[Graham Maddison]

I just thought you might be interested in an experiment I am starting today.

Many of you already know I have written an ebook due for release on the 1st July ......(you can grab a free copy just by pm'ing me) anyway, due to my present budget I am going to be relying soley on free methods of getting traffic to it. As a result, I am starting to promote it as from today.

Now, this is where the interesting experiment comes in. Many of you will also know of my interest in the free backlink generator (you can read about it on my blog Free Backlink Generator | Online Home Business Tips)

I have been using this backlink generator to promote both my pips site and my winning ways website with a nothing less than amazing results.......however, the results are not conclusive, in as much as I believe the backlink generator to be responsible for the traffic I get, but I can't be certain. So, this is what I am going to be doing.

I have written my sales page for my ebook, optimized it with my keywords and have just uploaded to my website.

I have set the backlink generator to award backlinks to this sales page only as apposed to 3 different sites.

I have loaded the sales page with statcounter

It is now pretty much in the lap of the Gods so to speak.

My objective is to get to page one on Google with the three VERY competetive keywords I have chosen. (I will share these when I start to see results)

As previously stated, I have no budget for this so this will prove once and for all whether the free backlink generator is as good as I honestly think it is.

I'll keep you all posted, because if this does work out as I suspect then it will be a good way of promoting your pips sites.

Any of you who have given me testimonials may also benefit from this experiment as your links are intact on my sales page.....I'd be interested to hear from you guys if you see traffic from that.

wish me luck

Graham

[TheTiny1]

Graham; This sound like it may be very interesting. I for one will be interested in the results. I have enjoyed many of the other ideas you have put forth here in the forum and emails.

Bright Blessings
TheTiny1

ps: if you are still giving free samples of you book out I'd love to look it over.

[Graham Maddison]

Thanks for that TheTiny1

- i am hoping the results will be positive and will let you know.

Graham

Originally Posted by TheTiny1

Graham; This sound like it may be very interesting. I for one will be interested in the results. I have enjoyed many of the other ideas you have put forth here in the forum and emails.

Bright Blessings
TheTiny1

ps: if you are still giving free samples of you book out I'd love to look it over.

[Alan Mater]

Great idea, Graham. I use it for both of my sites as well. I'll let you know if I get any traffic from the sales page. BTW, did you get my latest PM?

[justinjp]

interesting ! is it really going to work you think ?

waiting to see the results !!!

good luck !

[Graham Maddison]

Exciting update;

In less than 24 hours - I am on page 1 google pos 9 for keywords "Effective Keyword Research" out of 5,310,000

I am on page 2 out of 207,000 for keyword research ebook

I expect it to take quite a bit longer for my other keywords, but to be on page 1 in less than 24 hrs is fantastic news for me

It just proves this system is working ....although it is still too early for a conclusion.

graham

[cmbwealth]

That's excellent Graham!

Mark

[Kym Robinson]

Hey old fella!

since we are old pips buddies - if you have a splash page that you want to rotate for your book - I will offer you 20 thousand credits over 2 traffic exchanges if you would like!

it needs to be something suitable for exchanges to help you at all - so not a big sales page - but if that helps - hit me up and I can add to your free traffic - good luck with the whole thing

sheesh - first a youtube god and now an ebook author extraodinare - my hat is off to you mate!

Kymmy

[ceeport8]

This sound great Graham

Good Job
God Luck

ceeport8

[rayowen_211]

Congrats Mr. Madison. Keep it up my friend.

Keep us posted

Ray

[Kym Robinson]

Hey Graham - got your pm and have sent you the links you need!
Get signed up and I will beef up your accounts at the 2 TEs and you will be all set to kick some advertising butt!
Good luck with it - Im very proud of the progress you have made - go get 'em tiger!
Kymmy

[Malcolm Tindle]

Hi Graham,

Congratulations on your initiative, I am going to follow this up as well, I have left a comment on your blog,

regards,

Mal.

[rayowen_211]

If you don't mind me being nosey, Are you using the paid version of free traffic, or the free version. I'm thinking about ramping up to the paid, but money's so tight it squeaks.

Thanks in advance my friend.

Ray

[Graham Maddison]

Hi Ray,

I was fortunate enough to be given a free lifetime pro membership....so pro is the answer.

But if money is tight for you at the moment...and it is for me too,I would stick with the free version until you can afford to upgrade. Up to you of course.

i am still monitoring the positioning of my sales page at the moment....seems to be going up & down, but still on page 1 for the keywords in my post........still no sign of position with the main keyword.

I will keep you posted

Graham

Originally Posted by rayowen_211

If you don't mind me being nosey, Are you using the paid version of free traffic, or the free version. I'm thinking about ramping up to the paid, but money's so tight it squeaks.

Thanks in advance my friend.

Ray

[Alan Mater]

That's great, Graham.

I have a question about Pro users. One of my referrals is a Pro user, and in my account it says "Virtual Balance: $10." What exactly does that mean?

Thanks,

Alan

[Graham Maddison]

Hi Alan,

As I understand it, virtual balance is a balance of commissions earned which will be transferred to the pending release for payment at the next payment run, so if you are a pro user that balance will get paid to you.

There is I believe a video on the site somewhere that explains this.

I hope this helps.

graham

Originally Posted by Alan Mater

That's great, Graham.

I have a question about Pro users. One of my referrals is a Pro user, and in my account it says "Virtual Balance: $10." What exactly does that mean?

Thanks,

Alan

[Alan Mater]

Originally Posted by Graham Maddison

Hi Alan,

As I understand it, virtual balance is a balance of commissions earned which will be transferred to the pending release for payment at the next payment run, so if you are a pro user that balance will get paid to you.

There is I believe a video on the site somewhere that explains this.

I hope this helps.

graham

Thanks for the reply, Graham.

So does that mean I won't receive the commissions because I'm not a pro user? Maybe I'll upgrade if the commission will cover the payment each month.

I tried watching the video, but it decided to stop playing after if fully loaded. It didn't get to the part about commissions. I don't feel like wasting my time on it again.

[Graham Maddison]

Alan,

all I can say is I am pretty sure that you only get paid if you are a Pro member.......one of the carrotts

graham

Originally Posted by Alan Mater

Thanks for the reply, Graham.

So does that mean I won't receive the commissions because I'm not a pro user? Maybe I'll upgrade if the commission will cover the payment each month.

I tried watching the video, but it decided to stop playing after if fully loaded. It didn't get to the part about commissions. I don't feel like wasting my time on it again.

[Alan Mater]

Originally Posted by Graham Maddison

Alan,

all I can say is I am pretty sure that you only get paid if you are a Pro member.......one of the carrotts

graham

Okay, thanks again.

[rayowen_211]

Thank You sir. Starting out is always fun LOL. Never enough money or time LOL.

[mantis29]

Hi Graham,

This looks good to me and I will be giving it a try. Thanks for sharing this with us. Much appreciated.

Phil

Will let you know how it works out for me being a newbie.

[webdesignservice]

Originally Posted by Graham Maddison

Exciting update;

In less than 24 hours - I am on page 1 google pos 9 for keywords "Effective Keyword Research" out of 5,310,000

I am on page 2 out of 207,000 for keyword research ebook

I expect it to take quite a bit longer for my other keywords, but to be on page 1 in less than 24 hrs is fantastic news for me

It just proves this system is working ....although it is still too early for a conclusion.

graham

Good Job! This is very interesting knowing that it was just less than 24hrs the result is quite great.

Looking forward for more of the positive result Graham

Cheers.

Jacob

[Graham Maddison]

latest update:

Effective Keyword Research - page 1 pos 1

Keyword research for newbies pag1 pos 1 +2 + 4

keyword research ebook page 1 pos 2 + 9

still nosign of my main competitive keyword though.

graham

Originally Posted by Graham Maddison

Exciting update;

In less than 24 hours - I am on page 1 google pos 9 for keywords "Effective Keyword Research" out of 5,310,000

I am on page 2 out of 207,000 for keyword research ebook

I expect it to take quite a bit longer for my other keywords, but to be on page 1 in less than 24 hrs is fantastic news for me

It just proves this system is working ....although it is still too early for a conclusion.

graham

[Alan Mater]

Hi Graham,

Thought I would update you on the commissions for FTS. As I have one pro member, and I'm still a free member, the first month of the pro member commissions have now moved to "Pending For Release." I would assume that this means I'll be getting the money soon deposited to my PayPal account. I'll keep you updated. It's interesting to know if they allow you to earn commissions as a free member because I certainly can't afford the monthly fee.

[andybeveridge]

Thanks for sharing this info. You never stop learning in this game do you?

Andy Beveridge

[Graham Maddison]

Update:

1 month in to my little experiment, the keywords "Effective Keyword Research" are constantly on page one google hovering between pos 1 & 4.

There is still no sign of my competitive keywords however.

I am scaling this experiment down now, as I am now diverting my free backlinks to my new pips review site.(which incidentally is also on page 1 for "Quick start to internet marketing" Results 1 - 10 of about 5,360,000 ) and I am already seeing google traffic.

My conclusion is that backlinks alone are not enough, but together with your web page /article whatever being optimized with your keywords correctly, you will see very quick results and for this the free traffic system is a powerful aid.

Also having your keywords in the domain name or title add to the liklihood of seeing fast results.

I hope this info has been of some help.

Graham