Best Traffic Sources

I still get good organic traffic from google through my squidoo lenses. Must do good keyword research.

No such thing as a "best" traffic source. It varies for everyone.

It depends. You didn't mention if you were asking for paid or free, but both will work quite well. Just keep in mind that if you decide to go the free route it will take longer to build the traffic up.

Thanks Snakeeyes. I am looking at both. I am just starting my keyword research, and will be creating a youtube video this week as I know that is quite good also.

Organic traffic if you can get it is tier 1 traffic, as is Google ppc traffic. Everything falls below these 2 types of traffic.

Hi ,
classified sites can generate loads of traffic , not always good quality traffic.
but depend on your niche you might be able to get some quality as well.
goodluck !

About "best traffic sources", your question depends on a niche which you get involved.

Solo ads are great for quick quality traffic but you need to make sure the seller is reputable. If you have the money, buy small solo ad's (50 to 100 clicks) from different sellers and if the results are good than scale up with them. If the results are not so good try other sellers.

There are two key steps to successful solos. One is: track everything. Keep an excel file with every solo provider you have used and track the cost, the number of clicks, the number of subscribers and how responsive they are when it comes to opening and acting on emails you send.

The second is: never go the cheapest route. The cheaper the clicks are the lower the quality of subscriber. If you are only split testing a squeeze page than cheap is ok because it will give you quick results. But if you want to build a list that opens your emails and is willing to take out their wallet you only want to pay for top tier clicks.

You may have a problem finding solo ads in certain niches, especially if it is a small niche. If you cannot find a solo seller in your niche you can always contact product creators in your niche and ask if you could pay them to send out a solo ad for you.

Facebook
Twitter
Reddit
SEO
Document sharing sites
Photo sharing sites
Tumblr Mini blogs

All free and effective but you should search and find how to drive traffic from them!

Chris

Hey Lizfish.

Totally agree with cyberzolo - it varies for everyone.

If you're driving traffic straight to a squeeze page, guest blogging will be an effective method to test.

HI LizFish,

The best source of traffic really depends on your niche and your situation.

If you are using a freebie, we commonly use Facebook ads to drive people in our target market to our sales page. Facebook is great for giving away a freebie and getting people to sign up to your list; people go to Facebook to relax, and are more likely to opt-into a freebie, rather than buy a product.

You also have free sources of traffic such as SEO, putting an opt-in box on your site for the freebie, or doing article syndication and leaving your link at the bottom.

One great source of traffic for us is solo ads. You buy an ad to send out to somebody else's list, and these ads are great for getting people to opt-into your list, as they are unlikely to buy on the first email.

The problem with solo ads is finding vendors with lists who are reputable. You normally have to find out who the reputable vendors are by word of mouth.

We have been using a fantastic site for solo ads which has a lot of reputable vendors on there. They are also rated and you can see how many people have used them with success on the site. It has saved us HOURS of time finding out who the reputable vendors are online, so that we can put in an ad to their list.

We have found that this site is also very good value. It also has an amazing search feature so that you can pick which day you want the ad to go out on, and how many clicks you would like, for what budget, and it will automatically suggest the best vendors.

Check the site out here - it really is a great source of traffic to get people onto our list, and buying our products:

Udimi - Buy solos and sell email solo ads


Christian

its depend on your niche.
totally:
Facebook, twitter
reddit, stumbleupon, digg
backlinks
SEO
email marketing

Hi,

For list building I would suggest go for paid traffic.

Solo Ads are good but you need to start small first.

Also you need to optimize your funnel for maximum results.

Plus you need to match up your offers to the right traffic that
actually wants and needs your information.

So you need to ask any solo ad vendor you come across some key questions
first before you buy any traffic packages from them.

Show them your set up and ask them if this would be a good fit for
their lists.

Any good, solid and reputable vendor will only be glad to help you out
in that department.

Solo Ads aren't a given.

YOU must do your homework first and be willing to INVEST
some money and lose some money first whilst your set up and
choice of sellers improves along the way.

Join social networks like Facebook, Google+ Linkedin and Reddit etc
and share your landing page

I'll add another traffic source.

We have some excellent list-building traffic sources here. I'll add another into the mix: Offline. It works incredibly well for me.

we are killing it with social media, you got to do things smart but.

Twitter and facebook.

But also BING, its very very easy to make money there if you know what you are doing.

Originally Posted by Lizfish So, I have been here coming up to two weeks, and during that time, I have really learnt a lot about IM. I am about to start list-building. I have my lead page set up, am about to do my AR sequence and will be pushing the page out in the new next few days. I was wondering what the best quality traffic sources are? I have used FB ads in the past which was ok, but I am open to exploring more. My market is Small Businesses. I know that this question has probably been asked a lot, but hey, I figured there was no harm in asking again. Thanks!

There are 2 types of traffic as in Free and Paid.

For free ones, you can do forum posting in sites like this but related to your niche.

You can also do article marketing, blog commenting, blogging, PDF documents submissions and writing press releases.

You can also post videos on Youtube.

Or joining Facebook groups and finding Facebook fanpages related to your niche before connecting to the people there.

For paid ones, I recommend Facebook advertising and solo ads.

But because I am more towards free traffic, you might want to get advice from someone more experienced if you want paid ones.

I will say there are pros and cons of each.

Free traffic takes time while paid traffic can get you results fast but costs you money.

Thanks Amuro. I don't mind paying for results/

IMO, the best paid traffic source is AdWords... Free of course SE but you'll need to learn a lot for this.

I get 3x, 4 and 5x ROI over at bing. If you know how to do ppc then its much cheaper and better I think than solo ads but solo ads are a great way to get some fast leads to your capture page.

If your outside of the IM niche solo ads still work but it a little more or a challenge to find list owners who will mail for you.

One more way I'll mention is using a popular or high traffic youtube video or account. Just go find a video that gets a lot of views that is in your market of course and see if they are advertising anything. If not contact the owner and offer them a little money and usually its pretty easy to find somebody who will add your link in their description to the video or you can just buy their whole youtube account outright.

Squidoo and Hubpages are good for you.

Definitely Facebook! Because it has a lots of targeted peoples that we can make use of. But, before that, you've to know more FB traffic!