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Your Favorite Traffic Source In 2014?

by schttrj
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I have been curious to ask this question for a long time.

To all the active marketers,

I urge you to take some time out and let us your precious opinion what your top traffic sources are and will probably be in 2014.

You can also add a few lines in the thread to tell us why you think so (or anything that you might include).

I will start with mine.

Social Media.

Forums.

Search engine traffic has been too unpredictable and unreliable for me. What do you say?
#2014 #favorite #source #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    For me it's PPC, Social Media, PPV and Media Buys..
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    I think that to get the most traffic, you really need to do all of these strategies.

    Sure, free advertising is far slower then paid.

    If you really want FAST results, I would go with PPC but I would not recommend you work with the smaller companies. Only work with Google, Bing, and Yahoo.
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  • Profile picture of the author seonutshell
    gotta be youtube for me
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  • Profile picture of the author Superstar88
    Social Media! I get a lot of affiliate sales using Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.
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    • Profile picture of the author LaurenceOs
      Originally Posted by Superstar88 View Post

      Social Media! I get a lot of affiliate sales using Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.
      Fancy being my mentor?
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  • Profile picture of the author DWaters
    I have had good results with PPC but the margin is smaller due to the fact that you have to pay.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sco Levi
    I am a newbie so i'm not sure yet!
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  • Profile picture of the author aleksbogata
    I agree doing all of it will obviously get the best traffic but sharing on social media is done on autopilot so couldn't be easier.

    I am planning on getting onto Google Plus in a big way this year. The competition is far lower than Facebook and it is quickly catching up with audience numbers.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aussie_Al
    Facebook ads and

    Youtube for Organic traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author rusilja
    Social Media & Niche forums are a stable traffic source, and will always be
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  • Profile picture of the author nicholasb
    I'm second place in an affiliate contest right now because of solo ads, but I just got turned onto free traffic by a friend.

    It's nice having higher profits, I think I'll continue to do both, free and paid..

    I've actually haven't done free traffic in years until just recently.
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  • Profile picture of the author datingworld
    For me Social Media traffic is the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author ddev
    Google --- Through YouTube / DailyMotion
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  • Profile picture of the author actionplanbiz
    You missing some of the best ones:

    Click Banking
    Adswapping
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  • Profile picture of the author ryan2008
    I think social media Facebook ads come to mind love the targeting you can do with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
    Always going to be PPC.

    It's the most highly engaged traffic I can recruit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Social marketing gets my vote. Email marketing comes next.
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  • Profile picture of the author 4D
    You missed one, Craigslist.
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  • Profile picture of the author tyronne78
    I love Google traffic (SEO). Referral traffic from YouTube is good as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author raphael7
    1.Social Media
    2.Search Engine - Google Traffic
    3.PPC
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    • Profile picture of the author DiggitySEO
      SEO is definitely what gives me the best return on time and money investment.
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      • Profile picture of the author schttrj
        Originally Posted by Aussie_Al View Post

        Facebook ads and

        Youtube for Organic traffic
        That falls within the purview of PPC and social media.

        Originally Posted by actionplanbiz View Post

        You missing some of the best ones:

        Click Banking
        Adswapping
        Totally forgot about Affiliate Traffic. Thanks for reminding.

        Originally Posted by 4D View Post

        You missed one, Craigslist.
        One more...Classifieds.

        As there were just 10 poll options available, I had to stow the most popular and crucial ones. My bad!
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  • Profile picture of the author kennethchooks
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    Facebook and learning how to rank keywords in Google. You cant go wrong with these two especially when you master them very well.
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  • Profile picture of the author schttrj
    It's also interesting that...

    More and more people are trending towards Pay Per Click (in other words, paid advertising).
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  • Profile picture of the author Reddy20
    Social media and PPC ads for me

    Youtube traffic is great too
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  • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
    Can I add article syndication to the mix?
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  • Profile picture of the author TeamSEO
    As the web grows, search engines like Google will become more popular. Search engine/SEO is the best and will be the best traffic source.
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      Originally Posted by TeamSEO View Post

      As the web grows, search engines like Google will become more popular. Search engine/SEO is the best and will be the best traffic source.
      Wrong.

      As the web grows, SEO will become more competitive. But I guess we really couldn't expect anything different from you, considering your sig link.
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  • Profile picture of the author BreakTheSec
    Social Media & Google
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  • Profile picture of the author gcbmark20
    Hi,

    Paid traffic all the way for me.

    It's FAST, scalable, delivers fast measurable numbers and allows you
    to instantly decide on how much you can afford to pay for traffic to place
    towards your business.

    All the best guys,
    Gavin
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  • Profile picture of the author Kate C
    Social media is definitely the top one and there are different ways of maximizing exposure now. You should also use paid marketing such as media buys and solo ads as these are very fast and effective.
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  • Profile picture of the author shrikantsoftwin
    ppc ads are the best for quick and targeted traffic. apart from this social media and search engines like google
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  • Profile picture of the author melvinsh
    Master social media and you will master traffic, easier to conquer than Google as of now.
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  • Profile picture of the author MatthewM
    Hands down social media video traffic. Next I would have to say craiglist traffic that goes to my video. Next solo ads that go to my video. Videos make it easy for people and increase conversion.

    At the end of the day the best traffic is the traffic that converts best for your offer.
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  • Profile picture of the author samfischer980
    I think social media promotion is good for referral traffic and Google+ gives u authority as well as social credibility. So for me it's social media because search engines have become way more unpredictable.
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  • Profile picture of the author mrrightme
    PPC Mobile traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author Brent Stangel
    I started this craziness before the internet was even invented. One thing hasn't changed. You run ads, you make sales. Assuming you have mastered the two step process and have killer follow-up.
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  • Profile picture of the author AdamPayne
    For me it is PPC and YouTube. For anyone who is new, they should only focus on ONE and master it before trying something else (though I realize that was not to original question).
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    • Profile picture of the author MonopolyOnline
      Originally Posted by AdamPayne View Post

      For me it is PPC and YouTube. For anyone who is new, they should only focus on ONE and master it before trying something else (though I realize that was not to original question).
      Thanks for the focus on the "one traffic source" theory. But as a person new to IM I'm confused as where to start. For 14 years I've built apps but never marketed them other than word-of-mouth. It's a little overwhelming at times.
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  • Profile picture of the author automationhero
    Social is the best. I like the Facebook group posting tool for great free traffic to any offer.
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  • Profile picture of the author srh41
    anyone ever heard of Adknowledge?
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  • Profile picture of the author wbee
    PPC and Youtube, and maybe some media buys on high traffic sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author hardworker2013
    I would say Youtube and Social Marketing (Facebook, Google+ etc).
    Article marketing is very difficult nowadays not to mention PPC.
    Mostly the big guys make money from PPC.
    Solo Ads is the way to go in 2014 but it is very expensive, but if
    you have the money the returns is great.
    Google is still the biggest source of traffic apart from Youtube
    but it is difficult to get ranking with the new Google Updates
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  • Profile picture of the author jedhanlin208
    I going to say social media, with just a little bit of time you can find tons of people interested in your niche or products. They're online all the time and usually activly participating.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    I am using Social Media,Youtube and SOLO ADS but not which one can help you.
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    • Profile picture of the author bw1
      For me at the moment its social media, facebook to be specific - has done wonders for one of my sites. I am finding it harder to break into big numbers with the other social outlets but am trying to get the whole twitter thing going. I would like to match the likes to followers to see if they bring in the same traffic as FB.

      I like the idea of adswapping
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  • Profile picture of the author Christine99
    Organic traffic is still better and result oriented, true takes too much time but once keyword optimized than traffic and sales are not problem. Social media also effective for the quick traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author internet marketing tools
    social media is great but search engine is the main idea of seo
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  • Profile picture of the author TobEdward
    i think PPC,Facebook and LinkedIN Best Traffic Resource in 2014..
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  • Profile picture of the author lilskip
    Well, this mainly depends on what you're marketing. As a product marketer I'd say the top 3 are: SEO, social media and e-mail campaigns.
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