All Free Traffic - By the Thousands - Tips

Some of the best techniques are those that have been tried and tested. Thanks for the reminder. Cheers!

I agree! These simple tricks on how to gain free traffic have been used by many marketers already in any kind of niches.

Very good post/ thread to make a reminder for us IMers and those new ones. Maximized your use of Youtube and forum sites. Maximized your use of all the resource present and available for you.

Thumbs up!

Hi Sandra,
Just wondering if you could clarify something for me about forum marketing. I have a website selling plr articles, so to get traffic to that, would I look for plr forums or forums in some of the niches that I have written plr articles about. For instance, health forums or pet forums?
thanks

bev.

Totally agree.

Youtube seems to becoming very popular these days due to it's incredible authority/ranking power.

...And Forum marketing, old school but in my opinion, still one of the best out there.

James Scholes

Yes, these are old tactics but as is oftem said, OLD IS GOLD these are evergreen techniques and chances are they will continue to work in the foreseeable future....

Great advice, the only thing I can add is to remember to actually give it a shot. Yes there may be millions of videos on youtube but the avg person has no idea how to get it ranked. Don't be afraid to feel "smarter" than some of the competition. You cant win if you dont play

Yes, Another tactic that still works is yahoo answers. There are literally millions of questions in every niche you can imagine.

Thanks Sandra, I do see what you mean!

Couldn't agree more. You can also drive more traffic on Youtube if you comment on other people's videos that are in your niche. Make a relevant comment and people might check out your account and videos. You could even mention your account and how it has more info about this subject/related subject and people will visit your account to see.

No joke I have gotten $1000 worth of sales in the past three months from forum post alone. Just be relevant and helpful.

im curious, what do you put in the videos? I remember trying the video thing a while back and I didn't really get that many views but I was probably doing it wrong.

Well Keen, it all really depends on what you are attempting to market.

What did you have in mind?

I don't use YouTube regularly. but I am a forum gig
I get a lot of responses form forum and these are really quality traffic.

If you do this in your niche and get good results you really need to take it to the next level by linking to a squeeze page and then make the product your OTO.

Then you need to develop a back end with additional offers and upsells etc.

i agree ! thanks you

Good tips for newbies.

YouTube is my personal number one free traffic method. Combined with free press releases and form marketing you can be unstoppable!! :-)

Totally agree.

Only problem is, lots of sites don't allow any sigs at all.

Grrrr

I have a huge problem in that, I simply dont no what to upload for my niche. Whether to make the content fresh or not? I want to make my sports forum boom with traffic - but for some reason, that leaves me puzzled as to what kind of videos to upload and so on.

Simple yet powerful.

Youtube is sure to be one of the best and best free traffic you'll ever need -- as long as you do the proper keywords.

Just wondering how to get more and continued views of uploaded youtube videos?

you got a freebie seekers list and can creat good videos, do this,

I have found it works well sending your list there and having links in videos and descriptions. Works very well.

Hey thank you for the simple tactics to get things moving. I will have to give it a try

Can you explain something a bit for me? I put up a bunch of videos, for a very small specific niche, just 300 searches per month globally, and for the size of it I'm ok with the amount of traffic it generates. The question is tho, how does one make traffic come to ones new videos on something common like 'train fido to speak english?' Is it a totally passive system of keywords and organic searches, or what is the secret? There's a million videos that don't get traffic at all, just like websites and articles, but for those there are methods. Any tips? Thanks BR88

Great sharing, I will use both of them. Thanks.

yeah ,sometimes the best working technology is the simplest.

Yep...YouTube and other old school tactics still work well.
Article submission and blogging works for me also.

Offline traffic works very well with a good sales funnel in place.

Agree with Youtube for free traffic and some old methods that worked in the past seems to well these days too...

Thanks for the tip.. I'll focus on these two this week.

There is no such thing as free traffic! Only paid with time or paid with money

Anytime you can get free traffic is always good. I like both YouTube and forum marketing. Youtube is a little hard to predict because they have been known to ban members who are in the work at home niche and have deleted a lot of videos that seem as SPAM to them.

I had one deleted last year. Too bad because that video got like 40,000+ views in less then 1 year and brought me 10-20 visitors to my site each day. So you can just rely on YouTube because you never know with them.

Keywords on YouTube are very important, but you have to do them right.

I think forum marketing is way better... Unless you're really good at optimizing your YouTube videos for search results.

I have only tried Youtube once or twice but not seriously but my question would be what is the best webcam device to use with marketing on Youtube?:confused:


James

I Agree about YouTube, It is a great source to drag traffic to any website.

Great info Thanks a lot!

You're going to get hits, but if you don't post any GOOD free content on videos, forums, and the like, it won't do you much good.

Totally agree with you too. Don't use forum marketing as much as I should but the one time I did I grew my list by about 30 in a quiet niche with a quiet forum, but not a method Im a huge fan of generally, think its better if you try and make a presence for yourself before you actually start promoting.

Appreciate the headsup, Ive been working with Youtube a lot more this year. Any pointers regarding keyword tagging on Youtube?

Regards

Conzz

thanks for this info everyone it was a very informative read..... So any noob should be using either or both of these methods in there masterplan so to speak lol??????

thanks all

If something works why change it! Old school is good!

Thanks for the post. These two ideas are the foundation of my business plan.

How about doing what I do? I make a Youtube video and then I connect it to my blog and then I take the blog and promote it on Facebook!!

Completely agree that YouTube Marketing and Forum Marketing can bring a huge traffic for your website.
Video are an excellent way to increase traffic for your website. You don't need to think that much about the content for your YouTube marketing because it comes from your blog posts, articles etc. Keep one thing in your mind that you always convey your viewers back to your website. YouTube is the highly ranked in the search engine so it is the best place for generating traffic in your website. Forum also a good place. You can connect lots of people with help of this. The best part is that you can take only few minutes for participating in forum commenting.
Most of the forums allow you to create a signature that can include a link back to your website. This is essentially free advertising. But one thing I need to include here and that is a good and relevant article can also increase the traffic for website.

Youtube is excellent but it's not really going to lead to a lot of direct sells. Getting those leads in some type of a funnel is the way to go. Personally I use annotations from one video to the next to start my funnel then gradually refer my viewers to a watermarked URL or link in my description. From there grab there email in a timed modal box (15-20 seconds) by offering an irresistible free item.

Thanks Sandra, both traffic is old but it's GREAT.

For newbies, these methods are good ways to get start, just remember don't spam either of them or you will not get any good result.

Meh, if you're just loading up a lot of videos and waiting for the magic to happen, it's more likely they will generate next to nothing. Sorry, but build it and they will come doesn't work on Youtube either.

One way that I have received hundreds of visitors per month is by creating a hub on hubpages.

Squidoo lenses are similar but I have found that if I produce a hub I will receive masses of free traffic and it will last for months and in some cases even a year later I am receiving traffic from one simple hub I spent about an hour producing!

Ged

Great info...seo can also be a good free way to generate traffic

Definitely. Youtube can definitely be a goldmine if you're able to use it to your advantage.

Good advice, I totally agree. Another couple of places are to suggest your article links to the top scoop.it pages, list.ly and other blog curating type sites.

I'm hearing a lot of people carry on about using only paid traffic. IMHO If you have the time for free traffic it still works. Google traffic + Pdf and go for it

Thanks for this post; the second option applies to me but I am not actively looking at Facebook.

Ok, Sandra.
I was on the lookout for "internet marketing" male experts attentions and articles but I might just divert a little and try with females too.
Good thing you made this thread because now I'm gonna add you as a friend (if that is possible in this forum). Otherwise, gonna have to add you as a friend on other networks like Face Book, etc.
I really don't do Social Networking and so you won't find my Face Book or twitter or Youtube or MySpace etc. profile but which ones are you using and I might signup just to add you as a friend.
Actually, I might aswell add a lot of likewise people like this and whenever I need advice then just drop a line to my "friends" and ask for their opinions.
Right now, I am on the lookout for the following techniques so I can build softwares (automation tools) to do repetitive internet marketing tasks around these techniques (rinse and repeat a technique with bots that work) to find leads.

1. Unique Link Building Techniques
2. Unique Leads Finding Techniques in Social Networks
3. Competitions Traffic and Customer Snatching (legally ofcourse) Unique Techniques.
4. Other Unique Online Leads Finding Techniques
5. Unique Traffic Building Techniques

You are welcome to checkout my other posts I made so far in order to give your opinion on my techniques whether they are good lead finding techniques or not. Because, if they are then I'm gonna get involved using these techniques to find leads but it's obvious I'm not gonna do them task manually and so gonna program and build some tools to do them.

If you ever come across any good unique traffic building or unique leads finding techniques then you are welcome to drop me a line and you never know you might one day see me build a tool revolving around your unique technique. I don't promise to build it if it is way over my skills or I don't find any interest in it or I don't get enough feedback from other people that the tool would be handy and sell well.
However, if I do decide and manage to build it then I'll give you a free copy just for coming-up with the unique technique and for putting me in a position to build a software based around your idea that made me money.

Thanks

i have now ramped up my youtube marketing the past week. I have made a different video everyday! takes about 5 minutes to do. I am already starting to see traffic. the youtube method is worth the time

Great advice.

Between YouTube and Forum marketing, I prefer Forum marketing. YouTube has taken down lots of videos, without good reason and without warning.

I also like placing free ads online on Craigslist, Backpage, USfreeads, OLX dot com and others to get free traffic.

YouTube is a great source of traffic if used correctly !

Forum is great too but the trick is you must be consistent !

There are tons of GREAT ways to get traffic though both free and paid.

I have a few videos dealing with some food related niche and got visitors to them. It does work with time.

Thanks for your great tips. Another free traffic source would have to be writing niche articles and posting to Ezine Articles, with your link embedded into it. The more articles you post, the more traffic you pull over time to your site.

how i can increase rank of my page njoftime.co on google rank?

Thank you for sharing. By the way it gonna be useful for beginners

Did you know that social media sites get more traffic than even Google?
That's a staggering thought, but it's true. Social media sites are a perfect
way to build solid lists and, if you use them correctly, you won't ever
have to rely on expensive advertising techniques like Google Adwords
in order to promote your products.

The important thing to remember when using social media for list
building is that you have to be careful not to promote your products too
heavily. That's because doing so is a good way to get blocked or defriended.
Sites like Twitter, Facebook and Myspace can help you build a
brand, build a dedicated following and they'll allow you to promote your
products and services absolutely free of charge.

When using social media, it's important not to sound too robotic.
Remember, they are social sites, so use your personality and you'll see
that people respond much better to you and your offers.

Forum Marketing brings good traffic to my sites, and Youtube videos is another good source of free traffic. I like Both of these social sites.

Forum marketing is the old fashion but it is still working. Don't forget to follow its rules, if you want to market at a forum.

All true about forum marketing.

Evergreen rules of thumb: Don't spam, be friendly, don't be afraid to defend your point of view, try to help others whenever you can and know, stick around/participate the forum for a while and then put your signature file, not immediately.
And of course, try to be decent, stand up kind a guy or a gall.

Cheers,

Veo

Youtube can bring traffic, but for me the leads from forums are of higher quality most time. Slideshare also works great and can bring tons of traffic! It all depends on the quality of your posts/slides/videos. There is no easy money online...

Forum marketing does work if done correctly. Used to do it quite a bit a while back but got away from it as I was onto different projects.

But even with doing it just a little bit I was able to generate a few hundred monthly.

TedK

I have been trying to increase local traffic to my new businesses website www.drivetrainingservices.com its certainly no easy task however the best techniques for me seem to be using anchor words on local (ish) forums by posting relevant answers to thread questions, also a blog has helped me out a bit but its so time consuming writing up quality posts that it becomes hard to do regularly.

social media i have found works for me also as its easy to update regularly with small posts with the latest news however converting facebook page views to website views is difficult for me, i need to learn to entice people to my website better.

would like to thank all the members for the great advice on this forum as a whole, certainly got me started