Are You Actually Ready For Paid Traffic Yet?!!

Hi dear warriors

There has been this endless debate that whether we should go for Paid Traffic or Free Traffic?!?!

Here's what my own experience says...

If you a complete newbie.... and you know nothing about conversions and all... Please keep away from paid traffic stategies.
No doubt, paid traffic strategies are great and and definitely speeds up your progress.
But only if you know your NUMBERS.

What I mean by numbers is... Your EPC!
EPC is Earnings Per Click. This mean, You know that if X visitiors visit your page, you will make Y out of the whole deal. What I exactly mean is... Do you know if 'x' number of people visits your landing page, how many will convert.... means how many of them will take the exact action that you want them to take. This is the most important number you just need to know, when you are going for paid traffic.

If you do not, I will suggest you keep away from paid traffic yet. Or you will lose some big money. I have done that , and I have lost some into it.
First you get your numbers clear and sorted.
You need to get good at conversions. You need to get good at copywriting. Very important.

Now there is an exception to this. Here is it..
If you have a experienced mentor to work with you, who can work help you to get your numbers right, then you can definitely get into some paid tactics. But, be sure that you have some good extra cash to blow on it for sure. Becoz you need to pay your mentor for that (most of the time, its an hefty sum) & then you need to spend some on your first trials and errors. Once you get it all done and right, you are ready to crush it all.

But....

If you don't have that initial money to invest, free traffic is your best weapon to go for.
Learn some good free traffic startegies and work with them. Get just few of them and master them. DO NOT try 1000s of them, or else none will work for you. The reason behind is that you will be spreading yourself too thin.
You just need to master 2 or 3 of them to get the job done.

Below are the ones that has worked pretty well for me are:

1. SEO - I know, as many says that SEO is dead now, with all these numerous Google updates. Please do not believe them. Do it yourself and try it, & see if it works for you or not. Becoz this has worked well for me.

2. Forum Marketing - Get involved with some good active forums of your market and you will be benifited a lot from them. many does the mistake that they just hit the forum and start spamming it left and right. Wrong! Try to add value to it, as much as you can. Try to help.

3. Content Syndication - This is were you just write an article and get it into as mnany formats as possible, like videos, audios & PDFs. Distribute it to as many places as possible and this will give you a massive exposure to you. Remember, you need to add value to the market.

4. Blogging: This is a great way to get some good free traffic. Get a blog for yourself. You can start with a free blogging platform like Bloggers or Wordpress.com. Though its advisable that, if possible, do get a domain name of your own. But one thing for sure, if you are writting keyword related articles on this free web properties, like Bloggers or even Squidoo lenses, you will get some good search engine love, that's for sure. You can also engage with the other related blogs of your niche by going thro' them and then posting good and valuable comments on them. Again, add value.
Spamming is a big 'no no' every where. You do not want to get started on the wrong foot.

So that's it.
If you want to go for paid traffic, make sure you get your numbers right first. Or at least you have someone to guide you to get you on track. Otherwise, Free traffic is what I recommend!!

Hope this help you a bit!

Regards, Amitav.