for.
    4 - Write the content, roughly 300-500 words. Outsource on Fiverr if you have the cash and lack the time.
    5 - Upload the videos, adding keywords to titles, posting the articles in the description area.

    If you have that many sound effects, you should be able to create quite a channel and get indexed. Hope that helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author TedHarris
    TrafficGrab is also available. It is a product and it is quite good. Just my 2cents...
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  • Profile picture of the author Devin X
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    Originally Posted by frambles View Post

    Hi

    I own a website that gives away sound effects for free. This website has been going for 7 years and recently we have been lucky to have several major Hollywood sound libraries contribute content meaning we now have almost 5,000 free professional sound effects.

    The stupid thing is, the content on the site is in high demand on paid for sites and I know that the site should be getting way more than 5,000 hits a day it currently does. There are no clauses or catches.... the site just gives away high quality sound effects for free with the aim to later monetize it with ads.

    I am very keen for suggestions on how to get more traffic to the site or gain exposure. I don't have a marketing budget as the content being free and the costs involved are such, so if anyone has any good suggestions, please let me know.

    Thanks
    I just compiled a list on this thread, although this type of thread is one of the most recurring ones... anyway, take a look and see if it helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author xxxJamesxxx
    I think Youtube would be ideal for you as you can give them a sample in the video of what they can get for free at your site.

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  • Profile picture of the author bamstk090
    use youtube as main base promotion,
    promote via facebook, twitter, pinterest, etc.

    if you have a good content, you can do it
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  • Profile picture of the author frambles
    Thanks Guys.... YouTube is coming up a lot! I have a channel /thefreesfx and have posted a few sounds on there.... But no videos 'about the site/service'.... So maybe more of what I am doing? Would a video about how to use our site etc really be good for traffic? I am thinking probably just more sounds as I have already posted?

    Also any feedback on how I can improve my channel and videos/descriptions etc to optimize traffic would be great!

    Thanks for feedback.
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  • Profile picture of the author MariamN
    Just tow words: Promotion and SEO
    You need to promote your site so that people will come across it. You also have to work on its' SEO so that people who are searching something that your site contains, will find it.

    There is another option, you can pay for traffic if you wish. But this way you cannot know if your investment will make you profit.
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  • Profile picture of the author bguzeman
    This is my first post. Hope it helps. One of the email lists I subscribe to is from a video expert teaching how to do video. One of her (I'm sure its an autoresponder) messages promoted a stock footage offer. I'm sure she makes some cash off this and the marketer gets traffic and sales. They provide video, sound, music, graphics all for free. They make their money off shipping and handling. Sounds like they have an affiliate program or have set up arrangements with key influencers to leverage their subscribers.
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  • Profile picture of the author williamk
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    You should definitely use Youtube for traffic. Its the best for music niche. Also you can use various SEO strategies for getting more traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author mariyajames
    For you specifically would suggest you obviously Youtuble, upload your videos there. Youtube can provide you more traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author pentwyn
    Hi
    Two things.
    1. I think your domain name isn't partucularly search-friendly -I imagine people search for will writing or making a will not 'mywill'. At the moment you are not listed on any of the 4 or 5 pages I glanced through on Google. Even with very good SEO, I think you will struggle with the domain name. A variant of makingawill / writing a will, maybe hyphens maybe .net or whatever, might be more fruitful.
    2. Since you have national coverage, you might consider local Google marketing. Get domains suchas willwritingmanchester or willwritingsouthampton and use Google Maps. I suspect this would be the most effective first step to creating leads.
    Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Diono
    You can increase the traffic through these
    1. Forum Posting
    2. Article Submission
    3. Social Bookmarking
    4. Link Wheel
    5. Blog Commenting.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gsdlady
    Try some article writing on Squidoo, or Ezine Articles on sound effects. If you have some interesting sound effect write an article on them on what makes them interesting. You can then link to your site. Make the titles to the article using a keyword that someone would search for. Check Google Ads Keyword Tool and see what people are typing in for sound effects and write an article using the search term.
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  • Profile picture of the author Juan Jose
    Promote it on relevant forums related to your niche and/or on yahoo answers.
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